A Confectionery Crossover
The idea of a brand crossover isn’t new, but one that mixes two entirely different types of sweet into a single bag is less common. This design proposes a partnership between Haribo and Barratt, combining the German confectioner’s gummies with the classic British Fruit Salad chew.
Fruit Salads are a known quantity. For decades, they have been a staple of newsagent pick ‘n’ mix selections, defined by their raspberry and pineapple flavour and distinctive papery wrapper. Their texture is a dense, hard chew. Haribo’s main product line, by contrast, is built almost entirely on unwrapped gummy and foam sweets. A bag containing both would be a first for the brand, mixing formats as well as flavours.
The Haribo Share Bag Range
Haribo’s share bag is one of the most familiar formats in UK supermarkets. The current range is broad, covering the foundational mixes like Starmix, Supermix, and Tangfastics, which are also available in large tubs. Alongside these are more targeted bags, including the sour Rainbow Strips Zing, Goldbears, Jelly Babies, and the 30% less sugar Fruitilicious variant.
The brand has also ventured into nostalgia with its Nostalgix bag, which contains gummy versions of classic sweets. This Fruit Salad concept takes that idea a step further. Instead of recreating the flavour in gummy form, the mockup suggests including the original Barratt sweet, wrapper and all. It poses a practical question, as Haribo’s production lines are geared for one type of sweet, not for mixing in third-party, individually wrapped products.
A New Kind of Mix
Standard Haribo mixes are built around a theme. Starmix has its rings, eggs, bears, and cola bottles. Tangfastics offers a sour-coated version of cherries, dummies, and crocodiles. The contents are consistent and all share the same gummy or foam-backed texture.
A Fruit Salad mix would break that rule. The image shows familiar Haribo gummy rings alongside the unmistakable pink and yellow wrappers of the Barratt chews. This moves the product from a simple bag of sweets to a genuine variety pack, something more often associated with multi-bar chocolate bags than with gummies. It’s an interesting proposition for a brand whose core identity is so tightly controlled.
What the real range looks like
The genuine Haribo share bag range is extensive, including Starmix, Tangfastics, Supermix, and the more recent Nostalgix mix. This fictional Fruit Salad bag would be the first to incorporate an external brand’s product, Barratt’s chews, directly into the mix, setting it apart from existing all-gummy bags like Goldbears and Jelly Babies.
- Haribo Balla Bites Zing
- Haribo Starmix Sweets Tub
- Haribo Rainbow Strips Zing
- Haribo Tangfastics Sweets Tub
- Haribo Starmix Sweets Sharing Bag
- Haribo Supermix Sweets Sharing Bag
- Haribo Goldbears Sweets Sharing Bag
- Haribo Nostalgix Sweets Sharing Bag
- Haribo Jelly Babies Sweets Sharing Bag
- Haribo Fruitilicious Sweets Sharing Bag
Frequently asked questions
- What are Fruit Salad sweets?
- Fruit Salad sweets are a classic British chew made by Barratt. They are raspberry and pineapple flavoured and come in a distinctive yellow and pink paper wrapper. They’ve been a staple of pocket money sweets for decades.
- What is in a Haribo Starmix bag?
- A standard bag of Haribo Starmix contains a familiar mix of five sweets: Goldbears, Rings, Fried Eggs, Heart Throbs, and Cola Bottles. It is one of the brand’s best-known and longest-running assortments in the UK.
- Is the Haribo Fruit Salad bag real?
- No, the Haribo Fruit Salad bag is a Snackfish. It is a mockup created by the online page UK Snack Attack. The product does not exist and is not sold anywhere.
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