Food of the Seventies, Pepchew
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it was a chewy mint chocolate that was still around in the 80's. I remember the wrapper being green and red with wiggly stripes.I loved the candy bar. I'm not sure if it was a product of Lowney. I'd just love to have it though.
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I remember this as a kid...5cents for a bar, one of the best...where has it gone?
The problem with Pepchew,was that even at room temp., if you streached the taffy out too far, the chocolate coating would all fall off! We would combat that by putting our's in the freezer for thirty minutes to make the taffy more ridged (it still melted in your mouth)
I was reminiscing about these bars on the weekend. Still miss them. Really miss that 5 cent price tag.
y the h-e double hockey sticks do they do away with awesome candies????????
remember BarSixs???????????
Yyyyyyyyuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmyyyyyyyyy
How was the chocolate falling off a problem?? Eat the falling off chocolate...lol, silly children.
Anyone remember those cards with the rock hard stick of gum and the collector stickers....I think they were from Cracked or Mad....they were joke advertisements like "Meanbonnet margerine" instead of Bluebonnet margerine etc. We use to put the stickers on our lunch boxes.
OMG!!!!!!!!!!
I love Pepchew , i wish they where still here, if NYONE KNOWS WHO HAVE ANY PLEASE LET ME KNOW.......MMMMMMM I CAN STILL TASTE THEM. :)
Sheila... I think you are thinking of "wacky packages" i loved them and still do...they have a newer version called "silly supermarket" hope that helps :)
Pep Chew bars were the best ever. Why doesn't some candy company bring these back? There's enough baby boomers out there that a company could make a fortune. Obviously, the price tag would need to go up, but I'd still buy them.
I have read on other sites that they are no longer manufactured, so no luck in finding them. I too would buy them, they were my favorite childhood memory. And the falling chocolate was the best part. Trying to catch it in your mouth as you bit the bar.
I remember this candy bar from my own childhood in the 1960's to the early 1970's. My Mom & Dad would make a semi annually trips to Canada to buy 5-6 boxes each visit for all of the kids. Doled out once a week as treats. Now can't find this awesome candy bar anywhere.
I also loved the pep chew and wondered who made it so I could write to them and ask what the h#@@% happened to it lol..and yes they were wacky packages .I still have some and some of the new ones...
Pep Chew was made by Paulin's. I searched a few times on the Internet over the years, but they are out of business. I remember slamming them on the table to break it into bite size pieces and letting it melt in my mouth. Lost a couple of baby teeth trying to chew it too fast.
I purchased them a few years back from a local candy shop and the gal told me that they were only produced one time a year in the mini size.. I recently spoke with another gal from a different candy shop and she told me that they stopped manufacturing them completely..somebody has a bazillion dollar recipe sitting in their recipe book.. :(
Pep chew was my all-time favorite candy bar!!! I wish they were still available to buy. I would buy them by the cases!!!
Would love to see these bars on the shelves again. Our children are missing out.
I used to buy them all the time in the 60's when I lived in Edmonton. I remember getting them out of the old candy bar machine at the Bellevue Community skating rink. They were the best !!!!!!
I miss Pep Chew Bars too as well as wig wags, four flavor bars, black cat gum, red fireball jaw breakers.
Man!! They will find Hoffa befor they find Pep Chew! I loved this chocolate bar...especially frozen.
My mom and I loved these bars. My brother drove truck and wud buy up cases at truck stops and we'd store them in the fridge. Get rid of the cheap waxy stuff out ow and bring them back.
Also Edmonton, late 60's, pep chew at the pool concession. yeah, it stretched and the chocolate would fall off. Loved it. Great days
funny reading all the comments, like smacking it on the table, catching all the chocolate flakes that break off as you wrestle with biting off a piece - this kid might possibly drooled once or twice trying to tear off a piece lol. Sad that the red, green and white wrapper (even a photo!) seems irretrievable. Cool "5 cents" on the wrapper. Always thought it was the best bang for the buy. Hopefully some enterprising freak will crawl out of the woodwork and revive it, somehow, but I wouldn't put money on it. :(
I LOVED those and remember the red, green and white wrapper very well. I still look for them in the "retro" candy stores, but never see them and ask about them. Sometimes I just get a blank look, so obviously they're not available. Lots of "retro" tings are being revived, why not this? I think there's a market for this, eh?
