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Ken Carson Declares Himself The ‘Lord Of Chaos,’ And His New Disorienting Video Proves It

Ken Carson promised supporters a new album. Last week, the “Off The Meter” rapper stuck to his word by releasing More Chaos.

Today (April 14), Ken Carson shared another visual in support of the project. With his latest single, “Lord Of Chaos,” Carson’s eerie ethos takes center stage.

The record, which was produced by Outtatown as well as Star Boy, merged sonic elements of the growing rager rap movement and punk rock. Carson’s supporting video for “Lord Of Chaos” matched the record’s cocky lyrics.

“Yeah, I made it out the hood then made out with these hoes / I’m the lord of chaos, I got the mosh pit in control / When I signed to the label, ha, they struck gold / Fresh to death, yeah, I stick out like a mole,” rapped Carson.

Director Nick Spiders intensified the message as Carson performed the track in a moving box truck backdropped by spooky accessories cloaked by strobe lights.

Watch Ken Carson’s official video for “Lord Of Chaos.” Continue below to view the tracklist and artwork for Ken Carson’s More Chaos.

Tracklist

1. “Lord Of Chaos”
2. “Xposed”
3. “Money Spread”
4. “Root Of All Evil”
5. “K-Hole”
6. “Trap Jump”
7. “Blakk Rokstar”
8. “LiveLeak”
9. “Diamonds”
10. “Dismantled”
11. “200 Kash”
12. “Down2Earth”
13. “Confetti”
14. “Naked”
15. “Kryptonite”
16. “Psycho”
17. “Inferno”
18. “Thx”
19. “2000”
20. “Evolution”
21. “Ghoul”

Artwork

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More Chaos is out now via Opium/Interscope. Find more information here.

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Post Malone Boldly Addressed Being Called A ‘One-Hit Wonder’ During His Headlining Coachella 2025 Set

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Yesterday (April 13) Post Malone closed out the first weekend of Coachella 2025. The “California Sober” musician’s headlining performance marked an impressive feat in his career. But as he played to the sold-out crowd, Post Malone couldn’t help but think back on his professional journey.

During his set, Post Malone took a moment to address early critiques and not so nice labels including being called a one-hit wonder.

“Lots of motherf*ckers called me a one-hit wonder,” he said. “And I just wanted to say that if you don’t believe in yourself, then nobody f*cking else will. No one can f*cking stop you.”

Posty urged festivalgoers to pursue their passion despite any discouragement they may face.

He closed the motivational speech with a word of encouragement. “I want you to keep doing what you f*cking love and love who you love and love what you love and keep doing it and keep f*cking kicking ass because there’s no one on this f*cking planet that can tell you sh*t,” he said. “It doesn’t matter what you want to do in life… do whatever the f*ck you want to do and do it as hard as you can. Don’t let anybody stop you because nobody can stop you.”

Back in 2016, “White Iverson” was considered to be Malone’s only breakout record. Fast-forward to today (April 14), he now has six No. 1 Billboard Hot 100 songs and three No. 1 Billboard 200 albums.

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A ‘Buffet’ Of ‘Cobra Kai’ Spin Offs Are Possible, According To A Co-Creator

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The Karate Kid completists surely noted that the final Cobra Kai episode addressed a question that lingered throughout the Netflix series. That is to say, we saw the long overdue payoff from Johnny Lawrence’s “You’re alright, LaRusso” from the first movie. The former rivals finally put their lingering beef behind them (for real this time), and the Miyagi-do members largely went out into the the world with Sony being upfront about how Daniel’s story would continue with the Karate Kid: Legends movie, which would presumably take the franchise in an entirely different direction.

However, Cobra Kai creators Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg previously did not hesitate to express willingness for a spin off. Thoughts of a Miyagi-focused prequel (although his backstory honestly appears to have been covered just fine by now) have also surfaced along with several other ideas, but two months after the finale, has there been any movement? Hurwitz recently spoke with The Direct about a slight update:

“I mean, we have a buffet in front of us in terms of what we’d like to do, and it just has to line up with what our partners at Sony and Netflix want to do. There are contemporary spin-offs that take place after the events of Cobra Kai … There are other spin-offs that, you know, we know the audience has been speculating about that took place 100 years ago. We’ll have to see, you know, and everything in between. We’ll have to see which one is the right time and the right project.”

