So I was having a discussion with a family member who like myself spent lots of time in WDW in the late 70's and throughout the 80's and she does not remember ever seeing the red hot candies in a little clear cube with a picture ( i can't remember what ) on the top. I swear they sold this and there were other candies sold like this not just the red hots. Please tell me I am not crazy!!!
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Please help me prove I am not crazy!!!
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NYwdwfan
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They had Tart & Tiny's too - they were a standard gift to bring back to my friends. Wish I had a pic!!
@sweetpee_1993 and I have a standing deal to pick up a few for the other if we spot them in the parks again - so you have at least 2 people to back you up!!
sweetpee_1993
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Oh heck yeah! They had other candies, Tart-n-Tiny's were my favorite. Kinda like a Smartie but smaller. I definitely remember red hots in the clear plastic cubes. You are NOT crazy! Well, either you aren't crazy or you just found 2 other people as crazy as you are. It's all in the perspective, I suppose. 
Well I am glad to know I am not the only one who remembers these little candy boxes. I have been searching everywhere for a picture of one but no luck yet.
NYwdwfan
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If I recall correctly it was an outline of the castle in gold and said Walt Disney World.
I think you are absolutely right!!!
NYwdwfan
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Found this on a blog - the candy case is not the one I was referring to but they make mention of the cube in the article. It's actually a prettu cool website: http://www.retrodisneyworld.com
Whatever Happened to Tart 'n' Tinys?
This past weekend, I was going through my Disney Collection looking for inspiration for this article. My brother and his family were with me and while we were discussing topics, we came across these old, empty candy containers. My brother got very nostalgic and suggested I write about Tart ‘n’ Tinys. I wasn’t sure. Write about a candy once produced by the Willy Wonka Candy Company on RetroDisneyWorld.com? What would people think? But, the thing is – it’s not really about the candy – it’s about the memories he has of that candy in Walt Disney World.
Personally, I am a chocoholic – always have been. If it’s not chocolate, chances are I won’t eat it. My brother isn’t quite that picky. He has always loved sour and tart candies and he found his favorites in Tart ‘n’ Tinys. We found them only in Walt Disney World. They came in the coolest plastic containers shaped like your favorite Disney character. In EPCOT Center, they came in square, plastic boxes.
Every time we went to Disney World, one of my brother’s first purchases was Tart ‘n’Tinys. (Apparently, we bought lots of them over the years because I have quite the collection of plastic boxes). He’d look for them in every store we went in. It was almost like a scavenger hunt for him. We’d even bring them home to friends and family as gifts. Hey, they traveled well. Those tiny little pellets of sugar were almost chalky when you ate them, but they were fun and easy to eat. Just grab a handful while waiting in line for Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
It was in 1989 that he discovered the inevitable had happened – they changed the way they made Tart ‘n’ Tinys. Now they had a hard candy coating on them. According to my brother, they “ruined” them. He was terribly disappointed. We searched all the gift shops hoping beyond hope to find one last box of the “old” Tart ‘n’ Tinys, but it was to no avail. We returned to Disney World in the mid-‘90s and one of the first things we looked for was Tart ‘n ‘ Tinys, but they didn’t have any –not a single one!
My brother is now 40 years old and to this day, he will look for Tart ‘n’ Tinys when we go to Disney World. Oh, he knows that the Willy Wonka Candy Company has discontinued them, but he still looks. It’s now part of our family “tradition” when we go to Disney World. It’s funny how finding something so simple in a Disney Park can become a fun, fond family memory. We got to hunt for those little sugar pellets together. We tried to see who could find the one character shape box we didn’t already have. It was fun, it was simple and it’s one of my family’s favorite collective memories. My brother now tells his kids about the Tart ‘n’ Tinys and how they were better in Disney World than anywhere else.
Do you have a favorite Disney World candy that you can no longer find? Share your memories with us in the Lounge.
Whatever Happened to Tart 'n' Tinys?
This past weekend, I was going through my Disney Collection looking for inspiration for this article. My brother and his family were with me and while we were discussing topics, we came across these old, empty candy containers. My brother got very nostalgic and suggested I write about Tart ‘n’ Tinys. I wasn’t sure. Write about a candy once produced by the Willy Wonka Candy Company on RetroDisneyWorld.com? What would people think? But, the thing is – it’s not really about the candy – it’s about the memories he has of that candy in Walt Disney World.
Personally, I am a chocoholic – always have been. If it’s not chocolate, chances are I won’t eat it. My brother isn’t quite that picky. He has always loved sour and tart candies and he found his favorites in Tart ‘n’ Tinys. We found them only in Walt Disney World. They came in the coolest plastic containers shaped like your favorite Disney character. In EPCOT Center, they came in square, plastic boxes.
Every time we went to Disney World, one of my brother’s first purchases was Tart ‘n’Tinys. (Apparently, we bought lots of them over the years because I have quite the collection of plastic boxes). He’d look for them in every store we went in. It was almost like a scavenger hunt for him. We’d even bring them home to friends and family as gifts. Hey, they traveled well. Those tiny little pellets of sugar were almost chalky when you ate them, but they were fun and easy to eat. Just grab a handful while waiting in line for Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
It was in 1989 that he discovered the inevitable had happened – they changed the way they made Tart ‘n’ Tinys. Now they had a hard candy coating on them. According to my brother, they “ruined” them. He was terribly disappointed. We searched all the gift shops hoping beyond hope to find one last box of the “old” Tart ‘n’ Tinys, but it was to no avail. We returned to Disney World in the mid-‘90s and one of the first things we looked for was Tart ‘n ‘ Tinys, but they didn’t have any –not a single one!
