The hall of retired candy bars

by Joe DiStefano, Posted May 14th 2007 @ 10:45PM

I stumbled across a list of candy bars that had their heyday well before the 1950s and have since been sent to the great vending machine in the sky. I can think of several sweets from today that should be sent to candy bar heaven, most notably the noxious Yorkie Blue Ice.

But let's delve back into the past and take a look at some candy bars of yore. At right is none other than the Chicken Dinner. In case you're wondering it was not intended to taste like roast chicken. The imagery was designed to convey the fact that the bar provided wholesome nourishment. Why Sperry Candy Co. never created a meat and potatoes bar is anybody's guess.

One candy bar that was invented with health benefits in mind is the Vegetable Sandwich. Unlike the Chicken Dinner, this baby must have tasted exactly like its name. Created in the 1920s, this healthful snack contained cabbage, celery, peppers, and tomatoes.

Nobody can accuse the makers of the Fat Emma of trying to promote healthful snacking. I'll forgive Pendergast Candy Co. for the politically incorrect name since it invented this treat in the 1920s. Pendergast originally intended to name it Emma, but when the bar wound up being twice as thick the name was changed.

There are several other bizarre bars on the list, including two named after strippers: the Sal-Le-Dande (Sally Rand) and the Gypsy (Gypsy Rose Lee). My favorite, however, is the Seven Up Candy Bar. This powerhouse takes its name from having seven connected pieces each with seven different centers. The fillings were cherry, coconut, caramel, fudge, jelly, maple and Brazil nut. Keep in mind, this thing predates Take 5 by more than 70 years. You can thank 7-Up Bottling Co. for this bar's demise. It bought the bar and retired it, so they'd have exclusive rights to their name, no matter the spelling.

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5-15-2007 @8:21AM Bob said... I remember the Seven Up bar...wow, that was great to see...a much better bar than the flaccid Necco Sky Bar that's still around.

I miss some of the Hollywood brand bars, especially the Milk Shake, which had a nice touch of malt in it, and the old 5th Avenue bars that had the almonds in them. And Chunkys were much better with the nuts and the raisins in them. And of course, there's the late lamented not-to-be-found anywhere Bonomo Turkish Taffy.
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