Food of the Seventies, Purple Passion Soft Drink
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I recalled this soda recently when I found a bottle cap that had the name on it. I think it was around in the 70's and have not noticed it in stores lately. Another drink that I liked was "Chocolate Soldier" definitely was around in the late 60's, and early 70's. A similar drink around now is "Yoo-Hoo" and is not nearly as good as Chocolate Soldier.
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Purple Passion is good to drink. That was the tag line of their jingle. $1,000,000 reward if someone posts that somewhere.
They had the psychedelic can. Used to love that. Back in the 70's, we'd go to Soda Hut and get a case of soda for $4 with our White Rock products (Time Out, Tahitian Treat among them)
I mention this product to people and they think i'm crazy but i remember the psychedelic and the soda tasted pretty good. NJ
I remember purple passion, too -- more the can than the actual drink.
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I never saw it but I do remember hearing the jingle on the radio in Los Angeles, about 1970. I don't think it was available there for long, though.
If I remember correctly it was pale purple/bluish in color and tasted like grape. My folks let me bring a can of Purple Passion or Mountain Dew in my Kelloggs cereal characters lunch box. (Even got to use the Land of the Giants lunch box if my brothers didn't get to it first. Damn, those were the days.)
this was my all time favorite drink as a child. I wish it was still around today.
Went to a boyscout jamboree in the early 70's,and a friend brought Purple Passion..Truly a better soda than even grape Nehi.and the cool graphics.A winner that would behove Canada Dry to re-introduce
I loved Purple Passion as a kid and teen. I grew up in PA near Pittsburgh and it wasn't hard to find in the grocery store. I also wish they still made it. I wonder why they quit?
this was an awesome drink! My family still talks about it from time to time.
Didn't it taste like a cross between the dentists mouthwash and blackcurrant?
I loved Purple Passion soda as a kid! When we finished picking huckleberries while camping in N. Idaho, our reward was 25 cents and a Purple Passion soda. Would love to find some bottle caps!!!
wow!! I drank tons of purple passion.The picture of the can even makes me thirsty!
Oh those were the days - Mom and Dad would by a case of sodas and my favorites were Tahitian Treat, Cactus Cooler, Purple Passion and Shasta Cream Soda. They were awesome. We can still get Tahitian Treat and I think that Cactus cooler is still available in some areas. They were so much better than so many of the fruit sodas available today. Also Bubble Up, anyone remember that?
When I was a kid (late 60's) and lucky enough to be given a quarter, I would go up to the store and buy a can of Purple Passion (15 cents), a candy or ice cream bar (5 cents), and 10 pieces of penny candy (5 cents-yup, there was some candy that were 2 pieces for a penny!!) That was a jackpot day! ;)
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My BEAUTIFUL empty can has been with me for 40 years - it is in perfect condition. The purple liquid made me a Donny Osmond fan! :D
Purple Passion was great to drink while listening to your Pink Floyd records. I still have an empty can of Purple Passion.
I still have cravings for this soda.I used to drink it every day,as a teen.Would like some more!!
For years I wasn't certain if this existed of was a figment of my imagination. Thanks for posting this.
Purple Passion is good to drink!
I remember playing in a summer basketball league back in '71. There was a store near the park that sold Purple Passion. I would always get one for the walk home. Another good childhood memory! Do any companies still make it?
OMG. I am 49 years old. All i used to drink was Purple Passion!
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wow purple passions sounds delicous right kmow i love that drink!
My sister loved the stuff but i never cared for it.
My brother and I loved it!! Wish it was still around. It was extra fizzy and no caffeine!
I would drink it while in my room with blacklight on and home made strobe light flickering...wow man...that stuff was some badass stuff
actually a good grape soda great can, too! In the NYC suburbs we also had "Perry's" (bottles only) which made several sugary sweet flavors. Does anyone remember "Blue Sky"? tasted like soap.
I remember the soda and mostly the commercial...Purple Passion Is Good To Drink...
PURPLE PASSION WAS THE MOST NASTIEST DRINK I EVER DRUNK.
Purple Passion the Hippies Soda '68 to '70 something was a combination of orange and grape soda
My dad worked for Canada Dry and used to bing home cases of Purple Passion, Cactus Cooler, Tahitian Treat, Rootie Rootbeer, Dads Rootbeer, and Choc-ola in the late 60's and early 70's. I think Purple Passion was grape and ginger-ale combined.
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