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Honestly it's hilarious that irl Wonka is known for its fruity candy over its chocolate

i had no idea they removed the wonka branding from these candies. the only one i really cared for as an adult were the bottle caps and those are a very very rare purchase for me.

Ironically, the Wonka brand not being ready for the film release saved the film. People didn't have the preconceptions of it being a feature length advertisement and just saw it as a quality film worth rewatching.

I honestly think Cadbury should be producing Wonka chocolate, as it was Cadbury that inspired Dahl to begin with! The chocolate recipe has changed since Dahl's time tho. I'm a Brit and there is a noticeable difference in the chocolate since Modelez bought them out

my brother gets marijuana-infused chocolate bars that have the original Wonka labeling. Pretty sure they aren't legitimate, but they definitely capture the whimsical nature of the branding

I always wished they would have made an edible wallpaper that tasted like fruit. My sisters and I always said that was the most intriguing idea for a product in that if our entire bedroom was fashioned with the appetizing allure of brightly colored fruit we would never run out of the sweet treat lol

Fun fact: I talked with an entertainment lawyer from Netflix who specifically worked with Stranger Things. Apparently they did not ask Eggo for permission to use their product, and Eggo didn’t pay to be featured. When making the show, they honestly didn’t think the Eggo thing would be that big of a deal to viewers

Honestly, this should have been an easy home run for the candy companies.

The tiny inclusion of the Wonkanite pet flash game finally solved a childhood mystery for me, thank you so much! For forever I had memories of raising a little pink blob in my gradeschool computer lab. But I was never able to remember the name or find evidence of its existance. I would try to google "willy wonka pet game" and all I would ever find was the nerds based games. It drove me insane.

I absolutely love nerds, I was actually quite surprised when I found out they were Wonka candies, like, the actual Wonka Wonka

The Reverse Product Placement of Wonka candy is certainly an interesting tale, but what _really_ takes the cake is the Reverse Reverse Product Placement (or would it be Closed-System Product Placement) in _Spaceballs._ One of the conditions of the agreement allowing Mel Brooks to create this now-iconic _Star Wars_ parody was that he couldn’t produce or commission any merchandise to promote the film. In response to this, Brooks created a bunch of official Spaceballs merch to put _in_ the movie itself.

My dad worked at Nestle corporation back in the early 2000s and right during the time of the Wonka candy. Looking back some were probably mediocre at best, but my dad always had early access to candy and would bring home tons of treats we couldn’t find in stores. So this era will always be really special to me. Wonka Bars were one of my favorites as a chocolate lover. It was fun & the bits were actual graham cracker as opposed to crisped rice in Crunch Bars (both delicious). & Nerds Ropes will always be iconic imo.

Feel like this movie gaslit me into thinking the candy was always a thing lol

The Charlie & the Chocolate Factory soundtrack remains a masterpiece. I mean the decision to make each song a tribute to a different era of music was perfect. Especially for Mike Teavee to show the many things you could watch on TV, but just because you watch TV doesn't mean you know everything, and that TV can be wrong. Also, who wouldn't want to sing about how great your master is while being burned? Elfman's a genius, big respect for him, especially since he had to compose the music for the movie simultaneously with The Corpse Bride. And most of the lyrics are directly from the book!

I still completely believe my theory that the whole golden ticket thing was really just a way for Wonka to kill a bunch of kids to use in chocolate and that Charlie only got the factory so he could get away with it

The weird laugh that played occasionally throughout the 3D maze sounded a whole lot like the laugh of King Boo in Luigi’s Mansion. You mentioned that these flash games came out in 2004, which was just 3 years after the release of Luigi’s Mansion, so perhaps it’s possible that the sound was lifted from that game in an attempt to creep out the player.

I live in the NYC metro, and the big Toys R Us at Times Square (sadly closed December 2015) had a LEGITIMATE Wonka shop (the Wonka shop opened inside in 2010). That place had that Wonka shop, a huge T-Rex animatronic, impressive Lego models, an indoor Ferris wheel, a giant Barbie dollhouse, it had everything. It was heaven for every kid. Growing up, we'd always stop there to get something (usually it was a Lego set like SpongeBob or Indiana Jones) whenever we were in the city, and the store no longer being there and replaced with a Gap and Old Navy just saddens me.

Given that the Wonka prequel film starring Timothee Chalamet is coming this year (despite me thinking it’s a terrible idea with no source material), I think it’s safe to say that Wonkamania will become part of the cultural zeitgeist once again.

