[patriot08]

Anybody remember 5th Avenue candy bar?
IMHO the best candy ever made.
It was orginally made by Ludens, and was similiar to Butterfinger only softer and MUCH better.
It was covered in milk chocolate with almonds on top.
Hersheys bought it and discontinued the almonds.
Now, you seldom see them in stores.

[mupcat]

I LOVED 5th Ave. candy bars. So that’s what happened to them. What a shame.

[Dr. Sivana]

“It was orginally made by Ludens, and was similiar to Butterfinger only softer and MUCH better.
It was covered in milk chocolate with almonds on top.
Hersheys bought it and discontinued the almonds.”

Not Ludens, Curtiss. one of the great companies absorbed by Mars/Hershey/Nestle oligopoly. Like Leaf, Peter Paul, Bonomo, Heide, nd whoever used to make goobers, Raisinets and snocaps, among others.

[thecodont]

Anybody remember 5th Avenue candy bar?
IMHO the best candy ever made.
It was orginally made by Ludens, and was similiar to Butterfinger only softer and MUCH better.
It was covered in milk chocolate with almonds on top.
Hersheys bought it and discontinued the almonds.
Now, you seldom see them in stores.

They still sell them in my neighborhood. I had no idea they once had almonds on top (imagine that, with the soft peanut brittle interior enrobed in rich milk chocolate). I remember vaguely that they were once made by Ludens (who also made the cough drops).

[VermiciousKnid]

My favorite candy bar!

And still readily available here in the People’s Republic of NY.

Regards,

[Iron Munro]

Anybody remember 5th Avenue candy bar?

Here's a YouTube video of a 5th Avenue commercial from the 1960's showing how the bar looked back then with those two big luscious almonds on top.

5TH AVENUE CANDY BAR TV COMMERCIAL From 1960s
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