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When Tic Tac dropped its cinnamon mints in 2009, so many fans complained on Facebook that Ferrero brought them back. “We have 1.3 million Facebook fans and it seemed 1 million of them chimed in,” a Tic Tac marketing director said. Most discontinued Tic Tacs left more quietly. The dates below come from Ferrero’s own flavor pages, as archived, and from its releases.
LIST OF DISCONTINUED TIC TAC FLAVORS
These Tic Tac flavors are no longer sold in the United States. Several are still sold abroad.
| Tic Tac flavor | U.S. dates | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Grape | To 1976; again 2016–2017 | Grape Sour sold in Germany |
| Double Packs | 1990s | End unrecorded |
| Cinnamon | To 2009 | Back as Cinnamon Spice, 2013–2015 |
| Spearmint | Back as Spearmint Mix, 2015–2019 | Gone by 2020 |
| Bold | 2006 | End unrecorded |
| Chill | 2008 | End unrecorded |
| Orange and Lime | 1990s | Still sold in the UK |
| Passion Fruit | Summer 2007 (abroad) | Limited edition |
| Pink Grapefruit | Fall 2010 and 2011 | Limited edition |
| Summer Ice Pop | Summer 2014 | Limited edition |
| Mixers | 2015 | Gone by 2020; Cherry Cola sold in UK |
| Popcorn | By 2015 (abroad) | End unrecorded |
| Banana Minions | 2015–2016 (abroad) | Limited edition |
| Coca-Cola | 2020–2023 | Off the U.S. list by Dec 2023 |
| Big Berry Adventure | 2020–2023 | Off the U.S. list by Dec 2023 |
| Cinnamon holiday pack | 2021 | One season |
Tic Tac launched in 1969 as “Refreshing Mints,” a name Ferrero soon replaced. Orange followed in 1974, Ferrero says, so fruit Tic Tacs are older than most lists suggest.
GRAPE
Discontinued: 1976, and again by 2019
Grape Tic Tacs were dyed with amaranth, the red dye the FDA banned in 1976, and “these Tic Tacs went with it,” Sporked reports. The same scare took red M&M’s off shelves, though M&M’s never used the dye, Live Science notes.
Grape came back. Ferrero’s U.S. flavor page listed it in 2016 and 2017, colored this time with carmine, a red made from insects, and Blue 1, an archived copy shows. It was gone by February 2019. Ferrero still sells a Grape Sour Tic Tac in Germany. It is one of many discontinued candies with two lives.
DOUBLE PACK COMBINATIONS
Discontinued: End unrecorded
Tic Tac double packs put two flavors in one box in the 1990s: Tangerine and Lime, Orange and Grape, and Berry and Cherry, Packaging News records. No record gives an end date.
CINNAMON
Discontinued: 2009
Cinnamon Tic Tacs were small red mints that Ferrero quietly dropped in the U.S. in 2009. The reason was blunt. “The Cinnamon flavor was always solid, but not a growth flavor … so we delisted it,” Todd Midura, Ferrero USA’s marketing director for Tic Tac, said, as Mashed reports. Fans started a petition, and the mints came back in 2013.
CINNAMON SPICE
Discontinued: 2015
Cinnamon Spice was the 2013 return of the cinnamon Tic Tac, brought back after the Facebook outcry. It lasted two years. “We’re sorry to tell you that Cinnamon Spice flavored Tic Tac® mints were recently discontinued,” Tic Tac told fans on Facebook in 2015, citing a need to “help keep our product line interesting and give consumers innovative flavors.”
SPEARMINT
Discontinued: By 2020
Spearmint is a Tic Tac that left and returned. In March 2015 Ferrero launched Spearmint Mix, light green and dark green mints in one pack, Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery reported. “The introduction of Spearmint Mix Tic Tac mints gives us an opportunity to return to our roots,” Midura said. It was on Ferrero’s U.S. list in September 2019 and gone by March 2020.
TIC TAC BOLD EDITION
Discontinued: End unrecorded
Tic Tac Bold was a stronger version of the mint and fruit flavors, sampled at the 2006 All Candy Expo. Candy Blog found Ferrero late to the trend: “Come on, how long have Altoids been popular?” No record gives Bold’s end, a common fate in the breath-mint aisle.
