End of an era. Fruit Stripe Gum discontinued

[LSLGuy]

@chappachula

@LSLGuy

It was “Yipes! Stripes!”…
That way the jingle / song rhymes.

Yeah, I s’pose you’re right. I haven’t thought of that jingle for 60 years, and would never have guessed that it still exists in my memory cells…but I do remember it as “yikes”.
Maybe I need to get some new memory cells. :).

I’ve got no spare cells to give you any more; the few that still work do as much sputtering and sparking as remembering. Fortunately, the Internet never forgets. Here’s a ~1960s version:

Beech-Nut Fruit Stripe Gum - Yipes! Stripes! (full version)

Here’s a much later commercial from 1991:

1991 - Fruit Stripe Gum - Yipes! Stripes! Commercial

@Odesio

The only place we typically found it was at Cracker Barrel,

Cracker Barrel is a remarkable time capsule of ancient candy brands.

Said another way, CB is the nursing home for soon-to-be-dead candy brands. Much like a hefty fraction of their customers. Surely not a coincidence.