Top 30 Junk Food and Drink FAILS

Crystal Pepsi all the Great Taste of regular Pepsi but without that Troublesome opacity welcome to watch Mojo and today we're counting down our picks for junk food and drink fails fails include Financial missteps but also questionable dietary choices and things that are just frankly kind of gross those candy cigarettes with red tips number 30 New Coke have you ever heard the expression if it ain't broke don't fix it apparently the Coca-Cola company had not backed in 1985 when they decided to change the coke formula after a century of dominating the world's soft drink Market Coca-Cola is changing sure Coke had been losing market share to Pepsi so maybe in their minds it was broke either way their fix kind of failed it's a coke coke is it while the initial response to the new taste was positive once the southern states got their hands on it the backlash was mighty it was so intense that Koch brought back the old formula within 3 months months as Coca-Cola classic and remember when we said their fix kind of failed well the reintroduction of the classic formula led to a very nice bump in sales is Coke nervous not at all we've never had more fun in our life number 29 candy cigarettes kids today will know them as candy sticks but back in the 20th century and even as far back as the late 1800s they were straight up called candy cigarettes many even had a red tip to mimic a lit cigarette these things are pure sugar with very little flavor but if we were judging a product solely on its longevity then candy cigarettes would not have made the list however in this case it's safe to call these things a failure to our children now each of these boxes are only about 25 cents um versus the actual cigarette boxes which are around $6 or $7 especially children of the previous generation who according to various surveys were more likely to take up actual smoking if they'd been consumer of candy cigarettes candy cigarette I don't want a candy cigarette I want our Annie number 28 seven up gold seven up has always been clear colored and its marketing slogan for many years was never had it never will with the it being caffeine never had it never will this is important to note because 7even up gold was distinctly dark colored and contained caffeine introducing seven up gold wow thing if you're confused by the decision you're not alone consuming in 1988 were seemingly just as confused by it they were so confused in fact that they basically decided that they never had it and never would with it being seven up gold the product was discontinued within a year Wild Thing I think I love you number 27 3d Doritos sometimes like with the first Avatar movie having something in 3D can actually make it a better [Music] experience and other times it's just a gimmick 3D DOR Doritos is much more the ladder don't get us wrong we love Doritos but puffing them up didn't really add much to them besides being able to fit fewer of them in a bag a whole new shape that begs to be eaten the original product had a decent six-year run from 1998 to 2004 before being discontinued however in 2020 they were back in both chili cheese nacho and spicy ranch flavors and if nothing else the return of the chip provided us with a great Matthew mccon Super Bowl commercial Doritos now in 3D number 26 cheese whz this one might be a little controversial as we know that there are people out there that love cheese whz and those that love it really love it the waiting is over cheese whiz processed cheese sprad but the fact is that this is a bright orange processed cheese spread and to call it cheese is a stretch which is probably why they spell it with a z although to be fair it would seem that when the product was introduced in the 1950s it did contain a good amount of actual cheese [Music] we aren't sure when that changed but it did and it was noticeable Dean Southworth was on the development team that created cheese whz and in 2001 he tasted the current product and exclaimed that it tasted quote like axle grease cheese whz you know you want it number 25 Pepsi Blue in 2001 Mountain Dew introduced their code red flavor and saw a nice bump in sales when Pepsi saw that they decided that they too needed a brightly colored version of their soda and in 2002 the world got Pepsi Blue Pepsi Blue Fusion of berries with splash of cola however while code red is still going strong today Pepsi Blue was off store shelves in North America by the end of 2004 Pepsi promoted the hell out of the new blue product and while the company saw growth the product did go down as a failure not to mention the fact that they used the blue one coloring agent to get the soda's bright color an agent that was even at the time banned in numerous countries that's two fails in one Pepsi Pepsi brew a new Fusion of berry and cola number 24 Lay's cappuccino flavored potato chips how's this sound cappuccino flavored potato chips in 2014 the Lay's Do Us of Flavor contest came down to four new flavors mango salsa cheddar bacon mac and cheese Wasabi Ginger and cappuccino the winner was wasabi Ginger but to say that cappuccino just lost would not be doing it justice to some of the comments lay got on their Facebook page regarding said FL how do nasty and gross sound not good when talking about how something tastes right The Today Show even did a taste test among their staff and while one person called the cappuccino chips quote not unacceptable there was an acknowledgement of a rather unpleasant aftertaste that stuck around for a while that's terrible number 23 Kors Rocky Mountain sparkling water the Kors beer brewing company has been brewing their beer using Rocky Mountain