c/nottheonion · by return2ozma@lemmy.world · 1y

Progresso launches Soup Drops, a hard candy that's 'soup you can suck on'

https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/progresso-launches-soup-drops-hard-candy-soup-can-suck-rcna188196

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22 Comments

zabadoh@ani.social · 99 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Willy Wonka predicted this. Just spit it out before it gets to the blueberry pie.

FenrirIII@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

Take the blueberry and float to New Zealand

don@lemm.ee · 55 pts · 1y (4 replies)

All “could we”, no “should we”

Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 13 pts · 1y (2 replies)

Sweet soup? Ick!

Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Why would it be sweet? It's more like a bouillon cube.

Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io · 3 pts · 1y

The image looks like a hard candy, i.e. made with sugar, and since I couldn't find a Nutrition Facts label to check the sugar content I went with what it looks like to me. I'm not sure sucking on a bouillon cube would be all that great, too salty. But hey, to each their own. I didn't mean to 'yuck on your yum'.

Deceptichum@quokk.au · 8 pts · 1y

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adarza@lemmy.ca · 36 pts · 1y (6 replies)

here's an early review
https://www.thetakeout.com/1758741/progresso-chicken-noodle-soup-drops-review/

NaibofTabr@infosec.pub · 72 pts · 1y (4 replies)

I've already gone over the fact that they are, in fact, gross, and you won't want to try more than one. But the thing is, if you buy a container, you can bring it to your friends and family and say, "Hey, want to try a salty drop that's supposed to taste like chicken noodle soup? They're gross."

Or, take them into the doctor/dentist/bank office and mix them into the bowl of hard candies.

don@lemm.ee · 28 pts · 1y

That’s so evil, lol, I love it

finley@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 1y (2 replies)

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Bronzebeard@lemm.ee · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

What kind of evil dentists has hard candies available in their lobby?

finley@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y

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Postmortal_Pop@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 1y

So my take from this is that this could be a neat alternative to bullion and a funny gag gift. That's honestly not nearly as awful as I expected.

I've gotten salty candy at Asian markets, I'm sure of this has been done better elsewhere.