Secrets of the City

Never got into the Nut Goodie but have always loved the Salted Nut Roll.

Back in the day, when there were far fewer choices on the candy shelf, the Heath Bar was the ultimate treat. While the typical candy bar was priced at a nickel, it cost a whole ten-cents for a Heath Bar!

I do miss penny candy. The general store up at the lake always had a great selection of penny treats, including root beer barrels and licorice pipes(!).

There was a Ben Franklin 5 & dime back in Indy that did same, noodleman.

Penny candy was a wonderful thing.

I still think Heath Bars are pretty tasty.

I wish I could still get Milka chocolate bars at Target.

The Pearson product I miss most is the 7-up bar. Seven little compartment filled with different kinds of delicious, sugary goodness. Nothing can compare. Dear Pearsons: I know you probably can’t use the name any more, but dudes, let’s have that bar back. K?

The 7-Up bar must’ve been bought by Pearson’s at some point. It was originally produced by the Trudeau candy company of St. Paul. I’d forgotten about that one; probably because I didn’t (and still don’t) like chocolate-covered jellies … which was one of the “7″ candy compartments.

I liked the Zero bars frozen.

Also, a brief scene in “Beetlejuice” made the Zagnut bar immortal.

I’m also very fond of “Chuckles,” the five-flavored gel candy I used to enjoy at the movies when I was a kid.

Anyone have any NECCO wafers lately? They were weird, odd tasting poker chips back then, and they still make ‘em today.

I ♥ NECCO!

METRO magazine also wrote a story about the 100-year anniversary here: http://www.metromag.com/0p174a2852/still-rollin/

If you need a retro candy fix (for realz), order from O’Ryans Village (as seen on Food Network’s “Unwrapped”). Sadly, they do not have the 7-Up bar but do have it’s east coast cousin, the Sky Bar.

After watching this stuff being made on The Food Network, it becomes harder to eat for me.

@Rat: But there’s nothing like pure sugar. We would buy these for the drive up to the cabin.

Chick-o-Sticks are probably my fave retro candy. I wish I had one right now!

I’m in for a salted nut roll today!!!

I rarely smoke marijuana, but on the rare occasion I do, a Nut Goodie tastes mighty delicious.

Err…

I don’t always smoke marijuana but when I do….I prefer Nut Goodie.

When I have a Nut Goodie, I prefer crack…oh wait!

Speaking of crack, Eminem got a faceful of it at last nights’ MTV Movie Awards show.

Oh, and if you’re one of those tax-protesting Tea Bagger types, do you like Nut Goodies, too?

My grandma loves Nut Goodie. Also, she has no teeth. It’s strange.

NPR’s Weekend Edition had this piece paying tribute to the Nut Goodie (and the 7-Up Bar) on Sunday morning:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104763475

I love those salted nut rolls. I think they put an addictive chemical in that nougat center.

As for Chik-o-Sticks, I remember getting those and Slo Pokes at the pool’s concession stand every summer.

The Bing Twin by Palmer’s candy company.

Yes, people get the two confused often b/c the packaging looks similar. Iowa also gave birth to the Atomic Warhead brand of candies. It used to be a contest at school to see how many you could fit in your mouth at once.

“champs
09:23am
Jun 1I wish I could still get Milka chocolate bars at Target.”

They sell Milka Brand products at the Holy Land on Central. You can even get the little choco egg with the toy inside.