alexander the grape

do you remember the candy alexander the grape? it was brought to us by the fine folks at ferara pan. i think they also make lemon heads (another fine confection).

i think that atg is probably my favorite candy ever. it was much like a lemon head, but obviously grape flavored. it was an intense flavor. a small box could last even a candy-addicted child for a decent amount of time. on the inside of the flap it had some kind of say no to drugs slogan.

i stopped seeing them in stores a number of years ago. around the same time i started seeing a product called grape heads. i thought that this might just be some kind of change in marketing, but grape heads was an altogether different, and vastly inferior product.

yeah, alexander the grape was one of a kind. definitely my favorite candy ever.