We loved these medicated hard candies from 530 Edibles the first time around, so when I caught up with the 530 Edibles gang at the Leafly Cannabis Cup pre-party and they said they had new flavors for us to try, I was ecstatic to get these hard candies back on the site. We simply adored the simplicity and convenience of these edibles last time we had them. In addition, all of the new flavors are sugar free, as is now my most beloved flavor from last time, the Sour Punch.
And just as with the 530 Edibles Sour Punch’s spooky similarity to the “bug juice” or fruit punch of my youth, all three new flavors in their line of hard candies, Tropical Chili Lime, Root Beer Float, and Orange Creme, remind me of specific drinks from my past, all duplicated nearly directly out of my memory.
Root Beer Float: In my younger days, my family would spend the bulk of each summer down the Jersey shore. This meant we spent countless hours sitting in traffic, only ever inching our way towards our destination — Seaside Heights. Once off the Garden State Parkway, our situation would only devolve on the surface streets, and to ebb the rise of car-bound anger, we would stop at the tiny orange and brown A&W burger stand on Rt. 37 for hot dogs and root beer floats. The creamy root beer and bubbly vanilla ice cream flavors that stick in my mind from those trips are solidified in these candies.
Tropical Chili Lime: When I was in my graduate program, my roommate and I used to hop onto the Long Island Railroad on our days off and head into NYC for a good natured rumpus around the bars of the city. During one particular trip on a Tuesday evening, we found ourselves in Greenwich Village on Bleeker Street among the bridge and tunnel crowd who were just off work and looking for release. We ended up ducking into Senor Swanky’s for a rowdy night of drinking margaritas, chomping complimentary chips and salsa, and hitting on Italian women from Staten Island who were way too old for us. And it is this experience that is mimicked in this Tropical Chili Lime flavor. The sweet and sour lime and bitingly spicy chili conjure up Mexican breezes (or NYC humidity) and plenty of tequila.
Orange Creme: This final flavor is a more recent memory, rooted here in Southern California. It is not uncommon to find me, nose to the grindstone, field testing products on the beaches between Newport and Balboa piers. And when the work is done, I pop up to the Ruby’s at the end of the Balboa Pier for a Creamsicle shake and the sunset. It is the same smooth orange flavor that is present in these Orange Creme hard candies, as calming and delicious as sundown at Ruby’s.
As with other 530 Edibles products, these hard candies come in two potency levels: 210 mg and 70 mg per tin. As convenient as a tin of Altoids, and not nearly as big, they can be left in a laptop bag or purse and office or nightstand drawers for when needed most. And like we boasted on the site before, their portability and discreet nature make them the most pragmatic edibles we’ve reviewed on the site.
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