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Back to Sweet Lightning it's designed incorporated elements of it's flavor for the design (like what's been the case for all dews since Major Melon released) it featured peach slices and honeycombs and had a red cap for regular black for zero sugar. The renders aren't perfectly clear to see every little detail so it's hard to assume it predicted Baja Mango Gem and Baja Gold coming out instead of Baja Flash and Baja Punch. Complementing the launch of the new Cheetos Sandwich, Mtn Dew Sweet Lightning is exclusive to KFC and is described as 'a punch of peach and a touch of honey flavors.' The drink was specifically developed to go well with Original Recipe fried chicken and gains a permanent spot at the KFC soda fountain. It even showed us getting a yellow and orange Baja again alongside both Baja Blast versions. Pepper Dark Berry, Crystal Pepsi alongside a zero sugar version which should be coming soon. The calendar showed a lot of products that have come out since including Pepsi Nitro, Mtn Dew Flamin Hot, Dr. “And like our world-famous fried chicken, Sweet Lightning will keep fans coming back for more.”Īpparently, a lot of effort went into delivering the goods on this highly-anticipated partnership, so even though we’re living in a world where limited-time offerings reign, MTN DEW says that Sweet Lightning will be a permanent addition to KFC locations nationwide.It seemed like it was heavily considered months ago here a PepsiCo calendar of products coming soon showed a picture with the caption Double Drop Summer featuring 4 bottles 2 Baja Blast regular and zero sugar and Sweet Lightning regular and zero sugar. “With the addition of Sweet Lightning, we now have a drink that is as unique to KFC as the Colonel's secret blend of 11 herbs and spices,” Andrea Zahumensky, chief marketing officer for KFC U.S., said in the announcement. Set to arrive on July 1, MTN DEW Sweet Lightning is billed as “the first exclusive beverage to be offered at KFC” and only the second time the Dew has partnered with a fast food company, “the first being the hugely successful Baja Blast which debuted at KFC's sister restaurant, Taco Bell, nearly a decade-and-a-half ago.”Īnd though I joked about pairings up top, Mountain Dew isn’t kidding when they say that Sweet Lighting was developed with the help of the KFC team “to create the perfect pairing for KFC's Original Recipe fried chicken.” The result is a golden-hued soda “with a punch of peach and a touch of honey flavors,” ostensibly a crisp and sweet counterpoint to deep-fried batter.
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Today, Mountain Dew has announced it will be debuting a new flavor exclusively at KFC next month, and it’s specifically designed to complement the Colonel’s chicken. But the two have never partnered together: That is, until now. At one point, both brands were even owned by the same company, PepsiCo. What is Mtn Dew Sweet Lightning The marketing materials describe this latest Mountain Dew concoction as having a sweet peach and smooth honey flavor, a description which seemingly does its best to match the drink’s shockingly bright orange hue. Both KFC and MTN DEW like shortening their names into groups of three capitalized letters. They both target and appeal to a similar demographic. But in the fast food world, it’s Kentucky Fried Chicken and Mountain Dew. In the fine dining world, a perfect pairing might be Reblochon tarts with bacon and fingerling potatoes matched with a 2005 Logan Pinot Noir.