Former Mars/Wrigley employee here. The lime flavor was changed to green apple due to the popularity of green apple flavored candies in the category, not because it tasted too close to lemon as some say. The lime flavor was ultimately brought back, not because it wasn't a great flavor, but because it was discovered that the overwhelming majority of Skittles consumers ate small handfuls at a time, and the green apple was a bit overpowering and didn't have as pleasant of a taste as the lime when mixed with the other flavors.
No matter what candy I eat I always end up with the green ones in the bag. All fruit is healthy I know that but to me apple=healthy and why would you flavor candy with something healthy tasting?
The Green Skittle originally was Lime, but they thought it was too close to lemon. That's when it became Green Apple. They only recently changed it back the last couple of years.
there was a limited edition pack that was orchard themed i think. had red apple, green apple, peach, and tangerine and it was the best mix of skittles i've ever had
Yeah I wish they would have kept the orchard mix for the people who liked apple skittles. Leave the original skittles line-up how it is. But give green apple lovers a bag too.
I feel like Rhett always gets the better made stuff (i.e. custom prizes made just for him and if link wins the game they don’t have anything for him bc they thought Rhett would win) so as a Link Sympathizer I felt kind of vindicated when Link got the really nice visual aid and Rhett got the piece of paper 😂
Have you guys done a full Haribo gummie candy gut check?! I would love that! The Berry Clouds are amazing! I just discovered them a couple months ago 😊
fun fact banana flavored things originate from the original banana fruit that is now extinct and actual bananas now arent as sweet as the original back then
I want to see Them rating candy without being told what the flavor is. I think it affects their rating lol. Especially link, even though half the time he doesn't understand the flavor anyway🤣
They forgot to include Skittles Brightside in their Gut Check. The flavours are Kiwi Banana, Watermelon, Paradise Punch, Pink Lemonade, and Tangerine. I know this because I wanted to check something on Google and ended up on Skittles website. Given how much they like grape, it probably would not have affected the final results though. Still a great video.
Holy moley I've not watched GMM in years. You guys helped me show my mother just how great this website could be. Rhett looks like a beast now. That hair looks amazing on you my man.
Skittles originally had lime in the line up, then changed It to green apple, which cause a backlash and then they switched it back to lime lol always loved the lime 💚💚💚
Pretty much everyone I know has alwasy thought the strawberry skittle was the best one. Just like the pink Starburst, it isn't even close. By far the best one on the original pack of flavors.
The green skittle is a bone of contention with me and my best friend. She hated the green apple so I always got those, as they were the only ones I really like, and she was a huge fan of the original lime flavour. So when they brought it back that was the end of our skittles sharing 😅
Had a dream last night that rhett and link were doing a blind green bean taste test and Rhett guessed quiznos and stevie lost her mind she was so excited and couldnt believe he knew they were quiznos green beans
I'm 25 and I remember the green skittle being lime then changing to green apple for years and years and just recently changing back to lime. I personally prefer the lime because I feel like it balances the sour/sweet of the pack more and also I'm just a lime flavor fan lol
The green skittle was originally lime, and in 2013, they changed it to green apple, to which they did not receive the reaction they were hoping for 😂 I'm definitely team lime!
This just made me think of freeze dried Skittles for some reason. Have u ever tried them? Should do video ranking the best freeze dried candies! Love ur videos ♡
Mythical Crew: You should play a prank on Rhett where you gradually replace his bucket with smaller and smaller versions over time.
Than have Link's slightly grow. These men will question if they are still mentally sane
😂
This would be hilarious but they’re custom made by MB’s so it’d be kinda hard lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rhett will eventually have a tiny paper portion cup like Garth in Wayne's World 😂
I think it would be interesting to do an honorable mention for Rhett’s favorite and links favorite
Good idea!
I vote for this idea too
agree!
i was thinkin the same thing ,eve we time i watch these i wish they did this
True haha. How many times is it like Rhett: “WOW 93” Link: “4”
Former Mars/Wrigley employee here. The lime flavor was changed to green apple due to the popularity of green apple flavored candies in the category, not because it tasted too close to lemon as some say. The lime flavor was ultimately brought back, not because it wasn't a great flavor, but because it was discovered that the overwhelming majority of Skittles consumers ate small handfuls at a time, and the green apple was a bit overpowering and didn't have as pleasant of a taste as the lime when mixed with the other flavors.
Ian reading allat
No matter what candy I eat I always end up with the green ones in the bag. All fruit is healthy I know that but to me apple=healthy and why would you flavor candy with something healthy tasting?
I am so excited the Lime came back! I dont like apple flavored candies. Thanks for this info!
