Faygo Blue Moon Mist

Mountain Yeller is the Piggly Wiggly version of a Mountain Dew style soda. It is also where the South Carolina/Florida folk band The Mountain Yellers got their name.

This was the Sodastream version of Mountain Dew, sold as a syrup for their home carbonation device. This flavor was sold in standard and diet varieties, both of which use Splenda as part or all of the sweetening agent, instead of aspartame or high-fructose corn syrup. Fountain Mist was discontinued as part of their brand overhaul in mid-2015.Hillbilly Holler is a generic version of Mountain Dew sold at Fareway stores. Rather than being a direct play on the name Mountain Dew, this name and some other generics make reference to the song, Good Old Mountain Dew, which praises the moonshine brewed in the Appalachian Mountains. Hillbilly and Holler are words referring to Appalachian Mountain life. The taste falls somewhere between Mello Yello and Mountain Dew.

Kickapoo Joy Juice is a citrus-flavored soft drink brand owned by the Monarch Beverage Company. The name was introduced in Li’l Abner, a comic strip that ran from 1934 through 1977.

Big K Citrus Drop is the generic version of Mountain Dew sold at Kroger stores. Its name plays another citrus drink, Sun Drop, which claims that its introduction in 1928 makes it the first soft drink marketed in this category, earlier than Mountain Dew. The brand’s slogan is “Pop the Drop” which is analogous to Mountain Dew’s former “Do the Dew” slogan. Citrus Drop contains 26.2 mg of caffeine, while Diet Citrus Drop contains 25.1 mg. The Xtreme version tastes the same, but contains more caffeine than the original Citrus Drop, and comes in a ‘tribal’ themed can. According to Kroger’s customer service, Diet Citrus Drop Xtreme has 70.9 mg of caffeine per 12 US fl oz (350 ml) can. The slogan is “Citrus With Attitude”.Mountain Holler also has a few extensions of its flavors, also similar to Mountain Dew. Mountain Holler Red Howl is similar to Code Red or even the limited time Game Fuel, and Mountain Holler Avalanche is similar to Whiteout.Mountain Lightning is a Wal-Mart soft drink brand that resembles Mountain Dew. On the can, there is a picture of two mountains and lightning bolts surrounding it and the color scheme resembles that of Mountain Dew’s. It’s a less expensive alternative to Mountain Dew with less caffeine. One can presume that its name was chosen due to both brand names being alternative for moonshine.

Mountain Drops contains 20 more calories, one more gram of carbohydrates, and one more gram of sugar than Mountain Dew. This generic soda does not use any orange juice.

Mountain Holler is a generic brand soft drink similar to Mountain Dew and is sold exclusively at Save-A-Lot grocery stores. It has a small group following around the U.S. Its taste is closer to Surge than Mountain Dew.

Mountain Breeze is the Safeway SELECT generic answer to Mountain Dew. The taste of the soda is much the same as Mountain Dew, with a few noticeable differences. Mountain Dew is a bit tangier than its Safeway SELECT counterpart, which focuses more on sweetness. One 12 oz. can of Mountain Breeze contains 0 calories, 0 mg of sodium, 0g total Carbohydrate, 0g of sugar, and the following ingredients: carbonated water, high-fructose corn syrup, citric acid, sodium benzoate, orange juice concentrate, sodium citrate, caffeine, natural flavors, artificial flavors, ester gum and Yellow 5. The design of a Mountain Breeze soda can also bears a great resemblance to an older Mountain Dew can, more so than many of the generic citrus sodas. Safeway Select has replaced the brand name with Refreshe.

Mountain Roar is the Harris Teeter equivalent to Mountain Dew. This soda is similar to Mountain Dew in taste, but it has a higher sugar content. Mountain Roar is no longer available at most Harris Teeters, but Diet Mountain Roar can be found at times.Ingredients: CARBONATED WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, ORANGE JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE (A PRESERVATIVE), GUM ACACIA, POTASSIUM CITRATE, CAFFEINE, Calcium disodium EDTA (TO PROTECT FLAVOR), YELLOW 5, BROMINATED VEGETABLE OIL. Source: HANNAFORD BROS. CO.

In addition to PepsiCo’s Mountain Dew, Coca-Cola’s Sprite or Dr Pepper’s Sun Drop, there are a variety of smaller or regional brands for citrus soda. Several of these brands include the word “Mountain” in their name to help describe their product, a nod to Mountain Dew’s leading market position.Mountain Mellow (a cross between Mountain Dew and Mello Yello) is the Western Family and Shurfine brand Mountain Dew knockoff, sold in some areas with the subtitle “citrus soda.” “Mountain Mellow” is sold (under the Western Family banner) in Mega Foods, Lowe’s Market in Texas and other stores in the northwest of the U.S.A., and under the Shurfine banner in many areas of the Northeast.