One interesting detail is that the red troll creatures from the 3D pyramid game are supposed to represent "Whangdoodles," a creature from Loompaland mentioned but never seen in the original Charlie and The Chocolate Factory book. These were recurring enemies in the Wonka flash games alongside blobby green floating guys with red eyes who were supposed to represent Vermicious Knids, the main antagonists in Charlie and The Great Glass Elevator.

Have you ever heard of the Wonka banana peel a pop ice cream? It had a candy peel and vanilla ice cream in the center, there was also a grape one. I bought all of them from a discount store when they were being discontinued, just a couple boxes, and I miss them everyday

Ah yes, another masterpiece in my favorite genre of video essay, "author deep-diving into a personal childhood interest of theirs".

I actually used to love the 2000’s Wonka bar. They didn’t sell them at very many places in my area, so I would always buy a lot whenever I found them. I miss all the Wonka candies!

When it comes to the early Wonka bar, the ingredients shown on the Vanilla bar as shown in the video would indicate the bars were all a kind of taffy/nougat based bar. That would also explain the ability to produce other flavours like Banana and Cherry while using the same base ingredients.

I remember eating Wonka Bars as a kid…they weren’t that great compared to other chocolate bars, but it was the whole “experience” of it all. The purple wrapping and gold foil also made it very alluring, cause I think it was the only chocolate bar that used that color. And hey, they even had a “golden ticket” promo, so there was the added suspense of opening the wrapper in hopes of MAYBE getting a ticket. 😂

as a kid who saw "ww&tcf" on its opening weekend in 1971, i was all in for the tie-in candy merchandising. two that i remember coming out pretty much concurrent with the release of the film (and which weren't mentioned here) were the super skrunch bar, a chocolate-covered peanut butter and wafers combination (and my personal favorite) and peanut butter oompas, an m&ms-like candy, with chocolate and a peanut butter center in a colored candy shell. good memories.🙂

Being that Nestle exited the candy business and sold the production rights for all their candy to the Ferrara Candy Company (a division of Ferrero), I’d like to see a new Wonka Bar produced with Ferrara’s chocolate. While I hate Ferrara’s Butterfinger recipe, I’ve found that other former Nestle chocolate bars like Crunch, 100 Grand, and Chunky taste much better now under Ferrara than I remember under Nestle

Love this.... and yes, the family of Dahl have explained that Roald Dahl would have been very pleased of the 2005 Tim Burton adaptation :))) I've been a massive fan of it for over 13 years now, so it's nice to still see videos about the wonderful story

They used to make a Chocolate Waterfall bar that was my favorite. It was just milk and white chocolate marbelled together in a "waterfall" of sorts. But I miss it dearly.

I’d always imagined Cadbury chocolate was closer to what real Wonka bars would taste like. US chocolates and other candies always tasted more sugary or waxy than European versions. Maltesers? So much better than Whoppers. Crunchy bars? Not even comparable to terrible Butterfingers.

I’m so glad to hear the games are archived. I can just barely sense an indescribable feeling I haven’t felt since I was 4 that I wish to relive briefly

I grew up in Hershey, so the intro to the 2005 movie felt like a magical look into how the chocolate is made in my 5yr old brain

This was a super good video! I remember candy like Nerds always having the Wonka name, but never realized they had removed it until you pointed it out now. That's crazy to realize suddenly. Keep up the great work uwu

Wonka Bars were my FAVORITE thing as a child and I was so confused and sad when I stopped being able to find them anywhere in the last 2000s/early 2010s. When I got older I realized they just discontinued it, but I actively saw it as the best chocolate when I was younger. Crunch is now actually my candy bar of choice since I can’t get Wonka Bars anymore.

When you asked if the 2000s Wonka bars were any good my knee-jerk reaction was "absolutely!" but now that I think about it, it almost certainly was just nostalgia. Like you, I also watched the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory many times (still love it) and was only 8 when the new chocolate bars were on store shelves so I don't imagine I cared much about how good they were. In my head I was eating the amazing chocolate bar from the movie so it probably seemed better than it actually was...

16:25 If you think a game where you'd ride on a skittles highway sounds strange I have a little gem called Darkened Skye, the weirdest licensed skittles game ever made. A completely serious fantasy story where the magic rune stones are literally skittles candy. The art style is bonkers.

I could've sworn Wonka Bars were still a thing, and I never paid attention to candy and never saw the wonka label on any other candy when I did.

