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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Heide Red Raspberry Dollars
The Heide candy company later sold out to Hershey’s in 1995 who decided in 1999 that the name was confusing (because many people would buy them thinking they were cinnamon) and changed them to their present name of Red Raspberry Dollars. The company was later sold to Farley’s & Sathers Candy Company in 2003. To make it even more confusing, Farley’s & Sathers does sell cinnamon (and licorice) dollars and reunites them with their name of Red Hot Dollars (I can’t find them in stores, but look sharp and you may see them on the internet).
The images on the package don’t really represent the candies either. They make it look as if these are flat disks with large dollar signs. Instead they’re thick, ranging from 1/4 of an inch to 3/8 of an inch and about 3/4 of an inch around. More like nobs than coins. The color is a pleasant red, kind of translucent. The design on the pieces consists of a dollar sign and the letters HEIDE curved above it. Of course I coulnd’t really make that out on many of the candies. About half of them were “rejectable” for any number of reasons. Some were underweight (too thin), still others were mangled and irregular in shape and size.
The outer texture is soft and the candies are quite firm, somewhere between Jujubes and a Jujyfruits. (These candies are well sealed in the box, but the box is still only paperboard and has no plastic overwrap to seal it from drying out and nearing their expiry when I bought them.) The flavor is a bit similar to Swedish Fish. A mild and pleasant raspberry, but all sweetness and floral flavors, none of the tangy sour bite of the berry. It’s pretty mellow, almost like honey. Later there a bit of a bitter aftertaste, but I’ll go ahead and say that’s the Red 40 that I always seem to detect. But then there’s the texture. They’re quite sticky ... not that they’ll pull out any fillings but they sure stick to your teeth in big clumps on the sides and in between. I find hot tea dislodges them well. Or, well, brushing. I think I’ll stick to Swedish Fish. And I’ll keep my eye out for the cinnamon variety. Related Candies
POSTED BY Cybele AT 2:40 pm 
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I love this blog, I have to disagree though! Red raspberry dollars are not the same as red hot dollars. Red hot dollars are red hot, have always been red hot (cinnamon) and are still made as well. We carry them, although we are currently out.
Look forard to the next article and great photos!
I hate candy like this just because of the whole stick to the teeth factor
to me they don’t taste good enough to have to deal with all of that extra flossing and brushing it would take to dislodge the candy
Red Hot Dollars (the cinnamon variety) made a reappearance in some places in the east this year (MD and PA, for ex). So they must have reappeared in force in other places too--I ran across cardboard displays of them when before they weren’t easy to find. As noted in this post you can also get the black licorice and cinnamon Heide dollars from a few websites, such as Licorice International.
Does anyone know where I can buy the Red Raspberry Dollars at a reasonable price? I called Rite Aid in Echo Park and they were out of stock. The online companies want $10.00 or more for shipping which sounds high to me. Any suggestions?
Some friends and I are looking to find where we can buy them. They used to be in our local CVS stores and now they say they cannot get them anymore.
I pray you can shed some light on this subject and they are still being made.
Thank you in advance.
Barb Foote:-)
I grew up on red hot dollars. My children enjoyed them also, but now it is very hard to find them and my grandchildren won’t get enjoy this old time candie. I have found then in some candie stores, that sell in bulk. But they charge an outrages price for them. I hope the company, makes these candies avalible for those who still love them.
ps: I use to buy them two for a penny.
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