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The Jones Soda Halloween Collection!

Okay okay, you can stop e-mailing me, I got them I got them. Exclusive to Target, it's the Jones Soda Halloween Collection, a series of four fine soft drinks ranging from "Caramel Apple" to "Candy Corn," and yeah I've probably got 24 hours to live. Actually, they're nowhere near as offensive as the flavors in last year's Holiday Pack, but it's just more proof that we should always think twice before drinking from cans with pictures of goblins on them. If interested, they're cheap, on borrowed time and are absolutely going to be the cause of many "HAVE YA HEARD ABOUT DEEEEES" conversations this Halloween season. Enjoy, and pretend it's Monday.

Posted by Matt on 09/25/2005. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 106 comments

X-E-rama – now that sounds like a good idea. It would at least give me a valid excuse to go to NYC.

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 09/25/2005 9:55 PM

Oh wow I just noticed that everyone’s postings are now "ghostings." That pun hurts me deep down.

Chestnuts roasted by Kyle @ 09/25/2005 9:55 PM

"The Road Warrior movie was awesome but wrestling sucks worse than Jones Soda."

Yeah, well that’s just like your opinion, man.

Chestnuts roasted by the Dude @ 09/25/2005 9:59 PM

If Jones Soda were the greatest thing ever in the history of the Universe, everything would suck worse than Jones soda.

Chestnuts roasted by The Wukong Effect @ 09/25/2005 10:11 PM

This is random, but I just saw the trailer for "Doom" the movie today. Is it just me or does it look like it’ll be really awful? I can handle "The Rock" too – at least he wasn’t in "The Pacifier". The trailer just had this terrible-movie feel to it. Not that it can’t be awful and still entertaining (the Resident Evil movies come to mind). When will mankind learn to make either games into good movies or movies into good games? Why? I blame E.T.

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 09/25/2005 10:14 PM

tonight i had a ‘halloween soda’ taste test, a rip off of Matt’s for the holiday pack, i had those jones flavors and the Mountain Dew Pitch Black II, lol Had a buncha friends over and we all got sick off of the drinks, and real candy corn.

While watching Winnie the Pooh Halloween

Chestnuts roasted by Rutir @ 09/25/2005 10:54 PM

For the record I’m shocked Matt picked Pitch Black as the official beverage of the holliday season as well… I honestly now consider Caramel Apple to be my new favorite flavor of sugar water.

Tried the Candy Corn as well and it’s actually growing on me. It’s kind of like a heavy cream soda with a nice butterscotch finish.

Chestnuts roasted by Paul S. @ 09/26/2005 12:03 PM

Gozer I couldn’t agree more. It just has BOMB etched all over its ugly face. Why do movie studios have to make movies like this? O think it is extremely to make a good movie based off a good video game because the essence of the game is only faithfully reproduced while playing the game. Trying to throw in live action to the mix makes things worse (see Street Fighter: The Movie) because it just looks hokey. Leave games to be games please!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 09/26/2005 12:15 PM

I agree with Doom looking like it just plain sucks. I don’t think I could could stand all the shots they did in first person point-of-view like in the game itself. It’d get tiresome after a while. But there has been some good movies based on video games, such as Resident Evil movies, more so Apocalypse. There has been a few alright ones too. But yeah, I suppose most of movies based on video games do suck. I guess they’re making Resident Evil: Afterlife. Hopefully it will be good.

So, a dumb question, how do you make the Jason face?

Chestnuts roasted by Disgruntled Spam @ 09/26/2005 12:35 PM

aw yeayh, Gremlins 2 is on!! Evrybody say whut whut!! Gotta love Brain. And Rambo Gizmo. And Grandpa Al!

the last half hour of Spidey 2 sucked, enough to make me not want to see the first one or the rest of the 2nd.

oh yeah, regular smilie :) sad smilie :( which is who I forget.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 09/26/2005 1:06 AM

mmm, Phoebe Cates!@! and that hat…yowza!!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 09/26/2005 1:24 AM

What channel are you seeing Gremlins 2 on?

Yeah, a Doom ad ran during American Dad and it looks like they just filmed the game, then inserted shots of people screaming. The studio logic is, "these young people, who are the only people we care about, play video games. We must make quick movies out of them, plot be darned." Bah.

You know, I still believe it IS possible to make a good video game-based movie…it’s just that no one will try.

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 09/26/2005 2:11 AM

For anyone who might be interested, System of a Down and Mars Volta totally rocked my face this evening. It’s fine for anyone to think that SOAD is juvenille drivel dressed up to look like valid political commentary or whatever, but I defy anyone to attend one of their shows and not admit to having a good time. I started reading the article you linked, Gozer, but I stopped after the guy dissed Tool. I’m sorry…but NOBODY disses Tool.

