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Warheads: For Extreme Candy Eaters Only

December 14, 2009 by
Warheads Super Sour Candy are for extreme candy lovers only!

Warheads Super Sour Candy are for extreme candy lovers only!

Sharability: 10

Extreme Danger: 9

Convenience: 10

Novelty: 7

Overall: 9

Warheads were definitely one of my favorite childhood candies and I’m sure I’m not the only one. When the little unsuspecting warhead first hits your tongue you think to yourself, “eh, this isn’t so bad.” Then as you rub you tongue against the thin sour layer of malic acid your face beings to turn to a similar expression Wally Warhead’s on the front package. Of all of the candies that are labeled “sour” warheads are the only candies I can think of that really live up to that title and pack a real sour punch. In fact, they aren’t only sour, they are an “extreme” sour candy. 

 After 30 seconds (plus or minus) the sour coating wears off leaving your tongue feeling tingly and letting the sweet flavor of either blue raspberry, apple, black cherry, watermelon, or lemon sooth your taste buds before you bite it in half to taste the more-sweet-than-sour malic acid that lies in the center of the warhead.

I remember going to sleep away camp and having a secret stash of warheads (we weren’t allowed to have candy) in which my friends and I would have warhead competitions. We would all plop the warhead in out mouths at the same time and whoever made a sour expression first, lost. We made sure that we all had the same flavor because we were all convinced that black cherry was the most sour, then lemon, and so on. I think it was more of us telling ourselves what was the most sour than there actually being a significant distinction. 

Warheads were invented in 1975 in Taiwan and were first imported into the United States by The Foreign candy Company in 1993. Impact Confections now manufactures this super sour candy that was referred to as a “$40 million brand” in 1999.

The candy’s name comes from the idea that there is an actual warhead going off in your mouth. A real warhead is the front part of a missile or rocket that holds the explosive charge. The candy isn’t quite that intense, but eating one with a straight face definitely proves difficult. The warhead candy is strong enough that the package has a “WARNING: Eating multiple pieces within a short time period may cause a temporary irritation to sensitive tongues and mouths.” So eat at your own risk, but I’m telling you that it is worth it.

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22 Comments

  • Reply Anonymous January 28, 2011 at 10:40 pm

    hey i love war heads but im looking where to get them. where can i find them?

  • Reply Kayrochelle April 2, 2011 at 6:14 pm

    You can find Warheads about anywhere like your local Walmart or any grocery store. If you live near or are planning on going to a mall they normally have candy shops in them and it is more than likely possible you will find some there. If you don’t find them anywhere chances are they don’t carry them around you and you may have to order them. If you do have to order them trust me, the are for sure worth the price. Plus if you buy the 5lb pack you get 188 pieces a pound that is more than 500 pieces for almost 30 dollars!!! How do you beat that? (I hope this helped)

  • Reply Anonymous April 2, 2011 at 6:15 pm

    YUMMY!!!

  • Reply Anonymous July 16, 2011 at 7:16 pm

    GOOD BUT SOUR AND YUMMY!!!!!!!

  • Reply Anonymous February 12, 2014 at 4:53 pm

    Am I the only person I’ve heard of who can eat a warhead without making a face?

    • Reply Mark January 18, 2018 at 1:41 pm

      I can I put 5 in my mouth and don’t make a face

    • Reply Clara February 14, 2018 at 8:39 pm

      I can eat 10 without making a sour face

      • Reply Jonah Half February 21, 2018 at 9:31 am

        That’s quite impressive!

  • Reply Cate May 17, 2017 at 10:31 am

    Which ones are the most and least sour? I find that apple’s the easiest

  • Reply Dona January 30, 2018 at 11:54 pm

    Where can I get these online?

    • Reply Jonah Half February 1, 2018 at 4:16 pm

      CandyFavorites.com, of course!

  • Reply Emily April 1, 2018 at 9:26 pm

    I love them and there not sour

  • Reply rosalie August 3, 2018 at 7:38 am

    i find cry baby tears way more sour for longer – they dont have the sweetness, they’re ACTUAL sour candies

  • Reply Jan November 4, 2018 at 2:09 am

    Once, the day after Halloween, I was taking my children out and we were all buckled safe in the car. My older daughter who was about seven, a neighbor girl about the same age and my youngest, in her car seat in the mid-back. Little did I know the two older ones had stashed a few warheads in their pockets for the journey, when about a block off our driveway, my older daughter began saying “Mom, Tracy’s turning blue.” That was my toddler. I screamed “What?”as I screeched the car to a stop and jerked the toddler out of her harnesses. I then saw she was blue and not breathing. I quickly turned her upside down, gave a firm pat on her back, and a warhead popped out of her throat. All was well. Except, the older daughter got a stern talking to about knowing not to give little sis candy without permission.(she knew better and was a good child) I guess they thought she’d make a funny face, but it almost caused me a hear attack, car wreck, and the baby her life. We made it thru warheads and all eat them to this day.

  • Reply Shadow Carter November 5, 2018 at 10:20 am

    Warheads are awesome and I can put 15 in my mouth without making a face, but I’m nearly immune to sour flavors.

    • Reply Jonah Half November 15, 2018 at 12:05 pm

      That’s really impressive!

  • Reply Karamello February 15, 2019 at 5:09 pm

    I want some

  • Reply Keti February 23, 2019 at 5:13 pm

    Do you still sell the original warheads? Not the extreme sour or the other warheads products?

    • Reply Jonah Half February 27, 2019 at 1:33 pm

      Formulas change from time to time and there are no vendors that would have the “original” as they would be out of date and not viable for resale.

  • Reply Julia March 4, 2019 at 3:41 pm

    Why is Jonah Half literally a bot? Not even a real person tbh lollll

    • Reply Jonah Half March 5, 2019 at 11:27 am

      Jonah Half is a live person who shares the desk next to me. Definitely not a bot…

  • Reply Katelynn August 19, 2021 at 10:06 pm

    I was reading the article as I was eating some warheads

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