"Pint pots" news and stories

Sadly, it looks like I've been out of the beer-flavored candy loop for quite some time now. My disappointment is immense.

The latest issue of BeerAdvocate's print edition turned me on to a type of traditional British candy called Pint Pots. The tiny beer glass-shaped, gummy-style candies supposedly provide a "disturbingly accurate though synthetic scent of beer" and present a taste "somewhere between a brown ale and cider." They contain no alcohol, however, so don't plan on getting a buzz while satiating your sweet-tooth just yet. Still, spicing up a Halloween party candy bowl with some gummy beers sounds like fun. (See all the excitement you can have by simply changing an "a" to an "e"!)

There are plenty of places you can order Pint Pots from online (BeerAdvocate suggested The Pink Sweet Shop), though all the places I found ship them from across the pond, so if you want them to arrive by October 31st, get your order in ASAP.

[via BeerAdvocate]

Most candy stores - particularly those that display their wares in plastic bins with small scoops to dish the candies into individual bags - stock a wide variety of gummy candies: gummy worms, orange slices, sour cola bottles, etc. Some candy stores in the UK are stocking a more unusual gummy, a beer-flavored one. Dubbed pint pots, after the old-fashioned handled beer glasses, the candies taste just like beer. They are nonalcoholic, but it makes you wonder who exactly these candies are marketed to. I know that I don't see a whole lot of adults perusing the selection at candy stores.

Frankly, these actually seem a bit worse than candy cigarettes, which at least don't taste like the real thing, potentially developing a taste for the product they're based on in young candy-lovers.

[via Popgadget]

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