spring water for well over 100 years it's brewed with pure Rocky Mountains spring water and its own special High Country barley so back in 1990 when the bottled water industry was raking in the cash Kors saw an obvious opportunity to get in on it the problem was that they kept the core's name in the marketing and put it right there on the bottle as well we're sure it tasted fine but with so many options out there who would grab the bottle of water with the beer name on it not many people it turns out because K's Rocky Mountain sparkling water was discontinued how'd you do it how'd you do it number 22 Swedish Fish Oreos the Swedish Fish Oreo yep that's you heard me right yep this was actually a thing you know how Oreo loves putting out limited addition flavors well back in 2016 they gave us Swedish Fish Oreos with a bright red Swedish Fish flavored cream sandwiched between two classic chocolate cookies so what they taste like well according to various reviews words like waxy artificial Cherry slimy and cough syrup were popular descriptors it smells like paint we appreciate Oreo's willingness to take chances and bring us all kinds of flavor options we never would have thought possible but they can't all be hits and Swedish Fish Oreos was definitely one of their bigger misses do it do it it's gross number 21 Serge soda if imitation really is the sincerest form of flattery then the Coca-Cola company was really flattering Pepsi in 1997 with the release of surge soda surge Life's a scream Mountain Dew which was owned by by Pepsi was growing fast and Coke wanted something to compete with it the original code name for the product was MDK or Mountain Dew killer but kill Mountain Dew it could not Speed the Run and by 2003 it was pretty much over not to say surge didn't have its fans in fact it had some very dedicated fans who were loud enough to get Coke to re-release Surge in 2015 we're happy for these folks but the aggressive marketing and the extreme sports it all feels like an off-brand Mountain Dew to us Serge is back Serge's back number 20 Pringles restaurant cravers mozzarella sticks and marinara we love a good serving of mozzarella sticks and marinara sauce as much as the next person but did we really need them in the form of a potato chip Pringle certainly thought so the chip brand once launched a line of flavors dubbed restaurant cravers focusing on classic entrees and appetizers like onion blossom and Mexican layered dip unfortunately mozzarella sticks and marinara doesn't translate nearly as well to chip form the joy of mozzarella sticks is rooted in texture why disrespect the cheesy gooey nature of this Timeless appetizer by turning it into a powdercoated chip that's just blasphemy number 19 Pepsi am when it comes to revolutionizing the concept of the morning beverage there have been far more spectacularly bad ideas there are a lot of people who struggle to face the day without a morning dose of caffeine hoping to cash in on this demand and maybe even convert some coffee drinkers Pepsi unveiled Pepsi am in 1989 to be clear this wasn't some revolutionary new type of Beverage it was good oldfashioned Pepsi Cola with the caffeine level jacked way up you're you're all hopped up on the caffeine I feel like I'm talking a little faster but it's very hard to tell if your stomach is churning at the thought of starting your day with soda You Are Not Alone it was discontinued just one year later number 18 lays WOW chips it's amazing how far some companies will go just so they can plaster their food with healthy phrases like sugar-free or zero calories you know they're fat free only half the calories holy cow unfortunately changing a tried andrue recipe is risky business as Fredo leay learned the hard way with their WOW chips lineup in 1998 Frito Lay made special bags of lays Doritos and Ruffles that were fat-free but this supposed benefit came at an immense cost since the chips were made with olestra instead of regular cooking oil customers not only digested fewer calories than regular lays they also began suffering from stomach cramps and diarrhea around 2004 Fredo L renamed the lineup as light with a slightly new formula number 17 Hubba Bubba Bubble jug wow the Hubba Bubba brand has certainly put out some strange products beyond their standard gum some have really resonated with consumers like bubble tape but the Hubba Bubba Bubble jug not so much these miniature containers housed a powder that would turn into gum when chewed in other words it was kind of like a Frankenstein pixie sticks what makes the product off ping is that you're basically chewing pure sugar to the point where it becomes a homogeneous chewy substance and while the gum that you wind up with is basically the same old Hubba Bubba that initial mouthful of chunky powder is a serious turnoff number 16 Budweiser extra can we just keep it to one Vice at a time in the early 2000s when energy drinks were all the rage the quote unquote king of beers decided to jump on the bandwagon by pumping A variation of their ever popular beer full of caffeine boasting 6.6% alcohol and a hearty dose of caffeine the beverage was certainly sending your body mixed messages leaving aside the fact that numerous Studies have proven caffeinated alcoholic beverages to be incredibly dangerous this Brew was just downright disgusting oh they also like to refer to it as Budweiser B to the E like someone's deeply uncool Uncle you know just to make you cringe twice as hard while drinking it number 15 Colgate kitchen Entre just as we blasted Kors for not being smart enough to realize that keeping the Kors name on their sparkling water bottles was a bad move so so too do