286739 Tue Nov 21 12:04:12 -0800 2000 9 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1538698 Hi there. I am a WWII reenactor, and would like to have authentic WWII candy, or at least the wrappers, for our displays for the public. In particular, I am interested in: Hershey Bars Mars Bars Milky Way Bars Wrigleys Chewing Gum Baby Ruth Any pictures, descriptions, actual wrappers, anything would be helpful. Thanks for your time. Wm.T. Ripley Tue Nov 21 12:04:12 -0800 2000 0 William Ripley 1 1538701 Your best bet would be to contact the manufacturers directly but I have a feeling even they might have trouble finding examples in the archives. The reason being Sugar was so rationed during WWII that there were very little commercial candy bars made... And it was even more of a rarity in England and France where the GI's were. Tue Nov 21 12:27:18 -0800 2000 1538698 0 Jason Perlow 2 1538706 Apparently the chocolate bars you are referring to are the 3 4oz 600 calorie ones supplied in a standard "D-ration" for emergency use which were manufactured by hershey's. The 600,000 rations purchased in 1941 by the army from hershey were followed by 117,800,000 rations in 1942. By then, the volume on hand was so great that the rations were stockpiled overseas and none procured in 1943. A final procurement of 52 million rations was made in 1944. Misuse of the D ration as a combat food led to its unpopularity and replacement before the end of the war by the C and K rations. In 1945, it was classified as "limited-standard" and recommendations followed that the governing specification be cancelled. http://www.qmfound.com/Rations_D.gif Here's a picture of it. With the exception of the D ration stockpile the stuff was actually pretty rare in europe during the time, even though there are a lot of stories about GI's handing out D ration chocolate bars to German war victims. Canadian Red cross care packages also included chocolate bars. But.. if more pics of commercial candy bars you want.. http://www.polarbear-enterprises.co.uk/Images/glyko.JPG This is a photo of a WWII era bar made in Germany http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Senate/5305/ward.jpg poster of a british WAC in Caley's chocolate ad Tue Nov 21 12:57:16 -0800 2000 1538701 0 Jason Perlow 3 1539022 Hey thats cool, Thanx!!! I was watching Band of Brothers, and saw all the chocolate bars being passed around, and traded, or given as gifts to townsfolk. Mon Sep 26 17:29:33 -0700 2005 1538706 0 Mike 1 1538711 Check out the "Disgusting English Candy Drill" in Thomas Pynchon's *Gravity's Rainbow*. I'm not sure of the page numbers but it is in section 15 of Book 1. Tue Nov 21 13:30:44 -0800 2000 1538698 0 Jeremy Osner 1 1538726 The candy bar my mother remembers most fondly from the 40s is the Sky Bar, which is still being made by Necco. She and her sister used to make a ritual of eating the various compartments (fudge, marshmallow, peanut butter, I forget) in a certain order. The link below leads to the page of a Canadian man who has a collection of candy bar wrappers; although these are current, not vintage, the page contains links to other candy bar sites. Link: http://members.nbci.com/bclairoux/wrappers.html Image: http://members.xoom.com/bclairoux/Etitle.gif Wed Nov 22 09:31:51 -0800 2000 1538698 0 Frank "Sugar Fix" Language 2 1538727 Mmmmm, Skybar! I remember them fondly too. My ritual was always to save my favorite segment for last. It wasn't much of a sacrifice, since they were all good. But I haven't seen them in quite a while. pat Wed Nov 22 09:39:12 -0800 2000 1538726 0 pat hammond 3 1538729 You can order Sky Bars from a website - hometownfavorites.com. They also have a "French Taffy" that I've posted about - it's a dead ringer for Bonomo's Turkish Taffy. Wed Nov 22 10:30:07 -0800 2000 1538727 0 Dena 3 1538752 Now I remember; the four flavors were fudge, peanut butter, marshmallow, and caramel. Interesting, if you type "Sky Bar" into Google, most of the links you retrieve are for night spots named "Sky Bar". There's only one original Sky Bar (sounds like a slogan to me). Wed Nov 22 21:45:25 -0800 2000 1538727 0 Frank "Sugar Lips" Language 1 1538966 I have come across a Mr. GoodBar wrapper, It is white back ground with red letters out lined in blue. I am tring to find out info on it . I was woundering if you may have any info for me. thanks sheri Sat Jan 24 11:01:41 -0800 2004 1538698 0 sheri