I liked the green apple
@@domi7068 are you perhaps American?
This episode was basically rhett and link telling us they don't like skittles without actually saying they don't like skittles
No peanut butter
Knew it was all downhill went they hated on the originals
look skittles are good but theyre not that good
Which is crazy because this is supposed to be one of Links favorite candy.
@@l0sts0ul89 Valid, they're good but they're just candy
There's something about watching 2 grown men being fed 35 skittles for 18 minutes that just soothes the soul.
I think they should do Jell-O flavors for the next gut check 👀
Good Mythical Evening: Jell-O shot flavor gut check
Or snack packs
@@RS-mm8ym 😂😂
The look of disappointment on Rhett’s face when he got his chart 😂
They need a freeze dried vs original candy taste test. Freeze dried skittles are the best things ever!
Those are so good!
Will It Freeze Dry?
@@a_e_hilton Clearly..
They have a video, “blind freeze dried candy taste test” but I’m not sure if they tried skittles.
Freeze dried skittles?!
For April Fools day, you need to do a taste test of all of the M&M colors.
But just the plain ones.
Rhett’s concerned “Hey, hey, hey” warmed my heart. I love the moments when they show how much they care about each other
The Green Skittle originally was Lime, but they thought it was too close to lemon. That's when it became Green Apple. They only recently changed it back the last couple of years.
I think thats my favorite the green one
They had an limited bag of Skittles that had Lime only… I miss that bag….
@@FroAlchemistsame
It was lime first
I love Green Apple.
Link is rapidly turning into your grandparent that hates everything.
He's already there.
He is liking more things now then for 10 years ago
Yet he's ok eating pet food lol
Except grape
He's always been like that lol
It would have been fun to see totals for each bag of Skittles, so we can see which whole bag of Skittles they like best.
7th place: smoothie 33.9% 6th place: wild berry 43.4% 5th place: gummies wild berry 52.2% 4th place: sour 57.4% 3rd place: gummies original 58.4% 2nd place: original 59.4% 1st place: tropical 59.9%
@@slasherbasher6002doing gods work 🙏
@@slasherbasher6002 The hero we don't deserve, but the one we need.
@@slasherbasher6002bless you. Thanks.
I’d like to see a gut check where Stevie says the flavor after the rating!
lord knows that would change links scores💀
Lime was the original. They briefly changed it to green apple then brought it back to lime. Strawberry and grape are my favorite flavors!
so basically we learned that rhett and link don’t really like skittles 😂
Makes me sad, I like *almost* all of them
Same honestly. Never really been a skittles fan.
If there was a peanut butter skittle, they’d score that 200
Is that surprising? Lol. How many 40+yr olds sit around popping skittles lmao
Rhett seemed to like most of them.
there was a limited edition pack that was orchard themed i think. had red apple, green apple, peach, and tangerine and it was the best mix of skittles i've ever had
Yeah I wish they would have kept the orchard mix for the people who liked apple skittles. Leave the original skittles line-up how it is. But give green apple lovers a bag too.
goated skittles tbh
BRO I WAS JUST THINKING THEY MISSED IT
They also missed the Halloween skittles
They missed a bunch lol... low effort fail
I feel like Rhett always gets the better made stuff (i.e. custom prizes made just for him and if link wins the game they don’t have anything for him bc they thought Rhett would win) so as a Link Sympathizer I felt kind of vindicated when Link got the really nice visual aid and Rhett got the piece of paper 😂
Same!
Yes I am Team Link all the way. I feel bad for Link
Ha! That's a good point!
It seems to be the theme this season. It started with the trombones…
SAMEEEE
Strawberry is hands down one of the best candy flavors. I don't understand their opinions about sweet things-
Have you guys done a full Haribo gummie candy gut check?! I would love that! The Berry Clouds are amazing! I just discovered them a couple months ago 😊
“eating fruit flavored candy”
rhett- “it’s too fruity” 😂😂😂
They should have a gut check someday where they rank all the palette cleansers they’ve had for these videos.
😂😂😂
That would be funny!!
The run of Link enjoying something banana flavoured while simultaneously stating he doesn't like banana things continues
fun fact banana flavored things originate from the original banana fruit that is now extinct and actual bananas now arent as sweet as the original back then
I want to see Them rating candy without being told what the flavor is. I think it affects their rating lol. Especially link, even though half the time he doesn't understand the flavor anyway🤣
This episode made me realize how much I love skittles even though I haven’t had any in a few years. Devastated they went back to lime😐
They refused to take the “hey, maybe just eat the Skittles” hint
yeah, it was gross lol
So is eating a whole bags worth of artificial dyes and toxic cell mutating chemicals.
