An office trip to our local Nuts to You on 20th between Market and Chestnut Streets brought me face to face with a candy I hadn't seen in about 10 years: BB Bats. For those who don't know, BB Bats are rectangular taffies on a stick. They were great for chewing to loosen teeth back in the 70s, when losing baby teeth was cool. Apparently, they've been around since the Great Depression (the one before George W. Bush, that is).
Anyway, in addition to changing wrapper style to be more "modern", I noticed that the core four flavors have changed. Back in the 70s, you had banana, strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla. For today's more post-, post-modern kids, vanilla has been replaced with peanut butter. Given the craziness of people clamoring about peanut allergies in kids, this seems like an odd flavor choice. I mean, what was wrong with sticking with classic vanilla in the first place.
It just seems unfair. First the white Easter Peeps are discontinued. Now the vanilla BB Bats are replaced with anaphylactic-shock inducing peanut butter. Which white classic candy will be the next to fall victim to this candy conspiracy?
Anyway, in addition to changing wrapper style to be more "modern", I noticed that the core four flavors have changed. Back in the 70s, you had banana, strawberry, chocolate, and vanilla. For today's more post-, post-modern kids, vanilla has been replaced with peanut butter. Given the craziness of people clamoring about peanut allergies in kids, this seems like an odd flavor choice. I mean, what was wrong with sticking with classic vanilla in the first place.
It just seems unfair. First the white Easter Peeps are discontinued. Now the vanilla BB Bats are replaced with anaphylactic-shock inducing peanut butter. Which white classic candy will be the next to fall victim to this candy conspiracy?