Hurwitz also expressed optimism about more news possibly coming “soon,” which of course does not answer the question of if another show will be greenlit. A few months ago, Hayden Schlossberg also claimed to EW, “We’re definitely closer, but we can’t say anything yet.” In that conversation, Hurwitz did add (of the idea involving “Binary Brothers” Hawk and Dimitri at Cal Tech), “There may actually be a document, a very thorough document.” And of course, Jacob Bertrand once told us that he dug that idea, too.

A quick internet search will reveal that viewers wouldn’t mind seeing followup shows about the various couples (Robby and Tory, Miguel and Sam, Chozen and Kim Da-Eun) on the series, but nah, it’s time to let them go. A more interesting idea involves the Iron Dragons dojo, especially if such a show revolves around Axel Kovacevic (Patrick Luwus) and Zara Malik (Rayna Vallandingham) as leading dojo members. Games Radar noted that Heald, Hurwitz, and Schlossberg have openly acknowledged this possibility, although no confirmation has arrived. Yet. Still, after watching Axel refuse to obey Sensei Wolf’s orders to take Miguel out by targeting a vulnerable spot, he deserves more airtime, right? Send it to the Internets, Netflix.

Karate Kid: Legends comes to theaters on May 30, and Cobra Kai‘s six seasons are streaming on Netflix.

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Cardi B Was ‘Turned On’ By Joe Goldberg’s Antics In ‘You’ Season 3

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Cardi B’s love for the Netflix thriller show You is no secret. In 2021, she struck up a friendship with the show’s star Penn Badgley; in 2023, she turned her Twitter profile picture into a photo of him; and just a month ago, she introduced the season 5 trailer.

But over the past month, her connection with the show has deepened, as Netflix has released short reaction videos featuring Cardi in the lead-up to the premiere of the upcoming fifth and final season. In the clips, Cardi watches recaps of the prior seasons, offering her opinions and observations, including the reveal that the serial killer star’s shenanigans are a turn-on for her.

In the season three recap reaction, Cardi joked, “I’m not even gonna lie, this is turning me on.” The scene in question features a tied-up Joe Goldberg, the show’s obsessive serial killer protagonist, being attacked by Love, his romantic interest-slash-fellow serial killer. She also uses the opportunity to throw a shot at her ex-husband Offset. “I bet my baby daddy wanna kill me,” she jibes, “But you can’t though!”

Cardi, meanwhile, is also teasing a tour for her upcoming, long-awaited sophomore album.

You is set to return to Netflix on April 24.

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Will There Be A ‘The Life List’ Sequel On Netflix?

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Romcoms aren’t pouring out of studios these days, but they surely aren’t dead. They still occasionally (especially if Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell and butt grabs are involved) succeed in theaters and also thrive on Netflix. The latter is the case with Nobody Wants This being fast-track renewed for another season. Meanwhile, The Life List has been sitting atop the streaming service’s Top 10 list since being released three weeks ago, and since Netflix tends to sequelize even objectively bad romcoms if they’re wildly popular, it’s worth wondering if The Life List (which is charming enough) could get a sequel film.

Talk of a possible continuation has swirled amid speculation on whether Alex’s future with Brad could fuel a second movie. Could a sequel still be called The Life List, however, after the list in question has been fulfilled? That doesn’t seem to matter much, although star Sofia Carson is questioning whether a sequel makes sense at all.

Will There Be A The Life List Sequel On Netflix?

Maybe. Netflix hasn’t spoken out on the issue, but while speaking with Collider, star Sofia Carson sounds up for a challenge if the story is “right”:

“So many classics don’t have sequels and I think that’s for a reason. The movie was based on a book that had an ending. So, for me, my sole purpose is protecting Cassie and protecting what we built, to not break it. If it feels right, I’ll be the first one to jump right into her shoes again, but it has to be so right.”

