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This affordable soft drink, renamed Kool-Aid, stirred up a lot of business with kids then, and still to this day. What once started with only six flavors, has ballooned to over 20 on shelves today.

People get creative. A few years back, a nearby stand featured Kool-Aid pickles ... LUTTON: A half mile away, Jaheim Johnson sells nearly every snow cone flavor they make.

Kool-Aid, self-described as the “all-American beverage,” will introduce “Black Cherry Blitz,” its first limited-edition flavor in three years, in the coming days.