# Necco may soon shut down **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 14, 2018, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431 "2018-04-14T22:46:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/41 "2018-04-18T14:24:55Z")
> [@WolfpackJeep](#): > > I finally caved and ordered some that appeared to be reasonably priced. ☹ I actually like eating the things, especially when they’re nice and crisp. WHERE did you find “reasonably priced”? Amazon’s basically out of them, and their third-party sellers are gouging (like $124!), and other sellers have one or two rolls left. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/42 "2018-04-18T15:36:12Z")
And some sellers are tacking large shipping costs on top of the price gouging! 😕 As of yesterday evening, there were a couple of Amazon sellers listing six rolls for what amounted to just a bit over typical retail (and free shipping). That may have changed though. Vermont Country Store (typically overpriced, IMO) no longer lists the wafers on their site, but as of last night they were still offering other Necco products, like SkyBars. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/43 "2018-04-18T18:50:53Z")
> [@toast\_pakora](#): > > I love Necco wafers and I am going out tomorrow to buy a bunch. White/black/chocolate are my favorite. I also like Sky Bars, so retro, but I can’t remember the last time I bought one. **adds to list** It’s weird how I don’t like licorice in general, but the black Necco wafers are great. ---
**Author:** ![WolfpackJeep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpackjeep/32/2921_2.png) [@WolfpackJeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WolfpackJeep)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/44 "2018-04-18T23:35:37Z")
Yeah, their licorice flavor is smooth and not too overpowering. Are all brick-and-mortar retail locations wiped out at this point? Cracker Barrel used to carry stuff like this; also, Hallmark and Fresh Market stores in this area used to keep a decent supply on hand. ---
**Author:** ![typoink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@typoink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typoink)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/45 "2018-04-19T01:34:51Z")
Necco made one of my favorite discontinued-too-soon products of the last few years. Sweethearts Mints, which were basically heart-shaped Altoids. The tin was slightly more pocket-friendly, and the mints were a little more mild and less crumbly. Damn good breath mints, and the only non-Altoid mint I’d seen that didn’t taste artificial or cloyingly sweet. Sadly they only survived on the market for a year or so. ---
**Author:** ![pdhenry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pdhenry/32/5561_2.png) [@pdhenry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pdhenry)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/46 "2018-04-19T01:44:03Z")
I bought some at Dollar Tree a few days ago. Mine had quite a few. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/47 "2018-04-19T01:51:05Z")
I dare not stray from my Necco Diet (the one where I pop a Necco as I pass the open boxes of donuts and cookies that fellow teachers bring into school). So I was getting worried… …until I found a few rolls at a Walgreen’s, which sent me on a city-wide hunting/gathering frenzy. A few here, a handful there, and I had a case of 24 by the end of the day! – But fear not, with my luck I’ll have a drawer full of them when a new buyer restarts the Necco production line. Just like when I stockpiled pallets of “real” Coke when they scrapped it in favor of New Coke… ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/48 "2018-04-19T14:52:16Z")
I ordered two cases shortly after this thread popped up. (From different vendors, in case one flaked.) I’m hopeful I will soon own a lifetime supply of delicious necco wafers. Yes, I really do like them. I admit they resemble hard, flavored chalk, but I used to eat chalk as a kid, too. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/49 "2018-04-19T22:26:34Z")
my local store had a bunch but said they were selling well lately ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/50 "2018-04-20T00:34:47Z")
I’m shocked to learn that anyone thinks there are different flavors of necco wafers. They all taste like wintergreen to me. . . ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/51 "2018-04-20T02:09:51Z")
Well, I just ordered $50 worth … ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/52 "2018-04-20T02:55:56Z")
I saw Sky Bars at my grocery store tonight, so I decided to try one. I worried for a moment that I would discover confectionery heaven just in time for the factory to close and for it to be unattainable forever after. I needn’t have feared. It was good, but not really better than a lot of other candy bars. Seems like you get one piece that’s your favorite (caramel for me) and three that aren’t. If Necco does go away I’ll miss them in a “remember when” kind of way, but not jonesing for my next wafer fix. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/53 "2018-04-20T03:18:53Z")
Not only are they all different flavors, they have much more interesting flavors than modern candies. They have several pleasant fruit flavors (orange, lemon, lime) and also a lot of spice flavors (clove, cinnamon, liquorice) as well as some minty flavors and of course, chocolate. It’s quite hard to find spice-flavored sweets these days without making them yourself. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/54 "2018-04-20T23:32:27Z")
Aaaand, the first case arrived. Mostly in good shape. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/55 "2018-04-21T03:34:38Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Aaaand, the first case arrived. Mostly in good shape. Yay! Hope they weren’t too expensive once you paid shipping. If Neccos are brought back from the brink of death, it’ll be because you and me were filling up our closets. > [@puzzlegal](#): > > Not only are they all different flavors, they have much more interesting flavors than modern candies… orange drywall, clove drywall, mint drywall, licorice drywall… ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/56 "2018-04-21T12:39:35Z")
I paid a little over a dollar a roll, including shipping. (The big rolls, not the little Halloween ones.) Weirdly, the two companies I bought from had different prices pre-shipping, but exactly the same price including shipping. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2018, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/57 "2018-04-21T13:08:41Z")
Congrats on successful hunter/gathering! I’ve been looking for the the perfect spot to hoard my hoard. Airtight container, dark, dry and cool (but don’t let 'em freeze). Then I realized I’m obsessing over disks of sugar (with a rich bouquet of Cardiff chalk, and notes of illustration board and bus transfer). They’re sort of pre-aged. ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/58 "2018-04-23T16:56:29Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > Not only are they all different flavors, they have much more interesting flavors than modern candies. They have several pleasant fruit flavors (orange, lemon, lime) and also a lot of spice flavors (clove, cinnamon, liquorice) as well as some minty flavors and of course, chocolate. It’s quite hard to find spice-flavored sweets these days without making them yourself. I love them all, but the clove-flavored Neccos are my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/59 "2018-04-23T17:03:17Z")
Clove is my favorite, too. But I like that it’s one of many flavors, and not just an overwhelming roll of clove candies. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431/60 "2018-04-23T17:12:45Z")
I grew up near Central Square too and I remember the smell. I used to see that the address on Pom Poms and other stuff too had my zip code on it. The thing about the necco wafer is that you can rub two of them together and they create a nice feeling. I think it’s the powder on them. Go ahead and try it. No one’s watching. That’s my main memory of them anyway. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/necco-may-soon-shut-down/812431.md?page=4)