Sunkist Fruit Gems Discontinued, Bar and Bat Mitzvah Boys, Girls Will Have to Duck Something Else

Sunkist Fruit Gems discontinued, bar and bat mitzvah boys, girls will have to duck something else

"I can't think of many bar or bat mitzvahs that I've attended where these candies were not thrown and given out," Dani Klein, of YeahThatsKosher, told JNS.

Sunkist Fruit Gems Discontinued; New Kosher Dupe Product Coming • YeahThatsKosher - Dining and Cooking

After more than 70 years, Sunkist Fruit Gems are off store shelves. Ferrara Candy Company, which owns Jelly Belly, stopped selling the sugar-coated fruit candies on May 1, according to a Ferrara customer service representative who spoke with eJewishPhilanthropy. The good news for anyone planning a simcha: a new kosher dupe is on the way. [...]

Sunkist Fruit Gems Discontinued; New Kosher Dupe Product Coming • YeahThatsKosher

Sunkist Fruit Gems, the OU-certified candy thrown at bar mitzvahs and aufrufs for decades, are off shelves after Ferrara discontinued them. A new kosher dupe, Clever Candy Fruit Jelly Jewels, is coming to replace them.

Sunkist Fruit Gems, a colorful staple of synagogue celebrations, discontinued

After more than a half-century of sweetening Jewish events, the kosher staple Sunkist Fruit Gems has been discontinued as of May, eJewishPhilanthropy has learned. The neon-colored candy is ubiquitous with Jewish celebrations; nearly every bar and bat mitzvah and aufruf in America features the celebrants getting showered in the candy. The omnipresent gems line tables... The post Sunkist Fruit Gems, a colorful staple of synagogue celebrations, di…