# Anyone familiar with 'Chew Fruit' candy from days gone by? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-chew-fruit-candy-from-days-gone-by/556000 "2010-10-04T14:11:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-chew-fruit-candy-from-days-gone-by/556000/1 "2010-10-04T14:11:52Z")
Here is a cover of singer Dave Mason’s [New Crest on an Old Wave.](http://www.amazon.com/Old-Crest-New-Wave/dp/B002NP6MRK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1286201282&sr=8-1) It never occurred to me that the artwork was a part of pop culture before appearing on Mason’s album, but. . . Some years ago in one of the many well known restaurant chains with various artifacts and relics of Americana adorning the walls, I look up and see this painting. However, it’s not touting Mason’s album, but a candy called “Chewy Fruit.” The wording said, “I’m ready to fight for my Chew Fruit chocolate.” Then there was something about “Allen Confections,” which could have been a local manufacturer. Anyone familiar with these confectionary morsels? Since Dave Mason was a Brit, it might possibly have been a UK candy. ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-chew-fruit-candy-from-days-gone-by/556000/2 "2010-10-04T15:17:02Z")
The Chewy Fruit sweets I remember are like fruit flavoured Mentos. ETA: [Like these.](http://www.burnssweetshop.co.uk/acatalog/159.html) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-chew-fruit-candy-from-days-gone-by/556000/3 "2010-10-04T16:43:02Z")
Moving to Cafe Society from GQ. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2010, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-chew-fruit-candy-from-days-gone-by/556000/4 "2010-10-04T22:19:37Z")
> [@Kal](#): > > The Chewy Fruit sweets I remember are like fruit flavoured Mentos. > > ETA: > > [Like these.](http://www.burnssweetshop.co.uk/acatalog/159.html) Mentos offers a fruit favored variety, so maybe they’re/they were marketed under another name in some countries? Of course, I could be interpreting what you said wrong, and you mean they are similar to the fruit flavored mentos, not they are like mentos _but_ fruit flavored… of course, there are other chewy fruit flavored candies other than mentos, such as [chewy spree](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spree_(candy)) and chewy sweetarts, so it could be a orginial product in its own right. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2010, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-familiar-with-chew-fruit-candy-from-days-gone-by/556000/5 "2010-10-05T00:15:48Z")
Well, the picture given does look like the type of Mentos that are fruit flavored. The picture claims they are called Chew **y** Fruits, though. I’d guess they aren’t the same thing, unless you remember them having a vaguely mint taste–you know, like tic tacs or Certs. The fruit flavored Mentos are still supposed to be breath fresheners, not candy.