Friday Fav #19-Ocean Spray Sparkling Juice

Let me take you back a few years…like 18 years.

Back in the day, one of my most FAV things was a cold, refreshing Blackberry Clearly Canadian!

Now, I realize that some of you youngins have no idea what I’m talking about, but Clearly Canadian was THE DRINK!  It came in a glass bottle.  It was clear, bubbly, lightly sweet, available in a variety of fruity flavors and always sold cold from the gas station fridge (you know…back when we actually went INSIDE the gas station for something other than to run a child to the restroom).  Blackberry Clearly Canadian was my fav!

For years I’ve missed the taste of my most fav drink from middle school and high school.

When I was pregnant with AnnaLeigh I was craving a Clearly Canadian so badly that I did a little online research.  At that time, in 2008, they were still bottled and sold, and I could purchase a case from Canada for only $80 plus shipping.  I almost bought it, but I decided Brad would have a pig, so I put my marriage first and didn’t buy the $80 case of cold bubbly goodness.  However, I did go as far as to write the company and ask if there were any local distributors.  I never received a response, but I did somehow get put on their promotional email list and received advertisements from the company almost weekly.  This only taunted me and increased my pregnancy craving.  Mean!

Fast forward 3 years…almost exactly!  I was at the grocery store Monday, and I was STARVING!  I know better than to grocery shop hungry, but I was there…at lunch time…with 2 small maniacs…and everything there looked delicious!  I was putting things in my buggy that I would have never bought as a non-pregnant, non-hungry, kid-free grocery shopper.  However, I was not that woman, and I bought many exciting new things on Monday.  One of which happened to be Ocean Spray Sparkling Pomegranate Blueberry!!!

I had let it chill in my fridge for a few hours, then Monday afternoon I decided to try my little splurge.

Oh.My.Goodness!

I’m pretty sure I heard a chorus of angels singing!  It was like taking my first sip of a Blackberry Clearly Canadian!  It was an instant party in my mouth, and I gulped it down with pure glee!  That afternoon I went and bought another package just because it made me so happy!

Now, are Ocean Spray Sparkling Juices really that amazing?  Well, they are very good!  I would happily purchase them again.  Sometimes I want something bubbly without the heaviness or caffeine of a dark soft drink.  Ocean Spray Sparkling Juice definitely satisfies that craving.  However, I know that it’s my fav because it reminds me so much of a flavor of my past.  Tastes really can take me back in time, and I loved how this taste did just that.

So, if you LOVED Clearly Canadian, give this a try.  I’ve seen them at grocery stores and Target.  I have not tried the Sparkling Cranberry Juice, but I’ve heard it’s really good, too.

Enjoy your blast from the past and have a great weekend!

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