Food of the Seventies, Oompahs
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Willy Wonka candy that was like a big M&M. Very good!
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Thank God I found this page. No one believes me about this product. I tried to get in touch with Wonka Candies myself and they said there was no such thing. At least I know I'm not nuts!!!
I've been checking on these, too. Can't seem to find anything on them, but I sure remember them. I loved those peanut butter and chocolate candies. Kind of like peanut butter M&M's, but much better!
I loved these as a kid and miss them terribly! Please, Please put them back into production. Big M&Ms with chocolate and peanut butter, but so much better than yucky m&ms.
What I remember about these was the way they were designed. They were peanut butter on one side and chocolate on the other. So you could bite through one along the edge, and separate the flavors that way. Somehow this made them taste better.
I loved these as a kid the peanut butter M&M's don't hold a candle to the original oompas & then Willy Wonka re-introduced them as a fruity candy very bad move on W.W. just bring back the original oompas & everybody will be happy again. I too would bite them in half I liked the peanut butter side better so I would eat the chocolate side first.
I LOVED Oompas! No one else in my life seems to remember this awesome candy except for me! Glad to read that there are others like me out there. I wonder if there is any way we could get together and petition the Willy Wonka Candy people and see if they still have the recipe somewhere and could make these again?
Yes these were great! They re-introduced them except now they are fruit chews. Used to be peanut butter/chocolate candy coated and larger than M&M's. Why must they mess with good things?
These were my FAV'S....I have been looking for them everywhere....even the "old time candy" people dont seem to remember them. I too tried the Willy Wonka Company and got nowhere.
Oh my Gosh, I loved these and am so happy to know you all did too. I think people thought my sister and I were crazy because no one seems to remember Oompas...loved the name loved the candy, I too love to bite it in half and eat the flavors separately! Let's try to get WW to make them again!!!!!!!!!
they have a weird name but i really wanna try them..lol
I just uploaded a photo of the wrapper. We'll see how long it takes to get posted. In the meantime, you can view the wrapper at http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracis_retro/3403965195/
I'm SO SO SO glad to have found out that I am not and was not going CRAZY!!!! I loved these candies in my teen years, and still craving them in my 40's. Willy Wonka should not have stopped making them. M&M's and Reeses =1/4 star, Oompas=1000 stars! Bring them back, bring them back!!!
I agree !!! PLEASE bring oompahs back. They are way better , m&m's and reese's just don't compare. They can recreate just about anything, why not this yummy candy favorite? Come on Willy Wonka, you can do it !
Oompas, Oompas, bring them back! I used to buy them in the bulk candy section at National supermarkets! That was 20 years ago...haven't seen them since...and I really miss them! I want them back!
I remember them!! They had such a distinctive flavor.Yum. So much different than m&m's.I have thought about them for over 20 years! Bring them back!!!!!
I was starting to think I had just imagined these candies - the big fat peanut butter oompas that I used to cherish as a child in the 70s. Any time I tried to find them all I came up with were the fruity ones. Thank you all for making me feel sane again!
Now they say Oompah's were chewy things (like skittles), but we know better. they were the best - but, alas, the good times are gone...
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