Well sure, Lori Nelson Spielman didn’t write a followup book to The Life List, but the lack of a second book never prevented a sequel or a second season (just look at Big Little Lies and The Night Agent, which isn’t a romcom but did gain appeal with a romantic side plot) from happening. Until Netflix announces otherwise, however, maybe romcom addicts should hang tight for more of Nobody Wants This, which is due to return later this year.

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We Ranked 24 Different Freeze Dried Candies — Our Top Pick Is A Must Try For Candy Lovers

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Freeze Dried snacks are all the rage in 2025. Pickles, fruit, candy — you can’t walk through a modern snack aisle without seeing some sort of “freeze dried” something. This got us thinking, is this stuff actually any good? We’re willing to be the guinea pigs so you don’t have to.

But how did all this start? Years ago (I won’t specify as to not date myself and face mortality) the only freeze dried treats you could purchase were the neopolitan ice cream bar or freeze dried ice cream sandwich in the Ben Franklin museum gift shop (and probably at your local science museum wherever you live). Any other freeze dried snacks was on some astronaut future sh*t.

Fast forward a decade or more, and the floodgates have opened with a robust secondary freeze dried market that has forced national brands (ahem Mars Wrigley) to enter the competition, which in turn led to all sorts of copy cats (We can’t count how many brands make freeze dried Sour Skittles under other names).

Given its obvious popularity, we’re sure to see more and more freeze dried snacks and packaged products by year’s end. Our point is, there are a lot out there! So to seperate the good from the bad we’re ranking over 20 different freeze dried candys that we gatheed up at convenience stores, malls, kawaii stores, and the good old World Market. Let’s Snack!

24. Sugar Bear — Freeze Dried Bit O Honey

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Price: $7.99

Bit O Honey looks and sounds better than it actually tastes. Deceptively crunchless, these candies are pure sweetness on the palette, but the finish is like licking the inside of a cardboard box (…not that we’d know). The texture is part powdery and part sticky, and when it dries on your teeth and inside your mouth, a spoiled aftertaste takes over.

Bottom Line:

Freeze Dried candy is still in its infancy and within that maturation and development process you can still expect some growing pains and stumbles. Here with Freeze Dried Bit O Honey, it’s tough to know where they went wrong, the base product tastes good initially, but the aftertaste is off.

23. Freez Yum! — Hi-Crunch

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Price: $4.99

Hi-Chews have become an iconic candy in the US (despite the brand’s Japanese roots) but Hi-Crunch, a freeze-dried version of the iconic candy don’t really capture the flavor or essence of the original.

Despite their airy crunch, the Kirby-esque Hi-Crunch features an odd yogurty milky sweetness that feels like a departure from the chewy fruityness of Hi-Chew, as the base flavor here is more creamy than fruity. And frankly, Hi-Crunch are a bit more reminiscent of baby yogurt melts than a sleeve of your favorite Japanese chews.

Bottom Line:
Perhaps there is a world where freeze dried Hi-Chews are deliciously fruity as well as crunchy and light, but Hi-Crunch is in a different universe where the crunch is overshadowed by a one-note taste that starts creamy sweet and finishes creamy sweet.

22. Andersen’s Crazy Candy — Wild Berry Bites

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Price: $8.99

Andersen’s Crazy Candy Wild Berry Bites are tasty, but there is a flood of freeze dried Skittle-like options in the freeze dried candy world, and this is far from the best one. Since Skittles now make a freeze dried product themselves, Andersen’s falls somewhere below. Less brittle than the version that Skittles has produced themselves, Andersen’s freeze dries their version fairly uniformly to produce a nice proportion between shelled candy exterior and puffed up interior.

Bottom Line:
When it comes to comparing freeze dried Skittles option, Andersen’s is good, but not great.

21. Freez Yums — French Fries Gummy

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Price: $1.00

The French Fries come off a bit too styrofoamy. The flavors here are a combo of peach, strawberry, lemon and vanilla flavors but it’s tough to taste the distinction. It’s also tough to discern whether it’s fully one gummy or two different types of gummy melded together. The latter seems to be the case as there is an outer red layer that resembles the fry box, that has a more jel-esque texture than the chalkier and crunchier “fries” portion of the candy. The fries themselves have a classic artificial peach flavor, while the box seems to contain the strawberry/lemon/vanilla mixture.

