# What is a candy you haven't had in ages? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381 "2004-08-31T06:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/101 "2004-09-02T00:47:12Z")
Ooooooo, **Baker**! Those are the nummies. My boss brings them back from Kansas City whenever she goes there. They are totally unfindable in the Bay Area. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/102 "2004-09-02T00:57:39Z")
Well, there’s a new Snickers Marathon bar. It’s a ‘health’ bar. :rolleyes: It should be a law that a company cannot name their new bar with the name of an old beloved bar that has gone out of production. BTW… when’s the last time anyone saw a box of Good and Fruity? ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/103 "2004-09-02T01:51:34Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > Has anyone on here ever had a Seven Up bar? I’m curious about it and there’s very little info on the net. I only vaguely remember them from around the late '60s or early '70s. It was a single, segmented bar with seven different fillings. I’m sure one section was coconut, one was caramel… ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/104 "2004-09-02T01:56:34Z")
> [@honeydewgrrl](#): > > I haven’t had an [Abba-zaba](http://www.annabelle-candy.com/abbazaba.htm) since I was knee-high to a grasshopper. Aw, those things are _seriously_ dangerous. I tried one a few years back and I thought I was going to lose every bit of dental work in my mouth. I think they’re made from sweetened, half-set epoxy. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/105 "2004-09-02T02:11:18Z")
[Here’s](http://www.candywrappermuseum.com/sevenup.html) info on the Seven Up bar. Can anyone identify a candy that existed in the '60s and consisted of light and dark brown, individually wrapped caramel/taffy type confections, packaged in a box, with a little plastic trinket à la Cracker Jack? ---
**Author:** ![International\_Playboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/48db29/32.png) [@International\_Playboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/International_Playboy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/106 "2004-09-03T01:32:19Z")
Another one here for Turkish Taffy. Tootsie Roll bought out the company and have no plans of reviving the candy. :mad: Kind of off topic, but I remember the school I went to for 6th grade in the 1970s sold Popsicles at lunch and for the second recess. I have been craving 7-Up Popsicles and real Popsicle brand banana ones. Can’t find them anymore. I only scanned this thread so forgive me if the link has already been posted, but here is a link to [SweetNostalgia.com](http://www.sweetnostalgia.com/index.html), which sells a lot of the old time candies. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/107 "2004-09-03T02:24:47Z")
**Chunkie** bars…(drool). You folks remember those right? Big ol square of chocolate…I have not had one of those in at least 25 years. ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/108 "2004-09-03T02:51:21Z")
> [@rolandgunslinger](#): > > **Chunkie** bars…(drool). > You folks remember those right? > > Big ol square of chocolate…I have not had one of those in at least 25 years. Just had one the other day for the first time in probably 2 decades. Damn it was good. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/109 "2004-09-03T02:58:28Z")
> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > Just had one the other day for the first time in probably 2 decades. Damn it was good. With peanuts or without? Tell me dammit! I gotta know… ☹ ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/110 "2004-09-03T03:02:01Z")
Unfortunately the Chunky bars I’ve seen around here aren’t like I remembered them. They used to be one solid hunk o’chocolate, hard to get a bite out of but oh so satisfying. Now they appear to be subdivided into four sections. Bah. Where’s the fun in that? I also just want to mention that reading this thread was directly responsible for my recent internet order of old-timey candy dammit. I hope you’re all happy. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/111 "2004-09-03T03:08:58Z")
> [@rolandgunslinger](#): > > With peanuts or without? > Tell me dammit! I gotta know… ☹ It had nuts and raisins. And **dwyr** , I only remember them being subdivided… Not sure if they were solid blocks before my time? ---
**Author:** ![furthur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecccb3/32.png) [@furthur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furthur)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/112 "2004-09-03T04:03:53Z")
You all seriously, seriously must read the book _Candyfreak_ by Steve Almond. He rhapsodizes all about the candies from our youth and goes to find the makers therof. As I was reading his book, I had to do it with candy in hand and mouth. A candy’s lover’s orgasm, that’s what Candyfreak is. Mrs. Furthur ---
**Author:** ![Elle\_Woods](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bb73d2/32.png) [@Elle\_Woods](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elle_Woods)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/113 "2004-09-03T05:07:52Z")
For those in search of Chocodiles, I give you: [http://x-entertainment.com/articles/0857/](http://x-entertainment.com/articles/0857/) As for me, I haven’t had an After Dinner mint in some time. I also distinctly remember Hostess’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle pudding pies. Oh, how I long for another taste of Vanilla Puddin’ Power and green icing. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/114 "2004-09-03T05:28:04Z")
