Toxic Waste Sour Smog Balls
A sweet sold as a hazard.
- CategoryHard Boiled
- First appeared1990s
- CountryUnited States
- How it is madePanned
- DietaryHalal
What it is
A very sour hard ball that changes colour and flavour as you get through the layers. Genuinely uncomfortable for the first twenty seconds, which is the entire selling point.
Taste
Where it comes from
Toxic Waste launched in America in the 1990s, built around the idea that a sweet could be a dare. The packaging mimics a hazardous waste drum and the products carry warnings about eating more than one at a time, which have never discouraged a single child. It became the defining brand of the extreme sour category.
What it's made of
Sugar and glucose syrup panned in layers with a heavy loading of citric and malic acid, each layer a different colour, then glazed with beeswax.
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients
Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Acid: Citric; Gelling Agent: Gum Arabic; Flavourings; Colours: E133, E141, E161b, E162, E163
Allergens
No allergens in the ingredients
