Food of the Seventies, Can Full Of Worms Soda
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In Minnesota, I remember going downtown with a quarter to get a "Can Full of Worms" soda and a Hershey bar. The soda was a better tasting version of Dr Pepper.
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Finally someone else who had heard of "worms" soda when we were kids! Now if only I could find a picture of that can.... I was in Wisconsin Rapids and know I used to love it. I swear it had pictures of brown cartoon-like worms on it...
AAAAHHHHH!!!!
FINALLY SOMEONE ELSE REMEMBERS THE SODA CALLED WORMS! PEOPLE WERE THINKING THAT I WAS CRAZY. I NEED TO SEE A PICTURE OF THE CAN. I WAS LIKE 5 YEARS OLD I THINK. WAS THE CAN PURPLE WITH ORANGE ON IT? WHAT WAS THE FLAVOR? WAS IT GRAPE?
I REALLY WANT TO KNOW...
I used to buy Worms Soda in Minneapolis around 1984 and then the product vanished. My father and I agreed that the name was too crazy to be popular with the masses. The soda WAS better than Dr Pepper. Where is a can collector with an image of it? Who produced it? Why did it just pop in my head this morning after 20+ years?
people would look at me like i had worms coming outta my ears when anyone was asked if they ever heard of the softdrink! there's a few of us here and we all hafta stick together, man! i remember everyday after junior high gym class, i'd stop by the pop machine for a "can of worms"! it was the best and was disappointed when it disappeared. i thought it tasted more like Mountain Dew's "Code Red" than Dr. Pepper!
Glad to know there are still a few others out there with nostalgia for "Worms". I can recall being very young drinking it in Wisconsin. Was it a regional product?
I found a couple of old metal cans, they have a little boy and a red billboard that reads I Like Worms, A Cherry Blended Soda. Is this the same as the Can Full Of Worms Soda.The cans look like they were made last week.
I have two empty worms pop cans sitting in my office. I saved them when they first came out, thinking that they were unuaual. My recollection is that they came out in the mid to late '70's in Minnesota. The cans feature a rather demonic looking boy in front of a red wooden billboard. One one side of the can the sign reads "I like worms", on the other side "Best worms you ever tasted"
Worms soda was the brainchild of my uncle, Duane then working as a Pepsi distributor in New Richmond WI. He hatched the idea for the name while seeing a young boy fishing while driving his routes. Worms became a regional hit in Northern WI and MN and represented a manifestation of Duane's unorthodox ways and thinking, always ready to mix things up a bit. In addition to Worms, Duane also launched Rodeo soda. Thanks and we'll miss you Duane.
Oh yea, Worms soda. I remember fishing trips in wisconsin as a kid and drinking worms. It was great. Jon, Thank your uncle for me for the memory and the great soda. It really was a good soda. I can still picture the white can with the little boy holding up a cup full of worms. They need to make it again. I can sympothise with everyone who has said they get odd looks when the mention worms soda. I get the same odd looks.
WOW! People really DO remember the soda! I remember getting at the local "General Store" when I was young. Just came across an old t-shirt with the boy and billboard in a box of garage sale things. Think anyone would be interested in it? It was great - I still drink Dr. Pepper - it's the closest thing!
Dana...I WANT THAT SHIRT!!!!
I remember worms soda, I loved it, use to drink it when I was a kid in Durand WI
I remember my uncle bring over Worms when I was a kid in the 70's, I didn't dare try it! Great memories.
I have been looking for a can of I like worms soda forever. My brother and I used to drink this as kids when we visited our grandparents in Arpin, WI. I get the same looks from people when I mention this memory of childhood. I want a can to prove to my kids that there really was such a thing!
The franchise was created in 1974 by LADCo (the Larry and Duane Company). Jon's Uncle Duane and my dad Larry were both working at Pepsi then - Duane in New Richmond and Larry in Frederic. The marketing designs for the cans, the t-shirts, etc was completed at my dad's kitchen table. The franchise was sold to a group in Oregon in the early '80's. I have heard it is still in business, but I have been unable to locate it myself.
I also remember drinking this pop. I thought it was a cherry cola. I always wondered why it disappeared also. And as allot of you, everyone looks at me like I have grown another head when I ask if anyone remembers it. So far this is the only place I have read that anyone remembers it. Thank you all for not being nuts. And now I know I am not nuts either.....
if anybody wants one I have a mint can for sale for $20
email me at cobracomfg at aol dot com
I have been searching for this soda for years. We used to get it when I was a kid going on vacation in Manitowish Waters, WI. If anyone has any idea on how to find it please let me know. wosborne at wi rr dot com
Used to get Worms at the corner gas station as a kid in Minnesota, waaaay back in the '70's.....which happens to be THE best decade of all time. No one on here is crazy, worms IS real...AND it was GREAT! I was quite honestly starting to doubt my own memories, till I found my beloved favorite childhood soda can on a garage sale a few years back. I snatched it up instantly, & it is one of my prized possesions. It has the power to transport me back to a wounderous time whenever I need it. I've submitted a couple pics for you all to enjoy.
Yes, I also wondered too, if I was nuts thinking of my cousins in Avon MN, drinking cans of soda called worms. I was actually frightened to even think of drinking a can of it. I actually did, and it was pretty good. I even ask my cousins who drank it, and they can vaugly remember it. Guess when you lose Rondo, you feel like you've lost a great friend since the school days!
Hi, Would anyone want to buy a full can of Worms? I have a 5 pack left from my childhood! My email is sunnylol2007 @ Yahoo dot com
I submitted a picture of the can, but do not know where it went. I found this wonderful drink when I was a teenage and we were traveling to chicago to visit family. I still have the can!
