Flavor Spotlight: My Smacker Sweet Sixteen

Today I pulled out the drawer full of Bonne Bell products I've accumulated over the past 2 years. I decided to pick my favorites out of this large bunch. As much as I wanted to pick every one of them I limited myself to 10. Well I pulled out a little more so I limited it to 15. Okay so it turned out to be the sweetest number of all...16! So here is my list of favorites and reasons why they are

16. & 15. Sheree's Sweet Sugar Berry, liquid and biggy: I love these two because the smell is so overly sweet that I think I have diabetes now :).

14. Sugar Plum Party, liquid- I love the sugar plums made by Bonne Bell. They taste so yummy it's almost like candy!

13. Chocolate Cherry Kisses- This is a Lip Lock smacker. It comes in a cute jar shaped like a heart. I've almost eaten this one before it's so delicious!

12. Chilled Eggnog lip smacker- It smells and tastes like eggnog minus the overpowering cinnamon. This smacker is almost creamy tasting! Mmmmmmmmm :)

11. Spicoli's Spumoni lip smacker- No I've never had spumoni but this smacker makes me wanna get some! And Spicoli is such a cutie playing in his hamster ball!

10. Gumdrop Pop sparkler- goody goody gumdrop Bonne Bell rocks! This sparkler is sweet and sour and adds a glittery shimmer to your lips!

9. Mika's Sweet Cream lip smacker- Its like slapping a saucer of milk onto my lips! Not to mention Mika is a cutie! Every Paul Frank smacker is adorable!

8. 7Up liquid- Liquids always makes the taste of a smacker pop! So why not make the best soda pop into a liquid. And it comes in an awesome 2 liter shaped vile!

7. Berry Traditional Cranberry lip smacker- A holiday must is this smacker. It tastes and smells just like the yummy cranberry sauce my grandma makes each year!

6. Candy Apple lip smacker- Spicy, tasty and appleicious! This on is a must for any LS fanatic!

5. Skittles Tropical Strawberry Starfruit liquid- Ah I praise Bonne Bell for making Skittles and picking my favorite flavor to make! In a liquid no less!

4. Coca Cola lip smacker- Yes another partnership I love Bonne Bell for. This was a hard decision between Sprite and Coke...but in the end this caramel colored pop will always own my heart!

........3. Sugar Crystals liquid- Yes this one is spot on! As a kid I always love the look of this candy. It's see through, neon and looks so crystaly! Hints the name lol. And the taste is just as lovely! No wonder why I love this smacker and why it's no.3!

.........2. Apple Cider lip smacker- I knew I'd love this one! It's a Halloween smacker which is a plus and it tastes so fabulous! The cider tickles your lips with a yummy flavor! I swear I'm wearing this smacker on my wedding day :).

.......drum roll....1. Sweet Sioux lip smacker- My all time favorite lip smacker. This was made in 1973 for a mail away promotion. The label is a little Indian girl complete with a baby strapped to her back. I love this treasure and I'm lucky to have gotten hold of her. The flavor is Wild Raspberry which still holds it's flavor and taste. Her look and the tasty flavor is what makes her undisputed no.1 on my Smacker Sweet Sixteen!

Chilled Eggnog lip sparkler

I got this one yesterday! Every Christmas Bonne Bell not only releases smackers but sparklers! Sparklers are tall frosted glosses with gorgeous micro glitter!

The Chilled Eggnog sparkler is delish. Seeing as how I finally had eggnog I can say it's true to the real thing. The sparkler is actually alot more realistic than it's smacker counterpart. It has a small hint of cinnamon smell to it with the powerful eggnog punch! The taste takes you right into a cup of this holiday favorite!

The label is clear except for a little steaming mug of eggnog. A little swirl of cinnamon tops off this mini character!

Chilled Eggnog lip smacker

Just got this one today! It's been over 30 years since this flavor has been seen. It is a limited edition Christmas lip smacker! I'm not sure what eggnog tastes or smells like but I love this smacker. It smells a little like vanilla but it's sweeter. And it tastes just like it smells! Delish!

The label is blue with a little snowman on it. He is surrounded by little red and white stars.

Flavor Spotlight: Marshmallow

Marshmallow started out in the late 70s combined with another yummy flavor! It was called Banana Marshmallow! It unfortunatly didn't last very long though. I'm not 100% positive but I think it only appeared a few times between the 1980s and early 2000s.

Although Banana Marshmallow vanished a few took it's place. Marshmallow S'more started popping up in Fall food inspired sets in the early 2000s! It also made it into the snack time set in 2005! And finally Marshmallow Ghost made a spooky debut in a limited edition Halloween party pack. This years Christmas has brought a new Marshmallow flavor. Paul Frank Industries and Bonne Bell brought out sets of holiday smackers! One being Julius' Mint Marshmallow! It looks like this flavor just won't go away...and that's s'more better news for us :)

Flavor Spotlight: Popcorn

Yes this may sound strange but even Popcorn has been made into a Lip Smacker. The first sight of this one came in the 70s with Caramel Popcorn. It didn't last as long as most fans wanted it to though. While it may have vanished it opened the doors for a new flavor in the late 90s early 2000s called Popcorn Ball! Popcorn Ball was apart of a couple Fall inspired sets seeing as how it's a favorite around the autumn season.

