Food of the Seventies, Wigwag Chocolate Bar
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Hmmmm, trying to figure out how to describe this one, it was a chocolate covered chewy caramel bar..fairly long, it had a pretzel effect....I DO remember how messy they were to eat, whenever you took a bite the chocolate would kind of fall off of the caramel and if it was a hot day, you had little bits of melted chocolate all over your clothes. Im from Canada, so this may have been a Canadian or British brand.
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I remember Wigwags. I was about 6 (1976) when the made a "come back". They are still sold in Nova Scotia at Pete's Frootique and are called "Curly Wurly". Its a Cadbury bar and its still popular. And yes, they were messy to eat but I loved em, and still do. Last time I ate one....oh, about 31 years ago!
i would love to have a WigWag chocolate bar i remember eating them when i was a kid is there some way i could get one of them to remind me of the great taste if you could Email me at Logan0326@msn.com to tell me how i can get some of them sent to me i live in Alberta Canada al i remember is the way they kind ya look like a ladder but zig zagged lol.
Someone in Vancouver reported (March 23, 2008) finding five boxes of WigWags which her brother, who was said to have been addicted to them, had hidden away in 1979.
i recently acquired aforementioned boxes (5) of wigwags to celebrate my 25th birthday. thanks for the stomach ache william reeve!
I remeber the WIGWAG when I was just 6-7 yr old 1977. And man did I love them I remeber at a hockeys my mom would buy a hotdog then a wigwag for dessert ill never forget them.
I LOVED THE WIGWAG BAR. I REMEMBER EATING THEM AS A KID IN KINGSTON ONT. AFTER SCHOOL, MY SISTER AND I WOULD GO TO THE CORNER DRUG STORE ON THE MAIN STREET AND BUY THEM FOR 25 CENTS. TO WHOMEVER MADE THE WIGWAG BAR, PLEASE BRING THEM BACK. THEY WERE SO GOOD.
Yes, the WigWag.... looked like braided pretzels. They were sooooo good. I remember eating them at Hallowe'en especially. Had to bring everything home to be inspected but that was the first thing I went for.
In Ontario you can buy the Curly Wurly in the Bulk Barn food stores at the back with the candy bars from other countries. We found them on the weekend and it was identical to the Wig Wag - messy and stretchy caramel. Makes you feel like a kid again. Weird to fight over them with your husband. ha ha
We were talking about these at work today, when a gingerbread house came in for a charity raffle. I always remember WigWag because they made the best 'fences' for gingerbread and similar baking projects. Don't recall that I ever actually ate one!
Hey Rolf! My dad worked at the drug store in Kingston - but long before you visited there. Small world... I loved Wig Wags and don't know of anyone other than my sister who remembers them. Curly Wurly is the same thing, not as large but perhaps that's to avoid the chocolate falling off. I used to put mine in the fridge to keep it from melting all over - chocolate bits on your clothes always put mom over the edge.
Hi neighbours from Kingston, On. I remember the Wig Wag chocolate bar. My colleagues and I are just having a discussion about candy we had as a kid. Those bars were yummy!
Depuis que j'ai 9 ans environ, je rêve d'y gouter à nouveau. A plusieurs reprises, j'ai parlé de la wigwag a des amis. Je me demandais si j'étais la seule à me souvenir de cette gaterie si sublime. Ce soir, en terminant notre souper, mon chum m'a dit...pourquoi tu ne fais pas une recherche sur internet. C'est à la fois ridicule mais combien intelligent !!! :0) Je suis heureuse de voir que je ne suis pas la seule à m'ennuyer d'elle ! hi!hi!
Funny to see that others remembered this bar too. It was my favorite bar when I was a kid. It has been about 30 years since I had one and I still think about it alot today. I wish they were still on the market :-(
I grew up in rural Manitoba and when ever we went into town shopping, my dad would buy me a Wig Wag bar. I loved them and don't understand why Cadbury stopped making them. I tried the "Curly Wurly" from the bulk food store - but its not the same. The toffee is not as chewy or as buttery. If you took a McCormick's toffee bar, stretched it out and covered it in milk chocolate - then you would be very close to reproducing the actual taste. Mmmmm, think I will go out and buy some McCormicks toffee tonight!
I always kept a quarter in my mitten at figure skating to buy a Wig-Wag bar, they were great to eat in the cold. I really miss them and the liquid four flavors bar...Can't understand why they ever disappeared.
I remember buying them in my local Winnipeg drugstore. I loved them. for all the reasons stated by others. One thing I also remember is they had a 12 inch "ruler" along one side of the wrapping to prove that it 12 a foor long!
I remember Wig-Wag when I was 6 and I used to call it Wig-Wam. I just discovered the Curly Wurly and was soo excited to be right back in my 6 year old head pulling the caramel and trying not to let the little chocolate bits fall. My Fave from the early 70's was Kount Chocula and Frankenberry boo berry cereals :-)
I miss the wig-wag and like Linda always called it Wig-Wam, glad to know someone else called it by this too!!! My son has no idea what candy fun he is missing out on.
Oh my gosh..I also called it the wig-wam bar.This conversation came up at camp this past weekend, and now I'm on the hunt for a wig-wag bar. I wonder who the company was that made them? Anyone know?
They are STILL made, but under the name "Curly Wurly". Cadbury makes them.
LOL!! I knew I remembered the name right~ I just bought 2 Curly Wirly's at Giant Tiger for my kids and was telling hubby who grew up in Elimra Ontario all about how we loved them and could buy them at the Jolly Mart in Fort Saskatchewan when we were kids.. Ohhh I am going to go eat mine right now.! the memories~
I live in Vancouver and I used to love wig wag bars when I was a kid too. I'm wondering if anyone knows of a place here that sells them or the Curly Wurly. John
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