# Canfields Diet Chocolate Soda **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** soda-softdrinks\ **Created:** [May 28, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canfields-diet-chocolate-soda/497881 "2009-05-28T01:35:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canfields-diet-chocolate-soda/497881/1 "2009-05-28T01:35:11Z")
I found the [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canfield's_Diet_Chocolate_Fudge) article about this. I had forgetten this from the 80s when diet fudge sodas were [popular](http://www.inthe80s.com/food/canfieldsdietchocolatefudgesoda1.shtml). Is it for sale anywhere in stores? I see you can get it [online](http://www.beveragesdirect.com/detail-468-Canfields_Diet_Chocolate_Fudge_Soda_24_Pack.asp) from various dealers but I was wondering if it’s still in stores anywhere? ---
**Author:** ![River\_Hippie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/river_hippie/32/26_2.png) [@River\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/River_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canfields-diet-chocolate-soda/497881/2 "2009-05-28T01:42:21Z")
I remember when Canfield’s diet fudge soda was so popular there was a story in the local paper about people hoarding it and driving all over creation searching it out. When I finally tried it, I was underwhelmed, to say the least. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canfields-diet-chocolate-soda/497881/3 "2009-05-28T02:00:11Z")
Yep, at least here in Manhattan. I’ve seen it in D’agostino’s and Food Emporium, two large supermarket chains. And I liked it quite a lot back in the day. Admittedly, that ‘day’ was the late 1980s when I was briefly on the Atkin’s diet, so any form of chocolate was a godsend. But I remember it being quite good, especially when ice cold and paired with a bit of whipped cream made w/sweet 'n’low. (I know, it sounds odd, but again: anything sweet was greatly missed.) ---
**Author:** ![Claire\_Beauchamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@Claire\_Beauchamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claire_Beauchamp)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canfields-diet-chocolate-soda/497881/4 "2009-05-28T02:34:36Z")
I’ve seen it at Publix, but haven’t bought any for a long time. I did enjoy it; it was more commonly available around here into the 90s, but it was something only a few people knew about even so. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canfields-diet-chocolate-soda/497881/5 "2009-05-28T05:39:42Z")
OK…I don’t get it. Club soda has no calories anyway…why the “diet”? Back in the day, though, I loved me some Canfield’s diet fudge or diet Swiss cream soda. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canfields-diet-chocolate-soda/497881/6 "2009-05-28T12:01:19Z")
I noticed it on the shelf in a Giant here in Baltimore earlier this week. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canfields-diet-chocolate-soda/497881/7 "2009-05-28T13:29:22Z")
I’m outside Chicago and the large chain store Jewel carries it. Pretty expensive–at least $3 for a six pack. I have a can in my pantry. Hope it’s still fizzy–been there for at least 6 months. ---
**Author:** ![NicePete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NicePete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NicePete)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canfields-diet-chocolate-soda/497881/8 "2009-05-28T14:35:36Z")
My Kroger carries it, and I’m in a little town in the middle of Kentucky. Good stuff. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canfields-diet-chocolate-soda/497881/9 "2009-05-28T15:24:33Z")
> [@peedin](#): > > I’m outside Chicago and the large chain store Jewel carries it. Pretty expensive–at least $3 for a six pack. I have a can in my pantry. Hope it’s still fizzy–been there for at least 6 months. Fizzy may not be the issue. If it’s sweetened with aspartame / Nutrasweet, it may not taste right anymore. Aspartame has a very short shelf-life, and stops tasting sweet after a few months. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canfields-diet-chocolate-soda/497881/10 "2009-05-28T15:32:33Z")
Saw it in Giant in Reading PA and bought some. I remember it as being fantastic, but it came off as very underflavored and I apparently don’t like it anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canfields-diet-chocolate-soda/497881/11 "2009-05-28T15:33:12Z")
Were you on your way to see the Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota? ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canfields-diet-chocolate-soda/497881/12 "2009-05-28T23:00:04Z")
> [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](#): > > Were you on your way to see the Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota? Yeah, I got it along with a few pickled wieners.