THE EASTER EGG & I
Easter, which this year, came last month (March), late March, is one of the most happily and popularily
candy-associated times, for PeepsTM Marshmallow chicks, for any brands we can grab our mitts on of chocolate
rabbits, Circus Peanuts (which used to be a spring thing..), and ducks, but most of all, for Easter Eggs-Cadbury's
Creme-Filled egg and chocolate, Brach's, Hershey's and others.
Hershey's has parlayed that peanut butter cup of theirs into their Reese's Brand "Reese's...Peanut Butter EGG"
while Nestle, Brach, Spangler, and endless others have jelly beans, circus peanut banana mallow type easter
chicks and bunnies,etc.
Palmer is one of the candies that does a lot of chocolate bunnies and easter eggs. Back when I'd go easter egg hunting
around 1965-1973, I'd get a lot of cococnut or marshmallow eggs, including those marashino cherry ones a la Christopher's
(various;now Adams and Brooks) Big Cherry or the Chase Co.'s Cherry Mash. Sometimes I';d get Big Cherries themselves.
I particularly enjoy the big malted milk egg looking candies and several companies (thankfully!) still make these. After
Easter, post-holiday discounts make these easier to buy at RiteAid, Walgreens,et cetera et cetera.
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Sunday, March 27, 2016
REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER CUP/EGG
REESE'S PEANUT BUTTER EGG
Hey, it's been a whole year since this blog was created, and several long overdue months since last postiong, on the peanut butter candy bars, so to
keep things peanut butter, and now with Easter here, EASTER themed, I'll have at it here.
The time of year is here..(rhyme intended..sort of) Easter. Easter Eggs, Easter Rabbits, and stuff.
At this time expect tasty, chocolate, or marshmallow, or jelly bean, or other flavor
Easter Yeggs (like that late 40s Bugs Bunny cartoon...." I wanna an Easter Egg! I wanna an Easter Egg! I" Well.....you
get the idea.:)) .
For years Reese's Have had their two "great tastes that taste great together..peanut butter/chocolate",with
"Reese's Peanut Butter Cup". They have ALSO made for a long time (the way Necco wafers begat the first
"Be Me Valentine" chalky candies) "Reese's Peanut Butter Egg". There used to be, at least in 1971 which
generally is when I recall the first use of this, the sung jingle (CAPS to show how the melody went):
"Ree-SESSSS....PEA-nut BUT-ter CUP"! (All rights belong to Reese's/Hershey's. My apologies for quoting,
it is just there for describing it. I wonder if such a tune for a variant exists for Reese's Peanut Butter Egg....
Or..as it MIGHT be sung.........."Reee-SEEES.....PEA-nut BUT-er EGG!"
The egg is rather like Reese's, and Butterfinger..but in an egg..only had a bit of one today..was at my
brother/sister-in law's house and had a bit from an opened package..now.."WHere's that Easter Egg..
I want an.."((C)1946,1947,WB Entertainment..from Easter Yeggs,1947)
Hey, it's been a whole year since this blog was created, and several long overdue months since last postiong, on the peanut butter candy bars, so to
keep things peanut butter, and now with Easter here, EASTER themed, I'll have at it here.
The time of year is here..(rhyme intended..sort of) Easter. Easter Eggs, Easter Rabbits, and stuff.
At this time expect tasty, chocolate, or marshmallow, or jelly bean, or other flavor
Easter Yeggs (like that late 40s Bugs Bunny cartoon...." I wanna an Easter Egg! I wanna an Easter Egg! I" Well.....you
get the idea.:)) .
For years Reese's Have had their two "great tastes that taste great together..peanut butter/chocolate",with
"Reese's Peanut Butter Cup". They have ALSO made for a long time (the way Necco wafers begat the first
"Be Me Valentine" chalky candies) "Reese's Peanut Butter Egg". There used to be, at least in 1971 which
generally is when I recall the first use of this, the sung jingle (CAPS to show how the melody went):
"Ree-SESSSS....PEA-nut BUT-ter CUP"! (All rights belong to Reese's/Hershey's. My apologies for quoting,
it is just there for describing it. I wonder if such a tune for a variant exists for Reese's Peanut Butter Egg....
Or..as it MIGHT be sung.........."Reee-SEEES.....PEA-nut BUT-er EGG!"
The egg is rather like Reese's, and Butterfinger..but in an egg..only had a bit of one today..was at my
brother/sister-in law's house and had a bit from an opened package..now.."WHere's that Easter Egg..
