{"id":16364,"date":"2015-01-30T08:28:41","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T13:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16364"},"modified":"2015-01-30T08:28:41","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T13:28:41","slug":"the-return-of-mike-and-ike-cotton-candy-and-root-beer-float-flavors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/collectingcandy.com\/wordpress\/?p=16364","title":{"rendered":"The Return of Mike and Ike Cotton Candy and Root Beer Float Flavors!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"CC_Mike<\/p>\n

It’s been an exciting month in the world of candy<\/a> already and the fun keeps on rolling as today I get to share the news that Mike and Ike Cotton Candy and Root Beer Float flavors are returning!\u00a0\u00a0 Not seen on shelves for over a decade, these past favorites follow on the heels of Just Born’s previous relaunches of the Lem and Mel and Cherry and Bub flavors<\/a> back in 2012.\u00a0 I’ve got a tasty bit of history on these two to share, so make the jump to check it out!<\/p>\n

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MIke and Ike Root Beer Float and Cotton Candy have returned for 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

Cotton Candy happens to be one of my all-time favorite confectionery flavorings.\u00a0 I always tend to enjoy it when I find it has been applied to a confectionery product as it was with the recently returned Cotton Candy Big League Chew<\/a>.\u00a0 But perhaps nothing ever cemented my love of cotton candy-flavored things so much as a product called Magic Milk Mix.<\/p>\n

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Magic Milk Mix featuring Cotton Candy Magic Milk – 2007<\/p><\/div>\n

Back in 2007, Magic Milk Mix was put on the market and my far-and-away favorite flavor was the cotton candy variety.\u00a0 It turned the milk blue (and delicious) and I enjoyed it pretty regularly for as long as I could.\u00a0 Sadly, the product didn’t last past that one year, but I retain my happy memories of it.<\/p>\n

So upon learning that Mike and Ike Cotton Candy were returning, it should come as no surprise that I was elated.\u00a0 Not just because I love the flavor of cotton candy but also because I missed out when Mike and Ike Cotton Candy was first sold as part of their “Featured Flavors” series back in the early 2000’s.<\/p>\n

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Mike and Ike Cotton Candy Featured Flavor candy box \u2013 early 2000\u2019s \u2013 Image source PeepsShow.com<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n

Not only did I miss the chance to try them back then, but that Mike and Ike Featured Flavor Cotton Candy is a box I still need for my Just Born candy box collection.\u00a0 To this day, it has remained elusive.\u00a0 [Hey Just Born, you guys have any extras of these lying around?\u00a0 \ud83d\ude09\u00a0 ]<\/p>\n

While my search for that original Mike and Ike Cotton Candy box continues, I finally get to enjoy the candy itself in its resurrected form.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that with the original Featured Flavors version, Mike and Ike Cotton Candy appear to have only arrived in a single color –\u00a0 pink – rather than the pink and blue mix of the new release.\u00a0\u00a0 Here’s a look.<\/p>\n

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Just Born – Mike and Ike Cotton Candy photo with candy – January 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

Delicious stuff.\u00a0\u00a0 Here’s a look at the complete box:<\/p>\n

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Just Born – Mike and Ike – Cotton Candy – 5oz candy box – January 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

Moving on to the other half of today’s feature, Mike and Ike Root Beer Float has a similar history to that of Cotton Candy, albeit with an extra historical lineage.\u00a0\u00a0 You see, while Mike and Ike Root Beer Float was also originally a part of Just Born’s early 2000’s Featured Flavor line, it wasn’t the first time that Just Born put out a root beer-flavored Mike and Ike type of product.<\/p>\n

All the way back in the 1960’s Just Born gave us Root-T-Toot as part of their candy line-up.\u00a0 And it features an appealing tug boat mascot character on the original packaging.<\/p>\n

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Just Born candy industry trade ad – Hot Line to Profits – early 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

This vintage Root-T-Toot box is one of my favorites:<\/p>\n

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Just Born – Root-T-Toot – personalized ring – candy box -1960’s to Early 1970’s<\/p><\/div>\n

The original Just Born Root-T-Toot was discontinued by the mid-1970’s but returned as an anniversary limited edition in 1998, as you can see here:<\/p>\n

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JustBorn – Mike and Ike Anniversary Edition Root-T-Toot box – 1998<\/p><\/div>\n

When root beer was selected to become one of the early 2000’s “Featured Flavors” Mike and Ike products, Just Born gave it a little twist and called it Root Beer Float.\u00a0 I can’t say for certain, but I’m guessing that the flavor was tweaked from the original Root-T-Toot root beer version.\u00a0 Here’s a box for the original Featured Flavor Root Beer Float Mike and Ike:<\/p>\n

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JustBorn – Mike and Ike Featured Flavor Root Beer Float – 2003<\/p><\/div>\n

I think that’s a great-looking box and it brings us to our final piece for the day, the newly returned edition of Mike and Ike Root Beer Float.\u00a0 So here it is:<\/p>\n

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Just Born – Mike and Ike Root Beer Float photo with candy – January 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

Another great modern Just Born box design and for me this is an instant classic.\u00a0 I love it!<\/p>\n

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Just Born – Mike and Ike – Root Beer Float – 5oz candy box – January 2015<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s great to see Just Born bringing back these discontinued favorites and by doing so, feeding into the fun of their classic brands.\u00a0 I’m a big fan and I can’t wait to see what they do next.<\/p>\n

For now, that’s everything I’ve got on the return of Mike and Ike Cotton Candy and Root Beer Float flavors.\u00a0 See you next time!<\/p>\n

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