Flicks™ Chocolate-flavored
wafers were first introduced to the world of chocolate lovers in 1904
by Ghirardelli Chocolates!
The wafers were very popular and sold in stores and movie theaters
throughout the western United States until the late 1980's.
The
Flicks™ production line, built at the turn of the century, was
severely damaged during a move from one city to another in 1989. The
company, who had made the machinery before World War 1, was no longer
in business and Flicks™ stopped being produced at that time.
In mid-2004, the brand was purchased by a new company, new machinery
was designed and built, and they are now
producing Flicks™ Wafers! It's the same great recipe and flavor and same
melt-in-your-mouth shape!
Flicks™, just as in the past, is packaged in premium tubes (for ease
of pouring into your mouth at the movie theater!) and is wrapped in
four colored foils: Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue.
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Flicks memories... My
favorite candy ever is called Flicks. Every time we went to the store
with my mother we would see the little round tubes of Flicks at the
store. This store was called Prairie Market in Longview, Washington.
This store has been out of business for many years. This was one of the
only stores I remember seeing this candy when myself and my four other
sisters went shopping with our mother.
We always begged mom to get this candy for
us and she would splurge and buy a couple of containers for us to share.
I can remember on my Christmas lists each year I would ask for this
candy. Now it is pretty silly to ask for a candy that no longer exists
but I still remember the exact flavor as it melted in my mouth as a
child. Each year our Christmas stockings would have a cardboard tube
with different colored wrapping on it in our stockings. This candy was
special and our Mom new it was special to us. We still as teenagers and
young adults received this wonderful candy, until it stopped in the
making.
So here I am at work
reminiscing about childhood memories with a couple of co-workers and
Flicks the candy is brought to mind. My co-workers knew exactly what
candy I was referring to. The candy in the cardboard tube with foil
colored wrapping that melted this sweet sensation on your tongue. What a
wonderful flavor and I swear I can still taste the candy to this day
from memory. Thanks for the memories! ~ Elizabeth from Washington
I am a high school teacher and my students were asking me about drive-in theaters and the first thing that came into my mind was the memory of
eating Flicks. I can remember going home after the movie and my brothers and I running around the house passing the tube of Flicks to each
other like a track baton. Thank goodness I can now order them, so my children can possible enjoy them as much as I did. ~ Matthew from
California
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