No one on Earth remembers this anymore but me (and the heck with all of you numbnuts) – but it was a real thing and I do remember!
For about a year in the 1960s I was addicted to a candy called “Hot Bites”. They came in a bag just like “Sour Bites”, and may even have been made by the same company as a variation of their “Sour Bites” product (see jpeg).
“Hot Bites” were red / pink and came as a dry tablet, kind of like a big, chewable kid’s aspirin. There was a cartoon animal on the bag, and I think it was a red or pink horse or pony.
I once ate so many I got sick! Way back then I could buy five bags for a quarter at the corner store.
So, like I said, to heck with all of you for acting these things never existed – well, at least all of you over 65 who grew up in a major American city and ate candy.
And to heck with all of you so-called “old candy” experts! You’re are NOT so expert as you think.
“Hot Bites” did exist!
You’re right, they DID exist. In the years since publishing this article, I have in fact heard of them and found corroborating evidence of their existence. Thanks for sharing your personal memories of them!
No one on Earth remembers this anymore but me (and the heck with all of you numbnuts) – but it was a real thing and I do remember!
For about a year in the 1960s I was addicted to a candy called “Hot Bites”. They came in a bag just like “Sour Bites”, and may even have been made by the same company as a variation of their “Sour Bites” product (see jpeg).
“Hot Bites” were red / pink and came as a dry tablet, kind of like a big, chewable kid’s aspirin. There was a cartoon animal on the bag, and I think it was a red or pink horse or pony.
I once ate so many I got sick! Way back then I could buy five bags for a quarter at the corner store.
So, like I said, to heck with all of you for acting these things never existed – well, at least all of you over 65 who grew up in a major American city and ate candy.
And to heck with all of you so-called “old candy” experts! You’re are NOT so expert as you think.
“Hot Bites” did exist!
Hey John,
You’re right, they DID exist. In the years since publishing this article, I have in fact heard of them and found corroborating evidence of their existence. Thanks for sharing your personal memories of them!