Grapes that taste like fairy floss have infiltrated the fruit sections of both Coles and Woolies, confusing generations of people taught to believe that fruit is gross and yukky.
The “cotton candy grapes” are Australian-made, but this distinct breed (strain? variety?) originated in the U.S. quite by accident, by a company fittingly named Grapery.
These Grapery guys seem like the Willy Wonkas of viticulture (that’s right…), weaving delicious experimental flavours and shapes, and giving them whimsical names like Moon Drops and Gum Drops and Snozzberries.
Check out these delicious abominations.
Grapery assure customers on their website that they use “all-natural breeding practices” and don’t act flavouring or anything candy-like.
“We breed for flavour, continuously experimenting, trying out a wide range of cross-pollination combinations. Frankly, we were stunned when we discovered a new grape that tasted like cotton candy. But, rest assured, it was accomplished by completely natural means.
“We didn’t apply any ‘cotton candy flavouring’ or plant any sort of flavouring materials into the soil to attain the cotton candy flavour.”
The cotton candy grapes will be available until mid-April, “weather depending, of course” a Coles spokesperson told news.com.au and (currently) cost $4 for a 400g punnet.
They are available at Woolworths too, if that happens to be your local.
Franklins didn’t reply to our letter at the time of printing.
And now, a grape-related tune.