Wonka bars are objectively the best chocolate bar yet made and the fact they never will be again is an ever festering wound on my conscious mind

The Wonka name was retroactively applied to a lot of those candies when Nestlé purchased them from other companies (sweet tarts, Laffy taffy etc). They definitely didn't have the Wonka name when I was little. But the original Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory is still one of my favorite movies ever.

I spent a truly ludicrous amount of time as a kid on the Wonka website which I seem to remember having a sort of adventure game aspect to it. That's where a majority of those flash games came from. And was made significantly before the new movie, hence why the characters looked the way they did.

I worked in a candy store for a while. We had the original WW on repeat with no interruptions. I memorized quite a lot. You should also look into Dahl's political/cultural/anti-semitic views. So many hate his guts still.

Hi! At 9:37 you discuss one of the Wonka Chocolates that Australia once had (e.g. Nutty Crunchilicious). I can confirm that these chocolates were one of the best me and my family used to have, considering that it wasn’t a full on repackaging of other Australian chocolate brands. Hope they bring it back; they were so good!

Here’s to hoping that the new Willy Wonka movie coming out this year (‘WONKA’ directed by Paul King) inspires some companies to start producing Wonka bars again!

I remember the Wonka Bars made by Nestle in the 2000s and I enjoyed them when they were available. I even remember seeing them with wrappers based on the 2005 Charlie And The Chocolate Factory movie around Christmas that same year.

Dude I was OBSESSED with the 2005 movie when I was little, and Wonka in general. Child me didn't care if the Wonka bars weren't that great. If the candy had the Wonka name, I'd still get it. I even dressed up as the Depp version of Wonka for TWO STRAIGHT YEARS in elementary school (face paint to look paler, the cane, and everything!). I think older folks don't want to admit the new one is better because it's too modern. Which I get. Though while I respect Gene Wilder, I think Depp fit the creepy Wonka vibe better, because Wonka was MEANT to be a creepy character in the book. And if they don't like the 2005 movie, they shouldn't be blaming Burton, but Dahl's family. Roald may not be around, but I'm sure he would've enjoyed it as much as many of us have. Another prize I remember from the Wonka bars were American Idol tickets. But I ESPECIALLY remember these Wonka Flash games. The SweeTARTS drove me insane because of the obstacles. And the Laffy Taffy pyramid gave me nightmares, and yet I still played them because they were that good. This video was such a nostalgia trip and warmed my heart. Well done!

I love that you mentioned the Laffy Taffy maze game, I never beat it as a kid because I was terrified of the red monster. I also remember the 3D Sweettarts game and one where you had to rotate pipes so the chocolate flowed through.

I’m an Aussie and we actually got some really interesting Wonka bars like ones with cookies and chocolate syrup If I remember correctly, there was the occasional contest where you could create your own Wonka Bar by choosing three ingredients to put in it

I was nine when the 2004 one came out and I definitely remember the Wonka "Fudgemallow Delight" bars with Johnny Depp on them. Being from the UK we never really (to my understanding at least) had any "Wonka" related products until the movie came out. I personally prefer the newer one but that's because we never really watched the older one; my main memory is of Augustus Gloop going up the pipe

You are one of my new favorite creators! Hope to see a lot more videos from your channel cheers

I've never eaten a Wonka bar but I can 100% say I've seen those fake bars in the UK and it's always been in off licence or those American candy shops

My brain just unlocked all sorts of memories when you showed the picture of the Donutz. I high key miss a lot of candy from my childhood, like how tf did Kinder last so long when Kissables died?

Willy Wonka was absolutely iconic with being associated with delicious candy I remember loving the 90's and 00's Willy Wonka chocolate candies when I was a kid and teenager.

The people who claimed that Wonka's chocolate was the greatest in the world has _clearly_ never eaten a Lindt Milk Chocolate truffle in their entire life.

Love your stuff! KZfaq recommend your school lunches vid to me and I’ve loved all the stuff you’ve put out. Very nostalgic. I like your format too. Hopefully the almighty algorithm continues to help you out!

i always thought the wonka logo being on a bunch of candies was something i dreamt of when i was a kid, it's been bothering me for years..good to know i wasn't crazy lol

I remember seeing the Wonka candies a long time ago. I never had a Wonka bar, but I did occasionally eat Nerds, Sweettarts, and Laffy Taffy. It's been a long time since I ate any of those, so I didn't notice that the Wonka brand was dropped. The 1971 movie is a childhood favorite of mine. While I initially didn't like the 2005 movie as much as the 1971 movie, after recently re-watching 2005 movie I actually think it's pretty good in its own way. I still think the 1971 version does some things better, but there are other things that the 2005 version does better. I think a lot of people prefer the 1971 version simply because it's more nostalgic and/or iconic. Which is a shame because I think the 2005 version is underrated and/or over-hated. Also, did you know that there are slot machines based off of the 1971 movie? I saw them at Winstar.

