Like most childhood foods, candy bars hold a special place in our hearts and bring back memories of simpler times. Over the years, countless candy bars have come and gone though some have left behind a devoted fanbase, while others quietly faded into obscurity. Let’s explore a few vintage candy bars that, sadly, no one really talks about anymore.

Hershey’s S’mores
Back in 2003, Hershey’s decided to bottle up the magic of a campfire favorite. This bar combined a crunchy graham cracker base with a fluffy marshmallow layer, all wrapped in Hershey’s classic milk chocolate. Unlike typical candy bars, its multilayered approach mimicked the actual s’mores experience, with the chocolate melting slightly over the marshmallow.

Nestle Wonka Bars
Inspired by Willy Wonka's fantastical world, these chocolate bars arrived in stores during the 2005 release of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The graham cracker-infused milk chocolate gave them a unique crunch. Their packaging often teased golden ticket prizes, which made them all the more appealing.

Caravelle Bar
If you loved caramel and rice crispies, this was the candy bar for you. It was wrapped in smooth milk chocolate and struck the perfect balance of chewy and crunchy. The delicious combination made it a contender against popular bars like Nestle Crunch and 100 Grand.

Summit Cookie Bar
This 1970s creation was all about layers. Wafers added a crisp bite, peanuts brought crunch, and a thick chocolate coating tied it all together. It was marketed as a candy bar with more substance and primarily appealed to those who wanted a satisfying snack rather than a quick sugar rush.

Kudos Bars
If you grew up in the 1980s or 1990s, you might recall these granola bars being marketed as health food. Kudos bars were essentially candy bars in disguise, available in flavors like chocolate chip, M&M’s, and peanut butter. Their slim, portable design made them a favorite for busy parents and kids alike.

Seven-Up Candy Bar
Despite the name, this candy doesn’t have anything to do with the popular soft drink known as 7-Up. Its segmented design offered seven different fillings, including caramel, coconut, and fruit-flavored creams. This meant that no two bites were the same.

Marathon Candy Bar
Mars Inc. introduced the Marathon Bar in the 1970s, and it made an impression—literally. Its 8-inch-long, braided caramel coated in chocolate was both fun to eat and a test of patience thanks to its chewiness. Most people loved how it could last through an entire movie or road trip.

Nestle Quik Bars
Capitalizing on the success of their Nesquik drink mix, Nestle introduced Quik Bars in the 1970s. Their creamy, milk chocolate profile mimicked the drink’s taste almost perfectly. Having said that, the transformation from drink to candy bar wasn’t as seamless as they thought and the candy was eventually pushed out of the market.

PB Max
Peanut butter lovers still mourn the loss of PB Max. Launched in 1989, this bar featured a generous layer of rich, creamy peanut butter atop a whole-grain cookie base, enveloped in milk chocolate. The cookie also had a subtle crunch, which made it more texturally interesting than a simple peanut butter cup.

Reggie! Bar
Baseball legend Reggie Jackson was the inspiration behind this candy bar that debuted in 1978. Its peanut and caramel core, coated in chocolate, was shaped into a circular disk rather than the traditional bar as a tribute to baseballs. The bar gained quite a following but–like all seasonal items–was eventually discontinued.

Milkshake Candy Bar
This one was all about recreating the experience of a creamy, chocolate milkshake—minus the glass. The Milkshake Candy Bar offered a malted nougat center with a unique profile that differentiated it from standard nougat bars. Its creamy texture and rich taste made it a favorite for those who loved the flavor of old-fashioned malt shops.

54321 Chocolate Bar
Launched in the UK, the 54321 Chocolate Bar was like a greatest-hits compilation of candy components. Its five layers—wafer, fondant, crisped rice, caramel, and milk chocolate—offered a complex mix of textures and flavors. Plus, the catchy commercials kept it popular through the ’80s.

Nestle Triple Decker Bar
Three layers of indulgence—milk chocolate, white chocolate, and strawberry-flavored chocolate—stacked together created a candy that was as striking to look at as it was to eat. This vibrant candy bar was a hit with kids in the ’60s and ’70s, especially those who loved strawberries.

Choco’Lite Bar
The Choco’Lite Bar’s main selling point was its unique aerated texture. Unlike dense chocolate bars, its airy structure made it feel light and almost mousse-like in texture. This unique quality had a melt-in-your-mouth sensation that was both indulgent and refreshing. Plus, the bubbly interior was pretty revolutionary for its time.

Bar None
Hershey’s introduced Bar None in 1987, promising layers of chocolate wafers, peanuts, and a rich chocolate coating. It had all the makings of a classic but never quite found its footing in a competitive market. By the early 1990s, it was reworked and then discontinued altogether, much to the dismay of its fans.

Rico's personal favorite is the Seven Up Candy Bar

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The original lineup of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward will play together in July for the first time in 20 years at a one-time charity show in Birmingham, England. It is being billed as Ozzy’s final concert.

The lineup also includes Metallica, Pantera, Slayer, Alice in Chains, Gojira, and more.

Conservative political commentators were spotted at the White House Thursday holding binders that read "The Epstein Files" hours after Attorney General Pam Bondi promised the release of documents about wealthy financier Jeffrey Epstein, who sexually abused underage girls.

It was not immediately clear what was in the binders, which have not been released publicly by the Justice Department.

