Peppermint Balls

Re:Peppermint Balls (beobee)

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 20:10:32 GMT

My favorite is made by Lance Cracker in Charlotte. Instant melt in mouth. Similar to but not as dense as butter mints.

Re:Peppermint Balls (efbjunk)

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:45:10 GMT

OMG! It certainly looks like it. Am ordering NOW. Thank you for the heads up!!!

Re:Peppermint Balls (PPSBLOGScom)

Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:24:19 GMT

I THINK THEY ARE MAKING THEM AGAIN!!!!

search 'air-bon's' at the russell stover site!!

It even shows a pic of the old metal can in the description!!!

RE: Peppermint Balls (tcrouzer)

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 10:01:06 GMT

We have a local candy company that makes a soft peppermint candy in sticks and in puffs.

http://www.oldtimecandy.com/puffs-assorted-2lb.htm

The Piedmont Candy Co. in Lexington has been around for a long time - like half a century! I love their peppermint candy - the old fashioned, somewhat chalky texture and wonderful taste. This is what I use for making peppermint ice cream and this is what I buy for Christmas candy.

The puffs come in an assortment including, wintergreen, clove, and lemon.

RE: Peppermint Balls (Miz Erry)

Sat, 30 Jun 2012 20:56:24 GMT

Well, I'm disappointed. These peppermints are ALMOST right, but not quite. They are too heavy and too solid. They are tasty and do melt fairly rapidly in my mouth, but not the same as the Air Bons of 40 years ago. Just RATS!

I find they help with my "dry mouth" syndrome, though, and I may be seeking a local supplier.

Cheerio!
Miz Erry

RE: Peppermint Balls (Miz Erry)

Sat, 23 Jun 2012 20:25:06 GMT

Check out the russell stover site and search for: PRODUCT& itemID=2881
These look like they are the old-fashioned Russell Stover Air-Bons. I THINK these are similar to the ones made by Whitman's. I've just checked Vermont Country Store and they don't have them. I remember the Whitman's as coming in a can that you used a key to open. The package design was with green and white stripes and pictures of the Air Bons on it. Interestingly, Russell Stover, Whitman's and Pangborn's were all owned by the same company, so this has a strong possibility of being the right stuff. I'm ordering a package to see if it is "right." If so, I'll let y'all know!
Miz Erry

RE: Peppermint Balls (Foodbme)

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 22:24:34 GMT

Here Ya Go! 3rd row down:
They have a ton of Retro candies!
http://www.groovycandies.com/pc/viewCategories.asp?SFID=9&SFNAME=Unwrapped&SFVID=40&SFVALUE=Mints&SFCount=0&page=0&pageStyle=h&idcategory=31&VS9=0

Re:Peppermint Balls (atozharris)

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:24:22 GMT

Hello. I think you are talking about "Mint Bubblets" made by Elmer's in New Orleans. They were definitely around during the early 1950's. Let me know what you think. Alison

Re:Peppermint Balls (cjones5)

Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:48:45 GMT

I know exactly what you guys are talking about. I remember growing up having these at my grandmother's house down south. My mother loved them as well. Well for Christmas I was hunting for these peppermints because I wanted to surprise my mom... Well no luck of the original Air Bons because they no longer make them.. but I found something VERY similar. Well they are by Russell Stover and they are new. Go to the Russell Stover website and type in peppermint puffs. I purchased 5 bags for my mom and she loves them!!! So I would have to disagree with mousefx.. I think they are really good. Yes, they aren't the original, but they are sooooo close. We have tried so many different brands, but this is by far the best and closes to the original. They literally dissolve. You guys have to get them.. they are soo good!!

Re:Peppermint Balls (mousefx)

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:29:23 GMT

They were called Air Bons and Whitman's made them. They do not make them anymore. Just last week i saw that Russell Stover was advertising NEW Old Fashioned Air Bons. I got so excited I ordered 3 bags only to find out that they are not the same as the Air Bons I remember as a child. These new ones are similar to Bob's Sweet Stripes and not like the old Air Bons that would instantly melt in your mouth, were round and very light weight.
I was so dissapointed. They are good as far as mints go, but they are NOT the original Air Bons.