I want an.."((C)1946,1947,WB Entertainment..from Easter Yeggs,1947)
Sunday, December 20, 2015
Butterfinger, Chick-O-Stick, Clark, Fifth Avenue, Zagnut
Butterfinger, zagnut, clark, chick-o-stick, fifth avenue, it's still peanut butter crisp to me.
So went (with different lyrics) an old Billy Joel song (but his as about rock & roll, not candy);
Ah..fifth avenue, fifth avenue (apoligies for two song quotes in a row this from a Judy Garland/Irving Berlin song, and
the wrong time of year to quote it!:)
Any, the use of crispy peanut butter, with either coconut or chocolate, is another USA candy combo that goes back to way over a century.
The first use of peanut butter, ground to a neat nice crisp and neatle salted, went to D.L.Clark's
1917 Clark Bar, coated with chocolate and with the peanut butter (Necco makes these, these days.)
.
(1918?)
It,too, went over so big that it stayhed a major staple to this day, but a butter bar, to many, a butterfinger,
then took over and is THE advertised one (do ya see Bart Simpson do a Clark or 5th Avenue ad? There ya go.)
Introduced by Curtiss Candy, also known for Baby Ruth, the Butterfinger in 1924 became the third, final and most known of this type,
now made by Nestle, which soon garnered many commercials (in 1969 there was even one with an elephant in animation, the only
cartoon character in these otherwise live ads, who'd pop up like any other character, even out of a motorcycle sidecar, and around this time
others of this series of ads were done). Since 1990 when he got his own series Bart Simpson's been the celeb pitchman-"Nobody better lay a finger.."
1937:
After this Ludens (then owned b y HERSHEY..) came out with 5th Avenue, a somewhat similiar bar (when something is big, strike while the candy's hot) which was a bit more crispier in its current (coincidence alert) Hershey-made form.
Originally a la Peter Paul/Cadbury/Hershey Almond Joy, two bars with an almond on each, with two older ladies lovingly installing such. When THEY retired, so did the almonds.
1938:
Which chocolate-coated success with these, coconut came next.
Clark, who'd started it all in 1916-17 with their title bar, introduced Zagnut, like the others but with coconut.
This is now made by Hershey..
First appeared sometime in 1930s
It, too, would catch on, especially with no chocolate or other metlable properties.
Chick-o-Stick soon appeared much later in 1945-1950.
The Atkinson's Co.of Lufkin Texas this time was the c reative party, but made this Zagnut variaiton a rod, fishing pole like thing so they
couldn't get sued (sadly their website, Atkinsons, INSISTS ZAGNUT stole THEIR candy.) All due respect intended, of course from this long time
eater of these. Their candy had a chicken on theirs wrapper (looked like a chicken stick). The Texas locale's gotta be as it was a locl kind of thing
to cakk them chicken sticks, and it seems that right after Zagnut that in the thirties there were similiar bars like these.
Unlike Zagnut Chick-O-Sticks are regularly avialbe in gas stations, liquor stores, retro type candy stores, five and ten, dollar, drug,etc.
Their current slogan, if not always used, is "Break me! Share me!" After all, these can comne in big and all sizes.
(As fellow candy historian and cult-personality CYBELE MAY noted a long time ago on her blog, CANDYBLOG, these are even safe for vegans - even
WITH the poultry name. AND fat free.)
Of these only Chick O Stick is still made by the original.
Chick O sticks can be easily broken and eaten.
Just don't let someone by the drug store or dollar store where you are see you and think that
you are eating funny colored tree branches.
So went (with different lyrics) an old Billy Joel song (but his as about rock & roll, not candy);
Ah..fifth avenue, fifth avenue (apoligies for two song quotes in a row this from a Judy Garland/Irving Berlin song, and
the wrong time of year to quote it!:)
Any, the use of crispy peanut butter, with either coconut or chocolate, is another USA candy combo that goes back to way over a century.
The first use of peanut butter, ground to a neat nice crisp and neatle salted, went to D.L.Clark's
1917 Clark Bar, coated with chocolate and with the peanut butter (Necco makes these, these days.)
.
(1918?)
It,too, went over so big that it stayhed a major staple to this day, but a butter bar, to many, a butterfinger,
then took over and is THE advertised one (do ya see Bart Simpson do a Clark or 5th Avenue ad? There ya go.)
Introduced by Curtiss Candy, also known for Baby Ruth, the Butterfinger in 1924 became the third, final and most known of this type,
now made by Nestle, which soon garnered many commercials (in 1969 there was even one with an elephant in animation, the only
cartoon character in these otherwise live ads, who'd pop up like any other character, even out of a motorcycle sidecar, and around this time
others of this series of ads were done). Since 1990 when he got his own series Bart Simpson's been the celeb pitchman-"Nobody better lay a finger.."
