Also historically made, but no longer available, were liquorice, cool honey, and (non-chocolate dipped) ginger and crème de menthe varieties.

[citation needed] Sour hard candies in round tins were introduced in 2001 but were discontinued in 2010 due to low sales.

[citation needed] In 2014, Eclipse Mints, another Wrigley product, were rebranded as Altoids Arctic, with the tin remaining identical save for labelling.

The rebranded mints were released in only Peppermint, Wintergreen, and Strawberry, doing away with the wider varieties of Eclipse such as Cinnamon, Winterfrost, and several other flavors, as well as the chewable.

[7][8] Altoids tins have also been popular with outdoor enthusiasts for many years as first-aid or mini survival kit containers.

BeagleBone, a single-board computer made by Texas Instruments, is deliberately shaped with rounded corners to fit inside the tin.

[10] A retrocomputing hobbyist computer, the Membership Card is a series of 1802/8080/Z80 based microcomputer kits, designed to fit in an Altoids tin,[11] and CMoy pocket headphone amplifiers often use the containers as an enclosure.