Food of the Seventies, Yum Yums

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Made by the Sunshine Baking Company (they still produce a saltine cracker, vanilla wafer cookies, Hydrox & numerous other items). These were oblong wafer crisp like with a light ribbon of caramel throughout. It also included coconut & chocolate . The closest thing you can get nowadays is the Samoa Cookies from Girl Scout Cookies.
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Linda - January 07, 2008 - Report this comment
Yes!! I thought I was the only person who remembered these. I loved them! Thanks.
Peggy - January 18, 2008 - Report this comment
I loved these too.
Margie - January 24, 2008 - Report this comment
I WISH they were still available. I have fond memories of camping in Tuolomne Meadows, Yosemite and we always had these cookies. They were my favorite. I contacted Keebler a few years ago and they said they had no plans to make the product, it didn't fit they're target market or something. Perhaps if we all contact Keebler, they'll realize there is a market out here for Yum Yums and either start making them or sell the rights to someone that will!
Jeni - February 23, 2008 - Report this comment
Yum Yums were my favourite cookies growing up. I've been trying to find them for years without success, it's nice to know someone else misses them too!
Andy - March 05, 2008 - Report this comment
Yum Yums were a memorable experiance. They will always be #1 on my list of cookie to die for. Fathful Yum Yum lover for life !
Donna - March 05, 2008 - Report this comment
I loved these cookies! My grandmother used to bring them from California after she visited family there. (We live in Mississippi) I always looked forward to this special treat. When I first tasted Samoas, I thought they were similar, but just not the same....Yum Yums were better!
Deanna - March 12, 2008 - Report this comment
My grandmother bought these for me occasionally. I _loved_ them. They were my very favorite. She got them at the Winn Dixie in Dublin, GA.
Sheryl - March 13, 2008 - Report this comment
I loved these cookies too! and you are right samoa's are similar BUT NOT the same---Yum Yum's are the best!! Maybe we should all write to the Sunshine Bakery Co.
YumYumLuvr - March 13, 2008 - Report this comment
I have been searching online for years to find information about YumYums. Thank you so much. Yes, the Samoas are the closest thing to them. Though not exactly the same, eating the Samoas bring back so many good childhood memories.
Maria - March 15, 2008 - Report this comment
I am so shocked to see how many people are also like me searching for yum yums, they were so good and like so many of you I now also buy the girl scout samoas for my husband, but would love to have the original Yum Yums back...Wonder why they discontinued them?
IdahoVandal - March 17, 2008 - Report this comment
Nehi grape and Yum Yums were my favorite snack growing up. I too buy Samoas to quench my desire for Yum Yums. Not the Same. Does anyone know of a decent recipe?
Jennifer - March 26, 2008 - Report this comment
I have also been searching online for Yum Yums! I'm glad I'm not the only person who misses them! Anyone have a recipe that is similar?
daryl - May 28, 2008 - Report this comment
Yes I been looking and missing yum yums for years. You would think someone would by the rights to make them if Keebler feel it not a fit for is line.
Lisa - May 30, 2008 - Report this comment
Was just reminiscing about these cookies with my mom...haven't had one in about 30 years or more. Samoans are good, but there is something missing. They sure beat any of the stuff Keebler has out now!!
Christy - August 04, 2008 - Report this comment
I can't believe it!! No one I have asked knows what I am talking about! I'm glad to find out I'm not the only one missing this cookie! I too have taken on the Samoa as a close substitute.
camille - August 22, 2008 - Report this comment
I have been trying to find these cookies for years!!! Is there anyway we can contact the sunshine baking co. I tried to do a search but found nothing on the co. I live in Seattle, Wa and I used to buy them and eat the whole box!
CaliGal - September 11, 2008 - Report this comment
What a surprise to see how many of us feel the same way about these cookies. I, too, fulfill my childhood memories of these cookies by buying several boxes of Samoas each year. The popularity of the Samoas should give Keebler a clue that there is a NEED for Yum-Yums year round! Heck, Keebler makes a Thin Mint-like cookie now.
Tim - January 11, 2009 - Report this comment
These were my favorite as a kid in Tennessee. I always look for them in the cookie aisle when I go to a new town. I sure wish they would bring them back.
ana - January 17, 2009 - Report this comment
i cant believe so many people loved them. Sunshine please make them for us 70's people. They were wonderful
Janet - January 19, 2009 - Report this comment
Yum-Yums were the bomb! I wish younger generations could enjoy them!
Oveta - March 02, 2009 - Report this comment
I feel the same as everyone else. No cookie can ever compare. As for not fitting into their line, they brought back the Hydrox why not Yum Yums?
Fred - March 03, 2009 - Report this comment
We all need to unite. Yum Yum's were the best cookie ever made. I still have no idea why these were discontinued. They need to bring these back.
