Here's The Energy Drink With The Most Caffeine
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There are times where coffee isn't going to cut it. Even the most sugary, neon-colored sodas, like Mountain Dew, won't help you summit the mountain of procrastinated work you need to tackle by tomorrow. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and you need something that will make you wake up, sit upright, and/or belt out "Ray of Light" like Peter Griffin in that one episode of "Family Guy." You need an energy drink — but which one?
There are the Red Bulls and Monsters of the world, of course, and they'll certainly help you get out of a jam. Red Bull, whose flavor comes from a Thai drink called Krating Daeng, contains 80 milligrams of caffeine per 8.4-ounce can, which is less than the average amount in a cup of coffee, while Rockstar contains 160 mg, albeit in a larger 16-ounce can. But what energy drink has the absolute most caffeine? That would be Spike Hardcore Energy, which is loaded with 350 milligrams of caffeine in the same can size as Rockstar. It's so caffeinated that the can says not to drink more than two per day (which would still go well over the 400 milligrams daily recommended dose of caffeine).
Other energy drinks have almost as much caffeine as Spike
Spike comes in three flavors that can be purchased on Amazon, but it's not necessarily a brand you'll find sitting in most convenience store fridges. If you need a strong caffeine hit from a more readily-available brand, there are plenty of options that rival Spike's caffeine numbers. Bang is a big player in this space, with 11 different flavors that all include 300 milligrams of caffeine, including Wyldin' Watermelon, Rainbow Unicorn, and something called Radical Skadattle (your guess is as good as ours), you have no shortage of options.
Other members of the 300 club include C4 Ultimate Energy, Reign, and some varieties of G Fuel, an energy drink marketed specifically towards gamers. Whichever option you may choose, though, we really can't stress enough the need for caution before you reach for those tall, skinny cans: We don't need another Panera Charged Lemonade situation, which resulted in the deaths of two people.