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 09/26/2005 2:20 AM

Gremlins 2 is on HBO Family. I’m so glad my parents have cable. Otherwise it sucks living with them again. :(

Mars Volta is okay, but I’ve never listened to much SOAD, not enough to like them. But I’m glad you had a good time at the show. Did you drink? Or smoke? ;)

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 09/26/2005 2:35 AM

ya know, it’s totally open for a sequel, with Gizmo still alive, and the female Gremlin bride/whore/lounge singer was gettin’ it on with Robert Picardo. Gremlins 3, you know you would watch it!

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 09/26/2005 2:54 AM

word movie game video game movie movies never work out, maybe somewhat for angelina jolie? but in general man BAD career move, i’m surprised the rock would go that way he seems business savvy

who knows maybe it will be a hit but these days – doubt it

ghostings is a nice touch!

Chestnuts roasted by diamondzdigidul @ 09/26/2005 7:33 AM

gremlins 3: the retired batch

do u wanna watch a bunch of over tha hill gremlins forgettin their lines and shit!!

Chestnuts roasted by diamondzdigidul @ 09/26/2005 7:35 AM

No, kidneyboy. No substance abuse for me last night. I was the DD. :-(

Chestnuts roasted by The Yeti @ 09/26/2005 8:41 AM

Manimal, I totaly agree with you in that The Road Warriors were the Greatest Tag team in wrestling history, anyone who thinks otherwise is Nuts. Now on the topic at hand. I too had no luck in my hunt finding those Jones halloween drinks. Why is it that when one hears that something tastes like shit we too have to taste it. I still can’t figure that out? Oh well I guess we have to learn our lessons one way or the other.

Chestnuts roasted by Texican @ 09/26/2005 9:54 AM

My own little mini review:

Candy Corn – I thought this was the worst of the batch. It tasted to me exactly like drinking carbonated maple syrup. 3 out of 10.

Caramel Apple – Pleasantly surprised by this one because it really did taste like drinking apple juice, but with a hint of sugar and/or caramel. 7 out of 10.

Scary Blue Lemonade – Huge disappointment. The flavor sounds so appealing, but it just didn’t live up. 4 out of 10.

Strawberry S’Lime – I thought this one was legitimately good. I found it to be rather tasty while choking down some hamburgers. 8 out of 10.

Mountain Dew Pitch Black – Pretty God awful terrible. And yet I can’t stop drinking it. I swear they put crack in Mountain Dew. I’m suprised I ever managed to ween myself off of Code Red. 5 out of 10.

On a sidenote, I think a pumpkin pie flavored drink could be interesting. Maybe a pumpkin pie milkshake. Hm…I think I’ll try to make one of those on my own for the Holiday season.

Chestnuts roasted by Brian @ 09/26/2005 9:55 AM

Brian: I agree with the pumpkin pie drink thought. I really like the "pumpkin spice" drinks at Starbucks that they have now during the fall season. I think I even like it better than the gingerbread and pepermint stuff they have during Christmastime.

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 09/26/2005 10:32 AM

I was so thankful that Jones put them in tiny cans. It’s a lot less soda to choke down or feel like you’re wasting. Admittedly, though it’s in my fridge, I still haven’t tried Strawberry S’lime. I have tried the others, though. Scary Berry Lemonade was my first, and maybe I’m all screwed up, but I liked it. I drank the whole thing. And, yes, it was really cold. I’ve found that very few sodas actually taste good warm, and those that do always taste better frosty, so I figured they stood their best chance being chilled overnight. Brian was right, the Candy Corn soda did have a decidedly maple flavor. I recoiled in horror with one sip. Between my husband and I we’ve managed to pawn off all but one can. But, I think Caramel Apple rocked. It was like sparkling apple juice with a touch of caramel in it. The more I drank it, the more it grew on me. I actually found myself craving another can of it a little later. Make no mistake, it’s a strange flavor, but the kind you can’t help but want to keep trying. God bless Jones Soda.

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 09/26/2005 10:33 AM

After reading the article, and clicking the link to the Thanksgiving soda one, may I bring back the "I love VT" discussion from back then?
:) :) :) :)

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 09/26/2005 11:54 AM

For some reason this year I have been devouring candy corn and candy pumpkins like crack, its hard stuffing them in those glass pipes however. Seriously, though I’m eating pounds of them. I’ve been thinking of mixing some with vanilla ice cream too.

Chestnuts roasted by Funky Boo Berry the 70's Ghost @ 09/26/2005 12:35 PM

Actually the candy corn got me thinking of a new delicious Thanksgiving flavor: Creamed corn!!! YAY! And the word yay has me thinking of another: yams. Go yams.

Chestnuts roasted by Funky Boo @ 09/26/2005 12:37 PM

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