The random laughs in that Laffy Taffy maze might be to help locate the Laffy Taffy walls so you can solve it.

The Primary Games Wonka Pyramid Game is such a deep cut to my childhood, it legit unlocked a whole batch of memories that I had completely forgotten about, it's so cathartic to know that someone else knows that game exists haha 😆

i remember seen Wonka Bars at a Hollywood video and being excited to try it only to be dispotined, even as a kid I thought it was mediocre. They need to bring back those wonka exceptionals those where good.

Kazoozles changing to sweet tart ropes was the biggest culture shock for me

13:47 isn’t that just a slightly edited version of King Boo’s laugh from Luigi’s Mansion?

That pic in the thumbnail from the 3D Pyramid gave me a precision blast of nostalgia. I played that game SO much

Omg I’m so glad you did this video! I remember playing the 3D Sweet Tarts game like crazy in afterschool daycare! Also I remember back in 2005 actually buying a Wonka Bar from the Candy Store on Main Street in the Magic Kingdom at Disney World! Such a strange candy

Some of those non-chocolate candies were not originally made by Nestle and existed on their own, and were only branded as Wonka for short periods on and off, I'm assuming it's a matter of licensing deals coming and going. Some were independent brands that Nestle acquired and absorbed over the years, which is why they have nothing to do with the book. Looks like if Nestle acquired a brand that had a certain kooky vibe they added it the wonka line. Fun Dip for example is from the 50's. Laffy Taffy was two completely different products with different ingredients. The wide flat bars were first but were not called Laffy Taffy in the 80's. It was Stretchy and Tangy Taffy by the brand Sunshine. Then Laffy Taffy came out as cubes sold by the piece, then those disappeared and it changed to the small flat pieces and ropes. Later they absorbed the older Sunshine taffy (The large wide flat bars) and rebranded it as Laffy Taffy but kept the same formulation. You'll notice the ropes and small strips are mild and similar to Starburst in texture but the wide large bars are much tangier with a stronger flavor and have a creamy almost fluffy texture. These wide bars are one of my favorite candies on earth and it would come and go throughout the 80's and 90's. It would disappear for years at a time. Whenever we traveled as a kid, I searched for it at every stop. Thank you for reading this rant from a middle aged candy lover.

When I was in high school I remember one of my buddies showing me Wonka ice cream. IIRC the one I had was vanilla ice cream with bits of chocolate-covered potato chips. It was really good with that sweet/salty combo.

Both me and my sister won the willy Wonka movie promotion but we were stupid and threw out the tickets not knowing about the promotion. We only ended up finding one but we hate ourselves everyday for that moment

I love how Wayne's World has become the go to example of product placement. And like yeah, of course it was intentional. But like idunno it's just so special for reason and i can't explain it right now

I too was terrified of the temple maze with the giant red trolls and avoided it as much as I could. it's just so claustrophobic!!!

Video recommendation: trampoline park. Don’t know what you would do but I think it would be fun! Great content!

Glad I’m not the only one that randomly remembered the wonka branded products. Kind of wondering why they discontinued doing it though- 🤔

this video dug up some ancient memories i had completely forgotten i had. those wonka flash games were a huge hit with child me. There used to be a whole wonka website that they were hosted in and found through some candy aesthetic menu system? i have no idea how i found that website though. The wonka website was where i first saw a lot of now popular optical illusions for some reason? i distinctly remember the "which line is longer psych theyre the same length" thing with that specific cartoon willy wonka...

You just brought back so many memories of the promotions they did for the 2005 adaptation. I LOVED the Wonka bars! And the Donutz! One would have thought that with the new movie coming out, there would have been a Wonka bar return.... But all we got were gummy hats and an IHOP menu. 🙄

My brother LOVED those original Wonka bars, we could only find them at Toys R US. We would also play that creepy maze game and scream in terror when we saw the red monster

13:30 that laugh is clearly a pitch-shifted boo from the mario series

I might be dumb but is right to consider wonka candies as one of the first or most iconic ARG campaigns from a corporate business. Although like a golden ticket wouldn’t actually get you to the factory, $10,000 is pretty badass and would probably get you in any chocolate factory around the world. Beside that point i think quaker or nestle was defiantly thinking ahead of its time. I’m just stuck on if this was just a competition or a considerable ARG for its time. LMAO

I had the 2005 DVD 📀 when I was little and the little movie paper they put inside had a scratch and sniff thing for the Wonka Bars and it was the best chocolate 🍫 smell I’ve ever smelled. They were discontinued by the time I was old enough to remember wanting one and asking my mom for one. Finding out they were mediocre makes me sad but at least I can stop the 18 year long “what if” questions that have been playing in my head for the past almost two decades

You showing that Laffy Taffy game unlocked a memory for me. I haven't thought about that game in such a long time.