I still find pep chew at specialty stores. They import it from the UK
I have looked in every candy store for the Pep Chew bar. It was the best, especially the price. Us kids could afford it and it would last longer than a regular choc bar. Thought Cracker Barrel would have it but no such luck. I would definitely buy if someone came out with it! Sarah Friesen would love or you to name the specialty stores.
Someone has to have a picture of a Pep chew bar ????
I loved the bar it was the best. Remember buying at Borden park pool in the 60's. Please bring em back.
They were the most popular candy bar when I was growing up in Edmonton. I would always freeze them and let them melt in my mouth. Wow I can still taste them now. Maybe we should boycott all the bar companies till one of them brings it back.
I found a candy company located in British Columbia Canada that is making Pep Chew bars from scratch. They sell them in a pack of 9 bars for $36.00 they don't look like the original bar but they sure taste like em.......... The company is call Bad Duck Caramels ?? I know crazy name.
Is this the treat with the " a really good chew"??
WOW....yes great memory. But was there not something in front of it ..........and a really good chew. ?????
Yeah ... I used to make Pep Chews when I worked at Paulin Chambers in the early 70s
I have been looking for a picture of Pep Chew because I knew they weren't a figment of my imagination. I would ask people if they remember and they would be dumbfounded, didn't recall. I would describe the wrapper, and they wouldn't remember. Finding this link has been great! If only we could have a picture of the Pep Chew. I too can still taste them :) and miss them so very much, they were my favourite!
Did we just read that 'Herb' used to make Pep Chews for Paulin's? OMG! PLEEEEEASE!! PLEEEASE make us some! Do you have a picture of the wrapper?
It seems like the pep chew wrapper is certainly a mystery as to really what it actualy looked like,even a picture of one you would think would be around somewhere. Please for all the pep chew fans out there someone MUST have a picture to show us.
Cleaning out some OLD boxes and found three Pep Chew bars... Wouldn't eat them but it was cool to see them again.
Bill B...... PLEASE send in a picture of the pep chew bar you found. Please please
Hi Bill, Would you be willing to sell one of the bars for a display? Thanks Al
I do wish and hope some wonderful day to eat them again pep chew last tim e I did eat one 1979...
Our family operated a small grocery store in Canada for over 30 years and remember the pepchew bar very well. Back in the 60's it was one of our best sellers along with OHenry and Cuban lunch. both Cuban lunch and pepchew were both made by paulins. Pepchew was delisted before Paulins went out of business so I am not sure why it was discontinued. I am a Lawyer now but I still miss those good old days hanging out with my friends drinking Coca Cola and eating pepchew.
Willing to pay $200 for a Pep Chew wrapper, $300 for a complete bar. Thank you Al
OMG!!! Someone needs to bring back the incredible Pep Chew. It was an amazing bite of delicious.
I just ordered a Memories of Pep Chew bar from Bad Duck Caramel and the flavour brought the memories of this wondrous bar back. A bit pricey, but oh so worth it. 2nd order now done. And you can freeze it and it doesn't change the flavour or texture.
I also had ordered some. Yes great taste memories. To bad we can't just order all the great memories of the past.
I think Pepchew was available up to the late 80's if I'm not mistaken but what year did it come out. I remember buying them in the mid 60's. Oh soooo goood especialy when you froze them.
Omg bring it back. I look for it at candy stores n when I ask they don't even know what it is. Hmmm
I have written to both Cadbury and Nestle about a year ago to see possibly if they could re-introduce pepchew since Paulins closed there doors,but neither company ever replied back. I guess they just don't know what there missing out on.
I also remember Pepchew and Cuban Lunch - loved both of them. I'll have to try ordering the Pepchew from the website listed previously. It would be nice if they also made a Cuban Lunch replacement - I also loved those.
I have been trying to find an image of the Pep Chew for a couple of years. Every time I watch the New Jersey Devils I think about Pep Chews because the uniforms totally remind me of the packaging! Does anyone remember the name of a chocolate bar from that time period - it was layers of wafers and creamy filling (like a Snack Bar perhaps) but it had a slightly cinnamon flavor and was coated with white chocolate and a drizle of pink. I think the packaging was clear cellophane so you could see the bar through the package. It might have been made by Paulins as well.