TIC TAC CHILL
Discontinued: End unrecorded
Tic Tac Chill was the brand’s first fully sugar-free mint, sweetened with xylitol, with larger mints in Paradise Mint and Exotic Cherry, Candy Industry reported in 2008. A pack cost $1.69. Ferrero never explained its end.
ORANGE AND LIME MIX
Discontinued: In the U.S.; still sold in the UK
Lime and Orange Tic Tacs date to the 1990s, Ferrero’s own history page says. They are gone from the U.S., but Ferrero still sells Lime-Orange in the UK, calling it “an emblematic flavour.”
PASSION FRUIT SUMMER EDITION
Discontinued: Summer 2007
Passion Fruit Tic Tacs were a limited summer edition in 2007, sold mainly in Europe, Australia and New Zealand, Sporked reports. Passion fruit lives on in mixes. America’s 2015 Minions Tic Tacs were passion fruit, and Tropical Adventure carried it from 2022.
PINK GRAPEFRUIT SUMMER EDITION
Discontinued: Limited edition, 2010 and 2011
Pink Grapefruit was a fall flavor, not a summer one. Tic Tac sold it from August through October 2010 for CancerCare’s breast cancer campaign, its release said, and again from August through November 2011.
The launch had a showpiece: an 8-by-12-foot wall “made entirely out of limited edition Pink Grapefruit and Freshmint flavor Tic Tac® mints,” built for a celebrity gift suite. In 2011 Tic Tac followed with a dress made of the mints.
SUMMER ICE POP
Discontinued: Limited edition, 2014
Summer Ice Pop was Tic Tac’s blue mint. The 2014 limited edition mixed “blue berry pills, red cherry pills and white lime pills,” Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery reported, like a red, white and blue ice pop. It answers the question people still ask: yes, there was a blue Tic Tac.
MIXERS
Discontinued: By 2020 in the U.S.
Tic Tac Mixers changed flavor in your mouth. The July 2015 launch had two: Cherry Cola, which “transitions from a cherry flavor to a classic cola flavor,” and Peach Lemonade, Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery reported. Piña Colada followed in 2017. “We saw an opportunity to offer our consumers an unexpected surprise,” Midura said.
Mixers were off Ferrero’s U.S. list by March 2020. Cherry Cola is still sold in the UK.
POPCORN
Discontinued: End unrecorded
Popcorn Tic Tacs were never a U.S. flavor. They were on shelves in Poland by July 2015, The Impulsive Buy found. Reviewers found them “weirdly, almost unnervingly, popcorn-flavored,” Sporked says. No record gives an end date.
BANANA AND MANDARIN
Discontinued: Limited edition, 2015 and 2016
Banana Minions Tic Tacs were a 2015 tie-in with the Minions movie, sold in Europe and the UK. American buyers got passion fruit instead, which one U.S. reviewer called disappointing, since banana is one of the few English words the Minions say. The banana packs came back in the UK in June 2016, with Minions printed on the mints, Scottish Grocer reported. Movie tie-ins rarely last; the M&M’s Transformers flavor did not either.
COCA-COLA
Discontinued: 2023
Tic Tac Coca-Cola was announced in October 2019 and reached U.S. stores in early 2020, as white mints printed with the red Coca-Cola logo, CSP reported. It lasted longer than most lists say: it was still on Ferrero’s U.S. page in June 2023 and gone by December, when Tic Tac Sprite had taken its place. Many Coke flavors have had shorter runs.
BIG BERRY ADVENTURE
Discontinued: 2023
Big Berry Adventure mixed raspberry and blueberry mints, pink and purple, when it launched in 2020 as part of Tic Tac’s Adventure line. It was on Ferrero’s U.S. page in June 2023 and gone by December. Fruit Adventure and Citrus Adventure are still sold.
CINNAMON HOLIDAY RETURN
Discontinued: After the 2021 holidays
For the 2021 holidays Tic Tac sold Naughty and Nice packs: Naughty was Sinfully Cinnamon and Nice was Jolly Candy Cane, Packaging Strategies reported. Cinnamon did not keep the Naughty slot. By November 2022 the Naughty pack held cherry Lumps of Coal mints, and no later U.S. cinnamon Tic Tac has turned up.
