The Ryl Tea Co. teamed up with The Hershey Co. to bring Jolly Rancher Candy’s iconic fruit flavors into iced tea for the first time. 

The new lineup, available in Blue Raspberry, Green Apple and Cherry, reimagines the bold candy flavors consumers know and love as refreshing, zero-sugar iced teas made for everyday drinking, the company says. Each flavor is brewed with real tea and designed to reflect the unmistakable taste of Jolly Rancher Candy in a ready-to-drink canned format, it adds.

To achieve the final formulations, Ryl Tea worked closely with the Jolly Rancher team over several months, conducting multiple rounds of testing to closely replicate the candy’s signature taste in iced tea form, the company says.

“Jolly Rancher is one of the most recognizable and beloved candy brands, and we’re thrilled to partner with Hershey to reimagine these legendary flavors for modern refreshment,” said Blodin Ukella, founder and CEO of The Ryl Co., in a statement. “We built Ryl to deliver bold flavor with zero sugar and clean-label ingredients you can feel good about, and this partnership brings that to life in something that feels both nostalgic and completely new for today’s consumer.”

Ernie Savo, senior director of global licensing at The Hershey Co., added: “The Jolly Rancher brand has always stood for bold and impossibly fruity flavors. Partnering with Ryl Tea allows us to bring Jolly Rancher Candy’s iconic flavor into a new format that feels fresh, unexpected and perfect for today's consumer.”

The new Blue Raspberry and Green Apple flavors are available nationwide at Target, Walmart and major grocery and convenience retailers, as well as online through Amazon and TikTok Shop. Cherry will launch exclusively at Target for a limited time before expanding to additional retailers later this summer, the company says.

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