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Candy from the 1920s

22 candies that came out in the 1920s, from Baby Ruth (1920) to Twizzlers (1929), and which ones you can still buy.

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1920Baby Ruth Still made 1920Jujubes Still made 1920Jujyfruits Still made 1920Mounds Still made 1920Oh Henry! Hard to find 1921Chuckles Still made 1922Abba-Zaba Still made 1922Charleston Chew Still made 1923Butterfinger Still made 1924Bit-O-Honey Still made by 1924Boston Baked Beans Still made 1924Dum Dums Still made 1920sRed Vines Still made mid-1920sSquirrel Nut Zippers Hard to find 1925Sugar Daddy Still made 1920sZero bar Still made 1927Pez Still made 1927Raisinets Still made 1928Dubble Bubble Still made 1928Heath bar Still made 1928Milk Duds Still made 1929Twizzlers Still made

New in the 1920s

  • 1920: Baby Ruth. Peanuts, caramel and chocolate-flavored nougat in a chocolate coating. Still made.
  • 1920: Jujubes. Small, very hard, chewy fruit jellies, a classic movie box candy. Still made.
  • 1920: Jujyfruits. Very firm, starchy fruit jellies in shapes like a banana, pea pod, pineapple and asparagus bundle. Still made.
  • 1920: Mounds. Sweet shredded coconut in dark chocolate. Still made.
  • 1920: Oh Henry!. Peanuts, caramel and fudge coated in chocolate. Hard to find.
  • 1921: Chuckles. Five sugar-coated jelly candies in a row: lime, orange, cherry, lemon and licorice. Still made.
  • 1922: Abba-Zaba. A chewy taffy bar with a peanut butter center, in a yellow and black checkerboard wrapper. Still made.
  • 1922: Charleston Chew. Marshmallow-flavored nougat in a chocolate-flavored coating. Still made.
  • 1923: Butterfinger. A flaky, layered peanut butter crisp center in a chocolate-flavored coating. Still made.
  • 1924: Bit-O-Honey. Honey-flavored taffy with bits of almond. Still made.
  • by 1924: Boston Baked Beans. Peanuts in a hard, brick-red candy shell, shaped and colored like baked beans. Still made.
  • 1924: Dum Dums. Small, bright lollipops on a looped stick, in a long list of flavors. Still made.
  • 1920s: Red Vines. Soft red twists with a raspberry-like flavor and no licorice root. Still made.
  • mid-1920s: Squirrel Nut Zippers. Small, soft vanilla caramels packed with peanuts. Hard to find.
  • 1925: Sugar Daddy. A hard, slow-melting block of caramel on a stick. Still made.
  • 1920s: Zero bar. Caramel, peanut and almond nougat in a white fudge coating. Still made.
  • 1927: Pez. Small pressed sugar blocks that come out of a spring-loaded character dispenser. Still made.
  • 1927: Raisinets. Raisins coated in milk chocolate. Still made.
  • 1928: Dubble Bubble. The original pink bubble gum, in twist wrappers with comics. Still made.
  • 1928: Heath bar. A thin, hard slab of butter and almond toffee in a milk chocolate coating. Still made.
  • 1928: Milk Duds. Lumpy chocolate-coated caramel bites, sold in the famous movie box. Still made.
  • 1929: Twizzlers. Twisted, chewy ropes, mostly strawberry. Still made.

Still made today

Of the candies that came out in the 1920s, 21 are still on sale: Baby Ruth, Jujubes, Jujyfruits, Mounds, Oh Henry!, Chuckles, Abba-Zaba, Charleston Chew, Butterfinger, Bit-O-Honey, Boston Baked Beans, Dum Dums, Red Vines, Sugar Daddy, Zero bar, Pez, Raisinets, Dubble Bubble, Heath bar, Milk Duds and Twizzlers.

Already around in the 1920s

These were first made earlier, so kids in the 1920s could have found them too: Necco Wafers (1847), Circus Peanuts (1800s), Black Jack gum (1884), Candy corn (1888), Candy cigarettes (late 1800s), Beemans gum (1890), Good & Plenty (1893), Clark's Teaberry gum (1900), Sweethearts (1901), Nik-L-Nip wax bottles (early 1900s), Tootsie Roll (1907), Goo Goo Cluster (1912), Bonomo Turkish Taffy (1912), Mary Jane (1914), Clove gum (around 1914), Clark Bar (1917), Idaho Spud (1918) and Cherry Mash (1918).

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Frequently asked questions

What candy came out in the 1920s?

22 of the candies we cover came out in the 1920s, including Baby Ruth, Jujubes, Jujyfruits, Mounds, Oh Henry! and Chuckles.

Which candy from the 1920s can you still buy?

Baby Ruth, Jujubes, Jujyfruits, Mounds, Oh Henry!, Chuckles, Abba-Zaba and Charleston Chew and more are still made.