Food of the Seventies, Willy Wonka Oompas (not The Chewy Fruit Ones)
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Willy Wonka Candies used to make Oompas - shaped like a giant "M&M" with a candy shell but with an unusual half chocolate/half peanut butter filling - the top half was chocolate, while the bottom was peanut butter, a bit softer and sweeter than the consistency of a Reese's Pieces. Each one was about the diameter of a quarter, bulged in the middle like a "flying saucer." Today, Wonka makes a different fruit-flavored candy called Ooompas - they probably think no one remembers the original kind!
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I DO remember, fondly, the 1/2 chocolate, 1/2 peanut butter Oompas of the 70's! I loved them. We had a penny candy store in my neighborhood when I was little. It had all the cool 70's candies. Another uncommon candy was called the "slapstick". Remember those? It was a flat, rectangle soft caramel "lollipop" with pink, white and yellow swirls of sweet "nougat" in the middle. YUM! Miss those!
I loved the 70's oompas. A good substitute is the Peanut Butter M and M's (orange bag). They are pretty close- just not as big as the old OOmpas. Enjoy!
The best part of the old Oompas was when they got warm in summer. They got all oily (not necessarily a good thing, admittedly) and they became soft enough that they would pop in your mouth with an explosion of flavor. Yummmmmm...
OH I LOVED the original OOMPAS!!!! I would give my life savings for some original PB oompas!
My sister and I loved the original Oompas and wish that Willy Wonka Candies would make them again. It is funny, not too many people remember them but they were delicious.
I see that my sister Bridget commented too! Bring back the peanut butter Oompas!!! The memories that Bridget and I have are priceless and are dear to my heart. We would fight over the last one!!! But then say "let's get somemore". Thanks for the memories. We really would love to be able to make more.
I SOOOO wish they still had those Oompa Loompas, because I remember them. They were like a Giant M&M with Peanut Butter. WIsh you could still get them.
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