1937:
After this Ludens (then owned b y HERSHEY..) came out with 5th Avenue, a somewhat similiar bar (when something is big, strike while the candy's hot) which was a bit more crispier in its current (coincidence alert) Hershey-made form.
Originally a la Peter Paul/Cadbury/Hershey Almond Joy, two bars with an almond on each, with two older ladies lovingly installing such. When THEY retired, so did the almonds.
1938:
Which chocolate-coated success with these, coconut came next.
Clark, who'd started it all in 1916-17 with their title bar, introduced Zagnut, like the others but with coconut.
This is now made by Hershey..
First appeared sometime in 1930s
It, too, would catch on, especially with no chocolate or other metlable properties.
Chick-o-Stick soon appeared much later in 1945-1950.
The Atkinson's Co.of Lufkin Texas this time was the c reative party, but made this Zagnut variaiton a rod, fishing pole like thing so they
couldn't get sued (sadly their website, Atkinsons, INSISTS ZAGNUT stole THEIR candy.) All due respect intended, of course from this long time
eater of these. Their candy had a chicken on theirs wrapper (looked like a chicken stick). The Texas locale's gotta be as it was a locl kind of thing
to cakk them chicken sticks, and it seems that right after Zagnut that in the thirties there were similiar bars like these.
Unlike Zagnut Chick-O-Sticks are regularly avialbe in gas stations, liquor stores, retro type candy stores, five and ten, dollar, drug,etc.
Their current slogan, if not always used, is "Break me! Share me!" After all, these can comne in big and all sizes.
(As fellow candy historian and cult-personality CYBELE MAY noted a long time ago on her blog, CANDYBLOG, these are even safe for vegans - even
WITH the poultry name. AND fat free.)
Of these only Chick O Stick is still made by the original.
Chick O sticks can be easily broken and eaten.
Just don't let someone by the drug store or dollar store where you are see you and think that
you are eating funny colored tree branches.
Thursday, July 9, 2015
BIG CHERRY
BIG CHERRY
What candy goes on Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer's nose for a replacement nose?
Big Cherry, that's what!
Made for years by the Christopher Confectionery Company,Inc.for
this is LITERALLY, if you bite into it, revealed to be red enough to be
'shoved on other favorite reindeer's nose..
Big Cherry is currently produced by Adams and Brooks, Los Angeles, Calif. - y'know, those P'Nuttles guys- currently,
and comes like so many in dark chocolate versions...
Anyhow, here is the basic description.
The chocolate..nuts..
then the cherry marshmallow nougat
and then the actual Cherry (See? It acutallu has fruit!)
The candy is, not surprisingly, shaped somewhat like a cherry, in that it;'s round only much bigger.
This sits in both modern and so-called old time candy stores, interestingly, like Neccos (and in many cases) either
Melster, Spangler, or both Circus Peanut types and the Chic-O-Sticks, along with the more "cool" candies.
It was first manufactured in 1887 before rivals such as Chase's "Cherry Smash" (which appeared 20 to thirty years later)!
and is the oldest of the type: a chocolate coated cherry nougat or creme, in this case with maraschino cherry-a real one.
Biting into it the first time, well, to quote the American Pie movie phrase...."there's nothing quite like that first piece".
The outer has an exterior of immnsely-chopped-up nuts in chocolate, thus giving a unique
style of "gravelled" chocolate before you bite into the maraschino cherry easter eggy creme
and then to the maraschino cherry itself in the center proper.
The only difference between regular and dark is the chocolate and the cover.
What candy goes on Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer's nose for a replacement nose?
Big Cherry, that's what!
Made for years by the Christopher Confectionery Company,Inc.for
this is LITERALLY, if you bite into it, revealed to be red enough to be
'shoved on other favorite reindeer's nose..
Big Cherry is currently produced by Adams and Brooks, Los Angeles, Calif. - y'know, those P'Nuttles guys- currently,
and comes like so many in dark chocolate versions...
Anyhow, here is the basic description.
The chocolate..nuts..
then the cherry marshmallow nougat
and then the actual Cherry (See? It acutallu has fruit!)
The candy is, not surprisingly, shaped somewhat like a cherry, in that it;'s round only much bigger.
This sits in both modern and so-called old time candy stores, interestingly, like Neccos (and in many cases) either
Melster, Spangler, or both Circus Peanut types and the Chic-O-Sticks, along with the more "cool" candies.
It was first manufactured in 1887 before rivals such as Chase's "Cherry Smash" (which appeared 20 to thirty years later)!
and is the oldest of the type: a chocolate coated cherry nougat or creme, in this case with maraschino cherry-a real one.