Bottom Line:
While interesting, the French Fries gummy just don’t deliver anything particularly delicious despite the dynamic combination of textures.

20. Sow Good — Freeze Dried Crunchy Bears

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Price: $5.17

It’s not that Sow Good has done a poor job with their crunchy bears — they are flavorful and accurately named. The real issue is that they’re still gummy bears, just freeze dried, so the gelatinous part is now crunchy but still sticks to your teeth, possibly three to five times worse than an OG bear — so there should be serious apprehension if you’re not looking for quadruple figure dental bills any time in the near future.

When you can pull out a fossilized piece of candy from your teeth, that is never a harbinger of anything good. On the positive side, if you can throw caution to the wind, then the Sow Good Freeze Dried crunchy bears are the type of high risk moderate reward you need in your life.

Bottom Line:
Sow Good’s Freeze Dried Bears are a great entry point into freeze dried candy. They force you to immediately define what you may be willing to sacrifice in order to enjoy these unique treats. Flavor and crunch-wise, the Bears are worth it, but you’ll have to decide for yourself what snafus and snags you may be willing to bear (pun intended) in your own freeze dried candy adventure.

19. Sour Skittles — Pop’d

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Price: $6.00

Our main issue with Sour Skittles Pop’d is the move to replace the grape with the lesser blue raspberry and watermelon playing the role of “green skittle” instead of apple/lime). Other than that, Pop’d offers a slightly puffed version of their trademark sour bag of heavily covered in citric acid skittles, some stuck together in clusters, some individually puffed. It’s very inconsistent.

If Sour Skittles can iron out these inconsistencies, they might be able to compete with the much crunchier competition. Clearly, OG Sour Skittles are a huge influence on the freeze dried candy market, but their own iteration of a freeze dried candy still needs some kinks ironed out.

Bottom Line:
Sour Skittles Pop’d are proof that freeze dried candy is a trend that isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Once a secondary market snack trend jumps the shark and brands are producing their own version of it, the real winner is snackers and lovers of freeze dried candy everywhere. Though Sour Skittles Pop’d are not one of the best freeze dried candies we tried, we’re still impressed that they exist.

18. Sow Good — Freeze Dried Sweet Squares

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Price: $16.89 for 2

It’s pretty impressive that Sow Good has transcended imitating other existing candy brands and developed their own proprietary “Sweet Squares”, which their brand rep described on Reddit as a “cross between a skittle and starburst”.

In brightly colored flavors like cherry, strawberry, apple, orange and banana, Sow Good’s crunchy mini sweet squares are satisfying and incredibly easy to eat. The only real lament is that there is a banana flavor. Yuck.

Bottom Line:
Sow Good already produces some of the best freeze dried products on the market and they’re not just doing candies and gummies, they’re also creating ice cream products and marshmallows. Their sweet squares are a solid option in the freeze dried candy world.

17. Freez Yums — Jollies

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Price: $7.99

Do Jollies have a source candy or are they a Freez Yums original? Either way, they’re basically freeze dried Dum Dum lollipop balls. Coming in five flavors (raspberry, watermelon, cherry, grape and green apple), Jollies are a fun snack to pop, though be careful if you dont have a high sweet sugar tolerance, these are nothing but pure sweetness

Bottom Line:
Jollies are a fun crisp and crunchy light ball of candy. If you don’t like these, you probably shouldn’t be eating freeze dried candy anyway.

16. Freez Yums — Planet Gummy

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Price: $7.99

The origin of Freez Yums Planet Gummy remains an unsolved mystery. We consider ourselves candy experts, but we can’t figure out what the inspiration for this snack is. Regardless, Planet Gummy is worth your time. The outer blue puffy-looking layer has a tightly woven fiber-like texture that conjures up cotton candy comparisons while the inner white layer is a bit more pocketed and permeable, and has a more pronounced strawberry flavor.