Shannon, happy new year, I think the bar your thinking of might be Neilsons Danish ??? It came in a clear package with white coating (not white chocolate but white yogurt) and swirly pink lines on top. I think it was out in late 70's early 80's.
Thank you Candyman! I have been trying to figure out what the name of that was for a long time.
Pep Chews were my fave!!!! And Cuban Lunch Chocolate bars!
My favorite! Spent some time searching the internet for retro candy bar images, trying to remember the name of it, finally it came to me Pep Chew! Found this forum of people who are also looking for an image. So yummy. Wig Wags are exactly the same as Cadbury Curly Wurly which you can now buy at Walmart.
Please someone post a picture of pep chews. I saw one website that said no pictures are available because it was before internet, so was the Cadbury Bar 6 and I found that picture. Someone from the Paulins family must have the recipe in their archives.
I remember pepchew when I lived in Canada in the 60's they were wonderful and even better when you froze them. I remember a dime would buy a pepchew and a Coke. Oh......if we could only bring back the good old days.
The Paulins factory in Winnepeg made this treat, along with the "Cuban Lunch". In 1976 they celebrated their 100 year anniversary. They sold out to Regal foods in the 1990's. You may find more resourses on the facebook page devoted to bringing back the cuban lunch.
Breaking news! I have heard from the owner of olde tyme candy shoppe "the clayburn village store" that they have found a "PEPCHEW" type candy in France and brought it in!
Will they ship to us Pepchew craving humans to Alberta ?
I would pay greatly for a pro hew and Cuban lunch I know many fans of both!!!
Yes pepchew was one I remember well..." A really good chew" for only a nickel. Pepchew,Pie face,Fat Emma,Caramac,cinnomon toothpicks etc. All great memories.
I loved Pep Chew. It was my favourite and when talking to a friend a few weeks ago about our favourite I found out it was hers as well. We even went to the same store to get it but never saw each other. Found out she lived real close as well. Weird how small this world is. I thought I was the only one who bought them because they were never sold out. I thought they stopped making them because I was the only one who bought them hahahaha.
Kathleen, you and thousands of other Pepchew addicts had the same thought.
Next(almost)best thing to pep chew is an Australian minty dipped in dark chocolate, chewy chocolaty... but still not a pep chew, also spearmint licorice from the sixty’s the really dark green stuff!
Susie...what was the name of that Australian bar? I have friends that live there and they could send me some. Thanks
Just to see a picture of the pep-chew wrapper would be awesome !!
There has to be someone out there that has a picture of the Pepchew bar. I know it looks like a NJ devils hockey uniform but would still love to see one again as it’s been a long time. Mmmmmm...I can still remember that great taste.
Memories of summer holidays as a kid, takes me back in time
There is a lady in Camrose Alberta that just bought the trade mark rights for Cuban Lunch as it has lapsed and is getting a company in Delta BC to manufacture and distribute it by end of 2018. Now let’s hope maybe she will also bring back Pepchew as well.
Pepchew were a staple and always cheaper than other Choc, bars. I cna't even find a picture of the old Red/green wrappeer
PEP CHEW!!! So many memories. I remember it as being a clear cellophane with red, white and green plaid printed on it. I also loved Bar Six, Treasures, 4 Flavours, Wig Wam, Black Cat Gum, and Mojos. (I found Mojos 15 or 20 years ago, but they weren't nearly as good.)
That New Zealand company, Whittaker's, looks like it makes something like a Cuban Lunch. I haven't tried them yet, but saw it for sale just a week ago at London Drugs.
The lady that brought back Cuban Lunch in Alberta did a great job on the packaging but unfortunately she made the recipe with dark chocolate not sure why ? Rumour is she is going to bring back Pepchew but I guess only time will tell.
BadDuck Caramel makes a mint-caramel bar that is identical in taste to the Pep-Chew. You're welcome.
when the company head passed away the family didnt want to continue thus closing the door and locking up all the amazing recipes forever 😥.. i tried that badduck.. sorry it wasn't anything at all like a pepchew.. it was brown caramel.. tasted more like burnt caramel.. no mint flavor. and one strip of chocolate.. not impressed..
Have to agree with Laura. It didn’t have the right taste at all as I remember Pepchew.
OMG...Pep Chew for my Mum, Cuban Lunch for my Dad, my sister loved Bar 6 and I loved the toasted coconut, caramel sweetness of a 5 Star chocolate bar. Cokes for the parents and Root Beer for us, an occasional, much loved treat night ritual. None of those bars are to be found, so sad, too bad. Thanks to all for reminding me of happy times.
