This story has nothing to do with coronavirus, politics, riots in the streets, or even local Orcas Island news
— from MSN.com —
Drugstores and retailers will stock the rolls of smooth, disc-shaped wafers this month. Its return comes in eight delectable flavors — lemon, lime, orange, clove, cinnamon, wintergreen, licorice, and chocolate — that match the originals. Only the cocoa flavor in the brown wafer has undergone “a minor improvement in the cooking process,” according to a press release. (All-chocolate rolls have been sold before, but are not currently being manufactured.)
The Necco factory in Revere abruptly shut down in July 2018 after its new owner, Round Hill Investments LLC, filed for bankruptcy. Spangler Candy Co., the longtime owner of Dum-Dums lollipops and Circus Peanuts, bought the Necco wafer brand and has been working on the candy’s relaunch for the last two years. They are now manufactured at a Mexican factory, per an NBC “Today” report, where COVID-19 safety measures are in place.
“Just when comfort food is experiencing a resurgence, Necco Wafers is back with that very kind of familiar, comfortable feeling we all seem to be craving,” said CEO Kirk Vashaw in a statement.
Additional shipments of Neccos will go out in July.
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Welcome back Neccos, along with fond memories of a much less fraught time.
NECCO New England Confectionary CO is located in Mexico now. Wow
I remember the original NECCO factory that was on Massachusetts Avenue across from MIT in Cambridge, MA. I’d walk home from work at the financial district in downtown Boston all the way to Harvard Square in Cambridge, picking up my wife along the way who was doing research at MIT. The whole neighborhood around the factory smelled like NECCOs.
In preparation for First Communion, old scary nuns taught us how to take the host by feeding us Neccos….One of the most memorable moments in catechism :)