# Candy thought once dead, now found to be quite alive.(Following up on former thread). **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2004, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021 "2004-09-11T07:10:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/1 "2004-09-11T07:10:16Z")
So, after my past thread on candy, I’ve found some of the candies that people thought were gone. Skor bars were at my local Circle K. I found Tart n Tinys and Bottle Caps at Dollar Tree. Anyone else come across candy that others thought were no longer manufactured? ---
**Author:** ![Daver914](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@Daver914](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daver914)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/2 "2004-09-11T07:27:28Z")
Am I the only one that saw this headline and thought John Candy had come back from the dead? What a tease! ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/3 "2004-09-11T07:30:31Z")
> [@Daver914](#): > > Am I the only one that saw this headline and thought John Candy had come back from the dead? What a tease! I’m talented and can make men come back from the dead, but not that way. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/4 "2004-09-11T08:48:22Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > Anyone else come across candy that others thought were no longer manufactured? I’ve been seeing Big League Chew around a lot more lately (bubblegum sold shredded and in a pouch, like chewing tobacco. You know, for kids!). I bought a pack of Bazooka Joe the other day. It was very good and reminiscence-inducing, but loses its flavor much too quickly. _drools over baseball card bubble gum_ Hmm…I saw Fun Dip for sale recently (flavored powder with a sweet chalky white stick that you lick, then dip into the powder, then lick the powder off…repeat. Then eat the stick.) That’s all I can think of at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/5 "2004-09-11T09:10:27Z")
Oh… I’ve also seen ring pops in five packs at Dollar Tree. Someone in the previous thread remarked on those. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2004, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/6 "2004-09-11T15:40:00Z")
I have good news- the gum you like is coming back in style. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/7 "2004-09-12T03:24:16Z")
Ha ha! We’re lucky cuz here in Cleveland we have [B A Sweetie’s](http://www.discountcandy.com/basweetie/default.asp) candy warehouse. They have everything you could ever want 🙂 And lucky for y’all, alot of the stuff you’re looking for is available online (at the site linked to) ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/8 "2004-09-12T03:34:16Z")
From a link to the previously mentioned site: [Giant Pixy Stixs](http://www.discountcandy.com/basweetie/proddetail.asp?CatNo=231) ---
**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:** [September 12, 2004, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/9 "2004-09-12T04:56:47Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > I have good news- the gum you like is coming back in style. You mean [this kind](http://www.discountcandy.com/prodorder.asp?CatNo=2226) ? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/10 "2004-09-12T05:02:18Z")
**Mockingbird** , I live in the absolute sticks, and all the candies you mentioned in the OP are readily available here. I cannot imagine them being hard to find. You poor dear. Going about inadequately sugared like that. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/11 "2004-09-12T19:31:33Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > Oh… I’ve also seen ring pops in five packs at Dollar Tree. > > Someone in the previous thread remarked on those. You can also find giganto tubs of them at Sam’s Club. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/12 "2004-09-12T21:01:03Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > **Mockingbird** , I live in the absolute sticks, and all the candies you mentioned in the OP are readily available here. I cannot imagine them being hard to find. > > You poor dear. Going about inadequately sugared like that. :eek: They were mentioned by other people as being hard to find, not by me. ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/13 "2004-09-12T21:23:59Z")
Oh, well. Oops. My mistake. That’s what I get for not paying attention. ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/14 "2004-09-12T22:13:18Z")
GOLD RUSH GUM: little yellow nuggets of gum packed in little muslin bags. Still available, although the price has jumped considerably since my youth… ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2004, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-thought-once-dead-now-found-to-be-quite-alive-following-up-on-former-thread/264021/15 "2004-09-12T23:02:01Z")
> [@Master Wang-Ka](#): > > GOLD RUSH GUM: little yellow nuggets of gum packed in little muslin bags. Still available, although the price has jumped considerably since my youth… Where can I find this?