{"id":281458,"date":"2026-09-08T13:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/281458\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T13:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:34:09","slug":"retro-candy-comeback-80s-90s-candies-make-their-way-back-to-store-shelves-business-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/281458\/","title":{"rendered":"Retro candy comeback: 80&#8217;s, 90&#8217;s candies make their way back to store shelves | Business News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A blast from the past is making its way back to store shelves.<\/p>\n<p>Ferrara Candy Company is bringing back six retro favorites in new pocket-sized packs that cost just $1. The lineup includes Bottle Caps, Runts, Lemonheads, Red Hots, Everlasting Gobstoppers and Juicyfruits.<\/p>\n<p>The comeback is already generating plenty of buzz online, with fans sharing childhood memories of buying the candy at grocery stores, movie theaters, and vending machines.<\/p>\n<p>Some longtime fans say they&#8217;ve been searching for favorites like Gobstoppers for years.<\/p>\n<p>The new pocket packs are now rolling out to retailers nationwide, giving candy lovers a sweet dose of nostalgia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A blast from the past is making its way back to store shelves. Ferrara Candy Company is bringing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[214,279,153,155,154,60,34436,805,28,7445,7446,835],"class_list":["post-281458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bethlehem","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-berks","tag-bethlehem","tag-bethlehem-headlines","tag-bethlehem-news","tag-business","tag-feature-belt","tag-lehighvalley","tag-pennsylvania","tag-poconos-coal","tag-southeastern-pa","tag-western-newjersey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}