Ah, blue raspberry—because apparently, regular raspberries just weren’t cool enough. This flavor, with its electric hue and sugar overload, has a backstory that’s way more complicated than you’d expect. It started in the ’50s when a snow cone company decided to invent a “blue raspberry” to avoid getting sued for using a questionable red dye.
Fast forward to the ’70s, and blue raspberry is the flavor that stole the show, making everything from popsicles to Powerade seem way more “extreme” than they had any right to be. But guess what? There’s no such thing as a blue raspberry. This flavor is 100% artificial, and probably not even related to anything resembling real fruit. But hey, it’s still somehow delicious, right?
Curious to know more? Check out this video from the Weird History Food channel where they dive into the history of blue raspberry and reveal what this flavor is actually made of.