we need to give Colgate their du we're talking about Colgate kitchen Entre yes the toothpaste company making frozen dinners it's from Colgate we can at least Kors had a connection to the Rocky Mountain Water the only connection Colgate has to frozen food or any food for that matter is brushing it off our teeth before we go to bed at least from what we can tell the frozen lasagna did not taste minty fresh teeth were made to indulge number 14 True Blood for St ERS can you say false advertising this carbonated beverage is not in fact blood human or otherwise it is however a tie in to the hit HBO series True Blood and the blood beverage that The Vamps in the show consumed to quench their insatiable thirst don't drink the blood for diard fans of the series this remarkably accurate looking replica is sure to get their hearts pounding unfortunately the marketing department decided to treat this beverage as more of a collector's item than a viable product slapping on a hefty price tag that scared away many would be faux vampires oh and did we mention that most blood suckers in the show couldn't stand the stuff not exactly a great endorsement number 13 po milk chocolate bars how do you like your chocolate bars you like them loaded with peanuts or crispy rice drizzled in Caramel coating cookie bits well then po milk chocolate bars are not the decadent sweet you've been searching for While most chocolate companies offer a variety of products in which chocolate is combined with peanut butter Wafers or other candy T chooses to load its chocolate bars with its own cheese and onion crisps we're no stranger to Sweet and Savory treats like Ben and Jerry's late night snack ice cream but chocolate with chips that taste like cheese and onions count us out number 12 Maxwell ready to drink coffee introducing a beverage that nobody needed making coffee simple add hot water to ground coffee beans in a filter and voila alternatively stop at a drive-thru on your way to work if you're really pressed for time and don't care about quality or taste whatsoever instant coffee can be made well instantly with these options available taking coffee and putting it in a cardboard carton to then be poured out into mugs and reheated in the microwave had no justifiable reason to exist in the end it wasn't quicker or more convenient and it certainly did not deliver a superior taste to a fresh brew pot you know the secret of my capachas muchachas know what 100% goat milk number 11 Burger King shake them cheesy fries when Taylor Swift tells us to shake it off we listen but in the earlys when Burger King wanted us to shake up our fries people were not as Keen to obey shake and eat this is how it worked first you dump your fries into the bag then you add as much dehydrated cheese powder as you want shake it all up and voila cheesy fries there's so many ways you can shake them up like the Subzero shap not to mention the cheese powder all over your fingers and if you weren't careful everything else it didn't take long for Burger King to shake this one right off of their menu oh yeah number 10 vo once again the leading soft drink manufacturer makes an appearance vo is a flavored carbonated milk beverage which the Coca-Cola Company introduced to American markets in 2009 to the shock of nobody who wasn't working for Coca-Cola it was deemed a failure and soon pulled from production in their defense such beverages do succeed elsewhere in the world in Japan they're actually quite common this is simply a case of trying to push a market way outside of its comfort zone that being said an updated vo has since been introduced in India in 2016 where the product has seemingly fared better number nine Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pies the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have had their faces slapped on a wealth of food products over the years from cereal to cookies and even Chef boy Rd marketing efforts seem to suggest that the iconic Turtles are fond of More Than Just Pizza however not every TMNT endorsed product is created equal with one of the worst Defenders being hostess's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle pies while the vanilla pudding filling is enough to sell any kid one look at the pie outside of the packaging will make you question what exactly you're putting in your mouth they couldn't just make them turtle-shaped cupcakes huh number eight Coca-Cola black how do you connect with trendy young adults how about making a mysterious black addition of your Cola sure that's great and all but if you really want to get the people talking you better drop a letter and randomly capitalize the K silly branding aside Coca-Cola black just didn't work why it it's Coca-Cola and something called coffee Essence because its whole gimmick was that it was coffee flavored consider it Coca-Cola's own attempt to capture the coffee drinking Market it kind of reminds me of an did he just spit that onto the floor they gave it a sophisticated looking bottle that screamed flavored coffee and hope to connect with the masses connect they did not it earned a few devotees but mostly people preferred to keep their coffee and cola separate it only lasted 2 years number seven the Thanksgiving dinner holiday pack Jones Soda has managed to coexist with the heavyweights by carving out a niche for themselves with their unique photography based bottle designs and willingness to embrace odd flavors yes they offer up standards like root beer and cream soda but they also do unusual flavors like peanut butter and jelly chocolate and Fufu berry it's the specialty in Holiday releases where things get really odd the 2007 gingerbread