Together they form a ball whose crunch is unparalled and a good time to munch on, but be careful because if you eat a bunch of these sugar bombs a stomach ache is sure to follow.

Bottom Line:
Freez Yums Planet Gummy is big and unique enough to occupy a place in your candy stash’s sugary solar system but beware you don’t really need to eat more than one at a time to get the full galactic effect.

15. Kanpai Foods — Cookie Dough Freeze Dried Chocolate Caramel

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Price: $4.99

How did it take this long for a brand to develop freeze dried cookie dough? Eating cookie dough is everyone’s favorite shameful snack indulgence, who amongst us hasn’t been down that road late or night, or worse, in the middle of the day.

Kanpai Foods is capitalizing on everyone’s favorite guulty pleasure with an airy and creamy snack, with notes of chocolate and caramel. The caramel smoothly coats the palate on the aftertaste, while the light fluffy crunch of the puff delivers a creamy rich flavor. By all accounts, this one is a winner.

Bottom Line:
Excellent. More brands should take a page out of Kanpai’s playbook.

14. Trendy Treats — Air Treats

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Price: $9.99

Ever wonder what airheads would be like if they crumbled like a stick of chalk, weren’t stretchy or chewy at all but still had the same amazing flavor? Well Trendy Treats Freeze Dried Air Treats are like eating Airhead flavored biscotti, you could even dip them in your coffee or tea if you wanted to get wild and crazy.

Despite being a dental liability and dangerous for those with brittle teeth, we love this light and airy treat.

Bottom Line:

Trendy Treats Air Treats can be hit or miss depending on their texture, which can vary. When these are light and airy like they’re supposed to be, they bring Airheads to a new place. If the consistency was a bit better, we’d have ranked these much either.

13. Raindrops — Freeze Dried Marshmallow

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Price: $4.99

Imagine a Peep that has been frozen for a century and returned to room temperature and you have a sense of what Raindrops has accomplished with their snackably crunchy Freeze Dried marshmallow confection. These nibbles are mallow munching at its finest, purely sweet and sugary but with the added texture you usually rely on a graham cracker to provide. Raindrops freeze dried marshmallows bring their own bite and leave the squishy stickiness behind.

Bottom Line:
Is it a good thing for a freeze dried marshmallow to be more snackable than regular mallow puff? Raindrops Freeze Dried braided Marshmallows beg these sort of questions and we are grateful to have such thoughts to ponder.

12.1UP — Freeze Dried Watermelons

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Price:$5.00

1UP does a great job of making gummy candy that reminds you of cereal or in this case maybe a sour-ish watermelon crouton. While we’re not sure that these croutons should start making appearances on any salads anytime soon, these puffed out watermelon-flavored candies present an airy and somewhat addictively light experience. You can eat two or three and be satisfied but it’s very easy to finish half a bag accidentally.

Bottom Line:
1UP’s Freeze Dried Watermelons are equal parts light, fluffy, and crunchy. They reflect the magic of freeze dried candy.

11. Sow Good — Freeze Dried Sweet Worms

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Price: $5.17

Sow Good’s Freeze Dried Sweet Worms are what their Crunchy Bears should be: lightly crunchy puffed up versions of the original gummies that inspired them. Luckily for all of us, these worms don’t stick to tyour teeth like the brand’s Crunchy Bears. The flavors here worm (not bear, obviously) a strong resemblance to the Trolli Sour Brite Crawlers variety we all know and love, and if that’s what Sow Good is working with here, they’ve done a solid job in honoring the origial.

Bottom Line:
If you’re just starting off with freeze dried candy for the first time, Sow Good’s Freeze Dried sweet worms could be a great place to start. They take a familiar classic, and show what freeze drying brings to the table.

