5 Gum- React (the minty one) (there are two) (a minty one and a fruity one) (this is the minty one) (not the fruity one)

Okay, so Hannah got this gum, and when we each pulled out a stick to try it out, the gum was black. We were like “hey! I wonder if it’s like black licorice and makes your tongue and teeth all black!” which would’ve been pretty hilarious ‘cause Hannah had somewhere to be that night, but still, we braved it and tried it out. To both our disappointment and relief, our mouths remained normally colored.
Anyway.
It was okay. Nothing too special about it, actually, other than the fact that it was probably the mintiest gum I had ever put in my mouth. I was kind of cringing through the first few seconds of chewing! It died down after a bit, though, and after that it was just like any other mint gum.

5 Gum- Solstice

THIS. GUM. IS. A. LIE. It says it magically turns from hot to cold? Lies!! Blasphemy, I say! I call B.S.!
Ahem. Sorry.
Anyway, so it doesn’t turn from hot to cold, but it’s still pretty freaking good in my opinion. I mean, it starts off WAAY too sweet and minty, but if you stick it out (haha! Stick it out, stick of gum…) (sorry, enough stupid puns), it actually tastes pretty good. I mean, I guess it can be considered going from hot to cold if your definition of a “hot” tasting piece of gum is EXTREME mintiness. Hannah and I tried it together, and agreed that the big excitement over a hot-and-cold-taste sensation was a let down, but the gum itself still wasn’t all that bad. I get it every now and then just for the taste.

Trident Layers: Green Apple and Golden Pineapple

Wow. The first review. Epic.

This was the kind of gum my friend and I were trying out when we came up with this whole blog thing. Pretty good, I think! It’s mostly green apple, but not the nasty sour kind. You kind of have to pay attention in order to taste the shifting flavors, but they’re there! At first, you get a tangy apple taste. After about a minute or two of chewing, it starts to fade into an intense burst of pineapple. It only lasts a little while before blurring back into the apple flavor, but it’s pretty cool!
Some kinds of gum claim to be able to change throughout the chewing experience, but completely lie. Take Wrigley’s Five gum, for example. One of their flavors is called Solstice, and it’s said to cause a sensation of hot and cold in your mouth. Hannah and I tried this together, and both agreed it sucked. Maybe it’s just us, but whatever. Anyway, after that ordeal, I wasn’t really expecting much from Trident Layers, but it was really good! Looking forward to trying the other Layers flavor, Wild Strawberry and Tangy Citrus.

Let Me Explain....

My friend Hannah and I ALWAYS walk to Walgreens together. We only live about a mile away from it, so whenever we get bored, we arrange a quick trip. It's usually for school supplies, a last-minute present, or just for fun, but more than ever we go there for gum.
Hannah likes to experiment with different gum flavors; more than I do, anyway. I like to stick with one classic that I know I like, whereas she tends to get a different flavor every time.
One particular Walgreens trip, one that took place on May 5th (haha! Cinco de Mayo!), we had a big conversation about how we should go to Walgreens every week, try a new gum flavor, and create a blog about it.
Well... here it is.