Comments on: Whiz Candy – An Oddly-Named Candy from Yesteryear

By: Elderberry Recipes

Elderberry Recipes — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:41:27 +0000

I am being told that elderberries have 3 times the VIT C as oranges. Really???

By: Fran

Fran — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:41:23 +0000

I have also been trying to find information on my Mom’s favorite candy bar The Tango Bar.

By: elderberry

elderberry — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 14:00:47 +0000

Katie O.
The Tango Bar was my parents favorite. I’ve been trying to find info about it for years.

By: sybil galazzo

sybil galazzo — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 03:25:37 +0000

I’m so glad to stumble onto this site.
In the 60s I used to purchase the Whiz bar at the movies and in the PX in Germany.
I’ve never found it again or anyone familiar with it.
The best ever. I wish they’d bring it back.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:02:10 +0000

My grandmother just told me a story today that back in the late 40s/early 50s, she went on a radio quiz show and won a year’s supply of Whiz Candy bars. She said that every month she’d get a big box delivered and my uncle would yell from the front porch “The Whiz Bars are here!” and the neighborhood kids would come running!

I just had to look this up to see what she was talking about and I’m glad I found the site – I’ve passed it on to her.

By: Ray A

Ray A — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 21:46:05 +0000

My favorite bar as a kid (born in 1942) was the Whiz. It disappeared for many years. While traveling in Southern CA in the early 90’s, I found them on sale in a Circle K. So excited I bought all they had. Tasted just like I remembered, but haven’t seen them since.

The marshmallow does stick, but they used a starch mold release. Probably works like rubbing a potato on the surface of glass or wood when applying gold foil. Will not adhere where the starch is layered. Food grad silicon may also work.

By: Katie O.

Katie O. — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:11:58 +0000

I loved the Whiz candy bars! I have been trying to make the Whiz candy bar here at home. I can’t find a recipe that helps me with the marshmallow part. The texture just won’t come out right. Plus it sticks to everything I try to shape it in. It’s a shame that some of the really good candy bars are no longer with us. Anyone remember the Tango bar? Almost like the Whiz, but with a little layer of caramel in it.

By: donald oesterman

donald oesterman — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 18:24:12 +0000

When I was a kid back in the 40s & 50s, the Whiz bar for me was the best candy bar there Iz (waz). Now all they have is either the cubed marshmallow covered chocolates, which mostly are stale wherever you buy them, or the Charlestown Chews which is “faux” marshmallow covered with a thin layer of chocolate. The “Whiz” also had peanuts on top. Egads, bring them back, please. I’ll buy all of them.

By: Terri

Terri — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:49:38 +0000

I work at the McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington, IL, where Whiz was produced. I know there are wrappers with zip codes which put them after 1962, but I don’t think they lasted long after that. They were no longer popular by then. Beich’s big seller by then was Banana Bike caramels and Golden Crumbles. They still operate here as Nestle/Beich. Still making banana taffies.

By: gary

gary — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 03:16:03 +0000

Haven\’t seen nor tasted them since the 40s or early 50s. As I remember they were really good.