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Skittles Goes Colorful for Pride 2022​

For the past two years, Skittles has celebrated Pride Month in June with special, colorless packs of the iconic candies with the all-gray packaging representing the brand's support of the LGBTQ+ community and causes. This year, however, Skittles is bringing the color back, this time giving the rainbow over to a different kind of expression with designs by six artists in the LGBTQ+ community to share how they "see the rainbow" every day. Skittles announced the new, colorful Pride Packs last week with the limited-edition offering supporting GLAAD for the third year in a row.

According to the brand, each of the five Pride packs will have a QR code that will take consumers to a virtual studio. There, they can learn more about the artists and their work as well as the inspiration behind it. The Pride packs are available between now and June at select retailers and come in the 4oz Share Size as well as 15.6oz Sharing Size Stand Up Pouches.

"At Mars, we believe that in the world we want tomorrow society is inclusive. The Skittles brand, which is a proud part of Mars, is committed to advocating for the LGBTQ+ community both within our own organization and throughout the world," Justin Hollyn-Taub, Senior Director for Mars Wrigley said in a statement. "While Pride Month is a time to reflect, self-educate and celebrate, we know that long-term sustained support and allyship is key in building a more inclusive and diverse society. Mars and Skittles are proud to partner with GLAAD for the third year in a row this June, and year-round, as we deepen our commitment to support increased visibility and acceptance for the LGBTQ+ community."

For every Skittles Pride pack purchased, $1 will be donated up to $100,000 to GLAAD's culture-changing work and programs. Skittles first began their partnership with GLAAD back in 2020. As in years past, the special Pride packs will contain the candy's original five fruit flavors — strawberry, orange, grape, green apple, and lemon.

Will you be checking out this year's Skittles Pride packs? What do you think about this year's more colorful approach? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section!

 

[Xarpho]

I liked them when I was a kid. I think the green used to be lime but maybe I'm thinking of Runts.

They trialed replacing lime with green apple in 2001, but at some point they replaced them with green apple permanently.

The trick with Skittles is to at the colors one at a time, since they're all distinctly flavored. Mixing the flavors just turns them into a disgusting mess, ironically making for a terrific analogy to the dangers of multiculturalism.

…that reminds me a bit of Skittles yogurt. Im not sure if they still have it but it was kind of like that with an emphasis on strawberry.

 

[Snekposter]

Whoever Said Gay Pride Month is reaching Christmas levels will definitely be excited for the day Christmas Creep and Gay Pride Month divide the calendar (Gay Pride gets Dec 26-June 30, Christmas gets the rest) until the “LOL DIE HARD IS A CHRISTMAS MOVIE” retards come out then we just decide to change it so Divine is squeezing his fat ass down the chimney on December 25th for Fagsmas or whatever purely out of spite.

Fuck you man, Die Hard is a classic Christmas movie. Has all the essentials like the importance of family, bonfires, good cheer, and the necessity of angels getting their wings.

 

[Sparkletor 2.0]

The trick with Skittles is to at the colors one at a time, since they're all distinctly flavored. Mixing the flavors just turns them into a disgusting mess, ironically making for a terrific analogy to the dangers of multiculturalism.

Whenever I ate Skittles, my saliva got really thick and almost a mucus consistency. Is this normal? If it is, is there any way to combat this?

 

[DoomsdayElite]

"This year, however, Skittles is bringing the color back, this time giving the rainbow over to a different kind of expression with designs by six artists in the LGBTQ+ community to share how they "see the rainbow" every day."

Designs, so... lots of buttfucking, muffdiving, neovaginas, laughable "penises" and kid diddling. They might as well go that route, they're already so proud of their degeneracy.

 

[Haramburger]

I thought we already had pride month or whatever? I swear every month it's lesbian, gay, or troon day

Same, I wish there was an easy-to-read list for it but it didn't exist... so I'm making one. Be the change you wish to see in the world:

