What Happened to Brach’s Maple Nut Goodies?
ℹ️ Fate: Discontinued by parent company Ferrara Candy Company around 2022 after declining distribution, and recipe and manufacturing changes
Classic Brach’s candy: roasted peanuts wrapped in chewy maple-flavored toffee with a thin candy shell. After a controversial late-2010s process change that made pieces much harder, retail availability dwindled and Ferrara Candy Company discontinued the item around 2022.
Brach’s Maple Nut Goodies were a long-running staple of the brand - roasted peanuts in a chewy maple toffee with a thin candy shell. Fans remember the maple aroma and soft, chewy center. In the late 2010s a manufacturing change reportedly made pieces noticeably harder, drawing complaints. Distribution shrank through the early 2020s, and by and around 2022, Ferrara Candy Company had discontinued the product, with no formal relaunch announced as of 2025.
Collectors still trade vintage bags and look for substitutes, such as maple-coated peanuts, but the particular chewy-maple profile of Maple Nut Goodies hasn’t been replicated by major brands.
Timeline
- 1940
Maple Nut Goodies enter Brach’s assortments.
- 2018
Manufacturing change leads to consumer reports of much harder pieces.
- 2020
Widespread out-of-stock at retailers.
- 2022
Ferrera Candy Company customer service confirms candy discontinuation.
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