10. Sow Good — Freeze Dried Peach Perfect

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Price: $6.99

These peach rings fluff up so fat that a drowning frog could use one as a ring buoy (can frogs drown?). These Peach Perfect freeze dried rings retain the flavor of the traditional peach ring candy but are now more of a peach ring cookie, or peach ring funyun without the onion part. Fortunately, the Peach Perfect candy doesn’t stick too badly to your teeth, making it easy to quickly run through a bag. It’s hard to complain about Sow Good’s Peach Perfect, either you’re a fan of peach rings and their flavor, or you’re not.

Bottom Line:
If peach rings are your thing, Sow Good’s Freeze Dried Peach Perfect may be your new obsession.

9.Freez Yums — Shark Gummy Blueberry

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Price: $7.99

Crunchy blue sharks are not the first thing you think of when you think “candy” but after you try Freez Yum’s Blueberry shark candy, they just might! The blueberry flavor is artificial but the crunch of the dual layer shark is like biting into a gummy-based wafer cookie with a fruity pure sweet aftertaste.

Just be warned — these are the type of candy that can wreak havoc on your dental work, so proceed with caustion.

Bottom Line:
You may need a signed permission slip from your orthodontist to eat these, but if you get the go ahead, they are delicious.

8. Original Skittles — Pop’d

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Price: $5.99

Maybe we got some bad bags, maybe there’s a pre-existing bias, but the Original Skittles Pop’d were just better than the sour ones sampled. What we love about these are that the Original Skittles Pop’d stuck to the lineup of classic flavors, while the sour ones subbed out grape, a personal favorite.

Regardless, Original Skittles Pop’d offers the flavors you expect from a Skittles bag, with the innovation of the new freeze dried crunchy texture, making them an easier winner in our book.

Bottom Line:
The only difference here from regular Skittles is texture and with that, Original Skittles Pop’d are pretty damn great.

7. Space Candy — Snoopy’s Moon Rocks

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Price: $11.99

Space Candy is the sort of freeze dried brand you would originally find at a science or natural history museum style gift shop — right down to the packaging — before freeze dried candy became the hot new thing in the snack space.

These chocolate fudge chalky crumbly but delicious nuggets of cocoa kibble truly resemble some sort of domesticated mammal chow. But don’t hold that against them, they’re quite tasty!

Bottom Line:
Space Candy is the ideal choice for hardcore chocolate fans. A great entry point to freeze dried candy if all the fruity flavors aren’t appealing to you.

6. 1Up — Freeze Dried Sour Strips

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Price: $18.00

1UP’s Sour Strips perfectly capture the flavor of a strawberry sour belt with the added crunch that makes freeze dried candy so damn addictive. Some of these strips had almost craterous pockets in their texture, adding additional layers of crunch bubbles, almost like a sour strawberry version of cinnamon toast crunch.

In their crunchy freeze dried form, sour strawbery belts are way more snackable, but be warned, if you consume them en masse, have some Pepto on deck, or at least a ginger beverage to aid the ensuing stomach ache.

Bottom Line:
1UP’s Freeze Dried Sour Strips are one of the best freeze dried candies we tried, not only did the Sour Strips breath new life into a candy that is probably 30+ years old at this point, but the crunchy pockets in the belts created by the freeze drying process provided a craveable combination of texture and flavor.

5. Sugar Bear — Freeze Dried Nerds Gummy Clusters

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Price: $7.99

Nerd clusters in and of themselves are one of the best candy innovations in recent ages, taking the genius that is the nerd rope and shrinking it down to a single crunch laden bite of chewy strawberry gummy candy. Freeze-drying these Wonka-esque bites seems like the type of endeavor strictly built for an oompa loompa, but here we have humans bagging and tagging up these puffed up doubly crunchy but fluffy clusters by the thousands.

It’s easy to feel confounded and hypnotized by the crunchiness. While it has the texture of a health cereal, this stuff is pure sugar. In the best way possible of course.

Bottom Line:
Freeze Dried nerd clusters seem like a natural evolution for something that was already pretty innovative to begin with. If you like Nerds, you have to try these.

4. Family FreezeDry — Fr’izzle Lemon Bursts

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Price: $4.49

Fr’izzle’s Lemon Bursts may actually be superior to the original candy they are based on, the perfectly tart and chewy Lemonhead. The upgrade here is that instead of the hard candy ball ensconced in a chewy sour lemon outer layer, you have a light puff of sugary crunch.

