Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Sour Patch Kids | Gourmet Makes | Bon Appétit

Join Claire Saffitz in the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen as she attempts to make a gourmet version of Sour Patch Kids!
The Sour Patch Kids met in high school in Wichita, Kansas in 1964 and within two years were touring the world. At the time, they couldn’t have known they would become the biggest pop act of the decade, but with the perfect blend of talent, timing and dedication their ascension seems almost preordained in retrospect. Jimmy Redd’s swooning vocals, Janet Cherry’s lead guitar, Bill Lemon’s bouncy bass and Martha Green’s driving drums were met by screaming fans from Kansas to Kyoto. The songs “My Sugar Kid” (1965) and “Your Sour Smile” (1967) are now considered important contributions to the American music canon.
These were the good years. The band’s legend grew and the money poured in. Their label, Sweet Sounds Music Group, pushed them to reach their audiences in new ways, building out their merchandising arm into clothing, lunch boxes and even a sour sugar-coated gummy candy. However, the label was also arguably responsible for the band’s downfall. In response to slightly drooping numbers, the label, citing a clause in the band’s contract that the four excited teenagers did not notice before signing back in 1964, added a new member to the group: Barry Blue. The new member of The Sour Patch Kids was not well received, within the band or by the fans. Critics considered his music style to be a step backwards to the band’s earliest sound, which many considered them to have grown out of. And in May of 1969, the creative differences came to a head and the band broke up. The label had the original four members blacklisted and they stopped making music all together. The only remnant of their success is the music they made and the Sour Patch Kids candy which remains popular to this day.




ABOUT BON APPÉTIT
Bon Appétit is a highly opinionated food brand that wants everyone to love cooking and eating as much as we do. We believe in seasonal produce, properly salted pasta water, and developing recipes that anyone can make at home.

Pastry Chef Attempts to Make Gourmet Sour Patch Kids | Gourmet Makes | Bon Appétit

[ubikledek]

at this point, the dehydrator is basically a member of the BA test kitchen and a character in this series

[Lilian]

Gourmet Makes 2017: 10 minutes of Claire making a thing
Gourmet Makes 2019: 40 minutes of Claire going through 5 stages of grief in a loop

[KizuRai]

Claire: "Gabby.."
Gabby: :D
Claire: "The gas is out."
Gabby: D:

[npsck]

Carla: my kid Cosmo is coming tomorrow
Claire: the only approval I need is the approval of Cosmo

[dougc]

Claire: *adds a single drop of cherry flavor*
Chris The Nose, 30 feet across the room: OooO tHAT SMELL

[georginajiang]

Claire: it’s really disturbing that they are in the shape of kids

ALSO Claire: let’s use Cosmo as the model for ours.

[annilip]

Carla and Cosmo both answering "not that long ago" when Claire asked them when they last had a sour patch kid is the ultimate mother/son relationship goal

[judgejhf]

I’m pregnant right now. To show you how bad cravings are: I was 35 seconds into the video. Paused it, hopped in my car and drove 20 minutes in a snow storm to get bags of sour patch kids. Worth it

[kimbofudginglovesyou]

Claire: “it’s creepy that they’re in the shape of kids”
Also Claire: “let’s trace an actual child” 😂😭

[nothefabio]

"Nothing is too sour."
- Cosmo, the sour sommelier... and a person fully prepared to life.

[karicherrycola]

Amiel handing Claire his rings and saying "now you're married" is one of my favorite parts of this episode

[cinxin]

Imaging having the name Cosmo Music dangg thats cool omg

[AJreborn]

Claire: * cooks and blends whole limes *
Claire: * tastes *
Claire: "It's like eating a whole lime that you blended"

[rbcjmbf]

i just imagined a laffy taffy episode where claire has to write jokes on the wrappers haha

[undreadly]

27:35 i didnt see his laptop so i thought chris was really intently contemplating a turned off food processor and was like "yeah hes just like that"

[annabelledionisio]

is everyone just going to ignore that Carla's child would eat a whole lime

[leandrocuestasp.]

"Nothing is too sour"


-Cosmo, 2019

[ThatTransMuffinOfficial]

Claire: "Don't show this part"
Editor: "We need to show it twice, and the second time we're gonna zoom in on it and just really emphasize the dispair. I think that's what Claire wants."

[ellenmitchell]

lmao I just love how brad is credited as 'watermelon felon' (at 2:31)

[glennvasquez]

Is no one going to talk about gabby's quick mood change when claire told her there's no gas?