To anyone who never had one and likes candy (like most kids did), you have no idea what you missed. I was recently at the "Candy Kitchen" in Madeira Beach FL. So 1. She said that it was most likely discontinued. Michael I am with you ! Originally located in Boston, the Lewis Company set up shop in Malden, Massachusetts, in 1933. In 1981, Schafft's went out of business briefly before being taken over by new management. Stay Safe. My parents would take summer walks and in route back to our house they would always stop and get me a 10:30 candy bar. google_ad_client = "pub-1475700848612418"; :). I remember buying these, I think, for 27 cents (2 cents tax on 25) in Toronto. They must have had a hard drug in them because they were not available very long. There is no doubt a market for it 30 years later. They were my FAVS!!! My Family moved to Cincinnati, Ohio from the South. 13. Chick-O-Stick Candy. i knew the tasty 10:30 bar existed! I thought my brother and I were the only people in the world who enjoyed the 10:30 bar. I can't tell you how much I miss this candy bar. Jolly Rancher Watermelon is the best flavor, bar none! We were just talking about candy bars in the office and I mentioned my childhood favorite--the 10:30. Price at time of publish: $3.29 Best White Ghirardelli Premium Baking White Chocolate Courtesy of Instacart The snack bar of the hospital I trained at in Bedford, Virginia! 6. I started thinking maybe I made it up in my head. omg that is the best candy bar in the world. Was thinking I had the Name Wrong. It was manufactured in 1967 at the company's Slough factory in Britain and was officially launched in the United States in 1979. Rally (candy bar) Rally is a candy bar manufactured by The Hershey Company. Company folded in 1981. I absolutely LOVED the 10:30 bar. You'd have to run an eight-minute mile to work off more calories than you'd burn jumping rope. A. I was just sitting here and reminiscing about candy from the 1970s, and thought of the 10:30 bar. I would gladly purchase a couple cases of the 10;30 bar if it were available! Select two from the following (mix & match allowed): - 1.5 Oz Reese's Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups & More [walgreens.com] 3. Neither of my brothers nor my cousins could take more than a bite either, it tasted like vomit! These treats are especially yummy when they're frozen! My people10:30 CANDY BAR eaters'sniff sniff' God bless, have a great day ALL. I am now 52 and think about this candy bar often!! VIVA LA 10:30, Dammit!!! Fun Fact I'm so bummed they're not made anymore. The latter makes up the bulk of the bar, leading Candy Addict to state that the 100 Grand is far more akin to chocolate-coated caramel than a caramel-filled chocolate bar. Not sure where I would get them, though. WOWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!! I wish I could find a recipe or at least a picture. It's tremendously depressing to find out that I've spent the last 30+ years looking for something that ceased to exist at the end of the 70's. Round One. This bar was the Bizzaro World Neilsen Cinnamon Danish that is in the picture above, but sadly, the 10:30 was discontinued because the red stripes were made with food coloring that contained Red Dye #2 which was found to cause CANCER in Laboratory Rats!! The 10:30 candy bar was, in my humble insignificant opinion, the BEST bar ever created!! I have emailed the company (yes Schraffts still exists) asking them to bring it back but if WE ALL EMAIL THEM, they might. He would pick up my brother and I each a candy treat. The 100 Grand Bar was spoken verbally as the "Hundred Thousand Dollar Bar" before the 100 Grand Bar name took hold. They just don't remember it. It was absolute heaven to eat these candy bars. This was in Brooklyn, NY in the mid-to-late 1970s. OMG! I loved reading these comments. LONG LIVE THE 10:30 Candy Bar! I lived across the street from a little mini mart and would save every penny to get one of those bars. The candy bar was created in 1964 by Nestl. RT @anordinaryu: 55555555 . The next trip produced another poor substitute candy and the horrible news that they weren't carrying them anymore. YES, I TOO THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY!!! I used to get 10:30 bars all the way down here in Atlanta, GA. Now that I think about it, it was a bar that could not be found just anywhere. I remember it was in a clear wrapper with the words 10:30 bar on them in red letters. I Remember them. Anyway, heres one photo I could find. Ahh, sweet memories! Lotsa Fizz Candy. Create a free website or blog at WordPress.com. Sometimes, when our blood sugar is low, these delicious sweet treats are the perfect go-to. Sharon: 