General Mills on Thursday launched a limited-edition hard candy celebrating the savory comfort of Progresso's most-loved soups.

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.

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

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.

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.

For others, it’s cough drops and a box of tissues. While we can’t offer you blanket-sized tissues, a canned soup company has announced the next best thing: soup-flavoured cough drops. Yes, really. While one foodie writer said he’d ‘rather be sick’ than pop a Progresso ‘Soup Drop’ ever again,

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.

The Soup Drops will be available for a limited time throughout January, which is also National Soup Month. Those looking to get their hands on the drops can purchase them at ProgressoSoupDrops.com starting at 9 a.m. Eastern Time on January 16. Additional drops will be released every Thursday for the rest of the month, while supplies last.

Progresso is celebrating National Soup Month by reimagining a classic comfort food — as a hard candy called Soup Drops.

I had to check the date when reading this press release from General Mills to ensure that it wasn't April 1st. It is not April Fools Day, and Progresso Soup Drops are an actual product. The chicken soup-flavored hard candy drops come in an ersatz soup can with the tagline "Soup You Can Suck On.