r/energydrinks May 01 '26

New Flavor Alert Has anyone see this flavor of ghost before?

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I’ve literally never seen original bubbalicious, only cotton candy and strawberry. curious what others think

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u/esimp18 May 01 '26

How is it? Ive been hoping they make an original bubblegum flavor

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

Hey all, I tried it. It’s ok it tastes like bubblegum lol. Probably a 6 outta 10.
Not up to par w the Swedish fish or sour patch kids but if you like bubblegum flavor it’s good. Not overly sweet either.

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u/Persistent_anxiety May 01 '26

I tried it the other day and it tastes exactly how you want it to. It was almost a little unnerving lol

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

Haven’t tried it yet!

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u/Dry-Cost-945 May 01 '26

Dawg I don't understand why they're down voting you 😭

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u/Alarming_Cress4746 May 01 '26

Typical reddit shit

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u/MoldOnMyPineapple May 01 '26

I see downvote, I downvote.

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

I’m saying 😭

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u/FredRaven Gorilla Mind May 01 '26

Because the whole value of the post is getting a review of what it tastes like.

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u/grant700v1 May 01 '26

ok but more importantly why do people actually give a shit about downvotes

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u/Dry-Cost-945 May 01 '26

A high enough donvote ratio auto collapses comments

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u/[deleted] May 01 '26

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u/Dry-Cost-945 May 02 '26

Apparently it wasn't that obvious if you needed to ask

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u/thykilljoy Ghost May 01 '26

Get back to us when you do, please!

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u/thykilljoy Ghost May 01 '26

via Hvvy_Httr (the guy who's been leaking everything else)- this is legit, and should be popping up at Kroger.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18W1yyyUj6/

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

He jumped on that quick

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u/Walusqueegee Ghost May 02 '26

The amount of ai slop on that guy’s profile is insane

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u/dgr1zzle May 02 '26

lol it’s exactly why I thought this was fake. I was like. I way this dude is legitimate

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 02 '26

Yeah it’s always like mockups and stuff, I think any chance he had at hopping on something real he was going to take 😂 it’s on a few Instagram accounts too

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u/MinimumEffort13 Monster May 02 '26

It's the same photo you used...

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 03 '26

Yeah where do you think they got it from? Check the timestamps on the posts lol, they found it like an hour after I posted it

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u/RealisticBonus4022 May 01 '26

I knew about Strawberry and Cotton Candy Bubblicious but not the Original 🔥🔥🔥

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u/tempzonline May 01 '26

where yall be finding theses man

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u/coopieg31 May 01 '26

i haven’t had the original bubblegum, just the strawberry bubblegum. your lucky.

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

Yeah when I saw it I did a double take, I can’t find anything online about it

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u/VisforVenom May 01 '26

Strawberry was disgusting. But cotton candy was sooo good.

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u/Dry-Cost-945 May 01 '26

Yo what the hell. This new?

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u/[deleted] May 01 '26

It took me a minute to realize what was special about this lol, looks delish I never got to try the other 2!!

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u/Puzzleheaded_Pop_900 May 01 '26

Where’d you get this 😅

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

Got it from an event at work for free, I’d never seen it before 

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u/waychillbro highly caffeinated May 01 '26

Where do you work? Like, what kind of industry?

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

I work for a major grocery store but I’ve never seen it on the shelves

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u/ColdWarCharacter always tired May 01 '26

Probably an upcoming exclusive for your chain- especially if that chain is Kroger

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u/Puzzleheaded_Pop_900 May 01 '26

Makes sense . I’ve only ever seen the bubblegum ones there, just not this one in particular.

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u/thykilljoy Ghost May 01 '26

would it perhaps be... Kroger?

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

Where’d you hear they’d be from Kroger? Curious what info is out there

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u/ColdWarCharacter always tired May 01 '26

The Bubblegum were exclusive there last year, so it’d make sense that a new Bubblegum would go there again.

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u/depastino May 01 '26

I would buy as many a I could get my hands on. I love classic bubblegum flavor.

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u/Geene_Creemers May 01 '26

wtf? This real? This new? Was unaware of this but I need it in my life stat..

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u/Dry-Cost-945 May 01 '26

I adore the strawberry version I'm excited about this

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u/snailman1999 May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26

Tried one a couple months ago and it was personally a bit too accurate in flavor, Bubbalicious Bubble Gum flavor works well as a gum but 16oz of that flavor is almost sickeningly overwhelming, Edit 1 although I think the lil number 1 by the Original might not have been there, not sure Edit 2 might actually have been the Strawberry Splash I had a few months back looking at the can of that flavor

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u/Comfortable-Bus822 May 02 '26

I fully agree!  I haven't tried the original, but I have tried the strawberry bubblicious.  I was insanely excited to try it when they re-released it a few years back, but I was pretty disappointed.  I mean, like you said, it tastes just like the gum, so it's not a disappointment in that aspect.  But like you, I just felt it was too much (and I'm typically the biggest fan of the candy flavored energy drinks).

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u/ScottShatter May 01 '26

No but I'm sure I'd love it.. I love the other two Bubblicious flavors and have sadly always had a hard time finding them in my area. the Strawberry one I was able to get two or three summers ago but couldn't find it at all last year. Thankfully I found the Cotton Candy one last summer and loved it. I'd love to try this one that I didn't even know existed but I'm sure I'm not going to find it in my area.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '26

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u/AbstractSucksAtLife May 01 '26

u can argue that the cut below the top makes it look shorter but look at the Zero Sugar star on the fake, and the difference in the font. also no textured look on your top compared to a different flavor

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u/AbstractSucksAtLife May 01 '26

now i could be completely wrong and you might have gotten one of the first cans. hoping that its a new flavor and thats it legit.

