{"id":11351,"date":"2015-12-15T10:10:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-15T16:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.lib.luc.edu\/locl\/?p=11351"},"modified":"2026-01-12T15:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T21:36:39","slug":"staff-picks-vanessas-long-lost-chocolate-treasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libblogs.luc.edu\/noteworthy\/2015\/12\/15\/staff-picks-vanessas-long-lost-chocolate-treasures\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Picks &#8211; Vanessa&#8217;s Long Lost Chocolate Treasures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Long Lost Chocolate Treasures<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/4\/3434\/3733531992_826f981f58_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"326\" \/><\/p>\n<p>10. <strong>Seven Up bar<\/strong> (last produced in the 1970s) \u2013 If you loved chocolate but couldn\u2019t decide if you like chocolate &amp; nougat, or chocolate &amp; mint, this was the candy bar for you. It contained seven different flavor combinations.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/4\/3661\/3638011283_5441c4d1fd_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"307\" \/><\/p>\n<p>9. <strong>Butter Nut<\/strong> (1960s &amp; 1970s) Very gooey, very good.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c2.staticflickr.com\/4\/3406\/3622290946_eae671b735_b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>8. <strong>Hollywood Candy Company\u2019s Milkshake<\/strong> (1970s) \u2013 Similar to a Milky Way but with a Malted milk chocolate flavor<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/chocolateihaveknown.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/07\/choc00611.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"464\" \/><\/p>\n<p>7. <strong>Chocolate covered Graham Crackers<\/strong> (1980s) \u2013 the only way to find this now is retro-food or specialty companies or stores<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/141characters.files.wordpress.com\/2010\/03\/bar-none.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"264\" \/><\/p>\n<p>6.<strong> Bar None<\/strong> from Hershey\u2019s (production ceased in the last 90s) &#8211; Wafer, chocolate and nuts<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.drakescakesonline.com\/images\/hostesspics\/HostessSuzyQs%20BoxWebsm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"521\" height=\"315\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>5. <strong>Hostess Suzy-Q<\/strong> &#8211; Gone in 2012 when Hostess went bankrupt due to a baker\u2019s strike. Unlike the Twinkie and Sno-Balls, the devil\u2019s food treat had not been brought back by the 2013 revamped Hostess Brands, LLC<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>4. Before the Heath Bar, before the Skor, Hershey\u2019s made the <strong>Butter Chip<\/strong> bar, and it used to part of the bag of miniatures that was available usually at Christmas. It was the best buttery toffee and chocolate combination ever.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_ySlwyeHr1vY\/TOV84DySr5I\/AAAAAAAAANg\/gp8YBH0uonE\/s1600\/mars+bar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"399\" \/><\/p>\n<p>3. No longer available in the USA, Canada and England have their versions but <strong>the Mars bar<\/strong>, they do not compare to the original with an almond in every bite.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com\/736x\/7c\/26\/13\/7c26131754e148a44ab8ac5d9f238a76.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"497\" height=\"715\" \/><\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Golden Pecan<\/strong> from Hershey\u2019s was short-lived perfection, available for a couple of years in the 80s. The bar\u2019s milk chocolate was the perfect texture and test with the pecans. They still make the Golden Almond but it doesn\u2019t compare to the pecan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chowstatic.com\/uploads\/2\/6\/3\/736362_dressels.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"653\" \/><\/p>\n<p>1. . . . and the most missed, most iconic chocolate treasure was the <strong>Dressel\u2019s Chocolate Fudge Whipped Cream Cake<\/strong>, that was available in most grocery store frozen section for sixty years of awesome. It thawed flawlessly with no preservative aftertaste, just chocolate fudge, whipped cream, butter, nuts, and impeccable. This cake was great for birthdays, special occasions, or if Santa thought you had been on your best behavior for the whole year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Long Lost Chocolate Treasures 10. Seven Up bar (last produced in the 1970s) \u2013 If you loved chocolate but couldn\u2019t decide if you like chocolate &amp; nougat, or chocolate &amp; mint, this was the candy bar for you. It contained seven different flavor combinations. 9. Butter Nut (1960s &amp; 1970s) Very gooey, very good. 8. 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