10:30 bars were by Schrafft out of Charlestown, Mass. It was crispy like the watchamacallit bar but was covered in white chocolate. I'M GLAD I FOUND THIS PAGE CAUSE I'M AM SOOOO CRAVING TO HAVE A COUPLE :)..DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO SELLS THEM? It weighs 1.5 ounces (43 g) and includes chocolate, caramel and crisped rice.The bar contains 201 calories; it is low in cholesterol and sodium, but . Although no exact release date is known, the bar was introduced sometime in the 1970s. HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Standard Bar (36 ct.) Starting at $2.49 $1.74 . I am so happy to have found this site and all of you who allow me to know it was all real! What a shame its no longer around. Thanks for All the information about the Schrafft's Candy Company!!!!! Like right now! I'm glad I found this page. Memories at its best!! Is there any candy company out there that will make it again? I still remember what it tastes like!!!!! i honestly thought i was the only person in the world that remembered this wonderful candy barsweet heaveni miss it soo much! I can still vividly remember the taste even though it has been almost 40 years since I have had one. Go ahead and taste the explosion! Now it seems like the market is dominated by Hershey and Mars. I'M 45 NOW AND I ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THOSE WONDERFUL TASTY 10:30 BARS AND EVERYONE SWORE I MADE IT UP.. Keep passing the die clockwise, with each person rolling it once, until all the candy bars . Milk chocolate bars can contain as little as 10% cocoa, but fall within the 10-30% range.. 99-100% are both going to be super bitter and are typically just used in baking. PET milk purchased Schrafft's in 1967; breaking the ice cream, restaurant, and candy operations into separate companies. They were my favorite! I cannot believe that I finally found people who remember this!!! Addiction does not express what these bars meant to me. LOL Whatever happened to this candybar??? Originally invented in the UK, the fruity candies have chewy centers and a crispy candy shell. MAN I developed a cavity or 2 eating these candy bars! I'm so glad to see that there are others out there who remember this delectable treasure! I'm excited when I see something on the shelf like a Big Cherry or an Abba-Zaba and don't get me started on the death of Neccos. Skittles Skittles on Amazon 2. Im very sorry Patrick. I used to buy at least 1 or 2 every time we went to the corner store - they were 25 cents. Well, I thought I was the only person on Earth to remember this candy bar. . Wow! 14 Lindt Shipping. I swear i use to make 2 to 3 trips to the store. I don't know what happened to it as I quit before it went off the market. I bought it in 1975 whenever I had an errand to run at work. I loved this candy bar and it's true NO ONE I KNOW EVER HEARD OF IT. it is the best candy bar I ever had! The candy bar consisted of a chocolate frosting and marshmallow center, covered with milk or dark chocolate. [1] [2] [3] It has been discontinued and brought back to store shelves on numerous occasions. They were these bite size cookies striped with milk chocolate and toasted coconut. They were the very best candy bar ever! I was a chubby kid and I LOVED my candy and these bars were my favorite, while they lasted.I guess it was around 1977-78 because they were next to the Reggie bar. I have been trying to re-create the recipe in my kitchen and remember white chocolate, cinnamon, and crisped rice, but I think something may be missing. Even though in 1999 they were named as the hottest selling candy, they will surely make you dislike them as a result of their taste. The Ice Cream label is the only one which currently survives, having been purchased by the LeSauvage family, owners of several ice cream labels. We use to collect loose change from around the house, cash in bottles and cans just for that 10:30 bar in the late 70s. Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar I used to get 10:30 bars for free about 3 days a week whenever I passed by the house!!! I got to see KISS last year!! Everytime I asked some one if they remembered 10:30 bars thay would just look at me funny! PEople that understand my pain. Correct me if I'm wrong but this was the first white chaocolate candy bar and one of the best bars ever made! I bought the 1030 candy bar every morning before school started and every afternoon. I'm located opposite of the majority--- southwest. google_color_border = "E7F0EB"; I was addicted as a kid. I remember when these came out. I would love to see the 10:30 come back, but I guess it will only be in my memories, I grew up in the south eastern states and there was