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1. Banana runts are seriously awful. I used to throw them away instead of eating them.

   Comment by Kevin on 3/25/08 at 5:25 pm

    

2. I’m glad someone else notices a resemblance between nail polish remover and banana scent.

   Comment by joy on 3/25/08 at 5:57 pm

    

3. An archaeologist friend told me that Runts are the perfect candy for care packages sent to friends in hot climates.  They’re durable, so they don’t break up in the mail, and they don’t melt and get sticky in the heat.  Good news when you want to send treats to friends in lousy, hot places overseas.  Iraq, Peace Corps assignments, whatever.

   (And the last piece of candy I ate was a Milky Way Dark during a break at work yesterday.

   Comment by O.C. on 3/25/08 at 7:09 pm

    

4. My hubby is a serious Wonka addict. He came home with these last fall and I agree that they are much better than the last mix of flavors. Now if they would only get rid of the banana.....

   Comment by sabrina on 3/25/08 at 7:48 pm

    

5. I don’t understand you people, the banana Runt is the best!  Granted it is a little hard to bite down on because of the shape, but by far, it’s my favorite flavor in the box.  Just as the banana Wacky Wafer was the best flavor....

   Comment by JoAnn on 3/26/08 at 5:53 am

    

6. OMG… I LOVED Oompa Loompas.  The yellow one (I think it was suppose to be lemon) tasted like cake batter.  YUM!

   Comment by Utlmnop on 3/26/08 at 5:56 am

    

7. I had some runts yesterday and blech, those mango ones are gross!!  I do fancy the banana and pineapple though.

   Comment by Doreen on 3/26/08 at 8:31 am

    

8. I thought banana was the best flavor of the bunch. Sure wish they would bring back chewy runts, though. I’m afraid of breaking all my expensive crowns on the regular ones (Why do I have all these crowns? Could it have been from the tons of candy I’ve eaten over the years?)

   Comment by RH on 3/26/08 at 8:59 am

    

9. hmm… i’m not sure if these are “new” runts as opposed to runts that are directed towards hispanic markets. in my neighborhood, the shops sell those 2/$1 cellophane bags of candy with generic labels, and i’ve been buying these (what i thought were bootleg) runts for a long time now. i didn’t know wonka actually made them. i don’t believe these will replace classic runts though.

   Comment by ben on 3/26/08 at 1:01 pm

    

10. I’m with JoAnn - I favor the banana runts! I haven’t seen this new box, but I haven’t been looking either....

    Comment by Tricia on 3/26/08 at 6:09 pm

     

11. Dweebs!!!  I haven’t thought of those in forever!  I used to love wacky wafers, too!  I like most of the wonka candy.  I do think that the new Runts will get a lot of complaints, though.  Maybe they will change them after that.  I for one am going to send out an email to them.  Nothing nasty… but I’m a pro-active consumer. (as you can see, I’m not too happy about the new lineup)

    Comment by Mandy on 3/26/08 at 10:46 pm

     

12. In this mix of runts I like all, but the mango. I agree that they taste like peach and I dislike all things peach, flavor and smell alike. I miss the cherry and lime, but hated the blue raspberry that one tasted and smelled like the gross thick pink amoxicillin medicine my kids took when they had ear infections. Maybe they should sell flavors individually in bins like Jelly Bellies so that everyone can choose their own assortment.

    Comment by mary on 3/27/08 at 9:41 am

     

13. The new mix of Runts is horrific!!! I went one day and opened a newer pack, only to find out that there were different shapes and, consequently, different flavors.  I put a mango into my mouth, not knowing it was mango, and it promptly ended up in the trash can, along with my language.  What happened to the good old fashion Runts?  Willy Wonka, WHY!?!?!?!
    P.S. I love the banana flavor!

    Comment by katie on 3/28/08 at 1:12 pm

     

14. katie, tricia & JoAnn - up until last year Nestle sold the Banana Runts in bulk ... so there’s not even that option any longer.

    Mary - oh, I remember that ear infection stuff! I think it spoiled so many candies for me. I’d love to “build my own runts mix” (but that’s why I like going to the bulk bins ... I will be selfish and try to at least avoid the ones I don’t like).

    Mandy - I don’t think Wonka leaves anything alone, even SweeTarts have been swapped around in their flavor mix and they were perfect in their original form.

    Ben - they’re definitely the new mix, but it may take a while for old inventory to be sold off.

    RH - I think I still have some of the chewy runts in single packs sitting around. But again, I only like some of them, so it’s hard to muster the courage to open a pack and see what my percentages are.

    Doreen - they really should have been making pineapple all along, what took them so long!

    Utlmnop - Again I think Wonka gave up without really trying to make the Oompas work.