No Name-Calling Week	17-21 January	sponsored by GLSEN (Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network) to make educational resources to help you create a safe and inclusive learning environment for all students, teach students to understand and counter bias and bullying and inspire young people to do something about the name-calling and bias they see in their classrooms, schools and world.
UK LGBT History Month	All of February(just for UK; US & CA do it in October)	Celebrated throughout February since 2005. Founded by Schools OUT UK - The LGBT+ Education Charity.
Aromantic Spectrum Awareness Week	14 February, The week following (Sunday-Saturday)	A week to promote information and awareness about aromantic spectrum identities (“a sexuality within the LGBTQIA+ community in which someone doesn't experience romantic attraction.") and the issues they face.
Zero Discrimination Day	1 March	A United Nations (UN) recognized day promoting equality before the law, and in practice, throughout all of the member countries of the UN.
Bisexual Health Awareness Month	All of March	A month to raise awareness about the bisexual community's social, economic, and health disparities, advocate for resources, and inspire actions to improve bi people's well-being.
Trans Day of Visibility	31 March	A day to celebrate the trans community in a positive light, celebrating their lives and cultural achievements.
International Asexuality Day	6 April	IAD is a coordinated worldwide campaign promoting the ace umbrella, including demisexual, grey-asexual and other ace identities
International Day of Pink	The second Wednesday in April	The International Day of Pink is a worldwide anti-bullying and anti-homophobia event where participants are encouraged to wear or display a pink shirt, echoing a mass gesture of solidarity with a student subjected to homophobic bullying in Cambridge, Nova Scotia, Canada in 2007.
Day of Silence	The second Friday in April	A university student-orientated day to end the silencing effect of anti-LGBT bias.
Lesbian Visibility Day	26 April	Annual day to celebrate, recognize, and bring visibility to lesbians.
International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia	17 May	The main purpose of the 17 May mobilizations is to raise awareness of violence, discrimination, abuse, and repression of LGBT communities worldwide.
Agender Pride Day	19 May	A day celebrated internationally to promote awareness of agender individuals.
Harvey Milk Day	22 May	Celebrated to honor Harvey Milk, assassinated politician, on his birthday. It is celebrated officially in California, Milk's home state.
Pansexual & Panromantic Awareness Day	24 May	An annual day to promote awareness of, and celebrate, pansexual and panromantic identities.
LGBT Pride Month	All of June	LGBT pride is the promotion of the self-affirmation, dignity, equality, and increased visibility of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people as a social group. June is celebrated as Pride in honor of the Stonewall Riots, though Pride events occur all year round. It also marks the month that same-sex marriage was legalized in the United States.
HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day	5 June	A day to highlight the resilience and strengths of people living longest with HIV and AIDS, while pointing out the challenges facing this population and demanding action to improve their quality of life.
Pulse Night of Remembrance	12 June	Annual day of US remembrance for the loss of 49 LGBT people in the Pulse Nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida.
Stonewall Riots Anniversary	28 June	A day to remember the Stonewall Riots, a reaction to the NYPD raid of the Stonewall Inn. This initial event was a galvanizing force for LGBT political activism, and argued by some to be the birth of the gay rights movement, in the United States and around the world.
Omnisexual Visibility Day	6 July	Omnisexuality is a sexual orientation where one is attracted to all genders or any gender, while having a preference. Often confused with pansexual, omnisexual does have attractions to any and all gender but with a certain preference. Pansexual is attraction to any and all gender without preference.
Non-Binary People's Day	14 July	An annual day to celebrate and bring visibility to people who are non-binary in the LGBT+ community. The date is the precise midpoint between International Men's Day and International Women's Day.
Non-Binary Awareness Week	The week, starting Sunday/Monday, surrounding 14 July	A week dedicated to those who do not fit within the traditional gender binary, i.e. those who do not exclusively identify as a man or a woman, or who may identify as both a man and a woman, or may fall outside of these categories altogether.
Drag Day	16 July	A day that aims to celebrate and recognize the drag art all around the world.
Gay Uncle Day	14 August	Social media campaign, not yet fully a faggot holiday
Bisexual Awareness Week	16-22 September	Also referred to as BiWeek and Bisexual+ Awareness Week.
Celebrate Bisexuality Day	23 September	Also referred to as Bisexual Pride Day, CBD, Bisexual Pride, and Bi Visibility Day.
LGBT History Month	All of October	It was declared a national history month by President Barack Obama in 2009. The month was created with the intent to encourage openness and education about LGBT history and rights.
National Coming Out Day	11 October	Thirty-three years ago*, on the anniversary of the National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights, we first observed National Coming Out Day as a reminder that one of our most basic tools is the power of coming out.
Pronouns Day	The third Wednesday in October	An annual event that seeks to make sharing, respecting and educating about personal pronouns commonplace.
Spirit Day	The third Thursday in October	Support for LGBTQ+ youth who are the victims of bullying, as well as to honor LGBTQ+ victims of bullying-related suicide. Comparable days exist in a number of other countries, including Australia (Wear it Purple Day) and the Netherlands (Purple Friday).
Intersex Awareness Day	26 October	Celebrated in October to commemorate the first intersex protest, which took place in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ace Week	Last full week in October	Week to promote awareness of those on the asexual spectrum.
Trans Awareness Month	All of November	A month to celebrate transgender and gender nonconforming communities and to raise awareness for this community through education and advocacy activities.
Trans Parent Day	The first Sunday in November	A day that celebrates life and the love between transgender parents and their children, and between parents and their transgender children
Intersex Day of Remembrance/Intersex Day of Solidarity	8 November	A day designed to raise awareness of the issues faced by intersex people. It marks the birthday of Herculine Barbin, a French intersex person. The event began as Intersex Solidarity Day, following an invitation issued by Joëlle-Circé Laramée, the then Canadian spokeswoman for Organization Intersex International.
Trans Awareness Week	13-19 November	A week to educate about transgender and gender non-conforming people, and the issues associated with their transition and/or identity.
Transgender Day of Remembrance	20 November	Day to memorialize those who have been murdered as a result of transphobia.
World AIDS Day	1 December	World AIDS Day is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness.
Pansexual Pride Day	8 December	Pansexual Pride Day is celebrated in honor of pansexuals, or people who are attracted to others regardless of gender.