one country store that sold 10:30 candy bars .I loved themWish I could buy them today. I too thought that as many as these bars I'd buy everyday would have kept the company in business. Oh the 70's were great! The 10:30 Bar was wrapped in a transparent wrapper, which was to enhance sales as the bar had an appetizing appearance. I to can close my eyes and remember the taste. I have a sweet tooth as much as the next guy but between the sugar wafer, carmel and the sickening ivory chocolate it was diabetes city. This was my favorite (my brothers' too) candy bar. Like someone else said, thinking about them brings tears to my eyes :(, plz bring back the 10:30 candy bar if only for a season. Im glad I found this page. Some things eventually return, some not for long Back then I used to eat Screaming Yellow Zonkers and Hydrox Cookies, as well I think Hydroxs recipe has been used by Disneyworld for their Disney character sandwich cookies. And no one EVER heard of it! Wish someone could find a picture. Can't even find a recipe for them which would be at least something.. Oh wellmaybe one day!! It started my life-long love of white chocolate. Also check out the other =Food of the 70s?> pages. ooooh i miss that candy bar!!! Sort of like McDonald fries taste nothing like what we remember (yep, bad for us and all). Im smiling from ear to ear now reading all these wonderful childhood memories and comments. There might be a problem with artificial flavors though.that could be anything. I LOVE and MISS it -- we need to have a "cause" on Facebook to try to get it back -- I think now, the market is ready for it -- along with Jean LaFitte's Cinnamon Crunch cereal (Quaker, also yummy good)! Can anyone help me figure it out? They were awesome! Isn't anyone out there listening! I loved this candy bar. My first experience was in NorthCarolina in 1975, I brought one box for my entire family while on our road trip. lol Whatever it tookWow I ncan remember like it was yesterday. This was the best candy bar!!! I made them once, they were pretty good, think I put too much cinnamon in them. I knew it really did exist and wasn't a figment of my imagination. Candy bars, after all, are popular in the United States because they are easy to grab and rip apart with one hand. Wish they were still around - they were the best! Strange there are no pics. When I was visiting cousins in their childhood neighborhood, which is where I live now, there were several candy stores in that area that carried them too. I thought I was the only one that remembered this delightful candy bar. I described this bar (not knowing what it was called) and everyone looked at me with blank faces. I have scoured the internet several times, looking for photos of the bar or even the wrapper or a commercial and I have never found anything. It would be Great if they came back. They need to bring this candy bar backI still feinding for itand people dont knowwhat I am talking about when I mention 'THE 10:30 CANDY BAR'(there's that voice againlol) A candy bar so great, it deserves capital letters. The 20 Most Popular Candy Bars (that will take you down memory lane!) In addition, M&Ms live up to their tagline because they melt in your mouth and not in your hands. I think it was like 25 or $.35 it was so good. I still think about that candy bar today. I would LOVE to have just ONE MORE. I loved that candy bar I've been looking forward for years. Every since I can remember it has stuck in my mind, and I will be forever looking for them so that I can experience that light airy vanilla and strawberry taste again:). Does anyone remember who made them? SHOP NOW. google_ad_width = 120; It measures approximately 8" Long by 2 1/2" Wide and is in EXCELLENT condition! I still come back just to read other thoughts on the 10:30 candy bar. Their mission: "To lead the fight for the health of all moms and babies. Yes! I'M REALLY SO HAPPY TO SEE ALLLL THE COMMENTS ABOUT THIS GREAT CANDY BAR!!!!! I remember a Saturday morning commercial where I actually saw the candy bar for the first time, and this is what made me go to the candy store and buy one. The best. If I had to make a sacrifice candy for candy I think the Good & Penty. We still talk about them, good times. I have been thinking about this candy bar,for over 40 years.To remember a damn piece of candy,it had to be good.Damn shame they don't sell them anymore. So glad somebody remembers themthey were the best! The 10:30 Bar was a crispy rice wafer covered in white chocolate with red (a candied mixture) stripes. I HOPE IT COULD BE ABLE AGAIN, OMG! I don't remember who made either. Wasn't the candybar!!! It was my favorite candy bar as a kid. I remember it had a hint of cinnamon