Every State's Lost Candy Bar — Half the Country Is Still Angry About This

In 1978, Reggie Jackson hit a home run on opening day at Yankee Stadium. The crowd celebrated by throwing candy bars onto the field — three thousand Reggie Bars raining down on the outfield. Reggie Jackson stood in the outfield watching candy fall from the sky because of him. The Reggie Bar lasted five more years before being discontinued. People have been writing letters about it for forty years. Every state in America had a candy that locals ate with the specific happiness of a specific time in their lives. The candy bar from the gas station. The regional chocolate from the corner store. The thing that was in every vending machine from 1975 to 1983 and then quietly disappeared one day without a press release or a farewell. The Marathon Bar had a ruler printed on the wrapper because it was eight inches of braided caramel and Mars wanted you to know it. Mars discontinued it in 1981. The exact same bar is still sold in the UK under a different name. Americans have been aware of this injustice for over forty years. ⏱️ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 — Introduction 0:40 — New England 2:40 — The South 4:40 — Midwest 6:30 — The candy bars that should still exist 8:16 — The regional chocolate shops 10:23 — Halloween candy by state, candy corn permanent civil war, Mounds vs Almond Joy 1946 jingle 11:52 — The candy petitions What is the candy from your state you would pay real money to taste one more time? Drop it in the comments. Subscribe to Behind The Menu for real American food stories every week. #AmericanCandy #CandyHistory #BehindTheMenu #FoodNostalgia #DiscontinuedCandy #ReggiBar #MarathonBar #CandyBar