WEEKLY CANDY: Rips

Photo Drew Lazor Once a week, Team Meal Ticket shares its latest sugar-laden fixations. Do not tell 0ur dentist. IN QUESTION: Rips! One of the most bad-for-your-teethiest sugary treats this side of cotton candy. Similar in appearance to Haribo's Fruity Pasta, Rips come in two flavors (strawberry and green apple) and aren't quite as sour as they may appear. They're also technically licorice, which is weird and a lot of people refuse to believe it. BELIEVE IT Y'ALL AVAILABLE AT: We buy Rips all over the place, but mainly at the 7-Eleven at 22nd and Lombard (they hang up by the counter near the pork rinds so you know they're good!) and the Rite-Aid at 23rd and Walnut. HOW MANY DO WE TYPICALLY EAT IN ONE SITTING: Entire bags of Rips have been consumed in one sitting at various points in our dark/checkered past, but that is not advisable. Eat less than that. FINER POINTS: Rips are a fine candy indeed, but one of the biggest reasons we like them so much is the boastful catchphrase emblazoned across the bag: "Innovation in Licorice." Rips are certainly more elaborate than, say, Twizzlers or those black licorice bites people who grew up during The Depression eat, but such sloganeering suggests that they're on par with heady discoveries like WiFi or that car camera that helps old people parallel park, and that in and of itself is hilarious. Rips = Kanye. Tweets that mention WEEKLY CANDY: Rips :: Meal Ticket :: Food Blog :: Philadelphia City Paper -- Topsy.com Posted 2010-12-17 21:52:17

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WEEKLY CANDY: Rips

POSTED: Friday, December 17, 2010, 10:15 PM

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Photo Drew Lazor

Once a week, Team Meal Ticket shares its latest sugar-laden fixations. Do not tell 0ur dentist. IN QUESTION: Rips! One of the most bad-for-your-teethiest sugary treats this side of cotton candy. Similar in appearance to Haribo's Fruity Pasta, Rips come in two flavors (strawberry and green apple) and aren't quite as sour as they may appear. They're also technically licorice, which is weird and a lot of people refuse to believe it. BELIEVE IT Y'ALL AVAILABLE AT: We buy Rips all over the place, but mainly at the 7-Eleven at 22nd and Lombard (they hang up by the counter near the pork rinds so you know they're good!) and the Rite-Aid at 23rd and Walnut. HOW MANY DO WE TYPICALLY EAT IN ONE SITTING: Entire bags of Rips have been consumed in one sitting at various points in our dark/checkered past, but that is not advisable. Eat less than that. FINER POINTS: Rips are a fine candy indeed, but one of the biggest reasons we like them so much is the boastful catchphrase emblazoned across the bag: "Innovation in Licorice." Rips are certainly more elaborate than, say, Twizzlers or those black licorice bites people who grew up during The Depression eat, but such sloganeering suggests that they're on par with heady discoveries like WiFi or that car camera that helps old people parallel park, and that in and of itself is hilarious. Rips = Kanye.

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Posted 2010-12-17 21:52:17

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