Does this mean diet cherry vanilla Dr Pepper is history?

Originally Posted by fusion

Chocolate flavored sodas are old hat. Canfield's has one, and Shasta and Diet Rite used to have one as well...

Doesn't Jones Soda do a Chocolate one? For the holidays maybe?

Originally Posted by fusion

and Coke had chocolate flavor packets to mix in 20oz sodas. People also put chocolate syrup in Coke to make a chocolate Coke.

I do that ALL the time at the local Waffle House. "Diet" Coke and Chocolate Syrup, gives the waittresses a double take!

Can't wait for the ChocoPepper!

Originally Posted by Acheron

Diet Dr. Pepper Cherry Chocolate arrived today in the Iowa City area in the last day or so - I haven't tried it yet, but I do have a bottle chilling in the fridge.

I spoke with a CS/DP route person. He verified that Diet Dr. Pepper Cherry Chocolate is now being rolled out in the Chicago area. (I my be behind the curve as I have not been to my local grocery store in a while.)

I found it a couple days ago here, havent tried it yet.

Zabe, haven't seen it yet at Jewel, Walgreens, or 7-Eleven... but will keep my eyes open.

I'm sorry, but for some reason I can't imagine the flavor. I love, love, love soda and I love, love, love chocolate - yet somehow putting the two together just seems wrong. Anybody else find it odd?

Originally Posted by DrPprLvr

Doesn't Jones Soda do a Chocolate one? For the holidays maybe?

This year Jones has a Christmas Cocoa Soda... bought it, but haven't tried it yet.

I'd like to take issue with the press release featured on the BevNet homepage now ("Dr Pepper Fans Give Thanks for New Cherry Chocolate Diet Dr Pepper"). CSAB mentions the following:

This month, Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages is rolling out Cherry Chocolate Diet Dr Pepper, the third flavor extension in the brand’s history.

Dr Pepper’s first brand extension, Cherry Vanilla, launched in 2004 and was the company’s most successful product introduction in more than a decade

Aren't we forgetting a little drink called Red Fusion in that calculation? Heck, when that drink was rolled out in 2002, they claimed:

When it is introduced to the American public in mid-July, Red Fusion will become the first new flavor addition to the Dr Pepper line-up in its 117-year history…

No love for the Fusion, I guess

I notice Fusion is called an addition and the others extensions. Red Fusion was supposed to be a different style drink than Dr Pepper while the others are DP with flavors added. Just my two cents.

We found a 2 liter bottle of Cherry Chocolate and shared it with family over Thanksgiving.

I'm not a diet soda drinker, but overall, I thought it was a good extension. We got a lot of positive comments from the folks who did try it... some diet drinkers, but most not. The sweetener blend was pretty good. I'm curious how well this drink will do during its limited run. If it was a non-diet extension, I'm not sure it would have much traction, but as a nice alternative to the existing low-cal options out there (cherry, vanilla, etc.), it fills a good niche.