We tried the 'edible alcohol' that's meant to replace cocktails - but had incredibly mixed feelings about it
Overall, we had mixed feelings about the edible cocktails.
While the edible cocktails were originally designed to replace traditional drinks, we thought they would work better when used to accompany a drink.
For a customer based in the US, the Large Mixed Selection costs $50.59 with shipping. This means you'd be paying around $6.32 for each shot's worth of alcohol, which is pretty typical by New York City bar standards, but wouldn't be the most cost-effective way to drink outside of a bar.
The math is a little more favorable for UK residents, since reduced shipping costs mean the same order would cost about $34.61 before taxes, which means you'd be paying $4.32 per shot.
The flavors were even more interesting.
Given the amount of alcohol in each candy, we thought it would be very easy to taste the alcohol. But we found the opposite to be true: They reminded us of slightly more bitter and subdued variations on traditional gummy candies, though others thought they were too sweet. The differences between each flavor weren't extreme, and it would be difficult to tell they had alcohol in them if we hadn't known before we tried them.
We expected the edible cocktails to be filled with liquid, but they had a solid, gummy texture throughout.
While some of our taste testers preferred the solid texture to a liquid-filled alternative that would be messier, others said the texture reminded them of plastic and felt that there was too much sugar on top of each candy.
Each edible cocktail is 7% alcohol, which means that they're roughly equivalent to half of a shot.
The Spiced Rum has rum and clove-flavored sugar.
The Berry Daiquiri contains rum, berry flavoring, and peppercorn-flavored sugar.
The Elderflower Spritz is made from gin and elderflower flavoring
The Gin & Tonic has gin and lemon-flavored sugar.
The Whisky Sour contains whisky and grapefruit-flavored sugar.
The Godson has whisky and amaretto flavoring.
The Long Island High Tea is similar to a Long Island Iced Tea and is made from black tea-flavored vodka, rum, and raspberry-flavored sugar.
There's the Rhuby Mule, a variation on the Moscow Mule that contains vodka, ginger extract, rhubarb flavoring, and sour, lime-flavored sugar.
That means there are two of each of the company's eight flavors.
We ordered the "Large Mixed Selection," which costs $50.59 for a customer in the US.
Smith & Sinclair offers edible cocktails based on drinks made from whisky, gin, rum, and vodka.
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