Finally in 2004 to 2005 came my personal favorites! Buttered Popcorn! This yummy flavor was apart of a limited edition Snack Time set. It was one of it's only apperances in the Lip Smacker line. After that any Popcorn flavor had fallen into the smacker vault......Until Christmas 2010! Back by popular demand was Caramel Popcorn! It came in a few Holiday sets and was named Caramel Popcorn Drizzle. It was the hit of that seasons' line. Although it was a limited edition for that year it can still be found on the net. Seeing as how it may be another 30 years before we get Caramel Popcorn again I suggest you buy them up before they pop away!

Flavor Spotlight: Strawberry

Ah Strawberry! This is the one that started the craze of smackers. Strawberry was the first Lip Smacker in 1973 and has been made every year since. It's in nearly every series and collection made by Bonne Bell. It's a chameleon too! Strawberry spawned into Strawberry Vanilla, Strawberry Kiwi, Strawberry Banana, Strawberry Creme, Strawberry Cheesecake and so many others. It's a classic flavor that will never go away like many others have.

Some of my personal favorites are

"Red Carpet Ready" Strawberry Kiwi- A dazzeling flavor with micro glitter for an extra umph! Comes wrapped in a glimmery label and a clear cap! Oh so fabulous!

Strawberry Cheesecake- Never smell or wear this one while your hungry! One of the most delicious flavors ever! Strawberry Cheesecake appeared in the 2000s in a Snack Time set and also in the regular series. It's still around for awhile ;)

Skittles Tropical Strawberry Starfruit- Just as delicious as the real thing! This smacker comes in the totally radical party pack and also as a liquid in the Skittles Trio set!

Flavor Spotlight: Apple

Apple has taken on several different identities within the Bonne Bell world. It started out in the mid 70s as fan favored Candy Apple! It lasted into the 80s and sometimes in the 90s morpher into just plain Apple. Candy Apple wasn't done with Lip Smackers just yet though! In 2005 it re appeared in several back to school sets. Sadly soon after it, like a real apple, rotted away in the Smacker Vault.

Although Candy Apple has gone away, the flavor Apple has made a few apperances in the 2000s! Lets hope soon Bonne Bell is visited by that old Snow White hag as she drops them a few sweet Apples!

I was lucky enough to get my hands on these few apple flavors. My favorite being Apple Cider! Made in a limited edition Halloween set. Candy Apple from the back to school treats set made in 2005. And finally the Juicy Blooms Apple Blossom! This is a tall red liquid smacker fused with micro glitter sparkles your lips!

Flavor Spotlight: Coca Cola

Coca Cola is my most favorite soda on earth! It's tasty and sizzles just right! That's probably the reason Bonne Bell finally teamed up with this All American favorite in the late 2000s! They started out with an outrageously sucessful party pack including Coca Cola favorites Coca Cola Vanilla, Coca Cola Cherry, Sprite, Barq's Root Beer, Fanta Strawberry, Fanta Orange and Fanta Grape. Coca Cola was my top favorite in that particular set! And the best thing is....that wasn't all. The following Christmas produced 2 limited edition collectors tins one with Coca Cola Black Cherry Vanilla and another featuring Fanta Pineapple.

This series also spawned liquids for several of these sodas, squeezies, rollies and even three lip sparklers! Coca Cola for sure made an impact on the Lip Smacker world!

My favorite Coca Cola smackers:

-Coca Cola. -Coca Cola sparkler
-Coca Cola Vanilla. -Sprite liquid
-Coca Cola Black Cherry Vanilla. -Barq's Root Beer
-Fanta Grape liquid

Flavor Spotlight- Raspberry

Raspberry has come in many different forms of lips smackers. You can find it in Wild Raspberry, Red Raspberry or even Blue Raspberry. Any of them are great flavors IMO. Raspberry is another original flavor for the Lip Smackers. As of late it has gotten alot of attention especially with the new Paul Frank Industries series! Raspberry is a flavor that is timeless and will always be a fan favorite!

Raspberry Flavors in my personal collection:
- Justice Raspberry Hearts. -Julius' Red Raspberry. -Red Raspberry.
-Wild Raspberry. -Sweet Sioux ('73 mail away). -Cool Raspberry Ice
-Skittles Wild Berry Raspberry -Julius' Red Raspberry Biggy
-Julius' Red Raspberry liquid. -Skittles Wild Berry Raspberry liquid
-Raspberry Spritz sparkler

Flavor Spotlight: Dr.Pepper & Friends

Paging Dr.Pepper! Yep that's what Bonne Bell has been doing for over 30 years! Dr.Pepper was the first soft drink to be made into a Lip Smacker. It's stuck around almost as long as smackers have been produced! Not very long after the doc made his intro his buddies tagged along. Crush Orange and 7 Up decided to join in the fun. By the 80s Crush Grape and Crush Cherry had made thief way into the mix.

