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You can’t go wrong with veggie shapes and a creepy baby.

1948 magazine ad for Heide Jujyfruits
1948 magazine ad for Heide Jujyfruits

The Jujyfruits shapes are asparagus, tomato, grape, banana, pineapple, raspberry and pea pod.

You absolutely must be curious about the etymology of jujube.

Heide Candy Company was founded in 1869.
Heide was sold to Hershey Foods Corporation in 1995.
Hershey sold Heide to Farley’s & Sathers Candy Company in 2002.
Farley’s & Sathers merged with Ferrara Pan Can Candy Company in 2012, becoming the Ferrara Candy Company.

What’s a pastille? It’s for when you don’t want to say “lozenge”.

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Nugs

Baby Ruth Nuggets… More like Baby Ruth Butt Nuggets, amirite? …Anyone?

From a March, 1952 issue of The American Family magazine.

Let’s get Necco with Santa!

Magazine ad for Necco Wafers. I forgot to write down the year.
Magazine ad for Necco Wafers. I forgot to write down the year.

Necco Wafers refuse to die.

Everyone’s least favorite Halloween candy has been making us miserable since 1847.”

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Insist on the hole.

1919 Life Savers magazine ad found as the inside front cover of a Life magazine.

1919 Life Savers magazine ad found as the inside front cover of a Life magazine.

Did you know Wint-O-Green Life Savers spark in the dark? Here’s why.

You never know when you’ll suddenly have to know a lot more about Life Savers. Mental Floss has you covered.

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No relation to Grape-Nuts.

1934 magazine ad for Beech-Nut Gum and Candies
1934 magazine ad for Beech-Nut Gum and Candies

Bone shards:

Looks like I wasn’t the only one trying to figure out who the artist was in this campaign. Not only was the artist identified (Stuart Hay (1889-1969)), but they also include another ad in this circus campaign! Win-win!

Nowadays, Beech-Nut is known mostly for its baby food. They’re the one that isn’t Gerber.

There’s also an unrelated Beech-Nut chewing tobacco. This ruffled some beech-feathers back in 1927.

Want some beech nuts of your own? Go foraging!

Wanna run away with the circus? That’s a bit hard to do these day, so why don’t you find out about its history instead?

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Truth in Packaging: Goo-Goo Cluster Edition

Expectation…

…Reality

Still ate it, though.