Biting into it the first time, well, to quote the American Pie movie phrase...."there's nothing quite like that first piece".
The outer has an exterior of immnsely-chopped-up nuts in chocolate, thus giving a unique
style of "gravelled" chocolate before you bite into the maraschino cherry easter eggy creme
and then to the maraschino cherry itself in the center proper.
The only difference between regular and dark is the chocolate and the cover.
Saturday, July 4, 2015
M&Ms
M&M's
Since 1941, M&Ms maker Mars Incorporated, mooned over for years, has made little chocolate pellets candies to be imitated (Hershey's Hershey-Ets,for instance) and to be
enjoyed, thanks to Mars, with the solar system of colorful cnady shelled saucer like chocolate candies known for M&Ms.
"m" is inscribed on each..
These have been in
yellow
red
green
brown
orange
for years then in the last 20 years:
blue
grey
(fifty shades of grey m&m's, anybody?)
white!
The candies have been traditionally sold in 2 to 3 inch long brown (chocolate. Get it?) paper-plastic bags, and, then later, at movie theatres, in boxes.
The candies by the early 50s became as beloved as animation and subject of all types of TV commercials and promotions.
What EXACTLY m&m's means may be anything, maybe Mars and Mars (but sure as hell ain't Marshall Mathers/Slim Shady), but the candy has been
so iconic that in the 1990s a major change occured:
more colors---grey, blue, etc. ususally on reader requeast as advertised on the bags, suddenly started to appear.
The modern day versions of Gumby/Pokey creator, (already established in 70s before Aardman in UK became big here in North America (US and Canada), Art Clokey,
none other than Claymation(tm) maker and owner (it's HIS!) himself, Will "1987 California Raisins" Vinton himself, started doing 1990s M&M ads which gave them'
their persona (AND that "what IS it about the"..(fill in the color) "one").,
Of course, by the 1940s-50s, peanut versions were added, and after the more recent color broadening (even in specified pastel colors in candy stores!!) to include others,
'most of all:
Preztel M&M'S (yay, they';re back)
Peanut BUTTER
Coconut
and even dark and LIME M&M's!!!!
Just some of them...
most recent is, at least theatrically in the age oif often repeated ads, spy-type and dating stories with M&M's (Peanut M&M ad that you may recall, set in nighttime creepy mansion setting and limosuine:
Russian character:(subtitlews)"First, I'm going to unwrap you. THEN I';m going to EAT you". (English) M&M character:Yeah..uh(double take at the M&M eating announcement!) Wha..)
"Peanut M&M's for everyone"
Another one had various spy scenes, and movie scene riffs, introduced by "It's an Envolope", used (like the Geico ads) in the cinemas to urge theatre quiet.
Getting back to the candies, the M&Ms have certainly outlived imitations like Hershey Ets, though I enjoy those, only M&M's have m on them,while
H'Ets use one of the letters in "Hershey's" on them (don't worry, I'll get around to that..).And ALSO some off brand department store candies called POKIES!
Imagine!
RIPPING OFF MY OWN NAME!
AND the M&M's brand..!
And, on a last note, finally, HEY, they have TINY M&M's!
Since 1941, M&Ms maker Mars Incorporated, mooned over for years, has made little chocolate pellets candies to be imitated (Hershey's Hershey-Ets,for instance) and to be
enjoyed, thanks to Mars, with the solar system of colorful cnady shelled saucer like chocolate candies known for M&Ms.
"m" is inscribed on each..
These have been in
yellow
red
green
brown
orange
for years then in the last 20 years:
blue
grey
(fifty shades of grey m&m's, anybody?)
white!
The candies have been traditionally sold in 2 to 3 inch long brown (chocolate. Get it?) paper-plastic bags, and, then later, at movie theatres, in boxes.
The candies by the early 50s became as beloved as animation and subject of all types of TV commercials and promotions.
What EXACTLY m&m's means may be anything, maybe Mars and Mars (but sure as hell ain't Marshall Mathers/Slim Shady), but the candy has been
so iconic that in the 1990s a major change occured:
more colors---grey, blue, etc. ususally on reader requeast as advertised on the bags, suddenly started to appear.
The modern day versions of Gumby/Pokey creator, (already established in 70s before Aardman in UK became big here in North America (US and Canada), Art Clokey,
none other than Claymation(tm) maker and owner (it's HIS!) himself, Will "1987 California Raisins" Vinton himself, started doing 1990s M&M ads which gave them'
their persona (AND that "what IS it about the"..(fill in the color) "one").,
Of course, by the 1940s-50s, peanut versions were added, and after the more recent color broadening (even in specified pastel colors in candy stores!!) to include others,
'most of all:
Preztel M&M'S (yay, they';re back)
Peanut BUTTER
Coconut
and even dark and LIME M&M's!!!!
