Kick Brix Energy Chews
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If you keep up with Caffeine Guru reviews, it’s pretty obvious that the non-drink part of the caffeine market is rapidly expanding. Luckily for us, we’ve got our hand on one of the newest products on the market: Kick Brix. Kick Brix are caffeinated energy chews that promise “A monster kick without the bull.” After trying these things out, I have to agree. Kick Brix come individually wrapped and come in both 5-chew bags and economy sized tubs (good for the office or the kitchen counter). To best understand this product, think of large Starbursts packed with caffeine (is your mouth watering yet? 
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At the moment, Kick Brix come in two flavors, “Citrus” and “Berry Blast”. The 5-chew bag comes with both flavors, so we can check out both of them today. When you pop of these chews in your mouth, you’ll notice that at first they’re a little hard. After a second or two though, they soften up and are no problem at all to chew. Another thing I noticed, which I found interesting, was the chews strong menthol taste. The addition of menthol really makes these things stand out and it gives a relaxing feeling as the menthol clears your sinuses and throat. The first flavor, Berry Blast, comes in the red wrapper and is the slightly darker of the first two, whereas the Citrus flavor comes in orange wrapper and is a little lighter. Both flavors have the added menthol and have a hint of a fruit in them. The Citrus one has a more orange-based taste, and the Berry Blast tastes like, well, berries. To be honest, it’s hard for me to put my finger on the exact flavor due to the menthol, but they both taste great and are quite enjoyable.
Kick Brix only have 25 calories per chew, are sugar free, and contain 300mcg (1500%) of Vitamin B12. Also, these each contain a 150mg blend of panax ginseng, taurine, and caffeine. For those of you wondering about the amount of caffeine, each chew packs a punch of 90mg of caffeine per chew.
If you want to try some Kick Brix for yourself, they are currently having a promotion and are giving away free samples at their website!
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Foosh Energy Mints
Not too long ago, the folks over at Vroom Foods amazed me with their ability to cram 100mg of caffeine into tiny little chocolate chews. My mind had trouble comprehending such a feat, and I finally have decided that the company must use some sort of magic or tiny gnomes to get high concentrations of caffeine into their candies. Regardless of how they do this, they have done it again through their seriously caffeinated Foosh Energy Mints. Foosh Energy Mints are available in two packages; either a 12-mint tin or a 6-mint case (shown in the picture). Each mint contains 100mg of caffeine, which is more than an 8oz RedBull and equal to the amount of caffeine in Vroom Buzz Bites.
Unlike other caffeinated candies, Foosh Mints contain no sugar, and aren’t bitter from the caffeine. I was extremely tired this morning, and decided to pop one in my mouth to see how well they work, and the caffeine from these little buggers is what’s allowing me to write this review right now. Foosh Mints are about the size of my thumbnail and are fairly thick. I tried to bite into it at first, and realized it’s easier said than done; these things are tough! After a few minutes of a delightful minty flavor that cleared my sinuses, the mint had dissolved enough for me to bite it because I am impatient and do not like to wait for mints to dissolve. The entire time, the Foosh kept its minty flavor and supplied me with enough caffeine to wake me up, and gave me fresh breath (as opposed to coffee with gives me terrible breath).
The concept of Foosh Mints is great! The small packages allow you to carry several mints with you for when you may need a sudden burst of energy. Foosh Mints don’t cause a crash, are sugar free, very minty, and contain 5 calories, 100mg of caffeine and a lot of vitamin B in each mint. Foosh Mints are also made with natural peppermint, making this a healthy and convenient product. Foosh also can deliver the best “buzz for you buck” (you like that phrase? I just made it up, and I just coined it as my own) as the cost per 100mg of caffeine is only $.25, where as energy drinks will cost more than a dollar for an equal, or lesser, kick. So if you want to spend some money on caffeine, and you want a good deal, Foosh Mints are one of the best deals in the market.
If you want to get some of your own, you can buy some through Vroom Foods, and if you’re a first time customer they’ll treat you to some stickers and a few extra mints!
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FRS Lemon Lime Energy Chews
Today we’ll start off with the first of four FRS Healthy Energy Products, the Energy Chews. The chews come in a resalable bag of 30, and each chew is individually wrapped. With 20mg of caffeine per piece, these energy chews are obviously weaker than the Buzz Bites, but the FRS products are marketed as energy for workouts ad exercise, not for high caffeine content. Nevertheless, these chews contain caffeine and deserve a spot on CaffeineGuru. When I opened the bag of these chews, an amazing aroma of lemon-lime overcame me. The actual smell of the chew alone is a little less ambrosial, but it still isn’t bad. The taste of the chew is a little weaker than the smell, a tad sour (form the caffeine and vitamins), with a hint of lemon-lime, and the texture is a little on the gritty side. Overall, it isn’t bad though, while the caffeine content is low, it still provides a small kick, and claims to provide essential nutrients such as quercitin and vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6, B12, C and E. The small size of the chews makes it easy and convenient to get a boost of energy on the go, or for a workout. If you’re interested, you can get them and the other FRS products for free (well almost free, as there’s a shipping charge) here
and try them out for yourself.
Sumseeds: Energized Sunflower Seeds
If you’re sick of crashing from all of the sugar in energy drinks, this product may interest you. Introducing Sumseeds, sunflower seeds energized with caffeine, taurine, lysine and ginseng. This is one of the items I just got from Xoxide and I, like Baseball Hall of Fame Legend Tony Gwynn, love these seeds! Sumseeds come in 1.75 oz packages and each package packs 140mg of caffeine, 96mg of taurine, 53mg of lysine and 40mg of ginseng. Not bad at all for less than 2 oz of seeds! In comparison to energy drinks, a 16 oz can of Monster Energy has 160mg of caffeine and 54g of sugar. Sumseeds have less than 3g of sugar and 140mg of caffeine in a package, resulting in an energy boost without a crash. Unlike the energy boost of many drinks, which is a fast, jittery type of energy, Sumseeds give you a constant, steady, powerful feeling energy boost. These energized seeds don’t taste any different than other sunflower seeds, so you don’t have to worry about not liking them. While it does take much longer to consume a pack of Sumseeds than it does an energy drink, the trade off is worth it, because you can do things with Sumseeds that you can’t do with energy drinks like: You can’t pour a can of energy soda into your hand and look cool, You can’t play a guitar and drink energy soda at the same time, and you can’t yell at the other team with a mouthful of energy soda. You can however, do all of the above things with Sumseeds! (No, I didn’t make that up, I took it from the back of the package). This product is really innovative and clever, and I’ll be buying more of these in the near future. I highly recommend them and if you want to buy some for yourself, head over to Xoxideto buy individual packages, or the SumSeeds Official Store to buy in bulk.