WHAT COLOR TIC TAC IS WHICH FLAVOR?
Tic Tac colors usually match the flavor, but the same color has meant different flavors over the years.
| Color | Flavor | Sold in the U.S. now? |
|---|---|---|
| Purple | Grape | No |
| Red | Cinnamon, Cherry Cola Mixers | No |
| Two greens | Spearmint Mix | No |
| Green | Wintergreen | Yes |
| Blue | Summer Ice Pop (blue berry) | No |
| White with red logo | Coca-Cola | No |
| Orange | Orange | Yes |
Ingredient lists confirm the colors: grape used carmine and Blue 1, Cherry Cola used Red 40 and Wintergreen used Yellow 5 and Blue 1, Ferrero’s archived flavor page shows.
TIC TAC FLAVORS STILL SOLD IN THE U.S.
Tic Tac had seven flavors on Ferrero’s U.S. site in November 2026: Freshmints, Citrus Adventure, Orange, Strawberry & Cream, Fruit Adventure, Wintergreen and a limited Dr Pepper. Citrus Adventure launched in October 2024 with a fan vote on the next flavor among five candidates, from Mango Lime to Dragon Fruit. The Dr Pepper mints arrived in February 2026. “Tic Tac® Dr Pepper® Mints bring together two powerhouse brands in an unexpected way,” Ferrero marketing director Endri Shtylla said in the announcement.
DISCONTINUED TIC TAC FLAVORS FAQ
Did they discontinue cinnamon Tic Tacs?
Yes. Ferrero dropped cinnamon Tic Tacs in the U.S. in 2009, brought them back as Cinnamon Spice in 2013 after a Facebook outcry, and discontinued them again in 2015. A Sinfully Cinnamon holiday pack appeared in 2021, but by 2022 the holiday flavor had changed to cherry, and no cinnamon Tic Tac is sold in the U.S. now.
Is there a blue Tic Tac?
There was. Tic Tac’s 2014 Summer Ice Pop limited edition included blue berry-flavored mints alongside red cherry and white lime ones, in a nod to red, white and blue ice pops. It was sold for one summer. No current U.S. Tic Tac flavor is blue; the colors on sale are white, orange, green and fruit mixes.
What flavor is a green Tic Tac?
A green Tic Tac in the U.S. today is Wintergreen, colored with Yellow 5 and Blue 1. From 2015 to about 2019, Tic Tac also sold Spearmint Mix, which paired light green and dark green spearmint mints in one pack. Lime Tic Tacs, also green, are still sold in the UK in the Lime-Orange mix.
Which Tic Tac flavors have been discontinued?
Discontinued Tic Tac flavors in the U.S. include Grape, Cinnamon and Cinnamon Spice, Spearmint Mix, Bold, Chill, Lime and Orange, Pink Grapefruit, Summer Ice Pop, the Mixers line, Coca-Cola and Big Berry Adventure. Some live on abroad: Lime-Orange and Cherry Cola in the UK, and Grape Sour in Germany.
SOURCES
- Ferrero, Tic Tac brand history and current U.S. flavors
- Tic Tac U.S. flavor page archived in 2017
- Ferrero, Tic Tac Dr Pepper announcement, February 12, 2026
- Tic Tac, Pink Grapefruit release, 2010, and 2011 release
- Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery on Spearmint Mix, Mixers and Summer Ice Pop
- Candy Industry on Tic Tac Chill, 2008, and Big Berry Adventure, 2020
- CSP, Tic Tac Coca-Cola announcement, 2019
- Mashed, what happened to cinnamon Tic Tacs
- Packaging News, Tic Tac packaging history, 2016
- Sporked, forgotten Tic Tac flavors
Updated November 2026: every date was rechecked against Ferrero’s archived flavor pages and releases. An earlier version said Grape and Spearmint ended for good (both came back in the 2010s), dated Coca-Cola’s end to 2022 (it lasted into 2023), called Pink Grapefruit a 2007 summer flavor (it was a 2010 and 2011 fall edition), and listed a 1976 Orange and Grape mix for which no record exists.