The binders read "declassified," but it was not immediately clear whether the information contained in the binders ever had been classified. Among those holding the binders was political commentator Rogan O'Handley, also known as DC Draino.

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Mexico’s president offered a warning last month in response to news that the Trump administration planned to designate drug cartels as terrorist groups.
“If they declare these criminal groups as terrorists, then we’ll have to expand our U.S. lawsuit,” Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said at a news conference.
She was referring to an unusual lawsuit that will be heard by the Supreme Court on Tuesday in which Mexico argues U.S. gun manufacturers have aided in the trafficking of weapons used by the cartels.
The case reverses longstanding complaints by President Trump that Mexican cartels have contributed to rising violence in the United States. Instead, Mexico argues the majority of guns found at Mexican crime scenes come from the United States. It seeks some $10 billion in damages from U.S. gun makers.
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The dispute comes before the justices at a time of heightened tension between the two countries as the Trump administration leans on Mexico to crack down on illegal migration and cartel organizations. Tariffs on imported goods from Mexico are scheduled to go into effect on Tuesday — the same day the justices are set to consider the guns lawsuit.
President Trump has cited drug trafficking from Mexico as one of the factors driving the decision to impose tariffs. His administration has taken a number of steps to push back on the cartels, including designating more than a half-dozen of the criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations. That move could result in penalties, including criminal charges, for companies found to be entangled with the cartels, but it has also raised concerns from the Mexican government of a potential violation of Mexico’s sovereignty.
Lawyers for Mexico argue that U.S. manufacturers and gun dealers are complicit in what they call an “iron river” of firearms pouring into the country and arming cartels. They point to strict controls on gun purchases in Mexico, where civilians are not allowed to purchase the types of rapid-fire, powerful military-style weapons favored by the cartels, as evidence that as many as half a million firearms are smuggled from the United States into Mexico each year.

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Trump to make himself chair of the Kennedy Center, says he'll dismiss board members​

President Trump left the arts world reeling with his social media announcement Friday that he intends to appoint himself chairman of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington and immediately terminate members of the board of trustees, "who do not share our Vision for a Golden Age in Arts and Culture."

Shortly after the news broke, the Kennedy Center's website became difficult to reach due to "high traffic," according to a note on its landing page.

"The Kennedy Center is aware of the post made recently by [the president] on social media," the arts institution said in a statement by email. "We have received no official communications from the White House regarding changes to our board of trustees. We are aware that some members of our board have received termination notices from the administration."


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Elon Musk is calling for the impeachment of the federal judge who made a decision early Saturday morning that the Treasury Department should block access to anyone “other than civil servants with a need for access to perform their job duties” from its payment systems.

The order explicitly prohibts special government employees and those detailed from outside the department from getting access to the systems, a designation that would cover Musk and the Deparment of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

That appeared to anger Musk, who in a few tweets on X early Saturday expressed his irritation.

“A corrupt judge protecting corruption,” Musk wrote in one post at 2:11 a.m. “He needs to be impeached NOW.”

That post was written in reply to a post by the conservative media pundit Glenn Beck.

Musk, the leader of DOGE, in an earlier post at 1:40 a.m. wrote “it’s time” in response to another post about impeaching judges who have ruled against actions by the Trump administration.

U.S. District Judge Paul Engelmayer, an appointtee of President Obama, in his ruling ordered anyone who is now blocked from access to the Treasury payment system, which doles out trillions of dollars, to immediately destroy any material they’ve already downloaded.

Engelmayer’s ruling came in response to a suit by by 19 Democratic state attorneys general worried over the access Musk and his team was getting to the information. Musk’s efforts have sparked concerns from Democrats and career public servants at Treasury and other agencies that sensitive private information of citizens could be endangered.


It has also raised questions about the end-game behind Musk’s actions, including whether the access to the payment systems could be used to cut off appropriated funds by Congress that Trump’s team feels are not in line with the new administration’s policies or objectives.

The ruling from Engelmayer lasts until at least Friday, when another judge, who is permanently overseeing the case will hold a hearing in New York about whether to grant a longer pause.

“The Court’s firm assessment is that, for the reasons stated by the States, they will face irreparable harm in the absence of injunctive relief,” Engelmayer wrote in his decision.

“That is both because of the risk that the new policy presents of the disclosure of sensitive and confidential information and the heightened risk that the systems in question will be more vulnerable than before to hacking,” the judge continued.

The state attorneys general had only filed their case on Friday before Engelmayer’s decison came down early Saturday.

Musk’s efforts to win access to the systems of various federal agencies have provoked a number of legal actions in a whirlwind few weeks since President Trump’s inauguration.

Musk is the richest man in the world and has become a key part of Trump’s inner circle. The president offered a vote of confidence in Musk’s actions on Friday during a press conference with Japan’s prime minister.

In response to a legal challenge brought by a coalition of unions, the Trump administration earlier this week agreed to limit access to two personnel at the Treasury Deparment until the next stage of the case, but the ruling issued Saturday went further in restricting access.

The courts have emerged as a key power challenging Trump as he seeks to make a number of enormous changes to policies in Washington, from birthright citizenship to the holding of migrants at Guantanamo Bay to the closing of federal agencies such as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Musk’s threat to impeach a judge could open a new front in what is emerging as a battle between the executive and judicial branches of the federal government.

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