in itsighhhh was the best! Then, it was covered in ivory (not white) chocolate with the red cinnamon stripe. After school, my friends and I hanging out at the 7-11, putting our "next up" quarters on the new Space Invaders video game and hitting up the candy isle. Reese's Pieces Candy. HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate with Almonds Standard Bar. With all the garbage out there, this would be such a nice treat. I sent a request to the Vermont Country store to see if the 10:30 bar can be revived. Use the WebMD Calorie Counter to . After years of asking people if they remembered the 10:30 bar, in person and on blogs/message boards, and dozens of internet searches I am so glad to find this page! Miss those days horribly. Yes, it was very sweet, a crispy strawberry-ish nougat flavor with that awesome white chocolaty cover. :-). Not only does it take me back to my childhood, but it was a darn good candy bar. I see that most of you are from the northeast, me too (Buffalo, NY). 10:30 Candy Bar Abba-Zaba Chocolate Alexander the Grape Altoids - Citrus Sours Altoids - Ginger Altoids - Dark Chocolate Covered Anise Bears Bazooka Blue Raspberry Bubble Gum Beechies Gum Beemans Chewing Gum - In 2018, Beemans, Blackjack, and Clove were reintroduced after Gerritt Verburg Company purchased the brand. Ben Hurs, try Anise Squares Bit-O-Licorice Big Buddy Bubble Gum Even still, M&Ms are the most handy American candy of all time. Former U.S. White chocolate/cinnamon/rice crispies - I would try and make a home version if I could find a recipe! OMG, I almost wanted to think I had imagined the whole thing too, but I distinctly remember purchasing this delicious one of a kind candy bar from a corner store a block and a half away from my house in Brooklyn during the early 70s! Like most people here, I usually get blank stares whenever I ask anybody if they remember this candy. I live in Long Island,New York and used to get mine at a stationary store after school and on weekends!! Made by the same Italian chocolatiers who bring us Ferrero Rocher, this clear-wrappered chocolate-less sweet is sperical and coated with coconut. I guess that's why I started thinking of 10:30 bars. It came in a clear wrapper with the time 10;30 in red on it ! I remember Schraffts restaurants, too: we used to have one near us in Waterbury, Connecticut. We should have it recreated!! Then the sad day came when he brought home some other candy. I quit working there after 5 months because my boss was a mental case, literally. //2007-06-05: inthe70s There was so much more candy variety back in the '70s. LOVED THEM Used to drive down a mile hill on my bike to get them from cumberland farms and push the bike back up the hill. Although Marathon candy bars are not named after the marathon, for runners, the marathon bars are a good energy bar choice. Responding to GTC of Feb. 2010 - There was another candy bar almost just like 10:30 called Danish which cost more. Note that prices vary by location. They were and still would be my favorite! I was so miserable when they stopped selling them. The E.P. I don't even remember any longer what it tastes like exactly, but I remember not being able to get enough of them. It had a taste like no other. What ever happened to that candy bar? I have thought of this candy my whole life since I had my last one in the 70's!! They would give me a burst of energy. I keep looking from time to time thats when I found this site. (Photo by Donald Bowers/Getty Images for Dylan's Candy Bar) They were the best! Wow! I thought maybe I had hit my head in 1975 while buying comic books! around the corner from my house. Would buy the 10:30 bar from The Tolland Village Store in Ma. Ready Set Gourmet candy bars - Snickers, Twix, Milky Way and More Full Size Bulk Halloween Candy Bars Variety Pack - SNICKERS Original & Almond, TWIX, MUSKETEERS, and MILKY WAY chocolate - 2 Pack 30 Count (Pack of 2) 9 $6979 ($34.90/Count) Thank you all for agreeing with me about the best cabndy bar EVER, letting me know that I am not alone, and for proving I'm not crazy. I actually remember ANOTHER candy bar that was identical to the To en Thirty but just went by a different monikor - like the 'west if the Rockies' Hellmans Mayo name boingo-chango :-D So glad to see I am not alone missing this candy bar LOL -scuba2x2. I know it won't be exact, but if I can come close, we may all be able to make something that will satisfy our craving for this amazing candy bar! google_color_url = "1F2B9E"; (LogOut/ I loved this bar and always had the wrong time name. I 'd buy everyday would have kept the Company in business im smiling from ear to now... 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