In some cases, stores received newer/replacement logo labels for their soda fountains.Īs most of the 7-Eleven locations have pulled the tropical punch flavor, there are only a very select few locations still carrying the flavor as recently as August 2023. As of May 2018, Solar Flare was still carried at the time and sold at some 7-Eleven convenience store locations in the United States due to good sales. At roughly the same time, all Canadian 7-Eleven convenience store locations phased out the tropical punch flavor in both soda and Slurpee formats. Reports surfaced in 2015 that Solar Flare would soon get pulled from 7-Eleven stores, and the availability of the flavor became sporadic within the United States. In May 2014, the flavor was first exclusively released to 7-Eleven convenience stores in the United States for the summer of that year, marking the beginning of Solar Flare released in 7-Eleven locations as a permanent flavor in soda fountains and in Slurpee form. On April 22nd, 2014, PepsiCo filed a trademark for Solar Flare titled 'MTN DEW SOLAR FLARE.' Its tagline is ' DEW with a Blast of Tropical Punch.' History Solar Flare is a Tropical Punch flavor of Mountain Dew and has a red-orange look, having an identical tasting flavor and color to that of Southern Shock. 2.1 (2015 - Present) Sporadic availability.