Pepsi messes up again with the promise of a cinnamon-flavored soda
To break up your regularly scheduled summer trends content, here we have something that definitely won't be the hit of the summer.
Pepsi has announced a new cinnamon-flavored soda that will be in stores nationwide for eight weeks starting May 22. According to the press release, the new Pepsi Fire is supposed add "an unexpected and spicy twist to our classic cola taste."
This is either Pepsi's attempt to get back into our good graces after the Kendall Jenner ad fiasco or their attempt to make a non-alcoholic version of fireball whiskey. But it really doesn't matter what Pepsi was trying to go for because the result is just bad. Unequivocal bad.
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And as if it couldn't get worse, Pepsi Fire is available in Slurpee form.
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We never thought we would say this, but we hope the unicorn frappuccino comes back. Anything to save us from this.
Christine is a Web Culture Intern at Mashable. She has previously written for FanSided and Saturday Down South. She has a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego and an M.S. from Hunter College. Before she started writing, she worked in education as a teacher and school leader for four years. Her special talents include being able to quote The Office on command, playing non-stop Overwatch for hours, and composing only the wittiest of Tweets (her own opinion).