Nowadays Dr. Pepper still dons the shelves of Lip Smackers! Most of his friends stuck by him and are included in the 8 peice party pack!

Flavor Spotlight: Cherry

Ah Cherry! It's my favorite fruit ever! And it must be Bonne Bell's too! Cherry came out not too long after the Smacker debuted in '73. It stuck around for nearly two decades and was one of the first Christmas/Holiday smackers. However it wasn't just Cherry! It mixed with Chocolate to make Chocolate Cherry! One of the most delicious flavors introduced.

Cherry was a fan favorite until it left the shelves in early 2000. It finally re appeared in 2008 and spawned more Cherry inspired flavors like SPF Cherry Berry Ball! Chocolate Cherry even made a comeback as Julius' Cherry Chocolate apart of the Paul Frank Industries series!

Cherry Flavors in my personal collection:
-Cherry. -Coca Cola Cherry. -Coca Cola Black Cherry Vanilla
-Julius' Chocolate Cherry. -SPF 24 Cherry Berry Ball. -Starburst Fave Reds Cherry
-7UP Cherry. -Kool Aid Cherry Watermelon. -Lip Lock Chocolate Cherry
-Coca Cola Cherry liquid. -Coca Cola Black Cherry Vanilla. -Coca Cola Cherry shimmer
-Coca Cola Cherry squeezie

Flavor Spotlight-Root Beer

Root Beer is a flavor that has been with Bonne Bell since the beggining. In the 70s the popular flavor was Hire's Root Beer! It lasted quite some time before A&W took it's place as the root beer soda flavor. There was even a regular smacker called Root Beer Float that stuck around from the 70's until it faded into obscurity in the early 2000s.

Nowadays A&W still sticks around with it's buddy Dr Pepper and 7Up. And even Barq's has swooped in to give it some competition! No matter if it's name brand like Hire's or Barq's or if it's just plain Root Beer Float, this flavor will never leave or lips!

Some of the root beers in my personal collection are-
-A&W Root Beer -Barq's Root Beer -Pistol Pete (root beer flavor mail away)

Flavor Spotlight: Grape.

This is a new blog collum I call 'Flavor Spotlight'. Here I'll be reviewing families of smackers such as this one....Grape!

Grape has been a staple in the Bonne Bell company since the 70s. It started out with the very outrageous flavor Sour Grape. Soon after Crush Grape joined in the Lip Smacker craze! Grape stuck around until the late 90s when it dissappered into the Bonne Bell vault. A Grape Jelly lip smacker did debut but soon vanished somewhere around '95-'98 time frame.

This wouldn't be the last time Grape flourished though! The collaberation between Coca Cola and Bonne Bell produced a Fanta Grape smacker in 2008 and in 2009 a limited edition halloween Ghoulish Grape made it's mark! Easter 2010 brought us a Starburst Jellybean Grape smacker also. Fans of the vintage Smackers have been asking for a new Sour Grape as of late, you never know what the future may hold.

These are some of the Grapes in my personal collection!
-Fanta Grape -Crush Grape -Grape Jelly
-Ghoulish Grape -Fanta Grape liquid -Starburst Jellybean Original Grape

Peanut Butter Lip Smacker

Peanut Butter was a flavor made in a double set with Grape Jelly in '95. It came in an adorable package shaped like a pb & j sandwhich. Peanut Butter didn't last very long and hasn't been seen in the past decade.

Peanut Butter smells very buttery. I noticed it tastes more like a peanut butter cookie than a spoonful of peanut butter. Nonetheless it is a very tasty smacker. The label is a dandelion orange color with the block logo in purple, green, red and orange.

Thanks so much to my good fiend Edye for te oppertunity to buy these two rare peices. I was so excited and love her tons for this. These two smackers rock!

Grape Jelly Lip Smacker

The grape jelly lip smacker was a flavor made in a two pack back around '95. It stuck around for a hot little minute unlike it's partner Peanut Butter.

Grape Jelly smells very close to Fanta Grape IMO. It's delicious with a smell that really pops! The label on this one is a dark purple with the block logo in green, red, purple and orange. Grape Jelly made a surprise return in the Christmas 2006 collection but soon hid again.

NEW Smackers!!!!

I just got two updates of some new smackers

-Girl Scout inspired smackers such as Samoas, Thin Mints and Peanut Butter are hitting Claires and WalMarts!

-The Christmas Holiday smackers Chilled Eggnog and six others have been spotted at Justice. They will most likely be hitting WalMart and Target in the next few weeks!

-New Paul Frank lip smackers have been reported but not seen. If you have any info please contact me :)

thanks to Kim and Adam for these tips! Happy Hunting!