WigWag Bar from the Tuck Shop
While we are speaking of candy and cultural touchstones: does anyone else remember the WigWag bar? It was a long, thin chocolate bar that consisted of caramel shaped in a lattice pattern, covered with chocolate. I used to buy them at the tuck shop at the Hamilton YMCA.
The tuck shop is something that Catherine and I share: we both had tuck shops figure prominently in our childhoods, hers at summer camp, and mine at both summer camp and at the YMCA. I’ve met a lot of people, though, who look at me strangely when I start talking about tuck shops (or about “tuck,” the products they sell), so I gather the term is not universal.
Thursday, July 17, 2003 - 11:30pm

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Four flavours was a great...the best!
totally remember that commercial, no one else here does!!!
Four Flavour bar and Treasure bar were two of my favourites, like getting a little package of chocolates. I remember the Cinnamon Danish bar too. I think I was the only kid in my neighbourhood that bought them. Was any one else disappointed when the plastic window on boxes like Bridge Mixture and Glossettes were replace by a picture? We used to use the boxes as a kazoos before they made that change.
Chew Chew cookies, I still dream of them and always find myself looking and hoping they will bring them back. They were the best ever. Why do they have to stop making such great successful things. If Only I knew the ingrediants, I'd personally start marketing them to the masses again. I'm rushing out to Superstore to see if I can find these no name Caramel coconut cookies. Thanks for the info and for triggering my cravings of Chew Chew cookies again. LOL!
And if they (the big 4) ever do read any of these awsome inserts from all these people from across Canada and US, listen. This comment by brent is Awsome, bring back some of the best from the 70's, like the Wig Wag, and to its original size and yellow package, the Danish Bar especially and that alway's awsome, Rum and Butter bar.....life would be complete for alot of us if those three came back.......where in the hell did the Snack Bar go....man they were great also.....rarely see them, when you do, someones had them so long, there stale...bring'm back..
Coffee Crisp and Caramilk, to many at Halloweens over the years,,,,great bars, but boring now...bring back those others....How about those 4 colored triangle candies they used to put out also, were about 6 inches high, in clear package, when you tried to bite on them they would stick to your teeth, man they were great also....
Take care, from the 10 year old kid back in 1972........beam those bars back to us Scottie....
I do.......it was awesome!
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