    Sabrina & Kevin - sounds like you’d have lots of new best friends in this mix of commenters! (Everyone loves me because I don’t like the red candies, so they’re always going to get those when I “share”.)

    OC - these are definitely up there on my list now of hot weather candies (along with Tootsie Pops).

    Joy - I think it’s even more noticeable in fresh Circus Peanuts (which is probably why I prefer them, if I eat them at all, when they’re stale).

    Comment by Cybele on 3/29/08 at 5:01 pm

     

15. ummm, I like banana the best.  I don’t think it taste like nail polish remover!  lol I will take all the banana’s from those who don’t like them please!

    Comment by Shelby on 3/30/08 at 3:19 pm

     

16. Cherry is always the flavor I eat first, because I’m a cherry fanatic.  The banana flavor is good too, but I’d miss the cherry too much to buy a box of runts just for the banana.

    Comment by Rita on 4/03/08 at 12:16 pm

     

17. Please, please, please, someone tell me what ever happened to “Flip Flops?” I’ve been searching web sites like mad to find any info on these oh so delicious two sided candies! I became addicted to these round sweet tart like heavens back in the early eighties. Then one day the local gas station clerk told my father that they had stopped making them and the last case was coming in the next day. My wonderful father DID buy the entire case for me but they only lasted a few weeks and I’ve never seen them again. They were packaged in a long skinny box, and one side of the candy would be one flavor and the other side another. There were 4 different combinations. I thought Willy Wonka made them but have found no trace on any of their sites. Please help. Flip flop withdrawal!!

    Comment by Christina on 4/24/08 at 1:04 pm

     

18. I am soooo glad those NASTY watermelon runts are gone.. I dont know anyone who liked them. They had a burning sensation taste… I love the pineapple, but banana is still my fave..

    Comment by Jen on 5/18/08 at 5:54 pm

     

19. Hate the banana?!?  Those are the BEST.  Please mail me you extras instead of throwing them away.

    Comment by Neill on 7/17/08 at 12:05 pm

     

20. I LOVE STRAWBERRY, LIME, CHERRY, BLUE RASBERRY!!!! I’ll eat the orange when all else is gone but bananas are so terrible. My husband likes artificial banana flavoring so he’ll eat them. I was quite scared when I grabbed the new box. Where are my other favorites at?? I called Mr. Wonka’s secretary and she informed me the other flavors are not gone, just in the other box.  If anyone knows where I can buy 1 flavor in bulk, I would love the info!!!

    Comment by Heather on 9/02/08 at 12:47 pm

     

21. it pisses me off that there are no green runts anymore.  green runts were the best candy of all time.  mango is horsesh1t.

    Comment by Brad on 9/03/08 at 1:48 pm

     

22. we would like to know if there is any way
    yall could just put bannana in a bag all
    by itself. so many people dislike it and im
    afraid that yall wont make it any more. we work
    at a hospital and just about all of us by runts
    daily.  we are big fans of all willy wonka
    candy.

    Comment by belinda velasquez on 9/11/08 at 1:07 pm

     

23. I agree that the new mango flavor is rather bad.

    Comment by Tani on 9/26/08 at 4:30 pm

     

24. I CANNOT BELIEVE SOMEONE ELSE REMEMBERS PUNKYS!  I have been trying to find an image somewhere, anywhere on the internet to no avail. 

    Anyway, I am disappointed they took away the blue and green runts.  The new pineapple is tasty but the Mango is horribly disgusting.

    Comment by Emily on 10/08/08 at 9:59 pm

     

25. Sorry but i hate the new flavors… the only flavor I like now is strawberry

    Comment by Lea on 11/01/08 at 9:10 am

     

26. I LOVE the banana runts. they’re my favorite.

    And i used to love the chewy ones too, especially the blue raspberry flavors.

    I miss wacky wafers though.

    Comment by Cat on 11/12/08 at 10:18 pm

     

27. hahaha yea i never liked the banana so why of all the good flavors they have had is banana still alive? i miss lime and blue raspberry

    Comment by andrew on 11/15/08 at 4:15 pm

     

28. muy buen dia me podrian informar con quien puedo comprar cajas de runts, para mis maquinitas de dulce que tengo en monterrey,nuevo,leon mexico si tienen una direccion en este pais o que proveedor puedo dirigirme aqui en mexico. muchas gracias, su amigo ALFONSO.

    Comment by alfonso, on 12/06/08 at 12:31 pm

     

29. I seriously dislike the new assortment of runts. The red candy resembles the old one, yet does NOT taste anything like it. It tastes like a mango’s asshole, if a mango had one. They need to bring the cherry flavor back, that was my favorite! Willy Wonka can suck it.

    Comment by Lindsay on 12/16/08 at 9:15 pm

     

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