# Candy bars that must be brought back **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 31, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817 "2009-10-31T04:55:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/61 "2009-11-01T19:18:01Z")
The Vermont Country Store [http://vermontcountrystore.com](http://vermontcountrystore.com/) carries a lot of the candies mentioned here, and then some 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StarvingButStrong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/starvingbutstrong/32/335_2.png) [@StarvingButStrong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StarvingButStrong)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/62 "2009-11-01T20:32:17Z")
Something no one else ever seems to remember: Triple decker bars. Three layers of chocolate fused together, each layer about as thick as an ordinary Hershey’s bar. The bottom layer was dark chocolate, the middle white chocolate, and the top layer milk chocolate. Yeah! That’s my kind of chocolate bar: chocolate plus chocolate plus more chocolate! Why waste good space on fruit or nuts or rice? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/63 "2009-11-01T20:39:47Z")
> [@Pulp\_Friction](#): > > How about another white-chocolate treat: the Zero bar. Try Walmart or Big Lots. I buy Zero bars for my mom at both on a regular basis. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/64 "2009-11-01T20:49:32Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > For whatever reason, I’ve been thinking about the [Nestle Alpine White bar](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGjDjKJWwvs), which was a white chocolate/almonds bar sold in the 80s. Thanks for the earworm. I haven’t seen that commercial in about 25 years. It’s a beautiful ad by 1980s standards, but the haunting jingle … DAMN YOU! ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/65 "2009-11-01T22:30:53Z")
Zero Bars are available at my local gas station. Or were about three months ago. M&M Crisps don’t seem to be around by me anymore, sadly. I liked those. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/66 "2009-11-01T23:52:30Z")
> [@StarvingButStrong](#): > > Something no one else ever seems to remember: Triple decker bars. Three layers of chocolate fused together, each layer about as thick as an ordinary Hershey’s bar. The bottom layer was dark chocolate, the middle white chocolate, and the top layer milk chocolate. > > Yeah! That’s my kind of chocolate bar: chocolate plus chocolate plus more chocolate! Why waste good space on fruit or nuts or rice? I remember the Triple Decker Bar. They were made by Nestle sometime around 1970. I believe it was the first mass-produced candy bar to have white chocolate in it. (Not only that, I also remember the commercials for it. They were part of a series of ads pairing a boy with a stop-motion animated puppet who lived in a candy house. At the end of each commercial, the boy would break off the chimney on the candy house and eat it which, of course, really pissed the little guy off.) ---
**Author:** ![Magicicada](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c67d28/32.png) [@Magicicada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magicicada)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/67 "2009-11-01T23:57:04Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > Thanks for the earworm. I haven’t seen that commercial in about 25 years. It’s a beautiful ad by 1980s standards, but the haunting jingle … DAMN YOU! {Nestle Alpine White} I don’t have a cite for it, but I’m thinking the woman singing later had a hit, um, not with that jingle, but something else. I seem to remember it from a Behind The Music or Before They Were Famous episode. Sofie B. Hawkins, maybe? I do remember the commercial, especially the shot of the guy with impossibly blue eyes. ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/68 "2009-11-02T01:14:39Z")
A great one that’s still around but hard to find is Zagnut. It’s kind of like a Butterfinger center (though less sharp tasting), but instead of chocolate it’s covered in toasted coconut. “Old Man Rick” at the gas station I worked at in high school found 'em to sell there since they were his favorite. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/69 "2009-11-02T01:27:00Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > A great one that’s still around but hard to find is Zagnut. It’s kind of like a Butterfinger center (though less sharp tasting), but instead of chocolate it’s covered in toasted coconut. Aren’t some candy bars regional in scope, even though they might be made by a national confectioner? I remember a few Noo Yawkers in college talking about how much they missed Zagnut bars and complaining that it was one of the things that was harder to find in Buffalo, so maybe it’s a NYC thing? Then again, because of the proximity to Canada, Cadbury-branded candy bars are far easier to find in the region than elsewhere in the US, and there’s the local treat of sponge candy. I’ll take Aero bars and sponge candy over a Zagnut any day. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/70 "2009-11-02T01:28:23Z")
