# Are Lifesavers going extinct? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 19, 2013, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399 "2013-03-19T21:30:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Totenfeier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@Totenfeier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totenfeier)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/61 "2016-02-08T20:37:19Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Remember the [lifesaver books](http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4014/4428569684_180c2d9b72.jpg)? They were actually boxes that held several rolls of lifesavers. I used to buy them for my cousins’ birthdays. I had a great-uncle who would give me one of these, every year, without fail, for Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [February 8, 2016, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/62 "2016-02-08T21:24:31Z")
My favorites are WintOGreen and Butter Rum. I buy them in bags, and put them in the candy dish at home. WintOGreen is pretty easy to find; Butter Rum is somewhat more rare. ---
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2016, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399/63 "2016-02-09T01:50:34Z")
Besides the minty variations, the only Lifesavers I notice are bags of gummy Lifesavers, not the traditional hard candy types. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-lifesavers-going-extinct/653399.md?page=3)