A little while back, Jason told us about how Slate was collaborating with the candy brand Smartie’s to create wraps for their new trucks. These would be the bright, pale pastels that make up the individual flavors of their very chalky candies that come in rolls that I usually just bust open and dump the entire contents of into my mouth.
That had me thinking of what other candy or food tie-ins we could do with cars?
Smarties was an easy one, since they offer so many pastel colors:
The lovely brown color you could get the Toyota Sienne in with a tan interior was crying out for a Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup edition. Some stripes, a few decals, and there you go. There would even be peanut butter cups mashed into the carpet, or at least there would be by around day three of ownership if you know the kind of passengers that ride in the back of these things (I personally have a couple of them).
Nissan hasn’t given us a Pike car in decades, but we could at least have some brightly-color Kicks in special lurid shades. I say a Kicks Peeps edition in the colors of those rather disgusting squishy marshmallow chicks might be ideal.
Some cars were ripe for food themes based on their names. The AMC Concord should have been available in the color of the grape that shared the same name. The Datsun Cherry was never available in a red special edition with scratch-and-sniff seats, at least not that I know of.
Let’s hear more from you! What food-themed special editions make sense for any cars you like, past or present?
Top graphic image: Slate
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