A Cinema Flavour Crossover
A new design concept places one of the UK’s most recognisable cakes alongside a flavour from the cinema foyer. This mockup envisions an M&S Colin the Caterpillar cake infused with the taste of Tango Ice Blast Blue Raspberry. The box art shows the familiar chocolate sponge roll, but with its chocolate shell and sprinkles rendered in a vivid, almost neon blue.
The flavour is one half of the classic cinema slush pairing, with the other being Cherry. Blue Raspberry itself is a synthetic flavour, known for its sharp, sweet, and slightly tangy profile. The original social media post accompanying the image came with a simple question: “Are you brave enough for this?” It’s a crossover that pulls Colin firmly out of the party aisle and into a different territory of intense, artificial flavouring usually reserved for drinks and confectionery.
The Modern Colin Range
The Colin the Caterpillar brand has expanded far beyond the original chocolate log cake. M&S currently sells a vast array of spin-off products that leverage the name and character design. The confectionery line-up includes bags of sweets like Colin the Caterpillar Softies, Speckles, Cola Gums, and Fruit Gums. The core cake concept has also been iterated on, with Mini Colin the Caterpillar Cakes available for individual portions.
More relevant to a Tango Ice Blast crossover is the brand’s existing venture into sour flavours. The current range features several explicitly tangy products. These include Colin the Caterpillar Sourtastic bags, Sour Stomps, Fruit Sours, and Cherry Gums. While a sour sponge cake would be a new format, the flavour profile has a clear precedent in the wider Colin confectionery universe. The brand is already comfortable with sharpness; this concept just applies it to the flagship product.
What the real range looks like
The real M&S Colin the Caterpillar range is extensive, including the original cake, Mini Cakes, and many bags of sweets like Softies, Fruit Gums, and Cola Gums. A Tango Ice Blast flavour would most closely align with the existing sour products in the lineup, which currently include Sourtastic sweets, Sour Stomps, and Fruit Sours.
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Cake
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Softies
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Speckles
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Cola Gums
- M S Mini Colin the Caterpillar Cakes
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Sourtastic
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Fruit Gums
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Party Cups
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Party Time
- M S Colin the Caterpillar Sour Stomps
Frequently asked questions
- What flavour is the Tango Ice Blast Colin?
- The mockup is for a Tango Ice Blast Blue Raspberry flavour. This is a popular, slightly sour flavour most commonly associated with frozen slush drinks sold in cinemas.
- Has M&S made other drink-flavoured cakes?
- While M&S has an extensive range of Colin spin-off products, including sour sweets and different types of gums, a cake crossover with a major soft drink brand like Tango would be a new development for the character.
- Is the Tango Ice Blast Colin the Caterpillar cake real?
- No, it is a Snackfish — a mockup created by UK Snack Attack — and it is not sold anywhere. It is a piece of digital art designed to look like a real product.
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A snack that lies about its legitimacy as an official product online for internet clout and attention. Most commonly fabricated in Adobe Photoshop or using the unofficial Snackfish AI