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LIGHTen Up Your Study Snacking!

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Her Campus Placeholder Avatar Elisabeth Rosen
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Cornell chapter.
Sorry, junk food, OUR RELATIONSHIP ENDS HERE. We just discovered Crystal Light Hard Candy. It tastes just like the powdered drink mix, but it’s a hard candy. Also, it has BASICALLY NO CALORIES. Like original Crystal Light, it’s sugar free but tastes like real sugar. We’re not saying you should eat a whole bag of these in one sitting but if you do, not that we did or anything, at least you won’t get fat. 

We sampled four varieties: Cherry, Orange, Strawberry, and Raspberry. Apparently there are also Lemonade and Pink Lemonade flavors, but we didn’t get any samples of those, which is sad because we really want to know what the difference is (isn’t Pink Lemonade just Lemonade with pink food coloring?)



Strawberry is definitely the highlight of the bag. (Or maybe it was raspberry. We couldn’t tell them apart because they were both light pink.) Whatever it was, it was delicious, with a jam-like aftertaste that brought back memories of elementary school lunches. Orange is also a standout. If you like orange juice or Creamsicles, you will LOVE orange Crystal Light candy. If you don’t like orange, you should probably avoid orange Crystal Light candy.

Want to try Crystal Light Hard Candy? Look for our giveaways around campus! Boxes will be marked “Free candy” and will be distributed by men in unmarked vans. (JK, but we actually will be distributing candy around campus, so look for it!) If you can’t wait, you can find the candy at your local Walmart ($1.24 for 3 ounces).

And the best part? You can WIN MORE FREE CANDY by entering the LIGHTen Up sweepstakes! The prize: $500 giftcard to WalMart & assorted products/goodies from CRYSTAL LIGHT! No purchase necessary to win – you just need to fill out a short form! (Full legal rules found here.)

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Elisabeth Rosen is a College Scholar at Cornell University with concentrations in anthropology, social psychology and creative writing. She is currently the co-editor of Her Campus Cornell. She has interned at The Weinstein Company and Small Farms Quarterly and worked as a hostess at a Japanese restaurant.