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December 14, 2009 12:14 PM

(CandyFilter) I'm trying to remember the name of a candy bar similar to Annabelle's Big Hunk without the peanuts. It was just the hard nougat with no chocolate or other coating. I think it may have had a red wrapper. They were available in New Mexico in the late 80's, but I think it was a much older candy that was available on the west coast (California).
posted by Talia Devane to Food & Drink (10 answers total)

Could it have been Bit-O-Honey?
posted by wiretap at 1:12 PM on December 14, 2009

Charleston Chew?
posted by crickets at 1:28 PM on December 14, 2009

Abba Zabba? They are the white sticky taffy candy (without nuts) and there is peanut butter in the middle.
posted by FergieBelle at 1:28 PM on December 14, 2009

Oops -- the Chew has chocolate.
posted by crickets at 1:29 PM on December 14, 2009

Here's a good resource for looking up old candy.
posted by Sallyfur at 1:46 PM on December 14, 2009

Whatever it was, it was nougat only, the hard kind like the Big Hunks. There was not filling or peanuts which was why I preferred it over the Big Hunks that my Mom liked.
posted by Talia Devane at 2:25 PM on December 14, 2009

Old Time Candy.
posted by Guy_Inamonkeysuit at 5:43 PM on December 14, 2009

There's something called the "Skinny Hunk," which seems to be exactly what you describe. It's apparently new(ish), but I wonder if it was around for a time in the 80s too...
posted by sentient at 8:26 PM on December 14, 2009

I was going to suggest SIR bars, but I think they had a chocolate coating... throwing it out there, though, in case I'm wrong.
posted by OolooKitty at 8:42 PM on December 14, 2009

I had already been to Old Time Candy and come up empty. And while the Skinny Hunk is not what I am probably misremembering, it does fit the bill exactly. Thanks.
posted by Talia Devane at 6:27 AM on December 15, 2009