10 Candy Brands From the 1970s That Are No Longer Sold

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The candy aisle of the 1970s looked very different from today’s. Plenty of bars that filled the racks back then are gone, and some left almost no trace. Many were short experiments, while others ran for decades before being retired.

The ten below are tied to that decade and no longer sold. Where sources disagree on dates, the article says so.

Marathon Bar

Marathon Bar (By Scott Ehardt, Public domain)
Marathon Bar (By Scott Ehardt, Public domain)

Mars introduced the Marathon Bar in 1973, an eight inch braid of caramel covered in milk chocolate. The wrapper had a ruler printed on it, so buyers could check the length.

It ran for almost a decade before being discontinued in 1981. Fans who miss the format often point to the Cadbury Curly Wurly from the U.K., a twisted caramel and chocolate bar.

Summit Cookie Bar

Summit Cookie Bar (www.schoko-riegel.com, Flickr, CC BY 2.0)
Summit Cookie Bar (www.schoko-riegel.com, Flickr, CC BY 2.0)

Mars came up with Summit in 1977 as a bigger version of Twix, a chocolate covered wafer bar with peanuts. Another source dates the launch to 1978. Either way, it arrived in the second half of the decade.

Its major flaw was that it melted too easily. Mars adjusted the peanut ratio and added more chocolate, but the problem stayed, and the bar left shelves by the mid 1980s. One source gives 1991 as the end date, so the exact timing is disputed.

Reggie! Bar

Reggie! Bar (Image Credits: Pexels)
Reggie! Bar (Image Credits: Pexels)

The company behind it capitalized on the popularity of baseball star Reggie Jackson. The bar was basically a round patty of caramel, peanuts, and…

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Author : Matthias Binder

Publish date : 2026-10-28 04:29:00

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