Category Archives: Oddly-Named Candy

Candy with odd, weird, and/or funny names

Another Oddly Named Candy: Pigall

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Pigall

Cybele over at The Candy Blog has come across another oddly-named candy for us to add to our collection. This one is a chocolate bar called Pigall and is made by Marabou which is part of the Nordic division of Kraft Foods (so don’t expect to see it in U.S. stores). In general, naming a food with “Pig” in its name is probably not a good idea unless it actually is made from pig (and it still might not be ok in that case). The Pigall certainly looks more appealing than eating a pig (and we’ve certainly seen plenty of candy related to pigs and bacon).

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Fizzy Creaming Soda Candy

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Fizzy Creaming Soda

Once again I have stumbled upon another oddly-named candy – this time it’s Fizzy Creaming Soda Candy. According to the website, it comes in ” Ruspberry and Soda Flavour”. I can only assume they meant cream soda – or maybe even creamy soda. I’m not going to try and read anything else into that name. The company that makes it, Excel/Naveed Enterprises, is based in Pakistan.

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Gorilla Boogers

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Gorilla Boogers

Honestly, I’m not positive this really counts as candy, but it’s close and it’s weird. Gorilla no Hana Kuso (Gorilla Boogers) are evidently sweetened, shriveled, black beans that look a whole lot like raisins. They have been popular in Japan for a while, especially near zoos, and they have just recently made their way to the U.S. – they have been spotted in Manhattan recently.

Gorilla Boogers closeup

If the fact that they are called “Gorilla Boogers” isn’t enough to dissuade you from eating them, the fact that they are sweetened black beans should. Yuck (though I have read that they are actually quite good). Unfortunately (???), I couldn’t find any online retailer that sells them.

Whiz Candy – An Oddly-Named Candy from Yesteryear

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Whiz Candy
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I posted a link a while back to a scanned 1949 candy salesman book that is just incredible to look through. While browsing the pages I noticed the above ad for Whiz “The best nickel candy there iz-z” which fits nicely into our growing collection of oddly-named candy.

Check out this awesome “commercial” for Whiz from 1938 that advertises a “Party and Magic Stunts” book you can get for just two Whiz wrappers and 6 cents in coins or stamps! It’s awesome in its classic black-and-white cheesiness. Take a look at the candy too – it looks like a chocolate hamburger patty. I guess they changed the shape and packaging by 1949.

Maybe back in the 30′s and 40′s Whiz wasn’t another word for liquid human waste, but nowadays a candy named Whiz definitely wouldn’t fly. Of course, I wouldn’t think Candy Scabs, White Chocolate Maggots, or Dr. Windbreakers Candy (chew one and do one) would sell either, so who knows?

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