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Sour Spray, Warheads Sour Jelly Beans, Warheads Super Sour Double Drops, Warheads Sour Cubes, Warheads Lil' Worms, Warheads Ooze Chewz, Warheads Sour Booms, and
Warheads Sour Twists. In the early 90s, "hot" versions of the hard candy were also available, but proved to be less popular. In early 2017, Warheads introduced the sub brand "Hotheads" which featured a line of spicy gummy worms (Extreme Heat Worms) and filled licorice bites (Scorching Heat Twists) that were discontinued a few years later. The Warheads brand also distributed a fizzy version of their signature Warheads for a time.
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Warheads Extreme Sour Hard Candy, the Warheads brand encompasses several other types of candy including gummy, licorice, and liquid formats (among others) which range in their sour intensity: Warheads Extreme Sour Hard Candy Minis (previously known as "Juniors"), Warheads Super
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Extreme Sour Hard Candies are available in five flavors: blue-raspberry, lemon, green-apple, black-cherry, and watermelon. Five additional hard candy flavors are sold in the "Smashups Extreme Sour" assortment: cherry-lime, orange-pineapple, mango-melon, lemon-berry, and strawberry-grape.
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Extreme Hard Candy has become a popular candy for challenges and contests. Some people see how many candies they can eat at once, while others try to keep the candy in their mouth for as long as possible.
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