General Mills on Thursday unveiled Progresso Soup Drops, a limited-edition savory cough drop that tastes like Progresso's chicken soup. It immediately sold out — but the company's making more.

When it comes to food mashups, I thought I had seen it all: soup that tastes like a cheeseburger, popcorn that tastes like soup, oatmeal that tastes like bacon, for reasons we still don’t fully understand.

Try Progresso Soup Drops, the new Progresso Soup Candy inspired by Progresso Chicken Noodle Soup. Available at progressoSoupDrops.com for a limited time!

Progresso's new Soup Drops, a hard-candy version of a chicken noodle soup, sold out the day the product was announced, the company said on Instagram.

If you didn’t know, January is National Soup Month, and a company that often comes to mind when you think of canned soup decided to offer people a different way to experience chicken noodle: in the form of drops.

Each order of 20 drops comes in a container resembling Progresso’s actual soup cans and is accompanied by a can of actual Progresso Traditional Chicken Noodle Soup. The cost of both is $2.49, plus 99 cents shipping.

The company says the chicken noodle soup-flavoured drops taste like broth, savoury veggies, soft egg noodles and a sprinkle of parsley. Each $2.49 can comes with 20 lozenges. The main ingredient in the lozenges is isomalt, a sugar substitute often found in sugar-free treats, as well as chicken meat powder and chicken fat.

The brand says the savory drops are available for a limited time in January for National Soup Month, and the peak of cold and flu season.

The brand says the savory drops are available for a limited time in January for National Soup Month and the peak of cold and flu season. The Soup Drops went on sale Thursday and can only be found online. They were sold out by 1 p.m. General Mills says additional quantities will be released every Thursday.