The candy comes individually wrapped in strips, in a variety of flavors: cherry, watermelon, white mystery, green apple, strawberry, blue raspberry and orange. It is also available in mini-size. Special edition flavors, such as Superman, Spongebob and Spider-Man, are sold as promotions. "Airheads Xtremes" are fruit rolls with a sourish taste.

In 2007, a new BerryHot flavor was introduced that claims to "heat up in your mouth." In 2008 "Chillin" flavors were released that have a minty "cold" feeling.

Airheads Blue Mystery Blast bars were distributed to all travelers on JetBlue Airways on October 31, 2007, in honor of Halloween.