Rocket Fizz offers hundreds of novelty flavors ranging from Sweet Corn to Cookies ‘N Cream.
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By Baron Reichenbach
If you’ve been down Central Avenue, you might have seen the bright-red storefront of Rocket Fizz, a soda and candy shop chain, with one of its key commodities being a large selection of novelty sodas.
Ranging from butter to bacon to “Martian” flavors, these novelty sodas aim to bring the taste and experience of virtually any food item to the wonderful world of carbonated beverages. Here’s the top five that I believe work the best.
No. 5: Sweet Corn
3/5 stars
This one surprised me. It had a very distinct corn aroma, which was jarring at first, but the drink itself ended up tasting pleasantly sweet. Not so sure about that corn aftertaste though.
No. 4: Lemon Merengue
3.5/5 stars
A soda version of a classic pastry. It tastes like lemonade, but with a uniquely creamy aftertaste. Like sweet corn, though, it has a strong smell, and may not be as desirable to someone with a sensitive nose.
No. 3: Birthday Cake
4/5 stars
Birthday Cake soda is a sweet tooth’s dream come true. If you’ve had any ice cream, store-bought or Coldstone, that was labeled “birthday cake,” this soda will take you right back to that flavor. I almost felt like I should’ve seen rainbow sprinkles floating around in the bottle.
No. 2: Maple Syrup
4/5 stars
Drinking this fulfilled my subconscious “monkey brain” impulse to drink straight maple syrup, but without all the problems that come with it. And because it tastes like a bite of a syrup-saturated breakfast pancake, I felt no shame over trying it in the morning.
No. 1: Strawberries and Cream
5/5 stars
The Strawberries and Cream soda goes heavy on the strawberry flavor and light on the cream. Like the Lemon Merengue, this has a creamy aftertaste, but it complements the initial kick of sweet strawberry much better –– just like what’d you get from biting into a strawberry with a dab of whipped cream on it.
It was also the most flavorful of any of the drinks I tried, tasting like a soda that could stand very well on its own.
