Soup You Can Suck On

When you're sick, it has been claimed that nothing is truly more reassuring than Chicken Noodle Soup. 

So, General Mills thought, why stop at the soup bowl? They took the satisfying flavors of their Progresso Chicken Noodle Soup and packed them into a fun, savory candy Soup Drop for a totally new way to enjoy the taste you love whenever and wherever you want.

The “Soup Drops” resemble cough drops – or bouillon cubes – and come right in time for “the height of cold and flu season”, the company announced on Thursday.

For $2.49 – the cost of a typical can of Progresso’s sick day comfort food – plus shipping, customers get 20 drops in a real tin, and it comes with a can of the real stuff, too. Indeed, the candies are packed with an alphabet soup of flavors including veggies, chicken, soft egg noodles and a hint of parsley.

The limited-edition confection, with the tagline "Soup You Can Suck On" are available exclusively online – at ProgressoSoupDrops.com – this month in celebration of National Soup Month. FYI, the drops sold out within an hour of the launch but will be restocked every Thursday at 09:00 AM through the end of January, while supplies last.

In a world dominated by on-the-go snacks and bite-sized indulgences, Progresso's Soup Drops may just be the ultimate innovation – or perhaps, the pinnacle of convenience culture.

Liverpool’s 2-1 win over Lille at Anfield yesterday tightened their grip on top spot in the league phase of the Champions League with a seventh consecutive win.

Mohamed Salah netted his 50th European goal for Liverpool in the 34th minute when he sprinted onto a long pass from Curtis Jones after Kostas Tsimikas won the ball inside the Reds' half, and then curled a shot around the Les Dogues goalkeeper. But in the sixty-second minute, Lille OSC equalised.

The Reds quickly regained the lead when a corner was headed out to the edge of the box and Harvey Elliott fired a crisp shot that took a wild deflection into the net in the 67th minute.

Arne Slot's side travel to PSV Eindhoven for their final match of the league phase on January 29.