In festivity of the newGhostbustersmovie get outthat quite a few the great unwashed have opinions about , Hi - C re - released the ' 90s lunchbox stapleEcto Cooler . Like many of you , I have n’t had an Ecto Cooler since I begged my booster for a sip of theirs since my mom deny to throng me anything sugary / delicious . allow ’s see if Ecto Cooler is still as pleasant-tasting and Ecto Coolery as it was way back in the glory days of flick crossovers .
That distinct Ecto Cooler smell
When I poured the contents of the can – a can ? ! – into the glass , the smell strike me like a ton of bricks . It prompt me of my lunchroom in center school , and I could much see mass trading Shark Bites next to me . Once you get a whiff of that A-one - sugary citrus blast , you ’ll know what I have in mind .
But I did n’t drink the Ecto Cooler from a can , because that seems haywire . I got a tiny - ass straw and engulf it into a juice box – I had n’t done this specific action in 20 yr , credibly , and in one swift motion I immediately felt as old as Vigo the Carpathian . But I fought through . For you .
The taste
That flavor captures exactly what the drink once try out like : a mellow fructose Indian corn syrup - laden , Tang - like orange with an aftertaste that lingers . And lingers . And loaf . It lingers longer than the image burn into your mind of pinkish muck coming out of Dana Barrett ’s bathtub . Ghostbusters IIlooms large for me , all right ?
The honest part of the new / old Ecto Cooler experience is n’t the flavor – it ’s the merriment of sip from a midget succus box filled with flavors that cue you of your adolescence . Hopefully , the flick will do the same .
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