Pepsi and IHOP Find Sticky Solution to Partnership With Maple Syrup Cola

There are only 2,000 cans of the limited time drink

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Food and beverage brands have been experimenting with various flavor combinations in recent years, with mixed results. We’re here for Girl Scout cookie-flavored Dunkin’ iced coffees, but did the world really need the Aviation Gin Riblet?

Pepsi and IHOP are hoping sweet-toothed drinkers will want the limited release Pepsi Maple Syrup Cola. The product “harmonizes” caramel flavoring from Pepsi with the maple syrup stylings of IHOP pancakes.

The marketing runs counter to a major trend in CPG beverages: the shift away from sugary drinks.

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