Lemonheads were already addictive but Fr’izzles elevates the flavor and form with a welcome crunchy twist.

Bottom Line:
Fr’izzle Lemon Bursts are one of those treats that make experimenting with freeze dried candy worthwhile. The combo of the tart crumbly sour outer shell with the light sugary but crunched up puffy filling is one cloud you may not want to come down from.

3. Sow Good — Freeze Dried Sour Spheres

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Price: $5.00

As we said, Sour Skittles are the foundation that so many freeze dried candies are built off of but no brand has perfected the form quite like Sow Good. What we love about these Sour Spheres is the perfectly puffed out center that is equal parts airy and crunchy at the time, while still retaining the signature sour exoskeletal shell.

Sow Good utilizes flavors that ring true to the traditional candy canon, coming in cherry, lime, lemon, orange and grape with ample citric acid to get that pucker you expect from a sour candy.

Bottom Line:
Sow Good’s Freeze Dried Sour Spheres were so close to grabbing the number one spot. While they aren’t our absolute favorite, they get a 12/10 for texture alone.

2. Jolly Ranchers –Freeze Dried

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Price: $3.79

There are few candies better than Jolly Ranchers Freeze Dried. How is it possible that Hershey’s made something this transcendent, and possibly better than anything the secondary freeze-dryers are making?

This is a freeze-dried candy you could savor, like a traditional jolly rancher, but the real joy is crunching down on one and letting the apple, blue raspberry or watermelon flavor wash over your palate while the crunchy glass-like fragments break down and embed themselves in your teeth for future savoring. The shattering of these spherical Jolly Ranchers and the resulting burst of flavor and crunch is unlike any experience we’ve had. We’ve already restocked these babies for personal snack time.

Bottom Line:
Though not cheap, Jolly Ranchers Freeze Dried are worth the price of admission not only because the brand’s willingness to experiment with a new product that is very much on trend, but also knock out the execution with a candy that may actually even enhance what we know and love about the original Jolly Rancher.

1. Sugar Bear — Freeze Dried Fruit Roll-Ups

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Price: $8.99

The idea of adding a crunch factor to Fruit Roll-Ups initially gave us pause. The closest thing we had to that experience growing up was getting one of those stale and hardened improperly packaged roll ups. But instead of crunching, they just got harder to chew – you basically had to gnaw them like a bone. So we were surprised by just how much we loved these!

These wafer-like roll-up crunchables still stick to your teeth like the chewy soft version, but instead of a gummy texture they have crumbly croissant-like layers, resulting in a satisfying and audible crunch. Available in both strawberry and tropical tie-dye flavors — just like a classic Fruit Roll-Up — this is the definition of a perfect freeze dried treat.

Bottom Line:
Our all time favorites in the freeze dried candy space. We love the amazing crunchy texture and taste, and so will you if you can’t get past the absurdity of eating a fruit roll up that crunches like a flauta.

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Tay-K Was Found Guilty Of 2017 Murder Charges

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24-year-old Taymor Travon McIntyre, better known as Tay-K, has been found guilty of the 2017 shooting murder of San Antonio photographer Mark Anthony Saldivar.

According to News 4 San Antonio, Tay-K was found not guilty of capital murder, but was convicted for the lesser charge, after prosecutors successfully argued Tay-K was responible for the shooting Saldivar during a botched robbery.

When he was indicted on the capital murder charge in 2019, he was just 19 years old and already serving a 55-year sentence for the murder of 21-year Ethan Walker Friday prior to the second shooting.

The 2017 incident occurred while Tay-K was on the run from authorities after cutting off his ankle monitor, as detailed in his breakout viral song, “The Race.” After recording and releasing the song, he and an accomplice accosted Saldivar in hopes of stealing his camera equipment. He was later taken back into custody and charged as an adult in the first murder, despite being a minor at the time (just 16 years old). Two weeks after being sentenced for the Friday murder, he was indicted for the Saldivar murder.

