Comments on: Aw..Isn’t That Sweet?

By: Bob S

Bob S — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 08:42:40 +0000

This is bob again, I wrote back on May 25th of 2010 almost two years ago. Most of you are talking about the big boogie candy bar. Yes, i sliced those candy bars up, starting from about a 4 foot by 8 foot piece of candy to a little candy bar that fit into a little yellow wrapper that had big boogie written on it. After I sliced it up it went into another room where some women would run the bars through wrapping machines and wraped them up. I worked in all departments making walnut crush, butter brickle, Royal brazil (sp) big boogie etc. candy bars. I could write a book about working at Fenn’s Ice cream and candy company. I enjoyed working there, looking back at it, it was some of the good old days. Right now I wish I had a Walnut crush candy bar, What memories that would bring back!!!! Write me if you have any questions. Bobsut4@hotmail.com Doug, they quit making Mars candy bars again, if I had known they were going to do that, I would have filled my garage up with them.

By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 21:23:38 +0000

For years I’ve been asking people if they remember the big boogie bar…. Glad to know others do remember it… The big hunk does remind me of it. Wish they would bring some more of the old candies back.

By: Tessie Talk

Tessie Talk — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 15:07:11 +0000

(According to the Heath history website, Heath bars were around long before they bought out Fenn’s…/ Heath bars made since the 1920s… I suspect they just bought the rights so no one else could make the Butter Brickle recipe as Fenn’s were superior.the superior chocolate and toffee bar.. I actually remember comparing them as a kid/ loved Butter Brickles… )

By: Dan Simbro

Dan Simbro — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 22:13:03 +0000

I grew up In Council Bluffs in the sixties and also loved the Big Boogie candy bar. Annabelle candy company now sells a similar bar called the Big Hunk which is largely sold in the western U.S. ,but can be purchased directly online. Just finished my last one i guess it is time for another box. Dan

By: Addamaine

Addamaine — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 02:23:39 +0000

I loved the Big Boogie. We used to stop at the B&G Milkyway on our bus ride home from swim lessons at Terrace Park. My dad would give me a nickel so I could buy the Big Boogie. My dad loved the Walnut Crush. I grew up 40 miles SW of Sioux Falls.

By: paul

paul — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 03:07:23 +0000

I use to eat big boogie candy bars all the time when I was a kid. I love them, twin cherry bings, and walnut crush. I grew up about 30 miles from Sioux falls and visited the fenns ice cream plant

By: Bob Sutter

Bob Sutter — Wed, 26 May 2010 02:18:38 +0000

The big boogie candy bar was also made by Fenn’s, right accross the street from where you used to work. I worked at Fenn’s in the 60′s and worked in all the departments and worked making all the different candy bars. Doug I wrote you a few months ago and asked where you worked accross the street. Did you ever eat at that little hamburger shop run by the two brothers, we ate there quite often.
Bob