Wildwood Soda: A Taste Test

The North Iowa Bloggers seemed to have hatched some mild monsters in my guys with all their taste tests.  The bloggers have done the Lay’s Do Us A Flavor, Oreo, and pizza taste tests.  Well, after the Oreo taste test Beth Ann sent leftover Oreos home with me for the boys to try!  We did a very impromptu taste test, but they thoroughly enjoyed it!  Then, after the official NIB pizza taste test, the boys decided that we needed to have one of our own, so we did! Well, this past weekend proved that my guys are loving the taste tests just as much as the bloggers.  While shopping with T & M, we stumbled upon Wildwood Soda at Mills Fleet Farm and noticed that they had some unique flavors like Pineapple & Pina Colada…well, 6 bottles of soda later, we were headed home to try our very own soda taste test!

Between the three of us we selected 6 different flavors starting with the “odd” flavors of Pineapple, Peach, Pina Colada, then adding Black Cherry, Misty Mountain, & Lemon Lime!  Part of this taste test was exciting for M because we don’t buy or stock pop in our house!  The other half is because he thrives on doing things as a family and this was an incredibly affordable activity!  Each 20oz soda was 89 cents!  Then, we added in some plastic Dixie cups and that rounded out our grand total investment to $6.34!  Good cheap, family fun!

Once home we poured half a Dixie cup of each flavor for all four of us (R was home from work in time to join us) and I quickly created ballots with each flavor on it!  Then, the tasting began.  Once again, just like our other taste tests, we all taste very differently!  R is very methodical and calculated in his testing, while M is just all over the place!  I love their differences in personalities and it truly comes out in an activity like this!  We heard comments like, “tastes like flat Sprite” (Lemon Lime), “tastes like weird Mountain Dew” (Misty Mountain), “why does it have to taste like sunscreen?” (Pina Colada), and “gaaaak!” (Peach)!  It was a fantastic time and in the end Black Cherry ended up winning, but personally my favorite was the Pineapple!  (So much so that I finished it off the next day!)

We challenge you to find a fun taste test to do with your family!  We know you won’t regret it!! Who knows what our next taste test will be!  Do you have a suggestion for us?  We’d love to hear it!!