1975

29 May 1975, Thu The Boston Globe (Boston, Massachusetts) Newspapers.com

It was used to illustrate a little story on Page 1 about candy sales being down in the United States or something like that. I just think it's fun to think about candy and candy machines from 1975, and I thought you might find it fun, too. 

At the time, I'd've probably gone for the Baby Ruth or the Planters, but 2021 me really hopes 1975 me invests his 15 cents in a Bun, because I hadn't thought about a Bun in years!

Don't remember Big Shot.

Ultimate Bracket: Best Candy, Round 1

OK so it's time for round one of the Candy playoff.

A Bracket
1 Mounds vs 8 Peanut Butter Twix
4 Milky Way vs 5 3 Musketeers
2 Goobers vs 7 Snickers
3 Mr Goodbar vs 6 Caramello

B Bracket
1 Kit Kat vs 8 Neapolitan 3 Color Coconut Slice
4 Heath Bar vs 5 Chunky
2 Twix vs 7 Krackel
3 5th Avenue vs 6 Watchamacallit

C Bracket
1 Almond Joy vs 8 York Peppermint Patty
4 Peanut M&Ms vs 5 Reeses Pieces
2 Hersheys with Almonds vs 7 Mallo Cup
3 Goo Goo Clusters vs 6 Plain M&Ms

D Bracket
1 Nestle Crunch vs 8 Raisinets
4 Milky Way Dark vs 5 Starburst
2 Reese's Peanut Butter Cup vs 7 Ghirardelli 60%
3 Zero vs 6 Mars Bar


Be sure and click through each bracket and then click Finish Survey.

Ultimate Bracket: The 32 Candies

OK so we have our 32 candies.  Here's the bracket. The winners of A & D will play.

A Bracket
1 Mounds
8 Peanut Butter Twix

4 Milky Way
5 3 Musketeers

2 Goobers
7 Snickers

3 Mr. Goodbar
6 Caramello


B Bracket
1 Kit Kat
8 Neapolitan 3 Color Coconut Slice

4 Heath Bar
5 Chunky

2 Twix
7 Krackel

3 5th Avenue
6 Whatchamacallit


C Bracket
1 Almond Joy
8 York Peppermint Patty

4 Peanut M&Ms
5 Resse's Pieces

2 Hersheys with Almonds
7 Mallo Cup

3 Goo Goo Clusters
6 Plain M&Ms


D Bracket
1 Nestle Crunch
8 Raisinets

4 Milky Way Dark
5 Starburst

2 Reese's Peanut Butter Cup
7 Ghirardelli 60%

3 Zero
6 Mars Bar

Ultimate Bracket: The Best Candy

This is the last group, the D group.  After this voting is in we'll have our 32 tournament competitors.

Ultimate Bracket: The Best Candy

The C Group. Sort them in order of favorite to least favorite. Top eight in this group move on to the 32 candy tournament.

Ultimate Bracket: The Best Candy

The B Group.  Sort them in order of favorite to least favorite.  Top eight in this group move on to the 32 candy tournament.

Ultimate Bracket: The Best Candy

Before we could even begin on a candy tournament first we would have to choose the candy to be in the tournament.  Simplest way to do this is to rank the candies.  There are 76 candies and I've randomly broken them up into four groups.  We will rank the candies in each group and then take the top 8 out of each group to have a tournament of 32 candies.