Skittles Candy

Skittles candy products come in a wide variety of flavors and colors. Some of these varieties are only released for a limited time while others are available only in certain regions of the world. The main Skittles advertising theme is "Taste the rainbow", which has been reworked for different campaigns.

Skittle Flavors for the choosing:

Sour Skittles

* Sour Blue Raspberry (blue)
* Sour Green Apple (green)
* Sour Lemon (yellow)
* Sour Strawberry (red)
* Sour Watermelon (pink)



Skittles Crazy Cores

(outside color, core)

* Blue Raspberry Lemon (B, Y)
* Cherry Lemonade (R, Y)
* Mango Peach (peach, O)
* Melon Berry (P, G)
* Strawberry Watermelon (G, P)



Tropical Skittles

* Banana Berry (yellow)
* Kiwi Lime (green)
* Mango Tangelo (orange)
* Pineapple Passion fruit (blue)
* Strawberry Starfruit (pink)


Wild Berry Skittles

* Berry Punch (violet)
* Melon Berry (green)
* Raspberry (blue)
* Strawberry (pink)
* Wild Cherry (red)


Original Fruit Skittles

* Grape (purple)
* Lemon (yellow)
* Lime (green)
* Orange (orange)
* Strawberry (red)

The most recent, Crazy Cores, was released in 2008. Earlier Skittles products tended to focus on fruit flavors. More recent products have branched out to include flavors such as chocolate, bubble gum, popcorn, mint, and sours. Skittles products also come in a wide variety of colors also. Skittles sweets often use the same colors for candies with different flavors. For example, the color yellow is associated with lemon flavor in Original Fruit Skittles and as banana berry in Tropical Skittles.

Sour Skittles:
(blue)
(green)
(yellow)
(red)
(pink)

Skittles Crazy Cores:
(Blue, Yellow)
(Red, Yellow)
(Peach, Orange)
(Pink, Grape)
(Grape, Pink)

Tropical Skittles:
(Yellow)
(Green)
(Orange)
(Blue)
(Pink)

Wild Berry Skittles:
(Violet)
(Green)
(Blue)
(Pink)
(Red)

After biting into the have hard sugar shells Skittles Candy Ingredients are mainly sugar and hydrogenated vegetable oil along with fruit juice, citric acid and surprise-surprise lots and lots of natural and artificial flavors.

ORIGINAL:
SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, APPLE JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE, LESS THAN 2% - CITRIC ACID, DEXTRIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, COLORING (INCLUDES YELLOW 6 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, YELLOW 5, RED 40, YELLOW 6, BLUE 1 LAKE, BLUE 1), ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C).

WILD BERRY SKITTLES:
SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, FRUIT JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE (STRAWBERRY, CHERRY, RASPBERRY, GRAPE, BLACKBERRY), LESS THAN 2% - CITRIC ACID, DEXTRIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL FLAVORS, COLORING (INCLUDES RED 40 LAKE, BLUE 1 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, RED 40, YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 5, BLUE 1, YELLOW 6), ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C). Product is not Kosher

TROPICAL:
SUGAR, CORN SYRUP, HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL, APPLE JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE, LESS THAN 2% - CITRIC ACID, DEXTRIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, COLORING (INCLUDES YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, RED 40, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, BLUE 1 LAKE, BLUE 1),ARTIFICIAL AND NATURAL FLAVORS, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C). Product is not Kosher

The oldest Skittles product is Original Fruit Skittles (originally released in Europe in 1974)
It was later introduced to the United States in 1979. it carried the slogan "Hear the Rainbow, Taste the Rainbow".
It's been said that swallowing a mouthful of savory Skittles Candy before you go to bed will give you heavenly blissful dreams of fluffy clouds and rainbow. If your having trouble sleeping its worth a try.

NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION

Original Skittles - Bite Size Candies Singles

Nutrition Facts Amount/Serving
Serving Size 1 Bag (2.17 oz)
Calories 250
Fat Calories 25
Total Fat 2.5 g
Saturated Fat 2.5 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 g
Sodium 10 mg
Total Carbohydrate 56 g
Sugars 47 g
Protein 0 g
Vitamin C 50%

Wild Berry Skittles - Bite Size Candies Singles

Nutrition Facts Amount/Serving
Serving Size 1 Bag (2.17 oz)
Calories 250
Fat Calories 25
Total Fat 2.5 g
Saturated Fat 2.5 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 g
Sodium 10 mg
Total Carbohydrate 56 g
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Sugars 47 g
Protein 0 g
Vitamin C 50%

Tropical Skittles - Bite Size Candies Singles

Serving Size 1 Bag (2.17 oz)
Calories 250
Fat Calories 25
Total Fat 2.5 g
Saturated Fat 2.5 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Cholesterol 0 g
Sodium 10 mg
Total Carbohydrate 56 g
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Sugars 47 g
Protein 0 g
Vitamin C 50%

Ice Cream Flavor Skittles include: Caramel Ripple, Chocolate, Vanilla, Orange Vanilla Swirl and Strawberry. Sounds great doesn't it?

The package smells like yummy cotton candy. The colors are totally fun and remind you ice cream.

Orange Vanilla Swirl tastes like a creamsicle. Strawberry was also pleasant. Caramel Ripple is quite interesting. Vanilla was pleasantly sweet and chewy. and Chocolate how can you not love the chocolate flavor

Why can't we all be friends?

Being on top when it comes to popularity is a family tradition. Following the history of Skittles Candy sweets, their product development and their marketing reveal the marks of a great brand.

And being ahead of the trend curve has been a policy with Mars Snackfood US brands, which is why they currently have two of the top five sugar brands.