Cherry Flavored Drinks

As we start to move into spring I normally think about cherry blossoms and all of the festivals around them. Cherries can be a very fresh flavor when done right, but can quickly turn bad and taste like medicine. It all depends on how well the manufacture handles the flavoring.

Drinks You Can Pick Up At The Store

Clear American Wild Cherry Water

It was a little bitter. Even though this is a flavored water there are several ingredients on the label. I'm not sure if it is an artificial sweetener, but something makes it bitter. I would have expected a sour flavor since that is a popular way to take cherry flavoring, and that is why I don't think this was done on purpose, but just a side effect. I wouldn't actively go looking for this product, but if it was the only flavor they had left I would be willing to drink it. This product came from Walmart.

Jen Collagen Aloe Vera Infused Water Cherry & Rose

This drink was a lot thinner then other aloe drinks. For this one the you couldn't taste the rose at all due to how overpowering the cherry flavor was. It also was not a good cherry flavor. It was that gross medicine flavor that really isn't cherry no matter what they call it.

Caruso's Maraschino Cherry Cola

The flavor of this was different then any other cherry soda I have ever tried. In a way it really did taste like Maraschino cherries. I'm not sure if I would buy it often, but I would drink it again. I found this soda at Rocket Fizz. 

Olipop Cherry Vanilla Sparkling Tonic

Your first sip you are hit in the mouth with a sour punch and the flavor is just weird. You have to really search for the cherry flavor and when you do get it, it is like they used super under ripe cherries. Just not a good experience and it took me hours to finally get it down. I've had other probiotic products that were not this bad. Tried February 2023.

Sparkling Ice Cherry Limeade

Sour and not it a good way. There was also a weird taste with this one that I think comes from one of the additives in it. It also left a bad after taste. Tried in February 2023 and found this product at Walmart.

GFUEL Power Pellet (Cherry Lollipop)

Not what I was expecting. Besides the video game theme of this drink the other thing that had stood out to me was the zero sugar. I don't know how they managed to give it a sweet cherry flavor with no sugar. It didn't have any of those bitter or other after tastes that artificial sugars can have. It was really good and not like the medicine artificial cherry flavor I had been expecting. I think I found a new favorite energy drink. I found this at Hmart in Aurora. Tried in February 2023.

Sparkling Ice Black Cherry

Of the Sparkling Ice this is actually one of the better ones. It didn't have the weird after tastes that some of the other flavors have. This came from Walmart. Tried February 2023.

Kroger Black Cherry Sparkling Water

This was gross. Nor only did it have a bad taste while you drank it, but the after taste would just not go away. Avoid. This product came from King Soopers and it is their store brand water. Tried February 2023.

Clear American Cherry Vanilla

Very forward on the vanilla flavor. As I opened it the smell of vanilla hits you and then even in taste the vanilla over powers the cherry for the most part. They need to dial up the cherry and dial down the vanilla. This product is about average. I'd buy it again if they were all out of the better flavors. Walmart brand water that I tried in February 2023.

Signature Select Wild Cherry

Yes there was a dark cherry flavor, but it was also slightly bitter which I think came from one of the additives they put in it. Would I drink it again...maybe....would I buy it again....not so sure. It just did not stand out in a good way. This drink I found at Safeway and tried it in March 2023.

Splash Fizz Black Cherry

It had a slightly too strong artificial cherry flavor, but at the same time not overpowering. I would get this again if there was nothing else to drink.

Drinks At Restaurants

I had a really hard time finding cherry Drinks in the store and actual restaurant drinks could not be found anywhere. I thought that cherry would be an easy flavor to find, but I think that it is no longer that popular.

Restaurants Make Your Own 

I did this section because I found it hard to find cherry themed drinks at restaurants and decided to try and make my own.

Iced Mocha (Add Cherry Syurp)

For this drink I took their, 303 Coffee Company, large iced Mocha and added 5 pumps of cherry syrup. Even with that amount there was no cherry taste. I think the problem was that the drink had dark chocolate in it and that overpowered the cherry. I think that this size would have needed 10 pumps for the cherry to come through.

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