My brother is now 40 years old and to this day, he will look for Tart ‘n’ Tinys when we go to Disney World. Oh, he knows that the Willy Wonka Candy Company has discontinued them, but he still looks. It’s now part of our family “tradition” when we go to Disney World. It’s funny how finding something so simple in a Disney Park can become a fun, fond family memory. We got to hunt for those little sugar pellets together. We tried to see who could find the one character shape box we didn’t already have. It was fun, it was simple and it’s one of my family’s favorite collective memories. My brother now tells his kids about the Tart ‘n’ Tinys and how they were better in Disney World than anywhere else.
Do you have a favorite Disney World candy that you can no longer find? Share your memories with us in the Lounge.
I was so mad when they did that....I love Tart-n-Tinys when I was a kid...my dad and I would always share them
maryszhi
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actually if i remember correctly, you can still get tart n tinys in europe and canada. i could have sworn i saw them at the duty free store.....Found this on a blog - the candy case is not the one I was referring to but they make mention of the cube in the article. It's actually a prettu cool website: http://www.retrodisneyworld.com
Whatever Happened to Tart 'n' Tinys?
This past weekend, I was going through my Disney Collection looking for inspiration for this article. My brother and his family were with me and while we were discussing topics, we came across these old, empty candy containers. My brother got very nostalgic and suggested I write about Tart ‘n’ Tinys. I wasn’t sure. Write about a candy once produced by the Willy Wonka Candy Company on RetroDisneyWorld.com? What would people think? But, the thing is – it’s not really about the candy – it’s about the memories he has of that candy in Walt Disney World.
Personally, I am a chocoholic – always have been. If it’s not chocolate, chances are I won’t eat it. My brother isn’t quite that picky. He has always loved sour and tart candies and he found his favorites in Tart ‘n’ Tinys. We found them only in Walt Disney World. They came in the coolest plastic containers shaped like your favorite Disney character. In EPCOT Center, they came in square, plastic boxes.
Every time we went to Disney World, one of my brother’s first purchases was Tart ‘n’Tinys. (Apparently, we bought lots of them over the years because I have quite the collection of plastic boxes). He’d look for them in every store we went in. It was almost like a scavenger hunt for him. We’d even bring them home to friends and family as gifts. Hey, they traveled well. Those tiny little pellets of sugar were almost chalky when you ate them, but they were fun and easy to eat. Just grab a handful while waiting in line for Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
It was in 1989 that he discovered the inevitable had happened – they changed the way they made Tart ‘n’ Tinys. Now they had a hard candy coating on them. According to my brother, they “ruined” them. He was terribly disappointed. We searched all the gift shops hoping beyond hope to find one last box of the “old” Tart ‘n’ Tinys, but it was to no avail. We returned to Disney World in the mid-‘90s and one of the first things we looked for was Tart ‘n ‘ Tinys, but they didn’t have any –not a single one!
My brother is now 40 years old and to this day, he will look for Tart ‘n’ Tinys when we go to Disney World. Oh, he knows that the Willy Wonka Candy Company has discontinued them, but he still looks. It’s now part of our family “tradition” when we go to Disney World. It’s funny how finding something so simple in a Disney Park can become a fun, fond family memory. We got to hunt for those little sugar pellets together. We tried to see who could find the one character shape box we didn’t already have. It was fun, it was simple and it’s one of my family’s favorite collective memories. My brother now tells his kids about the Tart ‘n’ Tinys and how they were better in Disney World than anywhere else.
Do you have a favorite Disney World candy that you can no longer find? Share your memories with us in the Lounge.
Mrs. Jobson
Active Member
What about the Wonka Bars? Do they still sell them at the parks?
Howdy, Just wanted to add to your memories that not only were the little clear cube boxes available in the Magic Kingdom but at EPCOT as well. I, like you, have fond memories of going there with my grandparents and parents as a kid and the ritual was always the same. Before we left the park we went to the Sara Lee shop on Mainstreet and had cherry cheesecake. We then went to the Mainstreet confectioners and I, again like you, always got a box of red hots for my souvenir. I still have several of the boxes, including one from EPCOT with Spaceship Earth on the cover which is how I know they also sold them. I am glad to see that I'm not the only one who remembers these because I was searching on the web for a picture of one and beginning to think I was imagining them. I never found a single image of one and with all the pictures on the web that was mind boggling. Hope you still get the chance to go to WDW even though much has changed. Thanks to nostalgia I will always be in love with the place. Nice reading your post.
Bill Rau
Weather_Lady
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My sister got that same cube (hers had some skittles-like candies in it) circa 1983 from a shop in the Magic Kingdom. She kept loose change in the box for years after the candy was gone. 
epcotisbest
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Found this pic online. Is this it?
Britt
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OOOOO This is cute!!