Re:Peppermint Balls (Plunderedbeauty)

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:43:41 GMT

have you thought of looking online for the recipe because the food networks claim which I mean claim is because I havent gone and looked that they have recipes for these candys all i remember of this candy is that it melted in your mouth to sugar like a cotton candy would 2 years ago I found some sites for these candies I saved them into my favorites but then I had to swipe my computer clean but I saw williams-sonoma, washburns and the pennslyvania dutch candy company had those peppermints but are expensive also saw the candy you described sundancer on williams-sonoma

RE: Peppermint Balls (Plunderedbeauty)

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:38:44 GMT

i was looking through here to get those airy peppermint puffs that are airy and sugary goodness I read your post and I can to the candy I think you were posting about hun

Light, Airy, Melt-in-Your-Mouth Puff Candy Looks like a Sponge, Tastes like Heaven

If this candy had to live on looks alone, it wouldn't get far. One taste, however, and you could be addicted. Old-fashioned puff candy is a light, airy molasses-flavored candy that looks kind of like a sponge, but tastes like heaven. Crunchy when you first bite into it, it quickly melts in your mouth like cotton candy. 5 oz. bag.
from the vermont candy company also I found it on nextag.com

Re:Peppermint Balls (Sundancer7)

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:29:52 GMT

My father was a school teacher and while he was principal, one of his students brought him some butter flavored peppermint balls. They were excellent and they would melt in your mouth. I have never ever had anything like them. The lady that made them would not give us the recipe. I wish I had it.

That was 50 years ago.

Papaw Smith passed on about 22 years ago. I sincerely miss him.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

Re:Peppermint Balls (yve)

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:16:29 GMT

A gentleman who says he works for Russell Stover/Whitman's, posted that Air Bons were going to return to the market at Russell Stover last week. I live just a few miles from a Russell Stover so I went there as soon as the shipment came in. They are indeed called "Air Bons" but they are the same thing as Bob's Sweet Stripes and the many other similar mints out there, unfortunately. They are NOT the super light, airy, literally melt-in-your-mouth mints that I also recall from the 70s that came in peppermint and spearmint and we, as someone else said, like crispy balls of cotton candy. I am so sorry to tell you guys this! But please keep me posted if you do hear about the real thing coming back on the market. Sooooooo good...

RE: Peppermint Balls (Foodbme)

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 02:35:42 GMT

In the PXH area, get them at:
Sweeties Candy of Arizona
1050 West Chandler Boulevard,
Chandler, AZ 85224
(480) 899-4245 ‎
Along with a lot of other old time candies!

RE: Peppermint Balls (chikpea2459)

Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:04:52 GMT

The Elmer's company has quit making the Bubblets.They are focused on seasonal items now.Believe me I have sent them e-mails over the years begging to have them back.They say no.I'll keep trying!

Re:Peppermint Balls (Bacheller)

Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:14:23 GMT

Yes I just found this thread.

I was born in Maine and my grandmother would buy these candies at the local CVS drug store. They are mint balls that are filled with air and round. They came in many flavors and I remember buying them before I left Maine for the Army in 1990. They were cheap and they came in a bag and they were not wrapped.

I wish that these things could be found somewhere.

Man they were good.

Re:Peppermint Balls (welkom1968)

Sat, 13 Jun 2009 08:25:33 GMT

I've found the company that made them -- unfortunately they don't make them anymore. It was Whitman's candies in Philadelphia. The product came in a green tin with a picture of the mints which were white with a thin red stripe. The product was called MINT AIR BONS. I have emailed Whitman's trying to find out if they are still available but have not had a reply as yet.

Re:Peppermint Balls (Wisher)

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 21:16:48 GMT

I know exactly what you mean and have never found them. They are definitely NOT the individually wrapped "peppermint puffs" or "soft peppermints" by Red Bird a lot of people recommend. Originally they came in a bag like marshmallows, but eventually switched to a container that looked like a coffee can made of cardboard (more air tight). They might have been made by the Leaf Candy Company, but I'm not sure.

They were definitely round balls about 1" in diameter. (The Red Bird peppermints are flat on the top and bottom.) They dissolved in your mouth exactly as you described. (They didn't melt.) They were almost like a crunchy cotton-candy.

I've been looking for a long time too - Vermont Country Store, Candy-Crate, Groovy Candy, etc. They all sell the Red Bird soft peppermint puffs (that are more like buttermints) but no one seems to sell the peppermint puffs that were like small crunchy peppermint cotton-candy balls - white with red stripes. The red stripes were not always clearly defined. They were just kind of sprayed on and were sometimes very faint in color.

RE: Peppermint Balls (SassyGritsAL)

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 17:18:19 GMT

Sorry guys, but the ones you are seeing (the King Leo brand, the ones at the Dollar Tree, Gen. Dol., etc.) are still not the ones the original poster is talking about. I too, have searched for the puffy-type ball mints countless time and I don't think they make them any more. Though, I wish they did. I remember my Mom was hooked on them and we got them at K-Mart (this was abour 40 years ago!).

