The Mysterious Disappearance Of Hershey's Thingamajig - Mashed (2024)

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Is the thingamajig candy discontinued? ›

In 2009 Hershey's introduced Thingamajig, featuring chocolate, cocoa crisps, and peanut butter inside. It was reintroduced in late 2011 on a supposedly permanent basis. However, as of 2012, according to Hershey's Chocolate World in Pennsylvania, the Thingamajig candy bar is no longer being produced.

In fact, Take Out, in their review of the Whozeewhatzit, also notices this striking similarity: "I hope it lives and thrives and does better than Thingamajig, which had the exact same components, down to the cocoa crisp base and peanut butter creme."

A Thingamajig is a candy bar with a chocolate flavored cookie crisp, with a peanut butter topping and a milk chocolate coating.

Whozeewhatzit has the same basic framework as Whatchamacallit: a crispy base with a layer of another flavor on top, all coated in chocolate. But in the case of Whozeewhatzit, the crisp is chocolate and the flavored layer is peanut butter creme instead of caramel. The chocolate is still chocolate.

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After 43,000+ entries, the Whatchamacallit brand declared the name Whozeewhatzit, submitted by Lisa M. from Framingham, Mass., the winner. "The new Whozeewhatzit bar has all the wacky, crazy, chew-tastic perks that Whatchamacallit fans love, plus a few more," said Jenna Hamm, Whatchamacallit Brand Manager.

The bar is described as having all the goodness of the Whatchamacallit but with the addition of a peanut butter crème layer and rice crisps — the Whozeewhatzit is essentially an evolved form of the Whatchamacallit.

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"The peanut butter and caramel taste of the Whatchamacallit just works better than the chocolate crispies in the Thingamajig. Though the Thingamajig is a little softer, so maybe it'll go easier on old people's dentures." "Thingamajig was better. It has softer and thicker chocolate around the rim.

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Did WHATCHAMACALLIT Candy Bars always have caramel? When WHATCHAMACALLIT Bars were introduced in 1978, they were made of peanut butter crisp coated in a thin layer of chocolate. In 1987, the candy was modified to include caramel, peanut-flavored crisp and a chocolatey coating.

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A history of Thingamajig

This candy was originally introduced in 1978 and had an entirely different name. The silly name of this candy bar was changed from Whatchamacallit but the general identity of the candy has always been pretty much the same.

The Whatchamacallit candy brand released a new bar called the Whozeewhatzit on Monday, marking its first new sweet treat in 10 years. The new arrival, which comes in a vibrant red wrapper with yellow and white text, consists of chocolate-covered chocolatey crisps and an added peanut butter creme layer.

In 1978, The Hershey Company introduced WHATCHAMACALLIT Bars made of peanut butter crisp coated in a thin layer of chocolate.