Just some of them...
most recent is, at least theatrically in the age oif often repeated ads, spy-type and dating stories with M&M's (Peanut M&M ad that you may recall, set in nighttime creepy mansion setting and limosuine:
Russian character:(subtitlews)"First, I'm going to unwrap you. THEN I';m going to EAT you". (English) M&M character:Yeah..uh(double take at the M&M eating announcement!) Wha..)
"Peanut M&M's for everyone"
Another one had various spy scenes, and movie scene riffs, introduced by "It's an Envolope", used (like the Geico ads) in the cinemas to urge theatre quiet.
Getting back to the candies, the M&Ms have certainly outlived imitations like Hershey Ets, though I enjoy those, only M&M's have m on them,while
H'Ets use one of the letters in "Hershey's" on them (don't worry, I'll get around to that..).And ALSO some off brand department store candies called POKIES!
Imagine!
RIPPING OFF MY OWN NAME!
AND the M&M's brand..!
And, on a last note, finally, HEY, they have TINY M&M's!
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Rainbow Colored Peanut marshamllows
On Sunday, April 19, 2015, I went to Unviersal Studios Hollywood and went to the CityWalk to It's Sugar candy store. I found the It's Sugar-rebranded-Spangler assorted Circus peanut marshmallows.
Even with the classic orange color/banana flavor pairing it was nice to get some color/flavor variety:
White......vanilla/marshmallow
Pink.........punch(?)
Yellow......lemon (yeah.....I know: why not ORANGE? Orange colored standard circus peanuts are flavored like the yellow fruit banana..)
The Spangler stamp imprint was all over them. These candies get repackaged and resold since 1911..oh, wait..that was Lewis Black's very well known candy corn comment.
Anyway, if you stop by a mall or anything like that or like Universal (and Vegas's Venetian has this but I didn't buy them then) that has It's Sugar check the four colored Circus peanuts. But don't tell 'em I sent ya!:)
Even with the classic orange color/banana flavor pairing it was nice to get some color/flavor variety:
White......vanilla/marshmallow
Pink.........punch(?)
Yellow......lemon (yeah.....I know: why not ORANGE? Orange colored standard circus peanuts are flavored like the yellow fruit banana..)
The Spangler stamp imprint was all over them. These candies get repackaged and resold since 1911..oh, wait..that was Lewis Black's very well known candy corn comment.
Anyway, if you stop by a mall or anything like that or like Universal (and Vegas's Venetian has this but I didn't buy them then) that has It's Sugar check the four colored Circus peanuts. But don't tell 'em I sent ya!:)
Tuesday, April 7, 2015
A Tale of two Circus Peanut brands
The public domain status of CIRCUS PEANUTS (TM-NOT) has resulted in many companies (and packagers for stores!) offering the famed marshmallows. The two most frequently seen where I am, are Melster, especially in Dollar tree where any size (6 Peanuts per serving of 4, x 4, 24 or 7x4 for 28) can be bought for the nice, comfy price of $1.00, (and Family Dollar has in larger bags what seem to be that brand packed for them, that or Brachs, Farley or Sathers, certainly NOT Spangler), and Spangler, which is the brand that dominates (generally masquerading as instore drugstore brands). I went to Dollar Tree and one of those offering
the Spangler brands (Rite Aid, yeah, it doesn't SAY Spangler but it HAS the name on the candies!) and bought and mixed the candies in a bag.
Spangler is squishy due to the gelatin, and not only looking orange, but the usual mismatching banana flavor seems mixed in with orange flavor...
Melster has a more larger, "gummy" "peanut" with a banana bubblegum flavor (Banana Splits, one banana two banana anyone..?)
Mixing them in one bag (on my way to see the current animation movie "Home") was very odd..given that the two brands of Circus Peanuts are so different as described.....
Still, all in all, very interesting having both, and I've had both individually before.
the Spangler brands (Rite Aid, yeah, it doesn't SAY Spangler but it HAS the name on the candies!) and bought and mixed the candies in a bag.
Spangler is squishy due to the gelatin, and not only looking orange, but the usual mismatching banana flavor seems mixed in with orange flavor...
Melster has a more larger, "gummy" "peanut" with a banana bubblegum flavor (Banana Splits, one banana two banana anyone..?)
Mixing them in one bag (on my way to see the current animation movie "Home") was very odd..given that the two brands of Circus Peanuts are so different as described.....
Still, all in all, very interesting having both, and I've had both individually before.
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