Reviewing Sour Patch Jelly Beans, Ghost Blue Raspberry, & More

This tastes like a combination of Vitamin Water with a decently light blue raspberry taste. It sort of resembles Blue Raspberry Sour Patch Kids, but the flavor is too light, not to mention that it’s not at all sour. Overall, it’s a pleasantly sweet blue raspberry drink, which is disappointing for an energy drink advertising itself as having that punchy Sour Patch Kids taste.

Released sometime in 2021. Found at Ocean State Job Lot.

Be careful cooking these! I thought they were still underbaked after the suggested cook time passed because the center was so soft, but unfortunately, after a few extra minutes, due to the lack of my oven’s lighting, I realized they had gotten dark quickly!

Aside from a slight overcooked taste and texture from my mistake, the flavor is nothing short of regular, lightly sweet vanilla. Does it resemble its cereal counterpart? In a way. Personally, I find the cereal pretty bland, and well, this cookie is just that. If you’re into plain vanilla cookies, this is for you, otherwise, it’s a let down. Not even any marshmallow taste! Lastly, their size resembles that of a regular cookie, and the texture is about average. Nothing to write home about on either of these fronts.

In its cookie dough form, it’s a super lightly sweet vanilla with little bits of crunch from embedded sugar crystals (at least, that’s what they feel like). Overall, it’s plain, and the texture is frozen-like and not very soft like other frozen cookie doughs

Released for limited times before the spring seasons throughout the years, it was first introduced in 2019. Found at Aldi.

7-Layer Dip: Surprisingly, this tastes exactly like a seasoned, sour cream-based taco-like dip you’d find bottled up in those glass jars at the grocery store. It’s very well seasoned; you can really taste all the ingredients, from the tomato and the sour cream to the light kick of the paprika. To top it off, it’s not overly punchy or strong; it’s perfect! Why even buy the dip anymore if you can get these?!

Texas BBQ Brisket: A big disappointment. If this is what BBQ Brisket is, I don’t want it. These chips have an overly light, meaty taste with a minuscule kick of spice. What keeps this alive is how salty they are. That’s really it. It’s essentially a regular Pringle with some pizazz. Honestly, there are so many better meat-tasting chips out there. These are simply too light in terms of flavor.

Loaded Potato Skins: I’m not fully convinced these resemble traditional loaded potato skins, but they are sort of close. There’s a potato (chip) flavor, and alongside it, there’s a background of bacon-like flavor, some sort of cheese, and some combination of light seasoning. It feels like the flavor of a knockoff-loaded potato if that makes sense. It’s not bad by any means, just differently seasoned–I can’t put together what it is exactly, though.

The 7-Layer Dip and Loaded Potato Skins flavors have an extensive history, being discontinued at points and then rereleased again in early 2025. The Texas BBQ Brisket was released around April 2024 for a limited time, although I found it in Walmart in March 2025. These were all found at Walmart.

I really can’t taste much of any difference between this and their regular fudge and chocolate-based frostings. It’s got the same soft, spreadable, artificial texture accompanied by an artificial milk chocolate taste. The taste doesn’t exactly resemble Hershey’s chocolate, either, but it’s sort of close in a way; it’s just a slightly different-tasting chocolate. But, really, I’m genuinely confused as to why they even have this product out next to their other chocolate ones.

While I can’t find an exact release date, reviews date back to around 2023. Found at Walmart.

Compared to other Jelly Beans, these indeed have a sour kick to them. They’re pretty comparable in terms of sourness and sweetness to regular Sour Patch Kids, so that’s good! The flavor itself resembles them, too; however, for whatever reason, the blue ones specifically taste too light and are not at all punchy. Still, the others are spot on. These beans sport a thick, soft-hard texture that’s a little denser and harder than regular jelly beans; not my thing, personally.

This has an extension history dating back to 2016. Found at Walmart.

The initial flavor is tasty. It’s a fairly sweet, authentic Sour Patch Kids Blue Raspberry flavor. However, it’s not at all sour, unfortunately. Additionally, the flavor dissipates quite quickly; basically, the gum flavor doesn’t last long–very disappointing!

While I’m unsure of an exact release date, reviews date back to around 2022. Found at Walmart.

The thick chocolate shell is moderately sweet and pretty dark and comes across as a bit artificial for some reason. It consists of most of the flavor of the candy as the inside banana piece is too thin. This banana slice is very crunchy and feels freeze-dried, leaving you with only the background taste of any banana. Together, you have to bite pretty hard to get through it all.

Originally released in 2023, then rereleased in 2024 and 2025 (I found these in March 2025). These were released alongside a Strawberry variant. Found at Aldi.

Where’s the flavor? It’s moderately salty and has the lightest flavor of Cuban sandwich seasoning. Don’t get me wrong; they’re decent. It’s just as strongly flavored as other chips. Even more specifically, compared to the competition like Lay’s Cuban flavored chips, there’s no contest–the Lay’s have a substantially more robust and bold flavor. Texture-wise, these kettle chips are nicely crunchy and feel premium.

Reviews date back to 2021, with some reviewers mentioning limited releases throughout the years. Found March 2025 at Aldi.

You can find my review of Lay’s version here.