Sour Sweet

Sour Sweets are the only wholly negative type of candy in Viva Piñata. Sour sweets attract resident piñatas to eat them, and any piñata who eats one immediately becomes sick.

Appearance

Sour sweets use the classic red and black color scheme associated with Professor Pester and his allies, with a spiky pattern reminiscent of tribal tattoos.

Gameplay

Sour sweets cannot be bought and are instead released into the garden by Ruffians and Sour Piñatas. When a piñata or Ruffian drops a sour sweet, a loud jingle plays to notify the player. Sour sweets release a steady stream of Dastardos icons, presumably to indicate that they cause sickness.

Background

According to the Storybook, sour candies were concocted by Professor Pester (then going under the name Lester) to turn piñatas evil. Stardos was transformed into Dastardos from eating too many of Pester's sour candies.