Food of the Seventies, No Jelly Candy Bar

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It was a chocolate covered peanut butter candy bar, the commercial said "peanut butter,but no jelly"
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Barney Google - July 02, 2008 - Report this comment
No Jelly was one of my all time favorite candy bars. I wish they'd bring them back. Interestingly, no one seems to remember them.
Randy Google - July 03, 2008 - Report this comment
I absolutely remember Peanut Butter, No Jelly bars. That was my favorite candy bar back in the 70s and the first I really remember. I would eat it with an icee.
Keith Google - July 08, 2008 - Report this comment
Same story...one of my favorite candy bars and anyone I talk to (even my older bother) has no recollection of it at all!!!
DENISE - July 30, 2008 - Report this comment
IT WAS ALSO MY FAVORITE CANDY BAR, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE FOUND ANY INFO ON IT AT ALL!
Tara - August 11, 2008 - Report this comment
I loved them too, and google every once in a while hoping to find a good source!
Leah - August 25, 2008 - Report this comment
It wasn't my favorite, but I loved the commercial and I liked them, too. Thought no one else remembered them till my friend Shannon, a candy maker, found this site for me.
Jonathan Caws-Elwitt - October 04, 2008 - Report this comment
Yes, a memorable commercial! Peanut Butter and Jelly, played by human actors, are portrayed as a vaudeville team. PB is breaking up the act to go solo, and he's explaining to J that he's going to pursue a career without her. I haven't seen this in thirty-odd years, but it made an impression.
roy - October 09, 2008 - Report this comment
didn't it also have like a Dudley-do-right jelly on the train tracks commercial too? I seem to remember that. I would eat mine with a slurpee in a marvel superhero cup...circa 1972'ish
Vlad - November 12, 2008 - Report this comment
I remember them giving it out in gift bags on the Wonderama show. They would advertise it at the end of the show. I really wish they'd bring it back!
Eric PBnoJ - November 14, 2008 - Report this comment
Never had the candy bar, but I remember one of the commercials that went something like this. Voiceover: "Their's was a love that was meant to be -- Peanut butter (actor) and Jelly (actress), until one day..." Peanut butter (from train steps): "I must become A STAR." (Jelly cries.) "But I'll name a candy bar after you." Voiceover: "Peanut Butter but No Jelly."
Jim J Jim - November 14, 2008 - Report this comment
No Jelly was the most bamabalicious candy bar of all time. But I always have to explain to people what it was. Anybody remember the 'Different bites for different likes' ad campaign? No Jelly was one of the candies in the jingle. Oh, I can still taste that sweet thang like I just had one this last Tuesday!!!!
Tina Mc - December 03, 2008 - Report this comment
I loved this candybar. I was born in 1965, so I was around 10 when this candy bar was out. It was like a reese cup with rice crispies for crunch (I liked this part the best) two pieces (shaped like an Almond Joy) covered in chocolate. I would love to see a wrapper
GREG - December 07, 2008 - Report this comment
OH MY GOD! I sure would like to have another NO JELLY!!!!
Bill in MICHIGAN - December 31, 2008 - Report this comment
Does anyone know what Company made them?
Pauline - January 04, 2009 - Report this comment
I too loved this candy bar and wondered if anyone still made them. I still look for them in candy stores but I see from this website they're definitely a thing of the past. I think they were made by Peter Paul
Lisa - January 09, 2009 - Report this comment
I too loved this candy bar and was hoping that some internet candy manufacturer out there would be selling them. They were definitely made by Peter Paul. I'm wondering if the Reese's peanut butter cup swallowed up their niche? Though I like Reese's, the No Jelly was still better.
Robin - January 16, 2009 - Report this comment
I've been thinking about the name of this candy bar.I loved it I was born in 1964 so I remember getting it from time to ime as a 10 year old.If I remember the package was either yellow or orange. They were sooo good.Thanks for the info..
Andrea - January 18, 2009 - Report this comment
I was born in 1961 and have been asking everyone if they remember them for years. No one does, so I decided to google it. Glad to know I wasn't having false memories LOL. I loved them and the package was an orangish yellow color.I would love for them to come back too.
70sKid - February 12, 2009 - Report this comment
Remember the bars fondly, as well as receiving them as part of a package at the Wonderama - what a memory! I loved these bars! I seemed to recall an orange wrapper with the jelly term in a purple hue?
Karen - February 23, 2009 - Report this comment
I love this candy bar. It was my all time favorite! I would go with my brother to the store and he would let me get a couple candy bars. Yum!
lamar - March 10, 2009 - Report this comment
I am so glad I found this site. This was the most great tasting candy bar I ever put in my mouth. I lived in Los Angeles in the late 70's. I thought I was the only one who remembered No Jelly Candy Bar. And yes, I remember the commercials as well.
Joe - March 24, 2009 - Report this comment
No Jelly was the best. I can also remember the taste, even though it has been over 30 years since I had one. I always remember my mom buying them for me at K-mart.