No Lemme tell you-them pixie sticks were my crack when I was a kid 🤣. I remember eating 2 WHOLE BAGS of pixie sticks one night 😅. I harassed my brother and ran around saying, “HEHEHEHEHEHE IM GOOFY!” And laughing.🤣🤣 I had to have been 8-10 🤣🤣.

The products she mentioned not being mentioned in the story weren't in the story because they were products that were rebranded as Wonka to try and cash in on they name. They existed long before they got the Wonka logo. Some have been around since the 60s and 70s, and were their licenses, and original companies, were bought by nestle

Your channel is so underrated!! You’ve quickly become one of my new favorite KZfaqrs even though your channel is pretty new. Your videos are very polished and well made, and I like to put them on as background when I’m doing boring activities lol. Keep up the amazing work!! ❤

13:44 Sounds like a high pitched version of King Boo's laugh from SM64/DS

I loved the Wonka candies from the early 2000’s. The Wonka Bar was a favorite of mine. Though I do recall many of the other candies were way better.

15:38 OH MY GOD I REMEMBER PLAYING THAT GAME! It was a kind of Lemmings game, all you had to do was create paths to the end for the Oompa Loompas. Crazy, thanks for uncovering a long forgotten memory for me!

I'm so glad you included the video game section because I have such fond memories playing the Shockwave Wonka games. Glad to see some of them were preserved.

Counterfeit Wonka bars sounds like it belongs in the movie, not IRL....

a hershey's Symphony bar is my headcanon for what Wonka bars taste like

OMG! My favorite movie is Fried Green Tomatoes and I would watch it over and over as a kid. I"VE NEVER met anybody else who also watched that growing up and loved it. So awesome to see this. I literally have a "Fried Green Tomatoes" poster from the VHS advertisement at home.

Just gotta say. You're really underrated. I like this kind of content and your voice is pleasant. Keep doing what you're doing girl :D

You unlocked a very deep memory showing those candy donuts. I haven't thought about those in over a decade and now I want nothing more than to eat one again to recapture the nostalgia

You got a good voice for these types of videos. Genuinely surprised by the quality of this one. Great job!

the laffy taffy maze game!! i was obsessed with that as a kid! i still have intrusive thoughts about it tbh

They really need to bring back Wonka bars someday .

So happy I found your channel, thanks for the videos)

11:24 I had that game as a kid. I was stuck on a level for YEARS. All I remember was Wonka wanting me to retrieve something and then him not continuing the level because I couldn’t find it. I found it, then go back to him, but he said I dropped something while picking that up, so I try to go back to where I found the thing and there wasn’t anything I dropped. Basically, you can carry one item, but he wanted two items. This may not be true because of my child brain memory, but this is how I remember it.

12:13 Ohhh my god you just unlocked an insane memory. I didn't even know this was a Wonka game. Pretty much my brother found it and I watched him play it. Lemme tell you, just watching him go through the maze put me on edge. And when that red creature started approaching? Genuinely terrifying. There's a reason I forgot this game

Oh my god, I thought I was the only person who remembered that 3D Pyramid Challenge game. Thank you for reawakening one of my darkest childhood memories

i personally have read a few roald dahl books, and you saying that the second movie was more to his vision makes me so happy, because i was like you and i watched the gene wilder version on repeat on vhs when i was a kid, but i always loved the johnny depp one better despite that. i think that when it comes to remakes like this, people just have rose coloured glasses on.

Wow...this brought so much nostalgia from playing these games as a kid... I thought all this was buried in my memories forever.

I remember as a kid going to the store with my family and seeing some different Wonka branded chocolates. Then one day, they just stopped selling them. I think there was like, a marshmallow one? I don't remember, but it was a weird experience that I always think of when hearing the Wonka name. (this would have probably been like, 2010-16 if I had to guess)

Does anyone remember the point and click flash game on the wonka website where you explore the entire factory? Used to spend hours on that along with the 3D design-a-candy game which I won a prize for 😅 Got a whole rucksack full of xploders that I ate in about a week