B-O N-O M-O O-O-O…Bonomo!! I loved Turkish Taffy. Smack it on the sidewalk and it breaks up into nice bite size bits. I know they’re not candy, but I’m still mourning the death of the double stick, shareable popsicle. Hanging over the freezer case at the drugstore with my best friend, trying to decide which one to buy to split in half. Great summer fun. Sometimes I could get her to agree on a root beer flavored one. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/115 "2004-09-03T15:27:56Z")
I just thought of SweeTarts–_real_ SweeTarts, the ones they sold when I was a kid. They were convex (lens-shaped) discs with a script “S” logo imprinted, and were packaged in a gold foil-covered envelope. The things sold today as SweeTarts, in a roll, are completely different in shape, taste, variety of flavors, and even texture. And there were also the giant SweeTarts, which I always compared to eating a Salvo tablet. ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/116 "2004-09-03T16:35:29Z")
> [@Jeff Olsen](#): > > I probably haven’t had [Zotz](http://www.groovycandies.com/NewCandyDetailFrFe.asp?CandyNumber=1477) since the '70s… > [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#): > > …Now that I realize what Zots are, I want one! I’ve only had one, and it came out of a gumball machine. I had _no_ idea what to expect, but I loved it! Maybe it wasn’t a brand-name Zotz though - do they have nubbly-textured outsides? The masochist’s candy of choice. Battery acid in a hard candy shell. If I recall, they didn’t have ‘nubs’ - they were ‘ribbed’ The ice-cream men of today still have them, (Damn! I can’t recall the name-but they’re not called Zotz anymore). My kids (in an attempt to show how tough they were) got them last week. The reaction on their faces was more priceless than any Mastercard commercial. _Daughters (As heard by everyone in a 200 mile radius)_: “The ice cream man! The ice cream man!” (Knocking me down and trampling over me on their mad dash to the curb) **"STOP!"** _JBW (To Ice cream man)_" “Do they still make Zotz?” (Whilst my daughters are making the monumental decision of whether to get a Sponge-Bob or Spiderman colored ice with gumball eyes oon a stick): _Kids (To me)_: “They make a candy called Snots? Cool” _Me_: “Not Snots…Zotz. I used to get them when I was a kid. Two for a quarter or ten for a dollar” _Ice Cream man (In a Pakistani accent)_: “Yes sir, I have something like Zotz, here” _Kids_: “Can we get 'em with our ice cream…pleeeeeeeeeease?” _Me_: “OK. But you’re not gonna like them, they taste awful. And just for the record, that crap you’re buying isn’t ice cream; it’s sugar and ice crystals” _Kids_: “We’ll like em. We can even eat War Heads” _Ice Cream man_: “That’ll be $4.75” _Me (to ice cream man)_: “$4.75?!? [Bleep]” After they finished their cartoon character ice pops and had red, yellow and blue food dye staining their skin, they tried their Zotz knock offs. Minute 1: “These aren’t awful” Minute 2: (As a small hole opens in the hard candy shell and a white foam starts gurgling out like magma, their cheeks collapse, and their eyes bulge) Ewwwww! (Spit) ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2004, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/117 "2004-09-03T17:21:40Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > Does anyone else remember Cherry Mash? Sort of a haystack shaped wad of cherry flavored cream, covered in chocolate. I haven’t seen them in age. I’m _really_ old! Those are awesome! You can order them direct from the [Chase Candy Company](http://www.cherrymash.com/index.shtml). We recently hosted an exhibit about the history of a particular candy ingredient. In the gift shop, we did an entire retro section, with **Cherry Mash, Cow Tails, Clark Bar, Chocolate Band-Aids** , etc. Folks went crazy over it! Personally, I love **Skor** , but I haven’t had one in years. ---
**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 3, 2004, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/118 "2004-09-03T20:51:36Z")
I found [another candy wrapper collection web site](http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/candybars/canintro.htm). The wrappers here are mostly from the 70’s and, among them, is the one for the since-departed [Flicks](http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/candybars/cndybr28.htm). This was a cardboard tube filled with chocolate drops and it used to be one of my favorites when I was around eight. There’s also a substantial set of \*\*Choco’ Lite \*\* wrappers in the collection as well as other candy brands that have long departed from market shelves. Although this was before my time, [these pages from a 1949 candy retailer book](http://theimaginaryworld.com/nwca.html) might jar some Doper memories. ---
**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 5, 2004, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/119 "2004-09-05T00:44:27Z")
> [@NDP](#): > > … There was also a bar Nestle put out c. 1970 that, I think, consisted of layers of “white” chocolate (yes, I know there’s no such thing as “white” chocolate), milk chocolate, and dark chocolate. I don’t remember the name though. In any case, all these candies have been off the market for years. As I was wandering around the web, I found out the name of this candy. It was the Nestle **Triple Decker Bar**. ---
**Author:** ![dwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dwyr/32/363_2.png) [@dwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwyr)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/120 "2004-09-05T01:03:34Z")
That second link of yours NDP is pretty neat. It’s interesting to see the candy everybody has heard of next to the ones that disappeared because they didn’t sell. I also found one I had forgotten about-the Milk Shake Bar. I used to love those when I was a kid (in the '70s). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381.md?page=5)