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Who the hell else remembers the OLD Bonkers candy? Bonkers candy Bonkers was a candy offering from Nabisco in the mid 1980s. Common flavors included grape, orange, strawberry, watermelon and chocolate.

It consisted of chewable rectangular shaped candies with a fruity outside and an even fruitier filling. The candy came in a large rectangular package with several of them individually wrapped. The product is perhaps most memorable for a series of television commercials in which one or more apparently uptight characters would take one bite of a Bonkers candy, and a giant fruit such as a bunch of grapes would fall from above and knock them into hysterical laughter. The tagline in the commercials was "Bonkers! Bonks you out!" Several of the commercials featured an older Southern woman who said in a deadpan voice that "Some folks think Bonkers is gum" after which the aforementioned giant fruit would fall on someone, inducing raucous laughter. The woman would then deadpan the line: "They know it's candy now." After the commercials stopped running, the popularity of Bonkers waned until it became a rarity, available only in novelty candy stores. The manufacturer has discontinued the Bonkers line of candies. In February 2012, Leaf Brands, LLC acquired the trademark and plans to reintroduce the classic brand back into the market by the end of 2012.

28/05/2013

I just checked the Bonkers wiki page. Leaf Brands LLC has issued an update on the Bonkers candy line. They had to push the release date back, as I'd feared. They've been acquiring discontinued candy trademarks and recipes at an astonishing pace. Leaf Brands hopes to have the candy back on the market by the end of 2013.

16/10/2012

Here's a link to one of the news articles: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/3/prweb9245771.htm

Leaf Brands® LLC, the candy manufacturer known for bringing back the classic rocket pop, Astro Pops® and also known for launching the popular candy products, Farts Candy™ and David’s Signature Beyond Gourmet™ jelly beans, has acquired both the Wacky Wafers™ and Bonkers!™ trademarks with pl...

Sorry guys, was posting from my actual page and not the Bonkers page, here's an update for everybody:Leaf Brand...
16/10/2012

Sorry guys, was posting from my actual page and not the Bonkers page, here's an update for everybody:
Leaf Brands LLC bought the trademark for Bonkers Candy from Nabisco in February of 2012, they hope to have 6 flavors, I think just 6, back out on the market by February 6 of 2013. They are actually reviving a lot of discontinued, yet popular candies. You can check out their website here: http://leafbrands.net/

Leaf Brand’s new line of “Beyond Gourmet”® Jelly Beans created in conjunction with David Klein*, the inventor of the Jelly Belly® Jelly Bean, are flying out of stores and Leaf Brands is trying to keep up with demand.

05/07/2012

Check out this page too peeps! Bonkers should be officially back on the market by Feb 6, 2013, just in time for my birthday!! Woot woot!! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bonkers-candy/114977881851298

Bonkers was a candy offering from Nabisco in the mid-1980s. It consisted of chewable rectangular-shaped candies with tangy filling. The candy came in a large rectangular package with several of them individually wrapped. Common flavors included grape, orange, strawberry, watermelon and chocolate.

19/04/2012

Good News is on the Horizon, my fellow Bonkers fans! I've just found out that in February of this year, Leaf Brands LLC acquired the trademark for Bonkers candy from Nabisco. They plan to reintroduce the Bonkers candy line back into the market by the end of 2012!

26/07/2010

I loved watching the commercials for the candy. That lil ole lady was just disturbing yet absolutely hysterical at the same time.

10/07/2010

We should start a campaign to bring this crap back!

27/04/2010

I'm talkin about the old candy from the 80's. . . .I loved that s**t!

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