sour balls

Puckering hard candies

Sour balls are hard, round candies with a tart, acidic coating or flavor.

They're typically fruit-flavored and coated in citric acid that makes the mouth pucker: She kept a jar of sour balls on her desk.

The name comes from their spherical shape and sour taste.

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pucker · pucker up · hard candy · tangy · sweet · suck · jawbreaker · wrapper · sugar · sugar rush · chewy · fruit · tongue · dissolve · mouth · childhood · glass jar · penny candy

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sour, balls, ball, sourly, sourness, sourer, sourest, soured, souring

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G