The 2026 Ghost Energy Sour Strips® Collab Comes in New Appleberry Flavor
This year's limited-time offer between GHOST Energy and Sour Strips features Appleberry flavor!
GHOST Energy x Sour Strips Appleberry just broke a three-year streak. Since 2023, this collab has leaned exclusively on Sour Strips Rainbow, but the fourth run of this partnership skips Rainbow entirely for a flavor the collab has never used before.
The can lands in GHOST's standard 16oz format, built on the same GHOST Energy Drink formula that's carried the brand through years of licensed flavor drops. Secure-A-Can access on the GHOST app runs from 12:00pm CT on August 12th through 11:59am CT on August 13th, with product packages expected around August 28th ahead of a full national retail flow-in on September 9th.
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Appleberry: Tart Apple Meets Sour Strips' Signature Coating
Appleberry is a longtime Sour Strips candy flavor, tart green apple and sweet berry on one strip, finished with the brand's sour sugar coating. GHOST's can version carries that combination over as natural and artificial flavor, with no real fruit juice involved. Expect apple up front, berry trailing behind, and a sour edge that mellows as the can goes on. Compared to some of GHOST's more elaborate soda-style collabs, this one reads closer to the actual candy, less reinterpretation, more direct translation.
This is a limited-time offering, so the usual rules apply: grab it during the Secure-A-Can window or wait on a national restock that isn't guaranteed once shelves clear.
Quick Formula Check
Appleberry runs on the exact same GHOST Energy formula as every other can in the lineup. Nothing here changes the milligrams, just the flavor system on top.
- Natural Caffeine (200mg) - sourced from coffee bean, this gives Appleberry the same kick as every other flavor in the GHOST Energy lineup.
- Carnipure L-Carnitine L-Tartrate (1,000mg) - shuttles fatty acids into the mitochondria for energy production, a full gram that most energy drinks skip entirely.
- Taurine (1,000mg) - an amino acid GHOST has dosed at a full gram since the original launch, pairing with caffeine for a smoother energy curve.
- Alpha-GPC (150mg) - a choline source included to support focus alongside the caffeine hit.
- NeuroFactor (100mg) - a coffee fruit extract that adds a cognitive-support angle without contributing meaningful extra caffeine.
- AstraGin (25mg) - included to support absorption of the other actives in the formula.
- Vitamins and minerals - the same B-vitamin and vitamin C stack found across the GHOST Energy line, all near 100% daily value.
- Other ingredients - carbonated water, citric acid, tartaric acid, sucralose, acesulfame potassium, sodium benzoate, and potassium sorbate round out the can with zero sugar and zero grams of fat.
For the full breakdown on why GHOST built the formula this way, the GHOST Energy Drink product article covers every ingredient in depth.
All GHOST Energy Flavors Available
This collab has quietly become one of GHOST's most consistent annual traditions, running every year since 2023. Breaking away from Rainbow after three straight years signals GHOST is willing to experiment even within a partnership that already has a proven flavor. Given how fast some recent GHOST collabs have moved off shelves, that willingness to switch things up is a good sign for anyone hoping this partnership keeps evolving instead of running the same flavor on repeat.
- Sour Strips Appleberry (Not in stock at any PricePlow partner stores)
- 'Merica Pop (12 Cans: $24.00)
- 7UP Lemon Lime (12 Cans: $29.99)
- Blue Raspberry (12 Cans: $26.99)
- Bubblicious Original (12 Cans: $29.99)
- Bubblicious Strawberry Splash (12 Cans: $29.99)
- Cherry Limeade (12 Cans: $29.99)
- Citrus (12 Cans: $29.99)
- Electric Limeade (12 Cans: $26.99)
- Faze Pop (1 Can: $10.76)
- Faze Up (1 Can: $2.56)
- Iced Tea Lemonade (12 Cans: $27.00)
- Merica Pop (12 Cans: $29.99)
- Orange Cream (12 Cans: $29.76)
- Original OG (24 8.4oz Cans: $45.44)
- Peaches (12 Cans: $26.78)
- Raspberry Cream (12 Cans: $29.99)
- Sour Patch Kids Blue Raspberry (12 Cans: $36.00)
- Sour Patch Kids Redberry (12 Cans: $27.72)
- Sour Pink Lemonade (12 Cans: $26.99)
- Sour Strips Rainbow (12 Cans: $31.08)
- Strawbango (12 Cans: $27.00)
- Swedish Fish (12 Cans: $44.99)
- Tropical Mango (12 Cans: $36.98)
- Variety Pack (18 Cans: $39.99)
- WARHEADS Sour Green Apple (12 Cans: $29.99)
- WARHEADS Sour Watermelon (12 Cans: $26.99)
- WELCH'S Grape (12 Cans: $29.99)
Where to Get Appleberry
Appleberry is a limited-time run, so the Secure-A-Can window on the GHOST app (August 12-13) is the most reliable way to guarantee a case before national retail catches up on September 9th. After that, it's a matter of checking shelves and hoping local stock holds.
This one's for GHOST regulars who've been drinking Rainbow for three years straight and want something new, plus anyone who likes their energy drinks to taste like an actual piece of candy instead of a vague "flavor description" on a can.
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