Super Chill Mt. Chill is manufactured by SuperValu and can be found at Festival Foods, Sentry Foods, Cub Foods, County Market, Albertsons, and Jewel-Osco. Contains 48g of sugar, 180 calories. The punk band Crucial Dudes has titled a song “Mt. Chill, You’re Climbin'” in honor of this product.Mountain Fury is a Mountain Dew taste-alike produced and distributed by the Milwaukee-based Roundy’s for their Pick n’ Save, Rainbow, Copps and Mariano’s stores in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois. Diet Mountain Fury is also available. Mountain Fury has a caffeine content of 41.8 mg per 12 oz. can.

11.”Faygo showers” are a thing. After receiving an enthusiastic crowd reaction to their throwing a Faygo bottle into a group of hecklers, rap duo Insane Clown Posse now incorporates the soda into every show, and it is a huge part of their fan culture. Whoop whoop!4.Faygo was sold only in Detroit and Michigan into the late 1950s because it had a limited shelf life. These problems were later solved by chemists. Chemists with chemistry degrees. It’s science.

Oh, Faygo. Sweet, sweet Faygo. If you’re from Detroit (or thereabouts), you’re quite familiar with the sugary, flavor-filled, affordable, good-timey pop, especially if you were alive and sentient when your TV still had knobs, your Tigers still had Al Kaline, and your Ford still didn’t know how to talk to you. Yes, it’s been a long journey for the makers of Redpop, Rock & Rye, and Moon Mist — so here are a few things you probably didn’t know about Detroit’s original party pop.

1.Faygo was founded in 1907 by the Russian-born Feigenson brothers (pronounced Fay-gin-sin), Perry and Ben. They shortened the name to Faygo in 1921, since Feigenson didn’t fit on the labels very well.10. Of the 50+ flavors Faygo has to offer, what are the top five in the Michigan area? From one to five: Cola, Moon Mist, Orange, Redpop, and Root Beer.7. Faygo’s had some pretty memorable ads over its 107-year lifespan. The Faygo Kid is in the advertising hall of fame, and the success of the Boblo boat commercial in the 1970s prompted the company to put out a record featuring the song.

9.Nowadays, Faygo is owned by the Florida-based National Beverage Company, which also owns Shasta, Everfresh Juices, LaCroix sparking water, and Rip It energy drinks. Their NASDAQ symbol is also, quite refreshingly, FIZZ.3. Among several other innovations, Faygo is credited with being the first to utilize the familiar twist-off cap, and thus the first to market their soda as “pop” for the sound it made when cracking open one of their sodas… err, pops.

Lemon oil is the essential oil derived from the lemon itself; often it has a more concentrated, clear- or pure-tasting flavor than its extract counterparts. Lemon extracts, meanwhile, are made by extracting the flavor of the ingredient into a liquid base, typically alcohol. For this recipe, you’ll want to use lemon oil; substituting extract may lead to off flavors.Popular throughout the Midwest, Blue Moon was reputedly invented in Milwaukee in the 1950s. Nostalgic fans on Chowhound lovingly described it as having a “nuclear turquoise color” and tasting “kinda fruity, but not really.” Blue Moon is not blueberry ice cream. It’s not really any sort of recognizable fruit. Blue Moon purveyors tend to keep their recipe a closely guarded secret so speculation abounds as to what gives it that unique flavor. Some swear it’s just almond extract while others say it’s nutmeg. Growing up in New England, I never experienced real Blue Moon ice cream, but it sounded an awful lot like a cherished childhood indulgence: Smurf ice cream. In a medium saucepan, whisk together cream, milk, and remaining sugar. Whisking occasionally, heat mixture over medium-low heat until bubbles begin to form along the edges of the pan, about 8 minutes. Remove from heat and add heated cream mixture to the eggs one tablespoon at a time while whisking constantly to temper the eggs. This ice cream has a very strong, distinct flavor profile and this recipe has them on display in full force. If you’d prefer a more subtle tasting ice cream, feel free to dial back on the flavorings to taste.There’s no consensus on what exactly the flavor is other than sweet and good, and I suspect different creameries throughout the Midwest have their own special formulas. On my hunt for a recipe to cook up a batch of Blue Moon ice cream at home, I discovered one on Food.com involving raspberry flavoring, lemon oil, and instant vanilla pudding that looked very promising and seemed to jive with what I remember Smurf ice cream, a marshmallow studded blue raspberryish concoction, tasted like. This is adapted from that recipe.If you asked seven-year-old me what my favorite ice cream flavor was, I would have said without hesitation: Smurf. Yes, Smurf ice cream, a magical blue, marshmallow-studded concoction that’s supposed to be some sort of cotton candy/bubble gum/blue raspberry flavor, but tastes like a sequin top hat-wearing unicorn tap dancing on a Ferris wheel—it’s that magical. As a kid in Southern Connecticut, this enchanting flavor could only be found at Sweet Claude’s in Cheshire. We didn’t often get out to Cheshire, but you can be sure that when we did, I ordered Smurf ice cream. Every. Single. Time.Set bowl over an ice bath. Let cool at room temperature for 1 hour, stirring occasionally, then cover and refrigerate for 2 more hours or up to overnight until completely chilled. Churn chilled custard according to your ice cream maker’s instructions. Transfer ice cream into a bowl or container that will hold 1 quart. Cover and freeze for at least 3 hours to fully set. Serve. Pour custard into a medium bowl and whisk in vanilla pudding mix until thoroughly incorporated. Whisk in raspberry flavoring, lemon oil, and vanilla extract until combined. Whisk in blue food coloring until desired color is reached. When you visit the site, Dotdash Meredith and its partners may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. Cookies collect information about your preferences and your devices and are used to make the site work as you expect it to, to understand how you interact with the site, and to show advertisements that are targeted to your interests. You can find out more about our use, change your default settings, and withdraw your consent at any time with effect for the future by visiting Cookies Settings, which can also be found in the footer of the site.A word of caution: My seven-year-old self also lived for Peeps and similar toothache-inducing sweets. Blue Moon ice cream and its Smurf counterpart are sweet, sweet, sweet and bright blue. If either of these things is a turnoff, you might leave this flavor to the kiddos and the young at heart. Anyone left standing grab a spoon and dig in!

