I hate the blacks. The black licorice pieces mixed in with my candy. Suddenly, whilst enjoying the fruit spectrum of Jujy Fruits mid-Sex and the City Movie, you bite down on a licorice flavored piece of hell that releases a toxin in your mouth and ruins not only the rest of the candy, but the sexual exploits of Carrie & Co. Black licorice should be banned from all boxes of candy everywhere. The good folks at Good 'n Plenty figured out that segregation was the key. We'll give you one box full of licorice flavored pieces and a separate box filled with the more enjoyable kind and call it Good 'n Fruity. And this was good. No cross-pollination would occur with this set-up. You could safely be in a movie theater without fear that you'd be assaulted by flavor. And then, suddenly and without warning, they got rid of Good 'n Fruity all together. At what point did they vote and say, "Let's keep the horrible-ness that is Good 'n Plenty, but get rid of Good 'n Fruity in all its splendor?"
There's speculation that Good 'n Fruity may return, though in the form of tiny jelly beans. And that's a shame, as America will have lost out on a true original.
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OMG!!!! I was just thinking about Good & Fruity last week and actually found them at Walmart.
For the record - they SUCK!!! They are nothing like the original and very disappointing. They are just like little jelly beans and gross beyond gross. Save yourself the buck and use it at the RedBox instead.
Would it be weird to mention that Good N Fruity used to be one of my nicknames?
Ah, but they ARE back on shelf, as of the spring:
http://popservation.blogspot.com/2008/04/whatever-happened-to-good-n-fruity.html
But while that's good news, Hershey went and messed with the formula, so they're not exactly what you and I both fondly remember. Maybe we should all start another petition!
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Just got some at Wal-Mart yesterday. They were basically like sour jellybeans. Nothing special.
I feel like Good n Fruity changed their formula right before they disappeared and it wasn't a good change. Anyway, man, I miss Good n Fruity and actually wikipedia'd them a few months back. Good take YBNBY.
seriously... the best good n' fruity flavor was GRAPE. it was mouthwateringly delicious.
I feel you could substitute Mike and Ikes, chewy, fruity and free of licorice.
I've had several boxes over the last couple of weeks and, yeah, the formula has changed. They are very flavorful jelly beans now, not quite what you remember. They do, however, seem like they won't get hard like the originals did. Fresh, they were one of my favorite candies ever, stale, not so much.
There was a time when I was inclined to agree that Good N Fruity was far superior to Good N Plenty, but oddly in the last year my taste buds have learned to love and appreciate that anise flavoured goodness. Regardless, neither of these little boxes of candy will satisfy, because sadly, they're both crap. You're more likely to enjoy flossing this cheap waste out of your teeth, than the actual consumption of the product itself.
I have a full box sitting next to me, minus the three I actually ate. They're horrible and will be deposited into the trash momentarily. They're not even on the hersheys website. I guess they're too ashamed to take responsibility.
This is indeed a shame. I actually stumbled upon the 'new' Good & Fruity 2 days ago. They are now soft-shelled jelly bean type candies. They're horrible. I threw my box out after just a couple tastings. This is very disturbing, as you can only imagine how thrilled I was to see them again in the candy aisle. They were my favorite candy, and I feel cheated and mislead. They are NOT the Good & Fruity we all knew and loved so dearly. Hershey's should be sued for false advertising.