He’ll likely serve both sentences concurrently, with up to 99 years for the second murder and 50 left on the first. He’ll be sentenced later this year.

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Fans Are Convinced Megan Thee Stallion Trolled Nicki Minaj With Her Coachella 2025 Performance

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Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj were embroiled in some significant rap beef, but at least publicly, it has largely died down since early 2024. Now, though, some Meg fans think she used some of her time on stage at Coachella 2025 this past weekend to bring it back up and troll Minaj.

During her set, as Meg performed, she was accompanied by some backing dancers wearing full-body costumes that were completely covered in hair (here’s a clip). Some have since interpreted this as a thinly veiled reference to Minaj, specifically to her Meg diss track “Big Foot.”

In the comments of an Instagram post from The Neighborhood Talk about the situation, some showed support for Meg, like one user who commented, “Meg is everything yall want yall fav to be as an entertainer which is why yall hate so hard . She can rap . She can dance . She has stage presence. She’s pretty AF … and she had a likable attitude.” Another wrote, “When yu accept it, it can’t be used against ya.”

Many comments, though, questioned the timing of the alleged Minaj nod. Comments included, “I’m sorry but she hella late . Must be trying to stir the pot,” “A year later [tomato emojis] she must need some traction,” “She trying get Nicki attention [crying-laughing emoji] Meg music been cold for over a year,” “A whole year done went by Megan plz,” and, “When the album ain’t selling it’s time to go to plan Nic.”

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Billie Eilish Answers The ‘Hardest Question’ Of Her Life: ‘What’s Your Favorite Beatles Song?’

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We know Billie Eilish’s preferred hair color, who she thinks is the best female rapper of all time, and now, her Beatles song(s).

In the latest issue of Vogue UK, Eilish was posed a series of questions from contemporaries like Chappell Roan, Ariana Grande, Nicki Minaj, SZA, and her brother, Finneas. But the most fun (if difficult) query came from Hereditary actor Alex Wolff, who asked: “What’s your favorite Beatles song?”

“Hardest question of my life!” the “Birds Of A Feather” singer exclaimed. “So impossible to pick a favorite. I’m actually looking through everything right now and I literally cannot narrow it down at all.” Eilish eventually singled out “Something” (“never gets old”) and “I’m Looking Through You” (“one of my favorite songs ever”), as well as “She’s Leaving Home,” “In My Life,” “A Day In The Life,” “And I Love Her,” “Michelle,” and “Julia.”

Eilish added, “I could just go on and on. I feel bad not naming more.”

The Beatles came up again when Oscar nominee Colman Domingo wondered, “If heaven exists, what singer or band would you like to perform upon your arrival?” (A real missed opportunity to not ask about her least favorite Beatles song). “The Beatles, definitely,” Eilish replied. “Maybe Frank Sinatra.”

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Doechii Wore A ‘So Cute’ And Stylish Outfit Designed By A Fan During A Concert

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Doechii is not only one of the most exciting rappers out there today. The Grammy winner is also very stylish, and while headlining California’s Frost Fest 2025 over the weekend, she wore a button-adorned outfit designed by a fan.

The journey began in February, when a talented designer who goes by Handsomegirly on social media wrote, “Hello I made the most beautiful matching set with matching headband.” As someone in the replies accurately put it: “this fit hard asf wtf.” In a follow-up post, Handsomegirly shared that “it’s a dream of mine for doechii to wear my set.”

That dream came true.

Following the Frost Fest set, Doechii wrote on X, “Stanford show fit by @handsomegirly_! It came out so cute babes ty.” She even had matching button nails from @allhailthynail. On Instagram, Handsomegirly wrote, “Is this a dream? Ty @just__demetrie for helping me complete this for doe!”

Previously, Doechii discussed her sense of style in an interview with Dazed, saying, “It just depends on where I am in my life. I’ll never pinpoint myself. I’ll never lock myself down to one particular style. It’s not me. It never will be me. I find it so depressing to feel like you have to dress one way, but I also admire people who can consistently stay in a bag.”

You can see the Frost Fest fit here, and be sure to follow Handsomegirly.