First its a candy…

When I was a kid I used to love Razzles. The maker had a contest to come up with a slogan which I excitedly entered … bringing my “A” game with this this little gem:

Razzles are a candy… Razzles are a Gum.

Razzles make me want to say Yum, Yum, Yum.

This was a play on the “First it’s a candy… then its a gum” slogan that they already had. I was so convinced that this was by far the best possible entry that I really expected to win. Not just hoped to win, but absolutely expected to win. I can remember feeling incredulous at one point having not received my prize (I don’t even remember what it was).

I didn’t win.

Fast forward to today and lo and behold I came across them at the World Market by Southpoint Mall. I’ve had a couple of packs and now I think they need to update things. The slogan should be something more like:

First it’s a candy… then it’s a gross powder… then its like wet crusty breadcrumbs… then your mouth is full of sugary spit… then it approximates a gum and is all brown because all the artificial colors run together.

I’m going to get some more…

1 Comment »

  1. Darren said,

    February 23, 2007 @ 3:46 am

    I’m sorry you didn’t win.

    Weird how the Razzles name (without the s) is used for something a little different over here… Though I dare say some people say your competition slogan still works. :-)

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