Things you didn't know about NECCO Wafers

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21 Things you might not know about about NECCO Wafers (From an article by Katie Notopoulos)
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-NECCO stands for New England Confectionary Company. It’s the oldest candy company in the U.S.

-In 1847, Oliver Chase invented a machine to cut candy wafers, called "hub" wafers.

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-Union soldiers carried “hub wafers” during the Civil War.

-Admiral Richard Byrd took 2 tons of NECCO wafers on his polar expedition in the ’30s.

-During WWII NECCO wafers were part of soldiers’ rations.

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-If you mix NECCO wafers and Pepsi, the gas given off will catch on fire.

-They make an all chocolate version. (I want to find some of those :))

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This made me think of a few other old favorites of mine. Remember-

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Boston Fruit Slices

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Violets

milky_way_dark_forever_yours_1.jpgThis Milky Way bar used to called "Forever Yours". Looks like they changed it to "Midnight".

bonomos_chocolate.jpgI haven't tasted any of these in years.
 
Pappy said:
.... A package lasted a long time.
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That's why I thought I'd give them another try. It took me 25 minutes to eat a pack, even chewing them. I was driving, so it was easy to test. Only 260 calories, I think.

Imagine how many Snickers bars you could eat in 25 minutes. :eewwk:
 
My favorites, in order (yes, I have too much time on my hands):

Chocolate > Orange > Yellow > Green > Pink > Licorice > White > Purple :p

The purple burns my tongue!
 
Never particularly cared for them and they were NEVER included in any GI ration I ever had.

Give me a MilkyWay bar any day or a 3 Musketeers bar.

But thanks for the info on the NECCO candy.
 
NECCO's were always a favorite of mine. My favorite were the pink ones, to me they had a flavor similar to Pepto Bismol which I liked. Years ago we were on vacation and I would have loved to tour the factory but they didn't allow that. Maybe they do now.
 
My grandpa would buy me Necco wafers and I'd give him the licorice ones to eat. Later I found out that he didn't like licorice but he'd eat them rather than hurt my feelings. That kind of thing summed up what kind of person my grandpa was.

Bonomo Turkish Taffy was the cheapest thing you could buy at the movies. It was five cents and lasted through a newsreel, a few cartoons, the serial episode, the "coming attractions", and two movies (three if you stayed around to watch the first movie again) and still have enough left to stick under the seat or on the back of someone you didn't like...heehee...not that "I" would have ever done anything like that....not me...no way...<snort>. It would bend if you bent it slooooowly or shatter into several pieces if you smacked it up against something. One thing you could NEVER do was bite off a piece. A shark couldn't have bitten off a piece. You could only put a piece in your mouth and let it soften somewhat. If I remember correctly, it tasted horrible but dammit, it was CHEAP! If you got your teeth stuck together with it, it wasn't easy to open your mouth; it's a wonder any of us have any teeth left.
 
Yes, jujube. I remember taffy candy that came in a bar like that. Not sure if it was the same brand. Definitely good for pulling out fillings and caps. Lucky I didn't have any back then.
 
Not Necco, but Jujubes are what allowed me to comfortably quit smoking 40 years ago, in 1977.

I used them as an oral substitute, and a single JuJube lasts as long as a king-size cigarette.

It's not like the soft, fruit-flavored JuJyFruit, but its a hard little candy the size of a pencil eraser, and will get stuck in your teeth if chewed. You just let it dissolve, and you're fine.

To this day, 40 years later, I keep a roll-film container of JuJubes in my pocket wherever I go.

HDH
 
RadishRose said:
This made me think of a few other old favorites of mine. Remember-

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Boston Fruit Slices

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Violets

View attachment 36373This Milky Way bar used to called "Forever Yours". Looks like they changed it to "Midnight".

View attachment 36374I haven't tasted any of these in years.
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I was buying Sky Bars here not too many years ago. Still buy Milky Way Midnights at some stores- and didn't notice they were "Forever Yours" with a different name! :)
Haven't had Necco wafers since I was a little kid.
 
HiDesertHal said:
Not Necco, but Jujubes are what allowed me to comfortably quit smoking 40 years ago, in 1977.

I used them as an oral substitute, and a single JuJube lasts as long as a king-size cigarette.

It's not like the soft, fruit-flavored JuJyFruit, but its a hard little candy the size of a pencil eraser, and will get stuck in your teeth if chewed. You just let it dissolve, and you're fine.

To this day, 40 years later, I keep a roll-film container of JuJubes in my pocket wherever I go.

HDH
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I was doing quite well with cutting down on smoking with Pixy Stix- but all the local stores stopped selling them. Didn't want to go extreme and order them online.
 
For awhile I made cakes to sell. My sister in law asked me to make a cake for her Mom's birthday many years ago and she wanted the names of all the grandchildren and great grands on the cake. I decided on the family tree and put the names in icing on a Necco wafer.cake.jpg
 
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