Attacked by a breath mint??

[AmazingGrace]

My daughter had these ice breaker frost mints in her purse. She offers me one, I put it in my mouth and within a minute, I starting feeling strange. I manage to swallow the mint and my mouth and throat and even my jaws and cheeks feel like I have the worst case of brain freeze ever. It hurt to take a breath. I tried to drink some water and it made the sensation worse. I'm sitting here three hours later and I still ache in my throat and in my jaws.
I look at the package and one of the first ingredients is xylitol, which is supposed to give it a pleasant, cooling effect. Nothing pleasant today. It also says in fine print that this product may cause uncomfortable sensation because of the cooling. Uncomfortable? I felt like I swallowed dry ice.

 

[minkydog]

Wow! Are you sure you didn't have a serious allergic reaction? That's what it sounds like. Better stay away from that stuff!

 

[Seahunt]

Pretty scary. I'm allergic to shellfish and sunflower so I know the feeling of that, and would be thinking the same thing.

If you google "Ice Breakers Frost pain" you will see other people who have had the same problem.

 

[Planogirl]

I've had them and didn't have a reaction like that! Be careful...

 

[AmazingGrace]

We threw them out. There was definitely a reaction. I don't have any food allergies so this was a new thing for me. Scary.

 

[HeatherH]

Those things are nasty!!! I had a very similar reaction as well. The fact that water made it WORSE was the scariest. I completely understand. Threw mine out too.

 

[MnMomtoboys]

That must of been scary. Glad your ok.

Great title though!

 

[Carl]

I had a similar reaction, but not as severe. I won't eat them again.