# Bonomo Turkish Taffy - Am I (again) the Last to Know? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 16, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378 "2013-10-16T05:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/1 "2013-10-16T05:48:44Z")
Boomers! Since my last craving for Walnettos (yes, those Walnettos), this time, when browsing the “Old Time Candy” sites, I found a miracle - Bonomo Turkish Taffy returned! If you don’t know what this is, get off my lawn! Actually, it is a brittle taffy - held flat on palm and smacked against hard, flat surface - Then you open the package and find chunks and slivers. Among the slowest dissolving taffies known. I’m a kid again! Go google “Bonomo Turkish Taffy” and follow the links to find some truly wonderful memories. Be the first on your block to smoke a candy cigarette or sport wax fangs! (and some things I could have done without - including suckers with real worms, crickets, larva (species unspecified), and other grub (literally, in this case) which make chocolate-covered ants absolutely appealing. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/2 "2013-10-16T10:49:55Z")
To Cafe Society, from MPSIMS. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/3 "2013-10-16T10:51:07Z")
Bonomo Turkish Taffy showed up in the checkout counter lines of my local craft supply store (of all places!) a couple of years ago, and it gave me great pleasure to introduce my teenage son to it. The banana flavor is my favorite. It’s just so gloriously rich in that fake banana flavor. A close second in the fake banana flavor department were the yellow bubblegum cigars. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/4 "2013-10-16T10:56:18Z")
I bought my husband a case of Turkish Taffy from Vermont Country Store. He liked the banana flavor, but the chocolate was my favorite both in olden times 😃 and now. They now sell the original flavor Necco wafers; those are next on my list. ---
**Author:** ![toast\_pakora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3ec8ea/32.png) [@toast\_pakora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toast_pakora)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/5 "2013-10-16T13:06:31Z")
> [@](#): > > They now sell the original flavor Necco wafers; those are next on my list. Fortunately I live in the land of Necco wafers; they are never not stocked locally. But a few years ago I noticed they’d come out with “natural” flavors and oh the irony, the natural flavors were awful. I was relieved to discover they’d abandoned that experiment and now it’s back to tasty artificial original. ---
**Author:** ![KarlGauss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/karlgauss/32/3713_2.png) [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/6 "2013-10-16T14:41:51Z")
For those who knew (and appreciated) the original Bonomo Turkish Taffy: is this new stuff the same as what we grew up with? If it is, look out, here I come! Alas, I’ve been disappointed before when other long-lost treats of my youth were revived only to find that aside from the name (and things like shape and color), they were nothing like the original (e.g. [Pink Elephant Popcorn](http://www.windsorstar.com/cms/binary/6972889.jpg?size=640x420) and “[Lolas](http://www.lolaicetreats.com/icebergsopen.jpg)”). Nothing more than a nostalgia rip-off. OTHO, **toast pakora** , Neccos are one example where the current stuff seems exactly the same as what I rotted my teeth on almost fifty years ago! ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/7 "2013-10-16T14:52:28Z")
I loved Turkish Taffy when I was a kid and enjoyed it often, which is why I can’t eat it now. My six crowns and multiple fillings wouldn’t withstand it. But, boy, was it good! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/8 "2013-10-16T16:15:56Z")
I loved the stuff when I was a kid. And another vote for banana flavor. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/9 "2013-10-16T16:50:00Z")
Necco wafers taste like cardboard, and not good cardboard at that. Banana Bonomo Turkish Taffy is one of the reasons I have dentures today, and I don’t regret that a bit. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/10 "2013-10-16T17:06:56Z")
Original Necco wafers were discs of delightful subtlety, one of my favorite all-time confections. Your palate must’ve been damaged by excessive use of Pixie Stix ;). ---
**Author:** ![Bumbershoot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbershoot/32/3428_2.png) [@Bumbershoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbershoot)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/11 "2013-10-16T18:30:35Z")
Yet another vote for banana flavor. And [here’s a link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpw64PkCJn8) to one of their TV commercials. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/12 "2013-10-16T19:49:25Z")
> [@KarlGauss](#): > > For those who knew (and appreciated) the original Bonomo Turkish Taffy: is this new stuff the same as what we grew up with? If it is, look out, here I come! The real issue is not “Is this new stuff the same as what we grew up with?” but “Is this new stuff as good as we _remember_ the old stuff to be?” 😃 I say this as someone who has sought in vain for a duplicate of a childhood treat (cake eggs from a long defunct bakery), and I’ve come to believe that they were not nearly as ambrosial as they have grown to be in my memory. ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/13 "2013-10-16T21:27:55Z")
Still guaranteed to rip out your fillings and plug you up for weeks? ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/14 "2013-10-16T21:33:06Z")
> [@usedtobe](#): > > Boomers! > > Since my last craving for Walnettos (yes, those Walnettos), this time, when browsing the “Old Time Candy” sites, I found a miracle - > Bonomo Turkish Taffy returned! Sweet Tooth in Philadelphia stocks BTT. I had it recently. It was nice, but I’m not anxious for more. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/15 "2013-10-16T21:33:55Z")
Never heard of this taffy, and I come from the time of Tecolas, Sugar Daddy, Big Hunk and Look candy bars. Well, Tecolas were actually a wax tube filled with sugar water, not a candy bar. I was never a fan of Necco Wafers, but I have a huge old candy store jar around here somewhere with the Necco logo on it. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/16 "2013-10-18T02:45:15Z")
Evidently. I’ve been posting about the return of Bonomos for years on this Board. It’s been sold in various specialty candy stores (and places like Newbury Comics in the Boston area) for a few years now. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_A.Robrin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sam_a.robrin/32/14497_2.png) [@Sam\_A.Robrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_A.Robrin)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/17 "2013-10-18T04:25:16Z")
Now the ferschlugginer jingles are going through my head–and the only way to stop that is to pass the song onto someone else, so …: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/2ZAjAIaXHrE/hqdefault.jpg "BONOMO'S TURKISH TAFFY CLASSIC COMMERCIALS ON DVD at TVDAYS.com") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZAjAIaXHrE) ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/18 "2013-10-18T12:39:08Z")
Been aware of the return for a while. Subsisted on [French Chew](http://www.frenchchewtaffy.com/) during the interregnum. Now if they’d only bring back the old [Seven Up](http://www.candywrappermuseum.com/sevenup.html) bar, I’d be happy. ---
**Author:** ![norvalnormal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f19dbf/32.png) [@norvalnormal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norvalnormal)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bonomo-turkish-taffy-am-i-again-the-last-to-know/671378/19 "2013-10-21T00:07:46Z")
i (61) think it’s exactly the same product, or at least a masterful re-creation. The vanilla is the best. The only disappointing “classic” flavor, to me, is the chocolate. There are 2 “new” flavors, Wild Cherry and Black Raspberry, that are now available in supermarkets after being sold for a while only thru the Bonomo’s website. My Wegmans a couple weeks ago had these both at half price for 50 cents a bar, and I purchased way too many. Fillings all in place so far. I did lose a $200 crown to a Tootsie Roll Pop a couple years ago …