Tart n' Tinys candy from the 80's?!
Answers: When I was a kid in the early 1980s, they sold Tart n' tiny's candy. They sell the same candy today, but the new candy has a shiny candy coating on it. They looked different back when I ate them. Does anyone know how to get the old style tart n' tinys that look almost like sweet tarts?
Oh...I loved those, I used to buy them at the pool and then watch them fall to the end of the deep end...at least the ones I didn't eat.
I don't know where you can find the old ones, have you tried the website? I don't even know if they make them the old way anymore.
you could just eat sugar with vinegar on it.
Tart-n-Tinys have been discontinued by the manufacturer (Nestle)
They are no longer produced but here is a classic candy shop that you can find something similar
Goodbye Tart n Tiny
Way back in the day there was a cute little candy called Tart n Tinys. They were tiny little pellets of tart candy, kind of like SweeTart, only sold in a small cigarette-pack-sized box that dispensed the candies from a little slip-tab at the top. (Nerds are still sold in this format.) They were made by Willy Wonka Candy Company, which was founded by Breaker Confections in 1971 just in advance of the feature film, Willie Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. The book (called Charlie & the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl was published in 1964 and already wildly popular as was James and the Giant Peach which came out in ‘61.)
The Wonka line of candies were largely a marketing invention, the only candy in the original line up of confections that was actually mentioned in the book were Everlasting Gobstoppers.
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I was a kid in the 70's, and I loved them then. One bag cost only 10 cents! (Man, I sound like my Grandpa). Unfortunately, Willy Wonka, which owns this brand, discontinued this item. As a small consolation, you can find lots of retro candy here:
www.hometownfavorites.com/shop/candy_s...