Oh boy, I remember these! I was a first-grader when they hit the market, and we kids just had to try them. By mere coincidence, Daisys happened to have been the last thing I'd eaten before becoming very ill with scarlet fever. As a result, I could never eat them again. Just the smell of them made me sick. I'm afraid I can't fill in any more details about the history of these products other than I seem to recall that Bugles were still available after Daisys & Whistles had been discontinued (though I could be wrong about that).

I remember Bugles, but not Daisies, or Buttons...All of then would be too salty for me now, because I have not eaten salt for years, unless it is in something that is already prepared.

One of the disadvantages of getting older...NO SALT...LOL

Thanks for the Memories...
Sharon
~The Baby Boomer Queen~

wow do you really bromg back memories. i remember these. my sis and me ate these in front of our tv watching saturday morning cartoons. are there any other snack foods anyone remembers. there were potato chips cally valley maid that we JHS kids use to consume big time. but TOMS potato chips were the best. it was like they melted in your mouth. and their cookies were soft and good tasting. that and thold drakes cakes, like,drakes chocolate cupcakes,ring dings(in the golden foil) and the old and better tasting devil dogs,had our mother taking us to the dentist alot. lol lol.

I like the artwork/design on the boxes....sort of like cereal with a twist...actually, if you consider that cereal in those days was de facto candy, with three scoops sugar, what was the diff between cereal and candy anyway? I remember seeing them at parent's parties, displayed next to the ouveres dourves(sp#.....I think that preservatives just came into play about that time, so you got more national snacks that could keep, made by national firms#remember that all snacks were locally produced, ala local kidvid tv, until preservatives that didn't affect the taste came out....actually, if you look at it again, the snacks look like cereal as much as the boxes....as if Kelloggs decided to get tino the snack field, and still use the same size boxes and ingredients....like, hey, lets switch this capn crunch thing and call it daisys......what a concept....BTW, anyone remember screaming yellow zonkers? Still around, if you look for it....one of the strangest tasting popcorn candies in history....yellow goopy glaze poured liberally on popcorn, with some box artwork to kill for, as if R Crumb designed it.....

I remeber Pizza Twirls. Wagon wheel shaped pizza snacks. Those and Buttons & Bows were created by General Mills.
http://www.generalmills.com/corporate/company/GeneralMills_History_Years.pdf

Scroll to just over halfway down to the snack flashback section.

I don't remember Daisys but I remember Bugles. We used to put them on the ends of our fingers like fingernails. One snack that always sticks in my mind is Mister Salty Pretzels. They were in a dark blue box and had a pretzel stick man with a sailor hat on I think. I don't remember a time when there wasn't a box of those in the cabinet. We loved them.

PLEASE PLEASE,does anyone remember the box of PRIDE cookies by nabisco back in the 60s? tgey were some damn good cookies. they were chocolate cookie with chocolate cream,and vanilla cookie with chocolate cream. the box was a lavender or lilac colored. i wish they would make a comeback.

Oh oh, Ron.

Looks like you've started a whole new string of related Remember When (a la Herb Albert)... PRIDE cookies, MISTY SALTY PRETZELS... you've got your work cut out for you. :D

I remember Bugles very distinctly. Our family was big so we did not have boxes of snacks around the house - they would be gone in 30 seconds flat - huge waste of money.

BUT, my best friend came from a very small family and she had BUGLES on the table all the time! What a treat!

We, like Rhonda, used to cover our finger tips with them and tap them on the table like special little divas with long, gorgeous fingernails.

I tell ya... sights, sounds, smells, and tastes from the past is what really can grab a Boomer's attention. Was it a better time? I don't know - but it was OUR time.

Thanks again for the great post!

Bugles I do remember and occassionally will go out and get a bag! Yeah, bag now, not the box. The other products I do not remember? I loved putting bugles on my finger tips and then eating them. Dumb stuff that kids do!

I comment OFTEN on how I wish they'd bring back Whistles. Light, crispy and not too cheesy. Not like the overly salted, jalapeno cheese stuff now.

Matter of fact, I had to hit the stores today for some Munchos (frito-lay) for my "whistles" fix. It's the closest thing to Whistles - minus the cheese, but about the same salt content.

Man I must have eaten a LOT of Whistles to remember them so well.

Razzles and Fudgetown cookies were also killer.

love your site btw.