Missing the Good Stuff & a Red Letter Post

I get attached to food items, candy in particular.  I feel like the world gets me hooked on wonderful, irreplaceable snacks and then takes them away. 

Breanna Mecham will NEVER forget the things you take away from her.  NEVER! 

Maybe you are missing some of these things, too.

 

These superior cookies were only available for a short time.  Oh, baby! They were SO good and dipping them in milk made them that much better.  Then they were gone.

Chupa Chups had a large number of delicious lollipop flavors. The last time I had a Chupa Chups lollipop I think I was in middle school. I looked on the Chupa Chup website and found out that these aren't even available in the USA anymore.  I really miss the Strawberries & Cream flavor; it was A-MAZ-ING!

Wonka used to makes these little bits of tasty goodness (my mother told me they tasted like chalk; I disagreed) and then they stopped.  They even made big, silver dollar sized pieces and each package had one giant piece of each flavor.  When I was in elementary and middle school I would ride my bike to the convenience store by my house and buy Wacky Wafers. 

At Easter time Wacky Wafers came out with little bunny shaped wafers.  I would ask my mom to drive me to Shopco, sometimes two times a day, so I could spend my hard-earned chore money on the boxes that cost a whole fifty cents a pop.  That was some serious cheddar for a kid to dish out for candy! 

I think the candy I miss the most is the Starburst Fruit Twists.  There were only eight pieces per package (two of each flavor - strawberry, cherry, orange and lemon) but every single piece was perfectly delicious!  Oh, why, oh, why did Starburst have to stop making these things?!

 

Wonka just seems to take away everything I love...

(Another example: years ago, dumb Wonka changed the flavor of the red cherry pieces for the Runts candy.  The old cherry pieces tasted so much better!)

...and Tart N Tinys is no different. 

Back in my college days I used to be able to buy these little bits of heaven in bulk (the boxes got annoying) at Broulims. Now I am reduced to looking them up on the internet and hoping I can find them from reputable candy shop in Canada or something. (In case you were wondering how that search is going, the answer is not well.)

When my cousins and I were little, our Grandma Shirley would take us to the grocery store...

(I also miss the pizza pockets she bought for us at the deli. Speaking of pizza pockets, have you noticed that pizza pockets have been replaced by "pizza sticks" at the deli? What is this world coming to?!)

...and let us get a bunch of individually wrapped candy from the bulk bins.  Brachs used to make giant gummy bears (which even Google can't find a picture of) of all sorts of flavors. My cousins and I would save the red bears for last because they were the best.  Of course, you really had to look closely at the reds because some of them were actually cinnamon bears. 

After were were done feasting, I remember Grandma's living room would be strewn with cellophane wrappers from the bears. 

I can't find the bears now, just lots of wanna-be knock-offs. I look forward to February because Brachs comes out with their Jube Jell Cherry Hearts which are the red gummy bears in heart form. 

What ever happened to these little beauties?!  I guess Kraft decided Snack Bars needed to go the way of the world.  I read an interent rumor that the cheesecake bars are still available, but I can't find them anywhere!

The remaining pictures are of other long-lost snacks/candy.  I remember them, but do not miss them enough to write a blurb for each one.

*Luke REALLY misses this stuff.  I don't even remember it; he can't seem to forget it.*

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