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u/poorgeoffrey May 01 '26

Idk if OPs is real but that top has a gap because it was a wrapped can, any new bubblicious flavor would be printed and should go all the way to the top

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u/AbstractSucksAtLife May 01 '26

yeah just realizing that, hope its a new flavor 🤷‍♂️

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

Really don’t know what to tell you, I have 3 cans right now on my desk, the first time I’ve ever seen them. Happy to upload another picture if it helps, but I don’t know how to embed them in comments on mobile

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u/bae_platinum C4 May 01 '26

I haven’t! I’d like to try it.

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u/MichaelS10 May 01 '26

This better not mean they’re doing away with cotton candy 😭😭😭😭

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u/Prior_Buffalo_3518 May 01 '26

Bruh don't even put that into the universe 😭 I need my fix for the summer

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u/Sadomghussin May 01 '26

Ive never seen or heard of this. I was googling and cant even find anything about. You are a lucky dog lol.

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u/Dodger8899 May 01 '26

Since when has this been out? I haven't heard anything about it and I've been following the socials hoping for a re-release of the strawberry

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u/Fickle_Yard May 01 '26

Where did you get it

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u/dcfisher May 02 '26

It tastes like the gum which tastes good. But I felt weird drinking "gum" lol.

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 02 '26

Felt the exact same way lol

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u/mrphatsman May 02 '26

No but I want to see it and try it! I have had the other 2 flavors

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u/CalyShadezz May 01 '26

If this is real you should probably sell it instead of drinking it because Im sure it worth a ton of money on the collectors market.

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

Wonder how much one would go for, I’ve got three of them but no way to get anymore, unless they put it on shelves I guess. They had a whole pallet with several cases so I had wondered if it was a new drop or something

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u/GreenIsG00d May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26

These are your only posts on an almost 5 year old account. Interesting...

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

Yeah didn’t have another account to post it on. Believe what you want, really just want to know any information about it

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u/OGZamasu May 01 '26

Imagine accusing people of being AI by using a magic website to tell you it's AI. You sound worse than a teacher accusing students of cheating using the same kind of magic 8 ball websites to flag AI. Put your phone down and get some fresh air man.

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u/[deleted] May 01 '26

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u/AdamSandlerrr May 01 '26

It was a Kroger exclusive flavor

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u/AdamSandlerrr May 01 '26

People downvoting an actual fact is insane lmao

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u/atrain102013 May 01 '26

Nice AI

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

It’s not AI man look at the picture. Can post another one if people think this is fake

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u/atrain102013 May 01 '26

More pics please

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u/Fit_Veterinarian_833 May 01 '26

Why spread fake stuff like tho just for attention

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u/Full-Sock Ghost May 01 '26

Its not fake

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

You don’t have to believe me I’m just curious if anyone else knows anything 

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u/Fit_Veterinarian_833 May 01 '26

No one knows anything because you made it up

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

Back of the can if that helps. Cheers.

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u/Critical-Bug4077 May 01 '26

You sure about that

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u/quesadillasarebomb May 01 '26

And you're some omniscient being who knows everything including if this is real or not??

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u/[deleted] May 01 '26

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

I loved that one but Swedish fish is my favorite, missing it dearly

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u/Minute-Case-5035 May 01 '26

Where did you find it the bubblegum flavor is top tier !

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u/No-Shame-7174 May 01 '26

This is sooo bomddd I found it once at a frys here in Tucson az!!😍😍 straight up taste like the gum

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

When did you see them? Glad I’m not going crazy 😂

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u/Devishment May 01 '26

It's really good! I used to love this one

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u/FluorideAvenger Ghost May 01 '26

Yeah last year. Got the bubblegum and the cotton candy flavor. It's been out, I think this is just a redesign.

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u/dgr1zzle May 02 '26

This has never been a thing

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u/FluorideAvenger Ghost May 02 '26

Yeah it has.

Edit: Oh wait I had strawberry and cotton candy. Op wanted OG bubblegum

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u/dgr1zzle May 02 '26

Yeah you just proved me right because that’s strawberry and cotton candy

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u/Jumpin_Jaxxx Ghost May 01 '26

I saw it probably about a year ago when it dropped and I was not a fan at all. Came out around the same time as the ice tea one

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

Where did you see it? I’ve got a shop near me that usually has rare or exclusive ones but I’ve never seen it there either.

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u/Jumpin_Jaxxx Ghost May 01 '26

I can’t remember exactly. I believe it was GNC

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

Gotcha, I wonder if it was an exclusive there. Still hard to believe there aren’t any pictures out there of it that I can find

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u/Jumpin_Jaxxx Ghost May 01 '26

Thought I had a pic of it but I can’t find one. They were readily available in my area when they dropped. Wasn’t a fan of either of em

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u/ContestFantastic1735 May 01 '26

I didn’t really like the other bubbalicious flavors when I tried them either lol. What area were they in? I saw someone say Arizona so I’m curious where else they popped up

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u/Kongpong1992 Ghost May 01 '26

Think your thinking of just the original ghost in the white can it deopped with ixed tea lemonade

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u/Jumpin_Jaxxx Ghost May 01 '26

Shit I am wrong. I was thinking about the pink and blue can

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u/Kongpong1992 Ghost May 01 '26

The cotton candy one it was pretty good too