‘We hear you,' says Sunkist, won’t cancel Fruit Gems

They tried to take away our Fruit Gems. The Jews had other plans

  If you’ve ever attended a bar or bat mitzvah and left with a Sunkist Fruit Gem lodged somewhere between your chair and your dignity, we have good news. The Fruit Gem lives. Sunkist announced Saturday that it plans to bring back the colorful, sugar-coated kosher candies after news of its discontinuation prompted something approaching...

Beloved Sunkist kosher candy isn't going away after all

Fans of Sunkist Fruit Gems can rejoice! The beloved kosher candy will return after an outcry over reports it had been discontinued.

‘We hear you,' says Sunkist, won’t cancel Fruit Gems

“We hear you, Sunkist Fruit Gems fans,” the brand stated. “The good news. Sunkist Fruit Gems are not going anywhere.”

‘We Hear You,’ says Sunkist, Won’t Cancel Fruit Gems

After the news that Sunkist was discontinuing its Fruit Gems, and Jews nationwide wondered what soft but light kosher candy they could throw at boys and girls celebrating their bar and bat mitzvahs in synagogue, the brand said that it would avoid nixing the treat. “We hear you, Sunkist Fruit Gems fans,” the brand stated. […]

A beloved candy does what almost nothing else can: Bring the Jewish community together

It started with a WhatsApp message from a friend: “Important scoop big if true,” along with a link to the blog of a candy distributor about how the synagogue staple Sunkist Fruit Gems were apparently being discontinued. Memories flooded back of chomping into squishy, technicolored jelly bites, feeling the crunch of shattering sugar crystals and the citric acid bite of imitation fruit flavor; of whipping a lime green Fruit Gem at the head of a ba…