Hi-C teases return of Ecto Cooler Drink

[ThatsNotRich]

Hi-C Ecto Cooler first hit shelves in 1989 as a tie-in to The Real Ghostbusters, with Slimer front and center as its mascot.
Initially launched as Citrus Cooler, the rebrand would prove beneficial, as the drink quickly gained a cult following.

To be honest I have never drank it, but this time around I'll have to give it a go

 

[Gorse]

I always wondered: This stuff is just regular orange juice in a different box, right? It's not, like, green or lime-flavoured or anything?

 

[ThatsNotRich]

I think just green color. Orange juice flavored drink.
Anyone have any insight on this drink

 

[MajesticSiN]

I remember drinking this a bunch in like elementary school but that was so long ago I couldn't say what it even tasted like.

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I always wondered: This stuff is just regular orange juice in a different box, right? It's not, like, green or lime-flavoured or anything?

Yeah it was green

 

[Gordo101]

 

[SkunkyBeaumont]

Hi-C is basically Kool aid, fruit flavored Suger water. I must've had Ecto Cooler, however I don't really remember the flavor from over 30 years ago, but appearntly it's orange and tangerine flavored, but colored green, so it probably tasted something like Sunny D.

 

[Waffles]

Been thinking about that since the Nostalgia Critic first showed the commercial during one of his specials.

 

[ThatsNotRich]

Well I'm sort of laughing out loud that nobody can remember it's flavor. Somewhere between Tang and Sunny D.
Even my friend said it tastes kind of apple. I was like What the hell kind of Elixir is this ? Hahaha

 

[SkunkyBeaumont]

What Is Ecto Cooler: A Primer on Slimer’s Favorite Juice | Sporked

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You can still buy it. Citrus Cooler if you can't find Ecto.

 

[Strategist]

Hi-C is basically Kool aid, fruit flavored Suger water. I must've had Ecto Cooler, however I don't really remember the flavor from over 30 years ago, but appearntly it's orange and tangerine flavored, but colored green, so it probably tasted something like Sunny D.

I am old enough to have experienced Ecto Cooler and yes, it did taste like tangerine orange juice.

 

[bjork]

Another thing I'd see in the store and go "oh, it's cool they did this" and then not buy it

 

[miguk]

I had it a few times, but it never really imprinted on me. I'm kind of glad it didn't in retrospect. The thing contained sodium benzoate and yellow #5, both additives worth avoiding. And though it's not listed on the ingredients list, I wouldn't put it past them to have snuck in brominated vegetable oil, which tends to be added to artificial citrus drinks (usually carbonated ones, though).

 

[Weebicon]

This is going to become my gamer drink. I can feel it.

 

[ZEGA ZONIC]

I might get this, if I can.