Whatever Happened To Cinnamon Tic Tacs?
Bloomberg/Getty Images By Nick Desimone/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 2:40 pm EST
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Tic Tacs, the tiny ubiquitous mints, have been lining grocery store checkout aisles and Americans’ pockets for more than 50 years. According to the Tic Tac website, they were called “Refreshing Mints” until 1970 when Ferrero, Tic Tac’s parent company, favored a snappier name.
Currently, Tic Tacs come in six flavors: Freshmint, Orange, Fruit Adventure, Wintergreen, Coca-Cola, and Big Berry Adventure, though limited-edition flavors sometimes roll out too. As Convenience Store Products reported, the Freshmint and Orange flavors have been Tic Tac’s backbone, but one flavor had consumers in an uproar over its cancellation. Cinnamon Tic Tacs were quietly discontinued in 2009 — which even lead to a Change.org petition — before being brought back in 2013 with a new name: Cinnamon Spice. At the time, Convenience Store Products sought answers from Todd Midura, category marketing director for Tic Tac, Ferrero USA. “The Cinnamon flavor was always solid, but not a growth flavor … so we delisted it,” Midura said. Fans then flooded social media in dismay, leading to the flavor’s rebirth. “We have 1.3 million Facebook fans and it seemed 1 million of them chimed in with their displeasure about discontinuing the Cinnamon flavor,” Midura told the outlet.
Whatever Happened To Cinnamon Tic Tacs?
Bloomberg/Getty Images
By Nick Desimone/Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 2:40 pm EST
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Tic Tacs, the tiny ubiquitous mints, have been lining grocery store checkout aisles and Americans’ pockets for more than 50 years. According to the Tic Tac website, they were called “Refreshing Mints” until 1970 when Ferrero, Tic Tac’s parent company, favored a snappier name.
Currently, Tic Tacs come in six flavors: Freshmint, Orange, Fruit Adventure, Wintergreen, Coca-Cola, and Big Berry Adventure, though limited-edition flavors sometimes roll out too. As Convenience Store Products reported, the Freshmint and Orange flavors have been Tic Tac’s backbone, but one flavor had consumers in an uproar over its cancellation. Cinnamon Tic Tacs were quietly discontinued in 2009 — which even lead to a Change.org petition — before being brought back in 2013 with a new name: Cinnamon Spice. At the time, Convenience Store Products sought answers from Todd Midura, category marketing director for Tic Tac, Ferrero USA. “The Cinnamon flavor was always solid, but not a growth flavor … so we delisted it,” Midura said. Fans then flooded social media in dismay, leading to the flavor’s rebirth. “We have 1.3 million Facebook fans and it seemed 1 million of them chimed in with their displeasure about discontinuing the Cinnamon flavor,” Midura told the outlet.
We may receive a commission on purchases made from links.
Currently, Tic Tacs come in six flavors: Freshmint, Orange, Fruit Adventure, Wintergreen, Coca-Cola, and Big Berry Adventure, though limited-edition flavors sometimes roll out too. As Convenience Store Products reported, the Freshmint and Orange flavors have been Tic Tac’s backbone, but one flavor had consumers in an uproar over its cancellation.
Cinnamon Tic Tacs were quietly discontinued in 2009 — which even lead to a Change.org petition — before being brought back in 2013 with a new name: Cinnamon Spice. At the time, Convenience Store Products sought answers from Todd Midura, category marketing director for Tic Tac, Ferrero USA. “The Cinnamon flavor was always solid, but not a growth flavor … so we delisted it,” Midura said. Fans then flooded social media in dismay, leading to the flavor’s rebirth. “We have 1.3 million Facebook fans and it seemed 1 million of them chimed in with their displeasure about discontinuing the Cinnamon flavor,” Midura told the outlet.
