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Staying cool and hyper -New Monster Slurpees!

POSTED July 7, 1:23 PM

Summertime means many things. For some, it is the start of swimming pools, relaxing days on the beach and warm sunset walks. For others it is headaches of having to look after bored kids, turning on the AC and sunburns. For me, the Summer is Slurpee season, the time of year when I find myself staring at the 7-Eleven stores in my area salivating for icy cool refreshment.

Slurpee has been around a long time - over 40 years. 7-Eleven actually began selling frozen carbonated drinks two years before coming up with the Slurpee moniker in 1965, named for the straw’s slurping sound. I have since found my favorite machine filled with all sorts of wonders, from watermelon-banana to Halo3 flavors. Starting this year - I have seen some very surprising and very delicious choices appear. First, in April, they released Amp Energy Freeze - an energy drink Slurpee. Later, there was the full throttle variety ( 2 flavors, actually) and finally now their best flavor yet, Monster Black Ice.

Packaging:9
Along with the drink is some very cool cups and even an awesome aluminum straw just perfect for getting cooled off. Monster's graphics team was able to create a special "M" claw logo that suggests the icy coldness of a Slurpee. There is a cool 3d claw reaching form the drink - and my favorite part - the drink itself is black. Maybe a tinge purple, but for all intents and purposes, this is the first black Slurpee in its history. This is also monster's first non canned drink. All others have been drank out of aluminum, and with their cool metal straw you can make this one just as metallic. If you want to experience the fun of this drink, it is truly worth it to get the full collectors cup and straw - yes it costs more, but it is completely reusable - so you can enjoy it all month long!

Taste:7
This is the one drawback to the drink. While it is not bad by any means, it is just grape. I was hoping for some new awesome flavor to compliment the black drink with all the new cool looks - but Black does not really connect with a flavor. What fruit is black? I can't even think of a black popsicle flavor or anything Halloweenish. maybe black cherry?

Nutrition:8
For an energy drink, the kick is not so fantastic, but for a Slurpee, this one kicks some serious a**!. And like the other energy drink flavors of slurpee released last month, this one actually packs a punch. Using Monsters proprietary blend of energy drink stuff, they pack all the nutrients in here. Their cool 32 ounce Slurpee cup has 252 calories and 168mg of caffeine. They also have 1000 mg of taurine. inositol, vitamin b, niacin, l-carnatine, gluroconactone, etc... in there too. If the caffeine does not wake you up, the sugar content and frozen awesomeness will perk you up without question.

Categories: Energy Drinks , Extra-caffeinated soda

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Who's Your Daddy? The drink that owns lemon lime soda pop

POSTED July 2, 9:42 AM

Who's Your Daddy is is a fun big publicly traded company, focusing on creating some great drinks and a very unique brand. I have been hoping to find this drink around me for some time, as I heard they were in my area - but could not come across... Read More

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Highly Caffeinated Non Alcoholic Beer for Children.

POSTED June 27, 5:32 PM

Move over candy cigarettes. The drink is called Kodomo-no nominomo, literally translated as "children's drink. Here on this happy beer bottle is a happy picture of a little boy or girl holding a full brew with a nice foamy head. But don't worry,... Read More

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Gazzu Redeems itself with an Awesome Cherry Soda

POSTED June 18, 11:42 AM

Gazzu had a long way to go. Even though it was made by BooKoo, and seemed to have a good handle on the market (even to the point of hiring an outside market research team for input) the Low Carb version I tried was a very disappointing experience. ... Read More

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Best Soda in the Land - Diet Mountain Dew vs Squirt & Vault

POSTED June 6, 11:45 AM

Mountain Dew was created in Knoxville in the 1940s by 2 brothers who mixed thier lemon-lime drink with whiskey. The first sketches of the original Mountain Dew bottle labels were devised in 1948 by John Brichetto, it depicted a character known as... Read More

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Full Throttle Frozen Blast Slurpee

POSTED May 11, 8:18 AM

It is absolutely impossible to feel sad and have a slurpee. I have encountered it many times, with many slurpers and is the one sure fire way to feel better on a hot day. It does not matter the flavor, the slurpee is the one thing which can always produce... Read More

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Amp Sugar Free - the 5 minute review

POSTED May 3, 3:05 PM

I have had Amp for many many years, but have never been realy attracted to them because of the calories involved. Well, about a year ago pepsiCo finally made a sugar free variety of it, and I fell in love. Now not necessarily with the kick, although... Read More

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Diet Pepsi Max

POSTED May 2, 4:53 PM

According to a survey of over 1,000 people, commissioned by Diet Pepsi MAX, 84% of Americans experience a daily "afternoon slump," and more than half of respondents admitted to yawning up to five times a day. 86% believe that those yawns are... Read More

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huracan Orange energy drink

POSTED April 28, 11:50 AM

Huracan Naranja and Lima Lemon are both put out by the same company as Iron energy, and are exactly the same product. I can understand the reasoning behind this, but still feel like I have been ripped off somehow. Not because of the drinks themselves,... Read More

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Iron Energy Orange Drink

POSTED April 28, 11:44 AM

Huracan and Iron Energy are 2 products put out by the same company , and are actually exactly the same product in a different can. I can understand the reasoning behind this, but still feel like I have been ripped off somehow. Not because of the drinks... Read More

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