Vintage candy that is still on the shelves

LizzieMaine · Aug 23, 2012

Neccos are a New England tradition -- we *like* chalky dry things here, it's part of our character.

BigFitz · Aug 23, 2012

Don't know when they started making Mary Jane candy, but I loved getting it at Halloween. Also made by Necco I believe.

Just looked it up, started in 1914.

Yeps · Aug 23, 2012

Retro_GI_Jane said:
^^ You didn't read far enough into the thread then to see my comment about it being just like that.

I did. I agree.

LizzieMaine said:
Neccos are a New England tradition -- we *like* chalky dry things here, it's part of our character.

What about Smarties? They are chalky and dry, but at least have flavor.

Retro_GI_Jane · Aug 23, 2012

First produced in 1914.

First made in 1922 and named after the dance. I remember everyone wanting one of these as a treat after swimming lessons in the summer. I never did prefer mine frozen though...

Joie DeVive · Aug 23, 2012

I have to agree that Smarties are tastier than Necco wafers, but Necco wafers are a MUST for gingerbread house making. They make the BEST shingles!

countryclubjoe · Aug 23, 2012

Hi Folks

I used to love Mallo Cups. They came with a card board card inside with a number on it. say 5-10-25-100

Each number was a point. When you accumulated 500 points, you mailed the cards back to the mallo cup maker and they send you a box of mallo cups 12 to a box if I recall.

Also I did not see Jack-in-the-box on the list, I may of over looked it.
Jack in the box was carmalized pop corn, horrible for a youths teeth however each box contained a great little toy. I believe those little toys are great collectibles today.

Now being from Philadelphia, while not a candy but great treat.. TASTYCAKES, made the best donuts, and pies off the shelve of anyone, I believe they were founded in 1914.

Great topic.
Best regards
Countryclubjoe

Bruce Wayne · Aug 23, 2012

What about cookies, can cookies be included in this list?

According to Wikipedia, Chocolate Chip Cookies were invented by accident in 1930.

The chocolate chip cookie was accidentally developed by Ruth Graves Wakefield in 1930. She owned the Toll House Inn, in Whitman, Massachusetts, a very popular restaurant that featured home cooking in the 1930s. Her cookbook, Toll House Tried and True Recipes, was published in 1936 by M. Barrows & Company, New York. It included the recipe "Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookie", which rapidly became a favorite to be baked in American homes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_chip_cookie

Bruce Wayne · Aug 23, 2012

Girl Scout cookies were first sold in 1917.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl_Scout_cookie

I have been known to down a whole box in one sitting, so we don't buy this anymore, but when the scouts come around we give a donation of $10.

Retro_GI_Jane · Aug 23, 2012

countryclubjoe said:
Also I did not see Jack-in-the-box on the list, I may of over looked it.
Jack in the box was carmalized pop corn, horrible for a youths teeth however each box contained a great little toy. I believe those little toys are great collectibles today.

Do you mean Cracker Jacks? I still have a red plastic bookmark with Jack and his dog on it. Now all they put is paper crap in it and call it a prize. I remember watching the Food Network's show "Unwrapped" when they did an episode on Cracker Jack's. The PR guy for the company said the cheapola prizes are "just results in trends that American youth want today." Ummm, no, more like cost saving measures, pal.

countryclubjoe · Aug 23, 2012

Retro_GI_Jane said:
Do you mean Cracker Jacks? I still have a red plastic bookmark with Jack and his dog on it. Now all they put is paper crap in it and call it a prize. I remember watching the Food Network's show "Unwrapped" when they did an episode on Cracker Jack's. The PR guy for the company said the cheapola prizes are "just results in trends that American youth want today." Ummm, no, more like cost saving measures, pal.

Hi GI
Great catch, yes I meant Cracker Jacks, God I'm getting old can't remember things anymore. LOL
Best regards
Countryclubjoe

MissMittens · Aug 23, 2012

Yeps said:
This is a thread about candy, not sidewalk chalk.

:rofl:

Espee · Aug 23, 2012

I just recently noticed Mary Janes-- the flavor is about the same as Cracker Jack, but run together and softened.
The package says who introduced them; they are now part of the NECCO line.
I take Richardson's Party Patties to some vintage events...

Espee · Aug 23, 2012

Hasn't anyone corrected the original poster by now?
BABY Ruth not BABE.
(And there's quite a story there...)

LizzieMaine · Aug 23, 2012

There is nothing, anywhere, any time, any way that's better or more satisfying than a frozen Milky Way bar. All the gourmet artisanal hand-crafted Chocolat in the world can't compare. I often eat them for breakfast, just because I can.

Bill Taylor · Aug 23, 2012

Espee said:
Hasn't anyone corrected the original poster by now?
BABY Ruth not BABE..

Also, the candy bar Baby Ruth has nothing to do with Babe Ruth, the baseball giant. The name Baby Ruth was named for the owners daughter, Or maybe it was granddaughter, can't remember which

Yeps · Aug 23, 2012

LizzieMaine said:
There is nothing, anywhere, any time, any way that's better or more satisfying than a frozen Milky Way bar. All the gourmet artisanal hand-crafted Chocolat in the world can't compare. I often eat them for breakfast, just because I can.

I won't bash fancy chocolate. However, frozen Milky Ways are amazing.

Espee · Aug 23, 2012

Bill Taylor said:
Also, the candy bar Baby Ruth has nothing to do with Babe Ruth, the baseball giant. The name Baby Ruth was named for the owners daughter, Or maybe it was granddaughter, can't remember which

Ahhh that's one story... but the candy very conveniently appeared on the market just as George Herman Ruth was becoming nationally famous.
The version I heard (and believed for a long time) was that the name honored Grover Cleveland's daughter, but the manufacturer didn't have any convincing evidence of that.

Espee · Aug 23, 2012

Yet they did fend off Babe Ruth's lawsuit, somehow.

LizzieMaine · Aug 23, 2012

Babe Ruth's Home Run Candy came on the market in the mid-twenties, in an attempt to steal back the market from Baby Ruth, but it didn't work. It was just one of many celebrity candy bars that came and went during those years.

Baron Kurtz · Aug 23, 2012

I could never source Mars Bars in the US. are they still available?

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