Food of the Eighties, Bonkers Candy
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It was a fruit/flavored candy chew that was packaged like the modern day Starburst. The chew was square and as an example .. had strawberry on the outside and banana in the inside. The commercial had giant fruit bonking people on the head ... fun stuff. I miss this candy!
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Bonkers bonks you out! Starburst predated bonkers.
didnt they come with a sticker or something with the wrapper??
I remember eating this candy before, but not much about the taste, though I did like Bonkers. I'd like to see them return to the store shelves again, but it's probably another long-lost treat.
Watermelon was the best. The commercials were funny.
the candy was soooo good! almost like Starburst is today...and yes they came with stickers, i still have the promo stickers when they were advertising Teenage Mutanant Ninja Turtles the movie.
"My son thought Bonkers was gum..."
Best candy ever! My mother was health food only, so my dad would sneak me the big bag of individually wrapped ones. Watermelon was my fave from what I can recall!
This was one of my favorite candies of all time. There was a lemon lime one that was so good I used to eat the whole roll in like a minute. Much better tasting than starbursts in my opinion.
Agreeing that Watermelon was the best! I remember thinking the commercials were really funny as a little kid, with the giant fruit falling on people.
Bonkers bonks you out!
My father worked at the plant that made these in upstate NY. We were eating them for years before the release as they worked out the formula. Best: grape, worst: chocolate.
These were so good. I remember the commercials for these. Almost as popular as the candy itself. Gigantic strawberries falling out of the sky on top of this old woman.
It's hard to remember exactly what these tasted like because it was so long ago, but I think that the Japanese candy Hi-Chew (available in oriental food stores or World Market-type shops) comes fairly close to replicating Bonkers.
Maaan, I loved this candy. Loved the commercials. I really wish they would bring this back. I remember the grape and watermelon.
Bonkers candy was the best candy I had growing up in the early 19880's,these and Hostess Pudding Pies are two things I wish would come back to the market again.. We were spoiled then lol
Who remembers the older woman from the commercials with the big dropping fruit. She gets nailed at the end and says..."SOME CANDYYYYYY!" lol
I don't think they came out until the mid-80's
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