Once cream mixture and eggs have been combined, return to saucepan and heat on medium-low until the custard coats the back of a spoon or spatula and a line drawn with a finger leaves a distinct trail, 1 to 2 minutes. Mixture should register 170 to 175°F (77 to 79°C) on an instant-read thermometer; do not allow mixture to overheat.I’ll admit as a child I never really stopped to think about what might be in Smurf ice cream other than blueness, marshmallows, and love. It’s been years since I’ve had Smurf ice cream and I’ve never enjoyed a proper Blue Moon ice cream, but one bite of this homemade batch brought back a flood of memories of Smurfier days.I used Boyajian’s natural raspberry flavoring and lemon oil which you can find online or at a baking supply store. To get a vivid blue color, I recommend using gel food coloring which provides a more intense color.Ingredients : Water, high fructose corn syrup, citric acid, potassium benzoate (preservative) , modified corn starch, medium chain triglycerides, glycol a bit tight, sucrose acetate isobutyrate, natural and artificial flavors, Sucralose.

Faygo became popular outside of Michigan in the late 1960s when the company began advertising during televised Detroit Tigers games. Ads featuring the “Faygo Kid” and heartwarming jingles became instantly recognizable and very popular.

In 1985, the Feigenson family sold the Faygo Beverage Inc. to National Beverage Company, based in Florida. National Beverage, which also owns the Shasta soda pop brand, still operates the Detroit bottling works. Many of the employees have worked for Faygo for over 30 years. Today, Faygo comes in over 30 flavors and is sold in many states east of the Mississippi River. The most popular Faygo flavor remains one of the Feigenson brothers’ earliest creations: Redpop.In 1907, Ben and Perry Feigenson started bottling lager beer, mineral water and soda water. Recent Russian immigrants to Detroit, the brothers were trained as bakers. While packaging their soda water, they began playing around with the idea of creating soft drinks based on their frosting flavors.

The brothers ran the company until the mid-1940s, when they ceded control to their sons. In the 1950s Faygo was sold only in Detroit and Michigan because it had a limited shelf life. At that time, chemists determined that impurities in the water prevented the pop from staying carbonated. A new water filtration system was installed, improving shelf life to more than a year.Their carbonated soda “pop” – nicknamed because of the sound it made when the lid popped off – was bottled in a small plant on Benton Street. The initial flavors were fruit punch, strawberry and grape, which they sold fresh from a horse-drawn wagon the day after it was made.

If you want to look through every available Faygo flavor, you may want to get comfortable. There are a lot. Over 50. Find your favorite or a flavor you’ve never had and give it a try.

If you want to look through every available Faygo flavor, you may want to get comfortable. There are a lot. Over 50. Find your favorite, or a flavor you’ve never had, and give it a try.DETROIT – If you’ve tried and failed to find a bottle of Faygo’s new Bomb Pop-type Firework flavor, you aren’t alone. It’s sold out all over the place, even at the Faygo online Pop Shop. That’s lead to a price-gouging war on eBay for the beverage.

Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 7/1/2023).There’s two big reasons why the new flavor is in short supply. One, Faygo says it simply didn’t anticipate this much demand for the new flavor. Also, each bottle is made using new labeling technology. The printing is done directly on the bottle, developed at Plastipak Packaging in Plymouth, Michigan.

“It’s also important for people to remember that we still have 50 other flavors in 24-ounce bottles that need to be produced each week to fulfill orders, too.”