Safeway carries Cuban Lunch. Its Dark chocolate tho. Back in the day it was milk chocolate. Going tonhave my dad try the new Pep chew and let you know. I would like the lifesavers books to comeback with all the flavors! Butter rum and bottersctoch even the mint ones for grandma!
I agree with David that Cuban Lunch was made with milk chocolate and not dark. Not sure why they brought it back with the different recipe.
ALL TIME FAVOURITE CANDY BAR !!! taffy with chocolate coating PEP CHEW I wish I could get one.
I remember buying five Pep Chews for a quarter and hiding them in my sock drawer. Wishing they were still available!
My favorite was Pepchew my sisters was Caramac. She is still able to buy Caramac from the UK. To bad they don’t have Pepchew available. I tried the Pepchew from Bad Duck and didn’t find it the same as I remember.
Would love to buy Pep Chews again. There is a rumour that the new Cuban Lunch company may bring it back. I sure hope so.
Yes Fred I was told the same thing. But let’s hope they don’t mess up the Pepchew recipe like they did with Cuban Lunch. They used dark instead of milk chocolate ???
Check out www.badduckcaramel. I found them on Amazon and purchased one of their pep chew bars. So close to the original, but not enough mint. The bars are quite thick too. They're located in B.C.
Just discovered this post. Brings back precious memories. I remember buying Pepchew at Jamison’s cafe in the Highlands community in Edmonton around early 60’s. Great times will always be remembered.
I loved Pep-Chew and I saved a wrapper from the seventies. I tried to submit it on this page but it wouldn’t accept it no matter what size I made it 😕
Oh Lynne I would of loved to see the Pepchew wrapper again. I think I remember what it looked like but not 100% sure.
I would love to see the pic Lynne I have been searching for pics and checking retro candy sites for pep chew with no luck. I tried the one from bad duck and it’s no comparison to the original pep chew. Hoping someone brings it back soon.
Lynne, Feeling your pain! Look up canadian candy nostalgia's facebook page and send the photo to us there? There are really cosidered to be zero photos of this bar, but I have old video, I'll show you it, if you show me your photo!
Pep-chew was my favorite of all candy bars when I was growing up. I used to like them when they were frozen. Even at my senior age I would still love to snack on one. Great memories.
Oh! Every few years I look up pep chews to see if they are back! Best candy ever. We would buy them on the Sunshine Coast at a store in Hopkins landing. They gave away a bunch one time when they were filming The Beach Combers, and all the chocolate bars melted under the hot film lights! Great kid memory!YSW
For some crazy reason I was thinking about these Pep chew bars the other day and was hoping they still made them. By reading all the above comments it looks like they have vanished off the planet. I’m going on in my mid 70’s now but still remember the wonderful taste and all the great memories from 1970’s. Maybe just maybe I will be able to divulge one more delicious Pep Chew before my time is up.
Loved Pepchew bars … found them in Kelowna BC back in the 80’s and my in-laws would buy them, freeze them and send them to me until they were no more … check with one of our Candy mountain stores to see if they could get and I’d buy a box and found out they stopped making them … I also keep checking every few years on line “just in case “
Pep Chew may come back! Complete the survey here and pass on this link to all Canadians!!! Go to cubanlunch(dot)ca(slash)pep-chew survey
My favourite childhood bar - chocolatey on the outside and mint nought inside - Pepchew bars! The last one I bought was in 1982(?) at a confectionery of a building in downtown Edmonton. Haven’t seen them since! 😔 They need to bring back this popular chocolate bar❣️❣️❣️
Pepchew ...the BEST candy bar ever made. Hands down.
Pepchew was my favourite when growing up in Edmonton. I can taste now ,,,, PLEASE bring them back. 😪
Pepchew oh fond memories one of best candy bars ever made. My best friends father sold for Paulin’s back in the day in Edmonton and he would sometimes bring Pepchew home for the neighbourhood kids.
Oh my the Pepchew that’s gone but not forgotten. The best candy bar ever 9when growing up in Edmonton.
Im still not sure why the new Cuban Lunch is made with dark chocolate and not the original milk chocolate. I hope if she reintroduces the Pepchew bar she gets it right this time.
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