Comments on: Chicken Dinner Candy Truck, Milwaukee, WI 1956

By: sylvia

sylvia — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 05:47:02 +0000

I used to love the Chicken Dinner candy bars. Will they ever bring them back? I think they would sell well.

By: 1956 candy | Gourmetcandlestop

1956 candy | Gourmetcandlestop — Sat, 28 May 2011 06:19:19 +0000

[...] Charles Phoenix » Blog Archive » Chicken Dinner Candy Truck,Rowntree’s created what would be one of the most popular candy bars in the world, the KitKat, in 1935. In the same year they also created … The Nestle Tex was launched around 1956 and combines the aerated chocolate of the Aero bar and the crispy filled wafers of the KitKat. I don’t know how the bar got the name Tex. [...]

By: The Brass Rooster

The Brass Rooster — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 05:08:00 +0000

My wife and I are opening a Traditional Mens Hat & Accessory shop in the old Avalon Theatre building on KK called The Brass Rooster. We would LOVE to get one of these old trucks. If anyone knows where one might be hiding PLEASE let me know. BrassRooster@mail.com

By: James Rothwell

James Rothwell — Sat, 29 Jan 2011 03:35:11 +0000

This truck was sitting on the south side of La Crosse several years ago – I believe it was bought by a collector – it was my understanding there was a list of people wanting to buy it. I have a picture taken here if you’re interested.

By: James R. Smith

James R. Smith — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:29:11 +0000

I have a photo of three Chicken Dinner trucks at San Francisco’s Playland at the Beach around 1931 on Ford Model A trucks. I need some help identifying the date.
Jim

By: Dawn Holden

Dawn Holden — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:39:30 +0000

Nice to see so many folks bringing up the Denver Sandwich. My 84-year-old mother has talked about this my entire life — very longingly I might add. She can recount the rich combination of ingredients as if she ate one yesterday. I periodically do online research to see if I can find anything more as time passes but not much is written. In fact, for the longest my siblings and I joked that mom had made the whole thing up. Then, about 4 years back, I Googled it again and found an antique dealer who was selling one of the display boxes that held a case of 24 of them for a dime-store candy display (candy was long gone, just the pristine display box). I had it shadowbox framed for her 80th birthday and it’s probably the most enthusiastically received gift she’s ever gotten. Even had a coworker who specializes in desserts try to recreate the Denver Sandwich in her test kitchen, based on how mom describes it. We failed. So if anyone EVER finds that recipe, count me in !!

By: Paul Zeien

Paul Zeien — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 03:08:34 +0000

I never heard of the Sperry Candy Co., or the Chicken Dinner candy bar. But in 2008 I purchased an old 1955 Ford truck with a flatbed on the back for $60.00. It had sat in a field at the edge of some woods for 29 years, and was very badly rusted. Very little was left in any useable condition. The hood had a faint image of the word “chicken” on it. I kept the front bumper and grille guard to install on my own 1955 truck. When I went to sand off the black paint on the bumper, the words “chicken dinner” started showing up as I sanded. So I stopped sanding and kept the words showing. I recently researched the advertising of chicken dinners on old ford trucks, and came across a postcard from 1956 of the fleet of “chicken” trucks. From what I can deduce, someone had purchased one of the chicken trucks, removed the sheet metal chicken from the back and installed a flatbed to use the truck on a farm. I now proudly display the bumper and grille guard on my truck, and share the unique story with all my friends.

By: RJ

RJ — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:26:07 +0000

Any luck with the recipe for the Denver Sandwich Candy Bar? Would love to give this recipe to my mom as it was also her favorite as a child.

By: Karen Bauer

Karen Bauer — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 22:07:25 +0000

My mother also remembers the Denver Sandwich Candy Bar. Did anyone find a recipe for this candy bar?
Karen

By: BETTY JONES

BETTY JONES — Wed, 06 May 2009 03:01:57 +0000

I SAW AN OLD SIGN FOR SPERRY CHICKEN CANDY BAR AT A RESTURANT- CRACKER BARREL – IN LA.