Lauri - March 27, 2009 - Report this comment
I remember discovering No Jelly's in the vending machine at work....had to have been 1973 - '74.... and becoming instantly addicted. I'm always amazed that no one else ever remembers them. Reeses PB cups are OK, but No Jelly's were soooo much better (at least as I remember).
Michigan City Mike - April 09, 2009 - Report this comment
No jelly was my favorite candy bar also. I remember loving them, and then they were gone. I wish they would bring them back too. It's nice to see other people remember a good candy as well.
Kats - April 14, 2009 - Report this comment
Wow there are others that remember No Jelly! The rice crispy crunch set it apart from reese's! We sold them at the school store Brentwood High School, Long island New York!
ThatGuy - April 25, 2009 - Report this comment
To simply state it, I loved the Peanut Butter No Jelly bars! They were the best! I miss them so much.
Kim - April 27, 2009 - Report this comment
When I was in the 4th grade, my big brother took me to school every morning. He would stop at Miller's market to get himself a Yoo-Hoo and got me a No Jelly candybar. Those were the best candybars!
AnaContessa - April 29, 2009 - Report this comment
I have never talked to anyone who remembers "No Jelly" candy bars, so I'm glad I found this site. I remember them so well. They were delicious! Made by Peter Paul for a short time during the mid 70's. Not exactly sure what color the wrapper was, though I think it was tan (the color of peanut butter). I do remember though, that the lettering on it was dark purple (the color of grape jelly). In small letters at the top of the label it said, "Peanut Butter with", and below that in large letters it said, "NO JELLY". I remember there were at least a couple of different commercials advertising them, but the only one I remember clearly was the one with the vaudville-type couple back stage--Peanut Butter (the guy) telling a crying Jelly (the lady) that he was going solo. I think the consistency of the candy bar was more soft than crispy, cuz it reminded me of Reese's Peanut Butter cups. It was around the time of those great Reese's commercials that always involved a person holding a chocolate bar colliding with a person holding an open jar of peanut butter. One of them would always say, "hey, you got CHOCOLATE on my peanut butter", and the other one would say, "no, you got peanut butter on MY CHOCOLATE". Then they would each taste what they had and fall in love with it and the announcer would say, "two great tastes that taste great together". I always thought this was why Peter Paul came up with "No Jelly" candy bars--so they could compete with Reese's. They weren't out for very long, but I wish they still were. They were yummy. BTW, not to tout Reese's, but the commercials they had this spring with the chocolate bunny getting together with the jar of peanut butter and then producing Reese's peanut butter eggs a'la old school... all to the tune of Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On" was classic. Especially since that song was popular when the original "You got peanut butter in my chocolate" commercials ran during the mid 70's.
kelly - May 30, 2009 - Report this comment
THis candy bar was called peanutbutter with no jelly in the 70's. IT was like the almond joy
Doug In Wisconsin - June 15, 2009 - Report this comment
Believe it or not I have a wrapper of this candy bar. I will look for it and post the picture. It's inside very old school book safe and sound. LOL I will try to post it in the next week or so. Boy I have had this wrapper for over 35 years or so.
Sandy - June 19, 2009 - Report this comment
I would love to see that wrapper. I loved that candy bar and no one I know remembers it either. I'm glad you all do! Your descriptions are very accurate and bring back some fond memories. I didn't like Reese's at first b/c PB, but no Jelly was so smooth!
Doug In Wisconsin - June 20, 2009 - Report this comment
I uploaded the wrapper picture. It has to be approved before they post it. This should bring back some memories to all of you. Not sure what year this is from. My guess is 1972.
jimfrog - September 28, 2009 - Report this comment
They sponsored an NHRA drag race car too. Maybe NHRA has a photo of the car. Early 70's
Joe in Ind - September 30, 2009 - Report this comment
I was in High School from 72-76 and the No Jelly bar was my favorite by far. Every time I eat something wit peanuts in it I think of No Jelly bars. I ate one every day back then and I can still taste them in my head. I absolutely loved them. My wife always brings up that we used to eat them. Someone on here needs to start a petition to have the candy company start making them again. I can`t beleive I found this site and I am not the only one that remembers the No Jelly candy. Thanks to all of you.
Rachel in RI - October 17, 2009 - Report this comment
Glad that others remember this candy bar! It was my favorite and not everyone carried them, even when they were out. Funny how not many people remember them. I was looking through the Halloween candy and thought how much I would like a "No Jelly" I googled it hoping that maybe they still sold them somewhere in the world, but I guess not. =( Too bad. Have to make do with Peanutbutter Capt'n Crunch. lol
Lola in OR - November 06, 2009 - Report this comment
I agree that we should start a petition to have Peter Paul start making them again. There has never been ANY candy that I've loved more and no other peanut butter candies in the world can hold a candle to NO JELLYs.

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