Nostalgia Overload: Why I Was Happy to See Violet Crumble in Stores Again

Let me take you all the way back to the mid-'80s.

I remember, as a child, we would go to Tieton Village Drug semi-regularly. I think it's because my parents used to live near there before moving to another part of town, but their pharmacy was still there so, to keep it easy, they just got their prescriptions filled there. Works well as Tieton Village Drug is a great, local store.

I always loved it when I'd tag along because my mom would always let me choose a candy bar.

It was often something traditional like M&Ms back when there was no red M&M due to a health scare or maybe even Twix which was always a favorite.

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One time they had a new candy bar on the shelf called Violet Crumble.

The shiny, purple packaging drew my attention immediately.

That was enough for me to grab it that time.

It was a candy I've never experienced before.

Until this point most candy bars were either chocolate of sometime like a Hershey's bar or Nestle Crunch or something. Or they'd be chocolate with nougat and caramel like a Milky Way or Snickers.

This was honeycomb candy which was a completely new concept to me. Light as air but provides a very stiff crunch and feels like it dissolves in your mouth. It was crazy but also very good. Definitely a new experience.

I was able to grab this Violet Crumble maybe one or two other times at Tieton Village Drug (I never saw it at any of the other stores we went to) until one day it was gone. It came and went and never saw it ever again until much later in life.

As a kid, I just saw it on the shelf and figured it was the new candy bar along with everything else. At the time I didn't realize it was a candy bar from Australia that was available for a limited time in the mid-'80s.

Fast-forward to 2024 and here I am at Wray's on 56th and Summitview where, lo-and-behold, they had a display of Violet Crumble in bite-sized forms. I wondered even further and, sure enough, going to the candy bar aisle they also had them in that traditional candy bar form, complete with shiny purple packaging. This time they even say Australia's Violet Crumble (it may have originally, too, but I may not have noticed). So I grabbed one for now and I'll be going back for more as well.