My favorite is the first chocolate bar created: Ganong’s Pal-o-Mine, which has been made since 1910 (although it wasn’t given that name until 1920). ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/71 "2009-11-02T13:21:33Z")
Slow Poke Black Cow Giant Sweet Tarts (about 2" round and maybe 3/4" deep) ---
**Author:** ![Gordon\_Urquhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/db5fbb/32.png) [@Gordon\_Urquhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gordon_Urquhart)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/72 "2009-11-02T16:29:56Z")
> [@sweetie pea](#): > > {Nestle Alpine White} I don’t have a cite for it, but I’m thinking the woman singing later had a hit, um, not with that jingle, but something else. I seem to remember it from a Behind The Music or Before They Were Famous episode. Sofie B. Hawkins, maybe? I do remember the commercial, especially the shot of the guy with impossibly blue eyes. {Continuing hijack – all apologies} Sophie B. Hawkins had a [version of the commercial’s song herself](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrZq61NIwkw). This version of the commercial – which led to big things for Ms. Hawkins – has a couple of foxes in it. I loved this series of commercials – beautiful song and images. I prefer the imagery of the version from the original link, though – it’s like an N.C. Wyeth painting that has come to life. My love of the song, sadly, did not match my enthusiasm for the product. It was one of my first experiences in that regard. That’s probably another thread: commercials you love for products you don’t. {Hijack continuance ends.} ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/73 "2009-11-02T19:41:42Z")
Marathon, absolutely. Lotsa good memories of that candy bar. I also miss the chocolatiest bar of all, the **Bar None**. I believe it was chocolate-filled chocolate wafers, covered in chocolate, then tiny peanut bits, sealed in yet more chocolate. Very rich, very tasty. ---
**Author:** ![FalconFinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/51bf81/32.png) [@FalconFinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FalconFinder)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/74 "2009-11-03T15:35:54Z")
I’m adding my votes in for Marathon and Chocolite. Every now and then I get a serious craving for those two candies. I can still taste them…mmmmm My next oldest sister and I used to love Bub’s Daddy bubble gum and the old Jolly Rancher Stix. Those ribbons of Jolly Rancher goodness that you could suck into a razor sharp point and fear you were going to stab yourself in the tongue or roof of the mouth! I also remember when Charms Suckers were HUGE and you could barely fit one in your mouth. They weren’t overly sugary and had great flavors. ---
**Author:** ![brix11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@brix11](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brix11)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/75 "2009-11-03T16:39:26Z")
> [@TheTerribleTako](#): > > For a brief time in the early 90’s there was Twix Cookies and Cream. Instead of the caramel nougat in the middle, it was just a layer of delicious cream and the cookie wafer was chocolate. So much better than regular Twix. This gets my vote too! ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/76 "2009-11-03T21:02:43Z")
I opened this thread specifically to mention PB Maxx, and see that a couple of other people beat me to it. I used to eat one of these every day at break during high school, and I still get a craving for them sometimes. The peanut butter was what set them apart; instead of the crumbly textured, oversweetened stuff you find in most candy bars, this was creamy and had the perfect sweet-salty balance. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/77 "2009-11-03T22:00:30Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > The [Seven Up bar](http://www.candywrappermuseum.com/sevenup.html). > > It had cherry, coconut, caramel, fudge, jelly, maple, and Brazil nut centers in each of its seven segments. My favorite of all time. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/78 "2009-11-04T01:35:22Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > I miss Apollo bars. Never been able to find them since the early 90s, for some reason. 😃 I found Ice Cubes in the bulk candy section of the grocery store, silver wrapper. They’re about the unhealthiest thing you can eat, but they have a chocolate texture you don’t usually find in this level of candy. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/79 "2009-11-04T06:21:03Z")
> [@cstamets](#): > > [Milkshake](http://www.candywrappermuseum.com/milkshake.html) That’s the one I miss the most. Anybody else remember the old Abba-Zabba wrappers? I haven’t seen one since the 50’s or early 60’s. Essentially the same as the current wrapper except for an extremely offensive cartoon stereotype African native. . ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [November 4, 2009, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817/80 "2009-11-04T06:31:43Z")
> [@gwendee](#): > > I would also be happy to find a Mars Bar again. Prepare to be happy. Go out and buy an Almond Snickers bar. It’s the same old Mars bar, they just changed the name. You’re welcome. . [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-bars-that-must-be-brought-back/515817.md?page=5)