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Quick Review: The Reggie Bar!

Writer's picture: Paul SemendingerPaul Semendinger
Dec 29, 20231 min read

by Paul Semendinger

December 29, 2023

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Ethan and his girlfriend spent the other day in the city. They visited a whole bunch of sites: The Museum of Ice Cream, Bryant Park, The Sugar Factory, Rockefeller Center, Times Square, and more.


They also went to a candy store and found... A REGGIE BAR and brought one home for me.


The first time I had a Reggie Bar was when they first came out, in 1978. I thought they were delicious. I was ten. It was candy. What wasn't to like?


Reggie Bars soon went away. But, in the early 1990s, around the time when Reggie went into the Hall of Fame, I recall they made a comeback. I remember getting a few. I enjoyed them again: chocolate, peanuts, and caramel. Again, what wasn't to like?


Yesterday, when I opened my new Reggie Bar, my first in probably three decades, I wondered if they were still delicious.


They are!


(I'm not a food critic. My favorite food is pizza. I don't go to many fancy restaurants. I have pretty simple tastes. I like what I like. And the Reggie Bar, made up of chocolate, peanuts, and caramel, for me is still a delicious treat.)




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Edwin Ng
Edwin Ng
Dec 31, 2023

Fun fact: Reggie homered off Wilbur Wood on opening day of 1978. Remember the 3rd home run Reggie hit was off Charlie Hough in game 6 of the 1977 world series. Both were homers were hit off knuckleballs. Reggie I think was good at hitting of knuckleball pitchers in his career.

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Dec 29, 2023
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Robert Malchman
Robert Malchman
Dec 30, 2023
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And the company "hoovered" up all the profits!

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etbkarate
Dec 29, 2023

I always thought they should have named a Hot Dog after him!!

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yankeesblog
Dec 29, 2023
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Here's the ad pitch: "A hot dog so big there isn't enough mustard to cover it!"

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Robert Malchman
Robert Malchman
Dec 29, 2023

They were very good. I think I've told the story before that I was at Opening Day in 1978 (the first home game after World Series Game 6, when Reggie hit the three homers), and they were giving away Reggie Bars as a promotion. First time up, Reggie homers again. And the Reggie Bars start flying on to the field, causing a delay while the grounds crew cleaned it up. But I'd already eaten mine and my Mom's, though I don't think I would have dared to throw something on to the field with her sitting next to me. It might not have reached anyway, given where we were sitting in the back of the lower deck, and my 15-yea…



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jeff
Dec 30, 2023
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I still remember Phil Rizzuto's comments when he was broadcasting a game against the White Sox when they were wearing those all dark navy "pajama-like" uniforms. "I don't like those uniforms", Rizzuto told the WPIX viewers, "They look like 9 bugs out there, and you know how I don't like bugs!".

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