man flavor that we can get behind this Thanksgiving sampler not so much the 2005 National pack comes with the following flavors turkey and gravy brussels sprouts with Pudo cranberry wild herb stuffing and pumpkin pie the 206 variety added an ant acid flavor yikes not exactly refreshing number six Ghostbusters key lime slime Twinkies speaking of Hostess the company behind Twinkies has gone through some bizarre flavors over the past decades especially when it comes to cross- promotional products we can tolerate flavors like orange cream pop peppermint and even pumpkin spice but there was something about their ghost gobusters Twinkies that really threw us off in addition to a white fudge marshmallow flavor host has put out key lime slime Twinkies as a promotional deal for the 2016 Ghostbusters reboot we suppose the key lime flavor fits with twink's cakey nature but something about that green filling made these snacks seriously unappealing and oddly familiar it just looks wrong Hey where's the cream filling number five Crystal Pepsi Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is the highest grossing movie in the Indiana an A Jones franchise and who doesn't love Crystal Gale however not all things Crystal are a success allow us to take you back to the early 90s when North America was going crazy for clear clear soap clear mouthwash and even clear beer not to be outdone Pepsi jumped head first into this fad with Crystal Pepsi sure it did taste a little different from regular Pepsi and it did have those awesome commercials with that Van Halen song it right and yes consumers did associate clear with a more pure product but they also Associated a certain taste profile with Pepsi that the Crystal Version did not match it was discontinued within 2 years it's a big hit for people looking for a carbonated beverage that's light and uniquely refreshing number four ranch dressing soda like Jones Lester fixen is known for taking soda pop to strange and often exciting new places this soda is without a doubt meant as a novelty but it makes you stop and wonder how far is too bar it smells like straight up puke some of their concoctions are bizarre but nonetheless inspire a desire to give them a try take bacon PB&J and pumpkin pie Ranch flavor on the other hand the mere thought of it makes your stomach do sumers salts based on their advertising weird is clearly the angle they were going for Lester let loose on this one with this particular flavor we wish they hadn't been so successful in achieving that goal the smell is apparently repulsive and the flavor has been described as at best unremarkable number three easy squirt ketchup most people agree that ketchup is already perfect in its own right whether you're using it for your fries burgers or a massive plate of crispy tater tots ketchup arguably makes everything taste better but what happens when you decide to mess with an already winning formula you wind up with the sort of failed product line that Hines had on their hands with the easy squirt ketchup in the early 2000s for a limited time kids could drizzle a rainbow of ketchup on their food unfort Ely the color just made the food look less appetizing to adults at least yeah it was still ketchup but its appearance did not sit well with customers bug on a button Shrek you eat some funny stuff it's just green number two Shrek Twinkies yep we knew something felt off about those Ghostbusters twinkies and this was the reason in 2001 dozens of food companies had their own cross promotional deal to make disgusting Shrek themed products but of them all Shrek Twinkies were arguably the worst they stink yes no oh they make you cry no oh you leave them out in the sun they get all brown start sprouting little white hairs no for starters the green filling was unsettling and it didn't help that the front of the Box proudly advertised ogre green creamy filling if you were one of the Poor Unfortunate Souls who bought a package you probably realized your mistake after opening one of these foul suets and discovered the twinkie looked worse than what was on the box and to think they brought it back to promote Shrek too it's disgusting guards guards I order you to get them out of my sight no before we continue be sure to subscribe to our Channel and ring the bell to get notified about our latest videos you have the option to be notified for occasional videos or all of them if you're on your phone make sure you go into your settings and switch on notifications number one cocaine this drink promised serious levels of energy and was not AF afraid to invoke highly addictive illicit drugs to make that clear the can even featured a font that looked like bumpy lines of white powder the marketing was so problematic the FDA actually had it banned on the grounds that Redux beverages was quote illegally marketing the drink as both a street drug alternative and a dietary supplement we're just asking the business owners to take this drink off their shell they compromised and rebranded it as no name before eventually reverting back to the original name branding aside this drink is also a bad idea for consumers the caffeine and torine levels are drastically higher than the competition so much so that doctors have publicly warned against drinking it what are your feelings on these fails let us know in the comments the unique flavor will get them to buy it again and again did you enjoy this video check out these other clips from watch Mojo and be sure to subscribe and ring the bell to be notified about our latest videos [Music]

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Length: 22min 36sec (1356 seconds)

Published: Sun Jun 02 2024