7-Eleven is selling hot dog-flavored sparkling water.
The retailer has teamed up with beverage brand Miracle Seltzer to create a lineup of sparkling waters in four different flavors: lemon lime, green apple, sweet orange and hot dog.
7-Eleven says the hot dog flavor is a twist on one of its most beloved snacks, the Big Bite Hot Dog.
According to a news release, the Big Bite Hot Dog Sparkling Water is a liquified version of the iconic snack – ketchup and mustard flavors included.
More details on the availability of this flavor will be revealed on April 1 – but in the meantime, the rest of the 7-Select x Miracle Seltzer lineup including Lemon Lime, Green Apple and Sweet Orange can be found at select 7-Eleven® stores.
Well that's what I am thinking - you can't claim it's an April Fool's Day joke outside of the actual day (and usually the morning). If it's an actual AFD joke then just announce it on the day.
Putting out a product that's offensively bad in a limited run, selling a bunch of it real quick for the novelty value and then discontinuing it is a pretty tried and true strategy. We're here talking about it right now, and a certain percentage of us are gonna hear about it and think "That's so terrible that I have to try it just so I know how terrible it is." If you can accurately gauge the number of people who are willing to buy something bad just to have a novel experience you can make money selling glizzygulps.
Not who you're replying to but....I didn't think I liked hot dogs until I ate a Chicago hot dog and realized it was just the ketchup making it slimy and sweet. Ketchup on hotdogs is nasty lol
I for one am ecstatic that April fools jokes/pranks seem to be coming back into fashion, the last few years have been practically devoid of anything fun happening around this time of the year.
Fuck me that's gotta fucking taste like fuck, fucking dumb fuck company with dumb fuck ideas fucking making dumb fuck money with this dumb fuck product.
So they carbonated the steam water from the hot dog machines and put leftover ketchup and mustard in it?
America, racing to the bottom of the food innovation world.
When I hear "diet soda", I think of drinks that have artificial sweeteners in them. Some flavoured sparking waters (like La Croix and its copycats) are just carbonated water and fruit essence with no sweeteners added.