Necco Wafers Are Coming Back This Summer After a 2-Year Hiatus

[yortsed snacilbuper]

Necco Wafers first came out in 1847, making them one of the oldest candy brands in existence, according to the Spangler Candy Company. They were discontinued in 2018, but they just couldn’t stay away, because the candies are coming back this summer.

If you’re not familiar with the candy, they come in disk shapes and in an assortment of flavors. You might recognize their wax paper rolls packaging with “Necco” across them, which is an acronym for New England Confectionary Company, the original company that made them.

Necco is coming back in the eight all-time favorite flavors: lemon (yellow), lime (green), orange (orange), clove (light purple), cinnamon (white), wintergreen (pink), licorice (dark grey), and chocolate (brown). Seven of them were designed to identically match the originals. The chocolate ones have a richer cocoa flavor this time around due to a minor change in the cooking process.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/necco-wafers-are-coming-back-this-summer-after-a-2-year-hiatus/ar-BB14Jgzd?ocid=spartandhp

[Nay]

1. Oh, man, I love those things. I wonder if they are going to have rolls of just chocolate ones --

I hope they continue that!

[Skittles]

2. DITTO!

love those choco wafers

[MissB]

6. I love almost all the flavors

But the yellow ones. I think I liked the licorice ones more than the chocolate ones.

Can’t wait to see them again.

[PennyK]

3. The best for a long car trip!

There were just so many of them in a roll.
Oh, and I loved the chocolate-only ones too.

[Xipe Totec]

4. Brent Spiner on Night Court (There's a joke about NECCO wafers near the end)

The whole thing is hilarious though

[MicaelS]

5. I hate them.

Love just about all candy, except licorice, and Necco Wafers.

[MissB]

7. .

Two of my favorites!

[MicaelS]

8. LOL....

I love sweet / sour candies. Sweettarts being #1.

[Rollo]

10. Necco wafers have to be one of the most boring candies every created...

But I love licorice, esp the black kind, yum.

Different strokes and all that.

[MicaelS]

12. Necco wafers were good for only one thing.

Shooting them with my bb gun.

[quaint]

15. Pull! Skeet with water pistols and licorice Neccos.

A billion summers ago, at least. Thanks for the prompt to fun memories.

[msongs]

9. artificially colored and flavored chalk. gotta pass nt

[Hoyt]

11. Like em too. Used to buy them by the box.

Fact they helped win Civil War, if by just a bit, adds to the pleasure.

[bif]

13. We used to play priest

And pretend they were the hosts. I know, catholic kids were weird.

[TexasBushwhacker]

14. My mother loved them

They settled her stomach when she was on chemo.

[Hekate]

16. Hurray! A childhood favorite returns!