NECCO wafers are a polarizing candy. Some online haters have compared the brittle sugar disks to chalk, or antacid tablets. But now, the company that makes them could soon close shop — and that ...

I will now be stockpiling Necco wafers. No joke my fave candy I will buy every store’s entire supply. I’ll be like one of those weird doomsday people except instead of cans I will just have ...

When the people who make Necco Wafers changed their recipe to use natural flavors and colors in 2009, they thought they were doing their customers a favor. But then those customers told the New ...

Spangler has resurrected the wafers, which date back to 1847, after purchasing the Sweethearts and Necco brands in 2018. Necco was put up for auction earlier that year and later closed its doors ...

Necco Wafers are about to make a sweet comeback after a two-year absence. The beloved candy’s disappearance came after the factory in Revere, Massachusetts that made Necco Wafers closed abruptly ...

The world of the Necco Wafer has crumbled. The Massachusetts plant that made the beloved, but often mocked, candy closed Tuesday, the Boston Globe reported. Round Hill Investments announced that ...

The Necco Wafer, the company's first product, and its longest lasting, most famous, most widely available, is also still its best-selling. Necco produces about four billion wafers each year.

Necco Wafers are officially returning to store shelves! The candy, which was first created in 1847, disappeared from stores in 2018 after the factory closed, but the company was soon purchased by ...

People have been rushing around to purchase all the NECCO candy they can get their hands on; especially the wafers. Candystore.com reports that sales of NECCO candy are up 82%—and the wafer ...

The bankrupt 171-year-old candy maker known for its chalky Necco Wafers and those little inscribed hearts that are everywhere on Valentine's Day got a sweet message from a rival Wednesday ...

April 11 (UPI) --A Massachusetts woman concerned about the possible discontinuing of Necco Wafers offered to trade her Honda Accord for some of the candy. Necco chief executive Michael McGee said ...

Necco wafers have been around since before the Civil War—and plenty of detractors would argue they taste like it, too. The flavors have been described as “tropical drywall,” “plaster ...