sugar is a bad word in some circles but that isn't stopping sonic from pouring candy into its drinks last summer, sonic drive in launched a line up of slush drinks with nerds candy mixed in they were so popular the chain says some people ask to get the crunchy little candies mixed into other drinks, like soda and given their success, ceo cliff hudson says sonic is looking at adding a second candy drink mashup this summer, although he declined to provide details tasty treat: this monday, march 9, 2015 photo shows a large sonic slush drinks with nerds candy mixed in a medium sized grape slush with nerds has 130 grams of sugar and 230 calories  in the meantime, the nerds are still on menus as a drink add in for around 30 cents already, a medium grape slush has 73 grams of sugar and 230 calories  add in the nerds, and it has 130 grams of sugar and 510 calories sonic, which has more than 3,500 locations, notes it also offers plenty of lower calorie drink choices, such as sparkling water with the option to add in various fresh fruits and flavors drinks have been a big part of sonic's growth strategy, with the company letting people mix and match flavors and offering them at half price between 2 pm and 4 pm the company says drinks now represent 30 percent of its total sales that's compared to an average of about 22 percent for the overall fast food industry, according to technomic more broadly, sonic has been increasing sales in part by revamping recipes, such as for its chicken sandwich in the most recent quarter that ended on feb 28, the company said sales rose 115 percent at established locations that's following an 85 percent increase in the previous quarter, and a 35 percent increase for its last fiscal year order up! given the success of the chain's line up of slush drinks with nerds candy mixed in, ceo cliff hudson says sonic is looking at adding a second candy drink mashup this summer, although he declined to provide details  success: last summer, sonic drive in launched a line up of slush drinks with nerds candy mixed in   and they proved hugely popular 
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last summer, sonic drive in launched a line up of slush drinks with nerds candy mixed in . they were so popular the chain says some people ask to get the crunchy little candies mixed into other drinks, like soda . ceo cliff hudson says sonic is looking at adding a second candy drink mashup this summer, although he declined to provide details . already, a medium grape slush has 73 grams of sugar and 230 calories . add in the nerds, and it has 130 grams of sugar and 510 calories 