The "Candy That You Will Only Find On eBay" Story

It was an ordinary day.  Day after Halloween and all of the wrapped pretzels have been handed out as well as a few of the candy bars that I had purchased a week ago at Costco.  We kept the candy bars as a backup, since they are much more tasty that the pretzels plus pretzels are much better for children than candy bars.  Right?  Carol and I got to talking about what candy we enjoyed as children and it seems we both liked everything.  Then we talked about what candy we used to enjoy that we haven't seen for ages.

Teaberry Gum

 I told her I used to enjoy Clark's Teaberry Gum and haven't seen any for years.  So, I grabbed by laptop and "Googled" the gum.  Yep, it is longer made as well as close to a dozen other candies that haven't been made for many years.  As I read the list I came upon a few that I had never heard of before.  Items such as Seven Up Bars, Baffle Bars, Fat Emma Bars, Vegetable Sandwich Bars and Squirrel Nut-Zippers.  

An advertisement for the SevenUp Bar.

The seven milk chocolate squares that made up a Seven Up Bar each contained a different filling.  The anticipation of biting into a pillow of coconut, butterscotch caramel, buttercream, fudge, mint, cherry cream or orange jelly must have been a thrill when eating the Seven Up Bar.  It was first made in the 1930s by Pearson's, but was finally taken off the market in 1979.  But, another bar known as the Sky Bar, which has four squares that contain caramel, vanilla, peanut, and fudge fillings and was made at one time by Necco, will begin being made later this year by a manufacturer in Massachusetts.  The Baffle Bar was made around the 1920s to the 1970's.  It was made in California and was said to have "all the tang of the great outdoors" and "zest that was born of a mountain wind."  Inside the bar was walnuts, fudge and some sort of jelly.  Not something I would have eaten so it is no loss to me.  The Fat Emma Bar was made by Pendergast Candy in Minneapolis and used too much egg white in its nougat recipe, thus was known as the Fat Emma.  The candy maker, Frank Mars, eventually used a bit less egg white when he made the Milky Way and the 3 Musketeers bars.  

Chiclets were one of my favorites, but is no longer made.

Naturally the latter bars are still found on the candy shelves.  The Vegetable Sandwich Bar really sounds gross to me.  It contained dehydrated vegetables covered with chocolate. The wrapper displayed peas, carrots, celery and cabbage along with the promise, "Will Not Constipate."  I'm sure it didn't last too long.  The Squirrel Nut-Zipper was a Necco brand that was named after a prohibition-era cocktail.  The nutty-vanilla caramels were a penny candy similar to BB Bats and Tootsie Rolls.  It stopped production when Necco Company was sold.  Now, I did come upon a few candies that are no longer made that I really enjoyed.  "Chiclets" made with chicle, a natural gum found in several tropical American trees.  

Another favorite of mine the is no longer made.

The candy-coated gum hasn't been made since 2016.  Mary Janes were peanut butter-molasses penny candy originally made in Boston in a home once occupied by Paul Revere.  The candy was also made my Necco.  I'm sure there are other candies that you may have loved at one time that are no longer made, but the variety on the shelf at the supermarket has so many others that you certainly can find something that will give you cavities.  It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.