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Help me remember the name of this candy bar.

post #1 of 23
8/12/08 at 10:57am
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It was a round candy in a silver wrapper. It was covered in milk chocolate and the center was nuget(sp?) and caramel with whole peanuts on the top only. Anyone remember?
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post #2 of 23
8/12/08 at 12:01pm

Re: Help me remember the name of this candy bar.

Bun?

Goo-Goo Cluster?
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post #3 of 23
8/12/08 at 1:33pm

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The description of the candy bar sounds like a Reggie Bar:

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The Yankees' home opener of the 1978 season, on April 13 against the Chicago White Sox, featured a new product, the "Reggie Bar." In 1976, while playing in Baltimore, Jackson had said, "If I played in New York, they'd name a candy bar after me." The Curtiss Candy Company—appropriately enough, producers of the Baby Ruth bar (which the company has maintained was not named after Babe Ruth)—responded with a circular "bar" of peanuts dipped in caramel and covered in chocolate. The Reggie bars were handed to fans as they walked into Yankee Stadium. Jackson hit a home run, and when he returned to right field the next inning, fans began throwing the Reggie bars on the field in celebration. Jackson told the press that this confused him, thinking that maybe the fans did not like the candy. The Yankees won the game, 4-2.

The description of the wrapper sounds like a Goo Goo Cluster:



But it had marshmallow and no nougat.
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post #4 of 23
8/12/08 at 2:48pm

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When I was in school they made us sell candy from time to time and I remember 2 different kinds.

One was chocolate covered coconut and was called either Chuck Wagon or Wagon Wheel or something like that.

The other was chocolate covered peanuts, caramel and either nougat or a crispy cookie base. It was called Nutty Buddy. I Googled it and found a lot of information on athletic protector cups but nothing on candy bars.

Anyway, Nutty Buddy might be it.
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post #5 of 23
8/12/08 at 3:19pm

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Sounds like a Chunky, but those were square, not round.
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post #6 of 23
8/12/08 at 6:47pm

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Chunky had raisins. Creepy.
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post #7 of 23
8/12/08 at 6:54pm

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Originally Posted by Mike Frezon
Chunky had raisins. Creepy.

Still has. I bought one a while back. It's a little like a solid block of Raisinets, & I have nothing bad to say about that.
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post #8 of 23
8/13/08 at 3:47am

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Except for the silver wrapper, the candy itself sounds a LOT like the "Reggie" Bar, which was named after Reggie Jackson. That had an orange wrapper, IIRC.
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post #9 of 23
8/13/08 at 4:55am

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Originally Posted by Malcolm R
Sounds like a Chunky, but those were square, not round.
That's the first one I thought of too. And had the same revelation. It's square.

Now I want to have one...
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post #10 of 23
8/13/08 at 8:49am

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Originally Posted by Malcolm R
Sounds like a Chunky, but those were square, not round.
Jeez, now the jingle from the 40+ year old TV commercial popped into my head.
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post #11 of 23
8/13/08 at 8:55am

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"I gotta get me one'a theeese!"
Will Smith

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post #12 of 23
8/13/08 at 12:51pm

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Originally Posted by John Pine
It was a round candy in a silver wrapper. It was covered in milk chocolate and the center was nuget(sp?) and caramel with whole peanuts on the top only. Anyone remember?
Could be a Baby Ruth.
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post #13 of 23
8/13/08 at 1:18pm

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Chunky's thicker-er.
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post #14 of 23
8/13/08 at 2:08pm

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"Chunky, what a chunk of chocolate!" -Arnold Stang-
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post #15 of 23
8/13/08 at 11:37pm

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Did a google search on a few of the items you mentioned, silver wrapper, peanuts on top and came back with the Summit bar

In The 80s - Food of the Eighties, Summit Candy Bar
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post #16 of 23
8/13/08 at 11:42pm

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Originally Posted by Radioman970
"I gotta get me one'a theeese!"
Will Smith
Wow. I never noticed it before but the Chunky bar looks like a miniature Aztec Temple.
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post #17 of 23
8/14/08 at 4:34am

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post #18 of 23
8/18/08 at 7:23am
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Yes! Goo Goo Cluster it was. Thanks guys!
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post #19 of 23
12/2/10 at 7:53pm

I remember Chuck Wagons and Nutty Buddy. One was chocolate coconuts and the other was chocolate covered peanuts & caramel. They were sold at schools to raise money in the 60's, 70's, and early 80's. I believe it was the Benson Candy Company that sold them.

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post #20 of 23
7/27/11 at 8:48pm
It was definitely Chuck Wagon and Nutty Butty - the best candies in the world. I ate more than I sold and my Mother had to pay for them. LOL
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post #21 of 23
7/28/11 at 12:44pm
I always thought a Nutty Buddy was a pre-wrapped vanilla ice cream cone with chocolate and nuts on top.
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post #22 of 23
8/17/11 at 10:41pm
I tasted Goo Goo Cluster and it is very delicious with lots of milk chocolates and marshmallow. Goo Goo Cluster is America's first candy bar with multiple ingredients.
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post #23 of 23
9/7/11 at 7:17am
smile.gif I remeber having to sell nutty buddy candy bars also in school. My mom loved them and we ate just as much as we sold. AHHHHHHH the good old days.
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