9 Volt flavored chips, anyone?

I absolutely want to try these.

I couldn’t read the article, but how do they know it tastes like battery?

I think they’re working with various acids and other chemicals to mimic that metallic tinged buzzy feeling.

I wonder if they used prickly pear / sichuan peppercorn?

Also, incognito / private browsing mode should eliminate the paywall.

But how do they know it tastes like batteries…?

I’m just being a smart-a$$ with who in their right mind is licking battery acid. And then of course, who would be stupid enough to mimic the taste for those who’ve actually licked battery acid. I’m quite certain those people don’t rush to try it again.

If they want fizzy, just buy some Poprocks.

Have you never licked a 9 volt before? I mean, you probably SHOULDN’T, but I don’t know anyone who hasn’t tried it at least once as a kid. Hell, if I find one in a corner of some drawer, a quick touch to my tongue is a way to determine if it’s totally dead or not.

Can’t say I saw this within my family or circle of friends.

YES to Poprocks!!!

I had “electric shock” snails in China once. Something in the snail, or in the prep, makes your tongue experience what feels like an electric shock when you eat the snail. My Chinese host sent me to the cafe for that dish in particular. It was ok, just odd. Not something I would order again.

Just don’t eat ‘em w soda or you’ll explode.

RIP, Mikey.

Never tried it or wanted to try it.

It’s fortunate that those things don’t deliver much current.
A professor I had for power engineering told us that one of his friends used to do that with (I think) 48V batteries.

My science teacher in junior high had an electrical device that could be adjusted to give steadily higher shocks.
And we lined up to see who could stand the worst shock.
It is amazing any boy survives his teens.

I think you and I had the same physics teacher.

Mine had the ‘one hand’ rule. You could do it only by bridging the electrodes with one hand, thumb and index finger.

Hurt like a sunovabich.

I was always fascinated with electricity. At the start, my mother used to tell me to be careful, then progressing to asking me if I could fix stuff that was not working. I never told her that I had a number of shocks, and this in a country that had more than the puny 120V in N.America; we had 240V!

My older brother, in one of his asshole moments, actually convinced me that the terminals on a 9-volt battery tasted sweet. I think I was probably about 7 or 8, so he would have been 8 or 9. It’s a wonder that I actually ever believed him again about anything after that. I will NOT be buying 9v chips.

That’s what older brothers are FOR…

I say this as the elder sibling in the family.

I think I may have shared this before, too, but this is the same brother that convinced me that water striders were poisonous. I’m 63 years old, and I still hate water striders - although I’m no longer terrified of them, so that’s something.

That’s my battery tester, too. “Is this a used one or a new one? Let’s have a lick.”

I told him not to mix 'em. This is what happens to kids that hate everything but Life.