Jamba Juice's secret menu is no longer a secret. Many customers don't even bother looking at the regular menu. They go straight for the candy flavors, cereal flavors and God knows what other flavors. Skittle flavors, Fruity Pebbles flavors, and a Peanut Butter and Jelly flavor are some of the secret concoctions whose popularity has spread via word of mouth. Make no mistake - all the ingredients for these specialty smoothies are just as natural and healthy as the ingredients in the standard smoothies. It's the clever combinations of these ingredients that keep customers scratching their heads saying, "How'd they do that?" and coming back for more.
Then there are those combinations that don't quite work to achieve the assumed flavor. The Strawberry Shortcake smoothie is one example. I remember how excited my taste buds were upon ordering this naughty sounding treat. I thought of strawberry shortcake ice creams flavors that I love. I couldn't wait to take a sip of a healthy strawberry shortcake Jamba drink. Well, once I took that first sip my taste buds were highly disappointed. It didn't taste like strawberry at all. It tasted more like a confused pineapple drink. There was nothing strawberry let alone "cakey" about this smoothie. I have to give this drink two thumbs down.
There is, however, one secret menu smoothie that I think is successfully clever - White Gummy Bear. This smoothie really does taste like a White Gummy Bear. The irony of this success is that the white gummy bear itself isn't linked to a particular fruit flavor. How does one even describe the taste of a white gummy bear? But Jamba Juice has translated this mysterious flavor into a cool, healthy drink that will have you coming back for more.
Pink Star is another of my favorites. This flavor is an interpretation of the pink Starburst candy. And the candy flavors don't stop there. There are other Gummy Bear flavors, including, Red Gummy Bear and Green Gummy Bear.
So next time you visit Jamba Juice, take a walk on the wild side and ask about their secret menu smoothies. Hopefully, you and your palate will be pleasantly surprised.