Very special thaks to sunny and nicole . I really apopreciate these, they are going to make a great gift to my siblings who all remember worms soda with great fondness!
Wow...nice string of memories...does anyone remember the jingle?....some of it has been stuck in my head for 30 years (I think)...it went; "Nobody likes me, everybody hates me I think I'll have some Worms"...or something to that effect...does anyone else remember this?
i remember worms. my father used to sell it through a northern wisconsin pepsi distributorship. We all had worms t-shirts when we were kids. great logo. funny thing is, this soda would probably market better today than it did back then.
We had Worms often and giggled as kids do at the name of I Like Worms Soda. It was way ahead of it's time and better than Dr. Pepper. It was available in the mid 1970's, about the same time A&W started availability in bottles, and my cousins and I consumed it and another regional brand known as "TING" which came from Wisconsin Bottling of Waupaca, WI in 8oz, 24pak returnables in multiple flavors. We liked the family beer too - Walter's - but only got that with the parents around... ;) ;) Sadly, that's goner too.
I remember it in the early and mid-seventies growing up in Bloomington, MN. It was packaged in a rather plain-looking, almost generic white tin can with a few worms and "Can full o' worms" on it. I recall that it was more of a cherry soda than it was a sarsparilla-inspired conconction like Dr. Pepper. Aaaaaah, them was the days!
I have a full un opened can of worms soda.I was curious if it is collectible.
I used to get Worms at Cushing Co-Op, in WI. No one I have ever mentioned it to remembered it. Thanks Jon for the info about your uncle, great story! I would love if someone would post a picture of the the can.
I grew up in Hayward, WI. In the late 70's I remember getting six packs of Worms, but I'm not sure if they were available in Hayward, or if it was when we went shopping elsewhere. Anyway, I remember the taste after all of these years! And, what was cooler as a kid than getting soda named Worms!
Hey all boy that brings back memories. I remember making worms floats every Sunday night after dinner..boy those were good. i also uploaded a pic that i found...
I grew up in Madison, WI in the late 70's and I still remember drinking Worms. It was better the Dr. Pepper. I wish I could find some now.
I want a few full can's for my collection, Anyone have any ??? 920-378-3814 tynomee@yahoo.com
I grew up in Hawkins WI, we used worms to mix a drink with 151 Rum, we called it a Night Crawler.
Can of Worms was my fav soda, uh hmmm, (excuse me) "pop" as a kid. I remember it being like a root beer or something. Still to this day, the root beer flavors & dr pepper type sodas are my fav. P.S. I grew up in mpls calling it "pop", but after many yrs working in southern-based chain restaurants, the term "soda" has rubbed off on me. sry
"Worms" is my favorite pop ever. It had a pic of a boy drawn on it, like some 5 year old drew it. it tasted like black cherry.
add me to the "every looks at me like I'm crazy when I mention drinking cans of worms as a kid" list. I grew up in the okoboji Iowa area and drank it all the time, been trying to find some. sad its gone now.
I too remember this as a kid in the 70s. I remember having an argument with my sister who is 10 yrs. older about Worms pop at the dinner table. She didn't believe me - I took a quarter, ran down to the gas station and came back, slammed the pop on the table and said here's the Worms!
I remember finding Worms Soda in a small "Mom and Pop" store in Kenosha WI. It was awesome
Here I thought hubby was nuts! LOL
I thought my hubby was nuts also. Over the years he has mentioned how on Sunday his Dad would drive down to the local General Store and he would buy a can of I Like Worms and a Snickers bar. I've searched for years for SOME evidence of this pop hoping to find him some and this is the first time I've read of other people who remember this.
I remember it from my younger years, got it for cheap compared to today's prices........how cool would it be if they put out a limited edition of this Worms soda.........so many memories.......love it..........
I remember my mom bought me a can while on a trip and it was the best pop I ever had, but i was never able to find it again. I am glad i found this website to prove to my wife that I am not insane when I talk about drinking "Worms"
I would love to have a can of it. It was the best pop I ever had. I you have one please let me know what kind of shape and what you want for it. That would complete a chapter of my younger days. Thanks everyone for the memories.. brownchunks@yahoo.net
Ting Bottled Soda from Wisconsin! - Yum!
Joining the club here - this is the first time in a couple of decades that I have found anyone who remembers Worms pop besides me. It was found in the Quad Cities (Davenport, Iowa/Moline, Illinois area) in the late 70's and early 80's. One spot you could find it was in Randall's grocery store in East Moline, Illinois. It was in their pop machine at the front of the store which was located near their Pac Man machine. If anyone finds a link with a picture of the can please post it.
http://johnnymisfortune.blogspot.com/2003_06_01_archive.html
Above link has a picture of the can.
the reason i went and googled the worms soda, was someone left a bottle of this soda called jazz diet pepsi,black cherry and french vanilla flavor in my fridge. as i dumped the pop in my sink the aroma that wafer back at me after 35 years was like hey this smell familiar and i thought of that. i think this would be close to the real thing.
i use to get mine by telling the owner of the mobile gas station by our house that i lost the money in the machine and got it free, i think he knew we were scamming him it was my uncles friend that owned it
Wow! A couple of years ago, you couldn't even find anything regarding Worms soda on the internet. I grew up in Stillwater, MN and remember the pop well. I also remember a television ad for it which was very weird. Something with a guy and a dusty stuffed bird...? Anyone remember that? I probably saw it two or three times. Seemed like Worms disappeared about as quick as it started.
I have Worms cans for sale if anyone is interested.email me fisher_9828@msn.com
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