Picking the best Flintts Mints flavors is easier than picking from most confectionery ranges, because the brand publishes an intensity number on every one. The F-Strength scale runs from F-100 at the gentle end to F-300 at the top, and it tells you exactly how much sparkle and mouthwatering effect to expect.
Below are the standout picks by strength band, with the brand's own tasting notes and the format each flavor comes in. Everything here is plant-based, vegan, sugar free and non-GMO, in plastic-free packaging, and available from Flintts Mints.
The best Flintts Mints flavors for every day, F-100 to F-175
Best first purchase: Cool Watermelon, F-100
If you have never tried a mouthwatering mint, start here. Cool Watermelon sits at the bottom of the scale with a gentle sparkle and a mouthwatering effect that introduces the sensation without overwhelming it.
The flavor itself is better than the strength suggests. Flintts describes it as complex and refreshing, not too sweet, with a delicate mint finish, and files it under late summer vibes. It is the one flavor in the range that behaves like a conventional mint while still doing the Flintts thing.
Available as a 4-pack and as a refill tin containing 100g, which is 180 tablets, labelled with a collectible magnet.
Best all-rounder: Luxury Grape, F-125
Luxury Grape is the crowd-pleaser. Perfectly candy-sweet, juicy and slightly tart, with an easygoing sparkle and a delicate mouthwatering effect. Early autumn vibes.
It also has the best product copy in the range, which is a genuine part of the appeal. Flintts writes about luxurious giant grapes too precious for winemaking, growing on treacherous cliff sides that nobody except mountain foxes dare disturb, their frost-dusted vines untouched through the ages.
The brand notes these are traditionally given as gifts, even to oneself, which is a fair description of how most people end up with a second tin.
Best mellow option: Cherry, F-150
Cherry is the middle of the road done well. A mellow sparkle and mouthwatering effect, with a black cherry profile that has an earthy sweetness and a little tartness behind it. Early autumn vibes again.
This is the flavor to pick if Cool Watermelon felt too gentle but you are not ready for the sour or spicy end. It is also one of the flavors included in the Psychedelic Oil Slick Bag Charm Bundle, which pairs a handmade charm with Cherry F-150, Mint F-200, Strawberry Magic F-225 and Lemon F-250.
Best for a jolt: Sour Tangerine, F-175
Sour Tangerine is where the range starts to wake you up. An energizing sparkle and mouthwatering effect, tangy and warming with a sunny finish, filed under late autumn vibes.
The sour-plus-warm combination is unusual and holds interest longer than a straight citrus. If you find plain lemon one-note, this is the more interesting version of the same idea.
Sold as a 4-pack and as a 180-tablet refill tin.
Best long-lasting: the Thicc Bois range
Thicc Bois are the format upgrade rather than a separate flavor family. They are 50% larger than the normal mouthwatering mints and last a lot longer, because they are more compressed and dissolve much more slowly.
A Thicc Bois tin holds 100g, which works out at 120 tablets rather than the 180 in a standard refill. They are only sold in the large-format tin, with color varying between black, pink and teal.
- Thicc Bois Mint. Refreshing with a balanced sparkle. The brand's line is that it will dropkick your bad breath with a boot made of ice.
- Thicc Bois Lemon. Juicy with a muscular sparkle and real sour power.
- Thicc Bois Strawberry Magic. Wham-bam jammy with a swole sparkle, described as the sweetest badass you will ever meet.
- Thicc Bois Cotton Candy. Cooling and nostalgic with a seriously strong sparkle. Note that Flintts flags this as its only flavor currently containing artificial flavors.
If you use mints during long stretches without a break, this is the format that makes sense. Fewer tablets per tin, but each one lasts considerably longer.
Best seasonal picks: Snowy Pine and Cinnamon Ginger
The two strongest flavors in the range are also the two most seasonal.
Snowy Pine, F-275, is made with real pine extract and delivers a stimulating sparkle that awakens. It is aromatic, resinous, woody and a little cooling. Flintts files it under late winter vibes, and it is the most distinctive flavor the brand makes.
Cinnamon Ginger, F-300, tops the scale with an intense sparkle and a powerful, long-lasting mouthwatering effect. It is warming and spicy, and the brand suggests it works as a digestive or for nausea. Early winter vibes.
Neither is a good starting point. Both are excellent once you know you like the sensation.
Best beyond the tin: charms and lip balm
Best gift-ready pick: the bag charm bundles
Three bundles pair a handmade bag charm by Offbeat Sweet with a selection of flavors, and they double as a neat way to try several F-Strengths in one order.
- Psychedelic Oil Slick. One oil slick charm plus one pack each of Cherry F-150, Mint F-200, Strawberry Magic F-225 and Lemon F-250. This is the widest spread of the three and the best value if you are still calibrating.
- Icy Pink Lemonade. One pink charm plus two packs each of Strawberry Magic F-225 and Lemon F-250, for people who already know they want the upper-middle band.
- Wet Purple. One purple charm plus two packs each of Cool Watermelon F-100 and Luxury Grape F-125, which makes it the gentlest bundle and the safest gift for someone new to the range.
Each charm fits one tin of Flintts Mints, and bag dimensions including the strap are 11.5 by 6 inches. Every piece is handmade, so Flintts notes that slight imperfections are expected.
Best add-on: Electrifying Lip Balm 3 pack
Not a mint, but it belongs in any best-of list because it runs the same mechanism somewhere else.
The lip balm is 100% plant-based with no animal products and no synthetics. Sunflower oil and sunflower wax harmonize to penetrate then seal the delicate lip skin, and the main ingredient, as always, is spilanthes extract, in a very high concentration.
Flintts describes the result as calming and soothing, with the spilanthes activating TRPA1 receptors to produce the electrifying sparkle sensation plus a gentle numbing that reduces soreness. If you like what the mints do, this is the obvious second purchase.
Best way to try several: Fruit Salad
If you cannot decide, Fruit Salad solves it. It is a mix of all of the Flintts fruit flavors in one tin, with each tablet a different flavor: Cool Watermelon F-100, Luxury Grape F-125, Cherry F-150, Sour Tangerine F-175, Strawberry Magic F-225 and Lemon F-250.
It is only available in the large-format tin, holds 100g at 180 tablets, and comes labelled with a collectible magnet. Tin color varies between black, pink and teal.
For a single order that tells you where your preference sits on the scale, this is the most efficient purchase in the catalog.
How to pick, in one paragraph
Buy by F-Strength, not by flavor name. Under F-150 if you want something you can eat casually all day. F-175 to F-250 if you want the sparkle to be the point. F-275 and F-300 only once you know you enjoy the sensation. Choose a refill tin for volume, a 4-pack for a single flavor, and Thicc Bois if you want each mint to last longer.
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Compare the full flavor range and formats at Flintts Mints.