#Ecto cooler recipe series

⅓ scoop Countrytime Lemonade (regular or pink).ġ) In a one gallon pitcher, start by putting in your orange juice and tangerine juice.

cup Tangerine Juice / 1 can mandarin oranges (mashed). Meaning that Ecto Cooler was lost forever in 2003.Īfter years of exhaustive toil and no doubt countless trips to the bathroom, the nerds at Ghostbusters: Chicago Division have shared their groundbreaking research.ġ packet Kool Aid / Flavor Aid Tangerine. It was non-staining Shoutin' Orange Tangergreen that was renamed Crazy Citrus Cooler. So sources such as Wikipedia which claim that Shoutin' Orange Tangergreen was renamed Crazy Citrus Cooler in 2006 and discontinued in 2007 are incorrect. The list of ingredients changed dramatically. Circa August 2003, Shoutin' Orange Tangergreen was reformulated as non-staining. Renamed Shoutin' Orange Tangergreen in 2001. Widely regarded as The Non-Carbonated Soft Drink Of The Gods. But it had been so popular in the early 90's that it is fondly remembered today by kids who grew up with it, so much even that some people reverese engineered it and came up with recipes for you to create your own 'Ecto Cooler'. Then, in 2006 it was renamed again, this time called 'Crazy Citrus Cooler', and it 2007, the recipe was officially discontinued. Yummy.Īround 1997, Slimer was removed from the box all together, and it was renamed 'Shoutin' Orange Tangerine'. So basically you were drinking a slime/snot looking beverage. The drink itself was bright green (like the ectoplasm was in the movie/Cartoon). The drink box featured the ghost 'Slimer' from the show, and the name 'Ecto Cooler' comes from the Ectoplasm which is the slime left behind from a ghost.

#Ecto cooler recipe series

Almost as much as I miss OH MY GOD DO YOU REMEMBER ECTO COOLER!!?!?!?Įcto Cooler was a drink made by Hi-C in 1987 as a tie in with the Cartoon series 'The Real Ghostbusters', and actually outlived the Cartoon series (which ended in 1991). Two days later, it pops in your head again for some reason (you see a hearse, maybe?), and you make the jump from thinking about The Real Ghostbusters to that adorable cartoon ghost, Slimer. Then you stop thinking about it for a while. Then, after thinking about Ghostbusters (the Movie) for a while, you think of The Real Ghostbusters, the cartoon. And when you think of ghosts, you start to think of that great movie, Ghostbusters. But, the best news? Regardless of which one you choose, you're getting Ecto-Cooler.When you think Halloween, one thing that often comes to mind is ghosts. While Juicy Juice looks great and is certainly verrrrry close to the original, Market Pantry Orange Tangerine comes even closer. If you remember Ecto-Cooler, it was tasty, it was sugary, and it was delicious. On one hand, you're losing that bright green color but, on the other, you're adding more flavor. I added a lot and I think that makes a big difference. What's cool about the water enhancer is that you control how much, or how little, you actually want in your bottle. Believe it or not, the Market Pantry enhancer is the closest thing I've had to Ecto-Cooler since I first put together the Ghostbusters Chicago recipe. Obviously, the liquid enhancer gives us more of that sewer color than the Juicy Juice, but the flavor is much stronger. On the left, we have the dyed Juicy Juice while, on the right, we have the dyed Market Pantry Orange Tangerine.