RE: Peppermint Balls (arianej)

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:22:41 GMT

Anyone looking for either the soft peppermint stick version or the soft peppermint ball (King Leo brand, I think it was) of this candy might take a look at their nearby dollar stores. I've seen this at Dollar Tree and Dollar General in the candy section-- usually around Christmas, but at other times as well.

Re:Peppermint Balls (gotmint)

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:12:37 GMT

I cant get over how many others are trying to find this candy. I loved the peppermint ones. And yes I've tried the chalky versions made by others but NOTHING compares with the flavor and texture of those sweet and wonderful mint bon bons...at least not for me.
My graqndma used to by them at the K&B here in the New Orleans area they came in a clear plastic bag, I would save my change to be able to by them myself if I could. Haven't seen them for years..of course K&B is gone too...
I have searched and googled and pretty much given up hope. I found this site and am hope with so many of us out there searching maybe someone will find a company out there who still makes them....Good Luck everyone.

Re:Peppermint Balls (Cici318)

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:02:22 GMT

I have been looking for these too, and can't believe so many people are with me on this! My boyfriend used to tell me the candy was like an imaginary friend that only I could remember! I finally did find an older lady that owns a candy store here in town and she remembers them. Unfortunately, she says they were discontinued because of problems with the elderly and children inhaling the entire ball and choking because they were so light. I was so disappointed, so if any of you find this isn't the case, please let me know.

Re:Peppermint Balls (nostalgicfoodguy)

Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:01:11 GMT

I remember these 'Air Bons' type of candy too, and I loved them. I remember them being around in the 1960's and 70's, even occasionally in the 1980's. The last time I ever saw them was at a K-Mart about 1991. They were in cellophane bags hanging on a plastic strip at the front register. The red (peppermint) ones were my least favorite flavor, I liked the green ones (spearmint) much better but my favorites were the caramel colored ones-butterscotch! (and I don't even like any other kind of butterscotch candy).

It's been nearly 20 years now and I have never seen them since. The 'Bobs Sweet Stripes' and other peppermint balls people have shown on this thread are NOT at all the right kind of candy. "Bob's" style of mints are solid all the way through, these air bons were almost all hollow in the middle with just a few sugary strands that dissolved instantly on the tounge. (It's possible though, one of the peppermint puffs type of candy MIGHT be the correct one. It's extremely hard to tell since they look almost identical.)

Re:Peppermint Balls (ChicagoIrish)

Sat, 27 Dec 2008 07:50:57 GMT

I too loved these mints and have been looking for them as well. Not sure if these are the same, but they do look very similar...

http://www.candywarehouse.com/mintballs.html

RE: Peppermint Balls (Cinnamom)

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:55:58 GMT

I've been wishing and wishing that I could find Elmer's Fruit Bubblets for AGES! Just ran across this thread after posting a 'wish I could find ...' customer request to Vermont Country Store. The peppermint ones were okay, but my brother & I just loved the fruit ones. I've often thought of them as having the approximate texture of semi-solidified cotton candy in a crunchy shell. I loved the way they just collapsed into a puddle of flavor in the mouth, but I loved to crunch them, too. I would eat so many my tongue would get sore from 'sugar burn'! I'd sure like to find these again. Oooo, butterscotch flavor sounds FABULOUS!!! Elmer;s only made fruit flavored and mint flavored. I'd settle for 'close' if that's all I could find, I guess.

RE: Peppermint Balls (MGWerks)

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:02:11 GMT

Bought a huge plastic tub of these individually-wrapped at Costco or a very reasonable price. You know, for a container that size, they sure didn't last too long!

RE: Peppermint Balls (tmadden)

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:57:43 GMT

Hey Andrew! Let me know if they really are the puffed sugar balls! It's hard to tell from the pix on the web site! I've been searching for the butterscotch ones!!! :)~

RE: Peppermint Balls (andrewt)

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:24:28 GMT

Their not in bags like when they were sold at kmart. but these look the closest out of everything ive searched for. its worth a try.

RE: Peppermint Balls (andrewt)

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:21:54 GMT

If anyone is still reading these. Ive been searching for awhile now. And I think i have to say i found them. Or atleast the closest things that look like them. im ordering them as we speak!

http://www.fortnumandmason.com/Product/Strawberry-Bon-Bons,4987,337.aspx