'Rocket Fizz Soda Pop & Candy Shop' in the Mall of America

We were at the Mall of America this past weekend celebrating my youngest son’s birthday, and we stopped at Rocket Fizz Soda Pop & Candy Shop for the first time. I had been to Rocket Fizz in Vegas 12 years ago, but didn't realize I had one so close to home:

Sodas were kinda expensive at $2.99/bottle, but they had a huge selection of novelty sodas if you’re into that sort of thing!

Lots of candy and novelty metal signs as well. (And sodas down low.)

The middle part of this cooler is all birch beer, root beer, and sarsaparilla.

I didn't get anything, but I'd stop back (if I was willing to spend a little more) if I wanted to find some funky flavored novelty sodas! I think I've had all of the root beers in the image above, but I wouldn't be surprised if I stopped in sometime to grab a few other sodas. 

Candy at Legacy Toys at the Mall of America

My boys and I were at the Mall of America on Friday morning. They wanted to stop at Legacy Toys on the 3rd floor, so I looked at sweet treats as they browsed the toys:

 

5 lb gummy bears!

I haven't seen candy cigarettes in MN for a while, but these don't
say "cigarette" anywhere on them so maybe that makes them legal again. 

You can make some happy little trees with this Bob Ross gummy candy kit!

These are one of my favorites, so I got a few (including one to sneak into my wife's lunch for her).

 
I grabbed a can of "Duff Beer" (not actually beer) that was packaged to look just like the "real thing" from The Simpsons. It's in the fridge and I hope to crack into that shortly! They didn't have as much soda as I showed in this post from last year, but they still had a few fun bottles.

p.s. I realized that maybe the candy cigarette issue was just with St. Paul as I went back and looked at this post from 2013. So maybe the packaging has made them OK again, or maybe it was just St. Paul that banned them, or maybe Legacy Toys is breaking a law that no one cares about.  :) 

O-So Key Lime Soda

My wife was at the Mall of America recently, and she got me this:

She was at Legacy Toys at MOA.

She sent me 2 photos asking if I'd had all of these...

... and the only ones I hadn't had were O-So Peach (not interested) and O-So Key Lime.

Brand: O-So Key Lime Soda.  

Origin: Mukilteo, WA.

Purchase Place: Legacy Toy Store, Mall of America, Bloomington, MN.

Sweetener: Cane Sugar.

Review: This REALLY tasted like Key Lime! My wife took a sip, and I thought she'd hate it (as it's pretty sweet, and she doesn't like overly-sweet things), but she said "wow... that's like liquid pie!" And she meant that in a good way. Very spot on key lime flavor, and quite sweet. Not bad!

Score: 7 out of 10.