On May 30, 2016, it was reported ads for Ecto Cooler were seen in a movie theater. It will be sold exclusively in the United States of America. Fans were instructed follow on Twitter and Ecto Cooler on Facebook. Fans can enter for a chance to win it before it is available for purchase. There will be a contest held up until May 30. The cans are specially printed using thermal ink that turns an eerie shade of slime green when the product inside is cold. It will be sold in packs of 6-ounce juice boxes or 11.5-ounce aluminum cans. On April 25, 2016, it was announced Ecto Cooler would be available for a limited time beginning on May 30. The new can did not feature the iconic Slimer, but notes the 2016 film and has a green slime motif. Then appearing on eBay on Februwas a prototype can. On September 15, 2015, Coca-Cola filed to renew the Ecto Cooler trademark. In 2007, Crazy Citrus Cooler was discontinued. In 2006, Shoutin' Orange Tangergreen was renamed Crazy Citrus Cooler. While it didn't taste any different, it did change to a yellowish green. During the Shoutin' Orange Tangergreen era the formula was changed along with the rest of the line of HI-C drinks to a "Won't Stain" formula. The product was still noted as ecto cool on many store receipts.
Slimer was replaced on the packaging by a similar-looking blob of lips. Slimer left the box sometime around 1997, but Minute Maid did not discontinue the product until 2001, at which point it was renamed Shoutin' Orange Tangergreen. The drink did surprisingly well in some markets and continued way beyond The Real Ghostbusters run. It is notable that Ecto Cooler was made in light of Ghostbusters II, which was in theaters when released. It was a repurpose of a Hi-C's “Citrus Cooler”, which had been around since the 60's. But it stayed around for a decade, to everyone's pleasure, before it was officially discontinued in 2001.In 1989, HI-C released a new flavor fruit drink featuring a image of Slimer from The Real Ghostbusters called "Ecto Cooler". According to CNN Money, the drink was meant to look a lot like the ectoplasm from green entities like Slimer, a ghost that needed to be busted who appears in the movies.Īccording to the Coca-Cola Company's website, the drink was originally slated for promotional purposes and intended to only be around for a short time. Thus, the 1984 hit starring Bill Murray birthed a tie-in drink from Hi-C in 1987.
The Ghostbusters movies pretty much defined the '80s. But allow me to fill the uninitiated in, if you're not in the fan base of the now-elusive ghoulish green drink: To be honest, I myself only enjoyed these Hi-C drinks for a couple years before they went away at the very beginning of the 2000s, just before Coca-Cola stopped producing them. Thanks to the recent Ghostbusters reboot, finding where to buy Hi-C Ecto Cooler today is actually a lot easier than you think - that said, it will definitely cost you more than it did when it first hit the scene.Ĭonsidering this drink was first introduced in 1987, I'm aware that younger, non-millennials are probably scratching their heads wondering what everyone's screeching about. But it's true - every '80s and '90s kid's dream really did come true. If you've heard rumors that Hi-C Ecto Cooler is still alive and well, you were probably skeptical.