Linda - March 18, 2009 - Report this comment
Yum Yums are my all-time favorite cookie. And I too always check out the cookie aisle when in a new store. My second favorite is Nabisco's Hey Days and I haven't seen those in years either.
David - March 30, 2009 - Report this comment
I contacted Sunshine Baking Company and told them that Yum Yums and Lemon Coolers were the best cookies ever made, and that they are losing out on huge profits by no longer producing them. They said they appreciated my comment, however, the company is seeking a different target market. Too bad...It's definitely OUR loss! I love me some Yum Yums and Lemon Coolers!!
Jinni - April 01, 2009 - Report this comment
OMG!! It's wonderful to know other people loved Yum Yums the way I did as a kid.. they were my absolute favorite cookie growing up. I have been trying to find or buy them for years. The girl scout cookies just aren't the same as the original
D. Jensen - April 05, 2009 - Report this comment
I used to eat these! I think they came in a yellow box and had coconut in them!
outlaw - April 07, 2009 - Report this comment
oh yeah yum yums where the best cookie i ever ate.... i sure do miss them...bring em back ...
JEANNE - April 10, 2009 - Report this comment
YUM YUMS WERE IT! NOW DOES ANYONE REMEMBER IF IT WAS KEEBLER OR NABISCO MADE A SIMILAR COOKIE CALLED "HAY DAY" OR " HEY DAY" WHERE DID THOSE GO? ANYONE KNOW? :)))
R.Maurer - June 28, 2009 - Report this comment
I Loved Yum Yums. Always had them in my lunch when I was a Kid... Mom Loved them too!
vickie - July 08, 2009 - Report this comment
oh yes I remember these cookies they were so good but can not find them anywhere. I have hade a taste for them for a long time. these were the good old days when they had nice cookies out. anyknow is there somewhere on the interent where someone makes them.?vickie in michigan. remember the old fashioned squirrel candies they were so good too nice and thick and tasty. not any more
Russell - July 13, 2009 - Report this comment
Come on Somebody. Make these cookies please. My favorite cookies growing up as a kid. A box of those and a 1/2 gallon of Milk. Oh my!!!!
jd from detriot - July 20, 2009 - Report this comment
Yum Yums are my my favorite. I wish the SUNSHINE peaple make them again, I really miss them
Michigan Katy - July 25, 2009 - Report this comment
Man, these were the best! My Grampa and I could eat a whole box at one sitting. I still look for these when I go shopping even though I know it's a lost cause. But maybe someday...and then I will buy a cart full!
Rob - August 07, 2009 - Report this comment
Oh My Goodness just think of how much money they would make, creating a good oldie focused toward the baby boomers. *Scratches head* Make me wonder about how stupid manufacturers really are.
Lana J - September 14, 2009 - Report this comment
The sad thing is Sunshine was bought out by Keebler in August 2008....so I do not think there will be a Yum Yums revival. They were also one of my faves growing up. A more recent favorite of mine was Sunshines Lemon Coolers which have also been discontinued when Keebler bought Sunshine out. Cheez-it still carries the Sunshine name.
Adrian - September 15, 2009 - Report this comment
Oh Man!!! I loved these cookies as a kid! My mom and I would eat the #$@!! out of these. We would open a box of these and watch the Saturday night double feature with Bob Wilkins and root for the monsters! I loved these things and I tell everyone about them. A far second runner up is the Girl Scout Samoa, but again a F-A-R second. If they brought these back I would gain about 40 lbs in one year.
Shelly - September 18, 2009 - Report this comment
I have been dreaming of Yum Yums for years and was heartbroken to find out they quit making them.Last time I had them was in 1983 when I was in college in Nacogdoches, Texas. I must have bought 5 packages when I found them. That was the last time I had a yum yum. If I had only known.........Lemon coolers are my next fav cookie and they are gone as well.
Peg - October 03, 2009 - Report this comment
Shelly, I was just writing someone and told her Yum-Yums came first, then LEMON COOLERS - but couldn't remember the name. Thanks! You know, Vermont Country store is doing a lot of revival of "old" recipes in response to customer requests. Perhaps if we flooded them....
Kris - November 11, 2009 - Report this comment
My mom used to buy me these as a special treat because they were so expensive for us to afford I didn't get them as often as I wanted. I have been searching for them for years and I too have tried the Girl Scout cookie but it is no where near the same... Cracker Barrel in the Southern states also sells "old time" treats not found anywhere else...Maybe they could make them if Vermont Country Store won't... I think it would be worth a try to get at least one of them to make these cookies again. There is a market for them. I would order them from anywhere in the country and pay an outrageous price for them because I miss them so much!!
vicki - November 18, 2009 - Report this comment
I remember eating them in a rain storm with the lights going out. Those little diagonal stripes were cool

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