As you can see, several groups such as pansexuals, enbys and trannies double or triple-dip into the holidays, claiming not only multiple days, but also "awareness weeks" and months. Assigned them random colors in column 1 to show duplicate matches of tumblr personalities, while Column 2 is just the rainbow color progression per month. December/January and August are the least pozzed with 'official" events. April May June, and October November are the worst.

Keyword search: Haramburger LGBT Holiday Holidays Gay Calendar Event Events Awareness Visibility Month Week Day

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

It's awful that they didn't lose money these past years with this shit and are coming back for more.

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

Ace Week

Last full week in October

Week to promote awareness of those on the asexual spectrum.

I agree, these guys should get a week

Paul Carrack was great.

 

[Vlinny-kun]

They replaced it with green apple back in 2013 after a brief stint of the flavor - which to my knowledge wasn't very popular - and then just recently brought back lime to replace green apple because there was an 8 year backlash about the initial decision, nobody forgave Skittles. Basically executives are retarded.

Green apple was a great flavor and anyone bitching about not having their shitty "lime" flavor wears a sped helmet and touches themselves in public. You can't prove that I'm wrong.

 

[Sparkling Yuzu]

What do they dtink?

Arizona Iced Tea. RIP Trayvon Martin.

 

[SiccDicc]

They trialed replacing lime with green apple in 2001, but at some point they replaced them with green apple permanently.

Does nobody read threads? I said they brought lime back.

Green apple was a great flavor and anyone bitching about not having their shitty "lime" flavor wears a sped helmet and touches themselves in public. You can't prove that I'm wrong.

Well you have 8 years of campaigning to get your flavor back, have fun.

Personally, I don't see why there can't be both; it's not like I wanted green apple gone as I just wanted lime back.

EDIT: Gonna post the press conference for it here.

 

[Mega Man II Intro - GB]

The trick with Skittles is to at the colors one at a time

Autism taught me all kinds of food hacks like how you're supposed to mix your meat with mashed potatoes. The tropical Skittles were superior anyway.

Gonna post the press conference for it here.

You're there to make ME look good, Clara, not the clients!

 

[Pissmaster]

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She looks like a girl version of Reviewbrah

 

[Bakarina]

Does nobody read threads? I said they brought lime back.

Well you have 8 years of campaigning to get your flavor back, have fun.

Personaly, I don't see why there can't be both; it's not like I wanted green apple gone as I just wanted lime back.

EDIT: Gonna post the press conference for it here.

They should sell skittles favors individually, like some Starburst flavors. That way everyone is happy, we'd get 2 green color/flavors, and I wouldn't have to deal with "grape" ( which tastes like dimetapp; I swear who ever invented grape flavor candy never had actual grapes in their life).

 

[afternoon_tea]

Bring back the real 4Loko.

God I miss that shit, it was like cocaine in a can.

 

[Mega Man II Intro - GB]

She looks like a girl version of Reviewbrah

Here's a kid picture of the one on the right (it's not actually the same girl in both pictures sorry if I misled anyone) and it's always interesting to see those kid pictures where it could've gone either way.

I swear who ever invented grape flavor candy never had actual grapes in their life).

It's a particular type of grape. Most stores sell the other kinds.

The Concord grape is a cultivar derived from the grape species Vitis labrusca (also known as fox grape) that are used as table grapes, wine grapes and juice grapes. They are often used to make grape jelly, grape juice, grape pies, grape-flavored soft drinks, and candy.

 

[ltlftp]

It's awful that they didn't lose money these past years with this shit and are coming back for more.

I actually wonder about that. It's a very anecdotal thing, but, at my local walmart the pride skittles always end up on the clearance rack very quickly, and they sit there for a few weeks with no one actually buying them until they're eventually sent off.

Like I don't think people are boycotting them or whatever, but around here anyway no one seems interested in gay candy.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

I actually wonder about that. It's a very anecdotal thing, but, at my local walmart the pride skittles always end up on the clearance rack very quickly, and they sit there for a few weeks with no one actually buying them until they're eventually sent off.

Like I don't think people are boycotting them or whatever, but around here anyway no one seems interested in gay candy.

You know, I think I actually saw that too. I'll be sure to pay closer attention this time and check around different stores, I'm curious about that now.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

I wish skittles made a beer like when Homer asked for it at the kwiki mart.

There's a Pontoon Brewing Company beer made with Twix bars and Skittles. That close enough? Sounds nasty to me, but I don't like really sweet alcoholic drinks. Can't even stand the hints of honey in that bottled in bond whiskey Evan Williams makes.