Rett and Link have had more negative reactions to Skittles than any other gut check tryouts.
The skittles podium is just a delight of a design, so fun, so playful!
The art team need a pay rise asap
15:29 Rhett's "hey,hey,hey" made me felt something that I thought was gone in the depths of dark void
They forgot to include Skittles Brightside in their Gut Check. The flavours are Kiwi Banana, Watermelon, Paradise Punch, Pink Lemonade, and Tangerine. I know this because I wanted to check something on Google and ended up on Skittles website. Given how much they like grape, it probably would not have affected the final results though. Still a great video.
There were Dark Side ones too!
They also forgot Skittles Orchards
Also Sweet and Sour, Sweet Heat, etc. They missed A LOT
You should do a bland foods episode for Link to see if he scores higher on average.
He doesn’t like flavor 🤣🤣🤣
Good mythical morning
Thank you Daniel
mornin!
Thanks Dan
Thanks
Good Morning! 😃😃
7:30 Link was really concerned for a second when Stevie said rain water 😂😂
Jelly beans next?
“it’s a little too fruity” this is going to go great I’m sure 😅
I prefer the old sour skittles, even though they were coated in sugar, they tasted amazing compared to the changed recipe
..?! They are still coated in sugar where I live! The non coated are just limited time lol
The sour skittles were far superior!!
The sour coating on the original was fantastic!
they changed the flavour? i havent had/seen sour skittles in like 10 years
i miss them so much
How have you guys not done a gut check for LAYS?!?! 🥔
I think they might already done that
(joke about the air in lays bags)
@@TheKNIGHTELFMOHAWK They have not done that one yet
They answered your request
@@MrDmoney622 dude Ik I just saw :,) they really do listen 💗🥹
Rhett's chart was labelled "Skurtles" 😂😂😂
Eat the dang skittles!
Aww Link tired of the sling and Rhett going hey hey hey!
In Australia we have slushy flavoured skittles, cola slushy is easily the best flavour I’ve ever had.
I want to try those
They had those in the US too.
@@Clay3613 no actually the didn't
I like the smoothie flavor ones idk if they still make those
I think you guys should do every Mike & Ike flavors at some point. 😁
They need to bring back berries and cream starburst’s!
Insert Berries and Cream song here.
And insert Link and Damnyell doing the skit
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE LAD IF I WANTED BERRIES AND CREAM, MUMMY MADE ME DO THE LITTLE LAD DANCE
I’m a little lad who loves berries and cream
Holy moley I've not watched GMM in years. You guys helped me show my mother just how great this website could be.
Rhett looks like a beast now. That hair looks amazing on you my man.
Skittles originally had lime in the line up, then changed It to green apple, which cause a backlash and then they switched it back to lime lol always loved the lime 💚💚💚
4:46 Actually link, melons are in fact berries 🤣🤣🤣
It would be cool to have all of Link's "Score Charts" available as prints.
the fact that link actively checks and refers to his score chart is amazing, love him
Why does Rhett even bother ranking things? Link is just going to tank the scores. I love it.
I’m so proud of Link, his scores make so much more sense now. He’s come so far 🥹
In the UK grape is the most artificial flavoured fruit flavoured candy 😂 Also, I think Link just doesn’t like Skittles.
Yeah, because most of our grape-flavoured candy comes from the US.
it's the same in the usa dw
im from the us, and ive never tried anything artificially grape flavored that wasn’t disgusting lol. it doesnt even taste like grapes ☠️
Aren't the purple skittles currant flavored?
Grape flavor isn't grape, it just tastes like purple 🤣
Pretty much everyone I know has alwasy thought the strawberry skittle was the best one. Just like the pink Starburst, it isn't even close. By far the best one on the original pack of flavors.
I can see why strawberry Starburst are popular, but for me it's cherry and lemon
@@magusmelanie828 The Cherry starburst os great too. Always been 2nd for me.
Best starburst packs are starburts red... need I say more ?
It tastes more like Cherry to me.
@@magusmelanie828 I always eat the cherry and lemon ones together to make cherry lemonade
The green skittle is a bone of contention with me and my best friend. She hated the green apple so I always got those, as they were the only ones I really like, and she was a huge fan of the original lime flavour. So when they brought it back that was the end of our skittles sharing 😅
I'm with best friend. Lime is superior.
@@h1rambab3 I like the green apple but lime is superior
Mixing the lemon and lime Skittles is one of the highlights of eating them. Lemon and green apple...pure foulness.
So mad its lime now
very glad they changed it back. i never got the original flavors while they had it. id always get berry or tropical.
I recently traveled to Hong Kong and they have yogurt flavored skittles there. Easily the BEST Skittles I've ever had. Had to bring some back home 🤣
At the end of the season, they should rank all of their number 1 picks against each other
Someone needs to tell Rhett and Link about the GIANT skittles you can get in the UK. Packs way more punch and y'all would love them hahaha
And definitely more chewier.
Littles 👌🏻crunch gang
This has been such a good week of GMM and GMMore!!
I’m surprised Link didn’t choke the way he was sucking the skittles 😂
Had a dream last night that rhett and link were doing a blind green bean taste test and Rhett guessed quiznos and stevie lost her mind she was so excited and couldnt believe he knew they were quiznos green beans
Odd Ly spec ific😊
that’s hilarious
Ya'll really need to do Jelly Belly flavors!
I hope Rhett receiving a flimsy handmade scoring scale becomes a running gag 😂😂
I'm 25 and I remember the green skittle being lime then changing to green apple for years and years and just recently changing back to lime. I personally prefer the lime because I feel like it balances the sour/sweet of the pack more and also I'm just a lime flavor fan lol
The green skittle was originally lime, and in 2013, they changed it to green apple, to which they did not receive the reaction they were hoping for 😂 I'm definitely team lime!
i love green apple
Love that someone else in the comments said they changed it a couple years ago and it has been a decade 😂
I don't like the lime ones but I think it was a good change. It plays better with the rest of the flavors.
I'm team green apple 😕
@@Jamekiwi 2013 wasn’t a couple years ago?? 🥲 time flies
Something about seeing two best friends spit skittles simultaneously ❤😂
I almost crapped my pants over Rhetts visual aid hahah. Thank you guys for all the joy you bring!
The fact that Link actually uses the chat for everyone he try’s gets me every time
Link giving Rhett an existential crisis at the end was great.
*Looking confused from the podium to the crew* "Is it just me?"
This just made me think of freeze dried Skittles for some reason. Have u ever tried them? Should do video ranking the best freeze dried candies! Love ur videos ♡
Anyone else miss the Skittles Bubble Gum? Definitely a go-to of mine as a kid
Link sucking each of them in makes me so anxious he's going to choke
Link's scoring system is all over the place this episode
It always is, it’s a joke at this point.
He follows rhetts sway.
@@chazbarns1410 he simply does not want to disagree with him. its like hes on too many meds some episodes
@@shadowironfist9844link disagrees with Rhett all the time
I'd love for Rhett and Link to try every flavor of Starburst next! Baja Dragon Fruit is perfection and deserves to never be forgotten!
the original red bag all combined in one bite, and the sour ones and Wild Berry ones the same way are so nice.
lime deserves more love
Hope everyone has a wonderful and MYTHICAL morning ❤
I love Lemon & lime flavoured candies. Together or separate.
Rhett's hair is growing to astronomical lenghts
I haven’t watched in over 7 years and still the same show I came to love ❤️
I love how at the end of these Gut Check episodes both Rhett and Link get startled by
the "fireworks". LOL.
“I know what you’re thinking, dude!”
As Link just makes his own top 3 😂
I love him
17:25 I hadn't seen Link baffle Rhett this much ever since they debated apples vs. oranges 🤣
I miss the two flavor ones. Mango/peach was my favorite skittle of all time
I like how Link has a "peanut butter" shirt.
Categories.
1st category. Original
2nd category. Specialty
3rd category. Gummy and wild berry gummy
Which skittles flavor do you like? :)
Haven't slept all night, well worth it cause I get to see you guys!
y’all are my favorite way to start my morning ❤
Link was being a real Sour Grape about this video
Would love to see you guys try every caprisun ever and rank it.
of course two old dudes like grape flavored things the most lol
Honestly I like all of the tropical flavors
I love Link's word of the day "Smoothie-izing"
Still hasn’t changed my mind about grape flavored candies 😂
Yup! Disgusting
Actually the green skittle was first lime then they changed it to green apple then changed it back to lime.
They need to do all the Jelly Belly flavors
so these boys will just like the peanut butter and grape versions of everything lmao. maybe they should be combined into the ultimate gmm favourite!
I was just watching all of your other “We Tried Every” Flavour videos, this one will definitely blow up! Great Video, love Link’s varying charts!
All there videos blow up lol
Is this what it’s like for people who don’t like peanut butter watching them pick exclusively peanut butter foods?
Yup (and I like peanut butter)
pretty much
The top non-Grape isn't even technically a Skittle. 🤦🏼♀️
Really just forgot about brightside Skittles. The most slept on avors.
The singular skittle with the bow tie is amazing
Gut check is one of the best series you guys make and its entertaining hope we could see more of it!