Comments on: Whitman’s Sampler in Retro Packaging

By: atwe

atwe — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 03:24:50 +0000

Sorry, I’m a ChocNut person — does that count as chocolate? LOL But thanks for the tip, MM. A box of Whitman’s Sampler does bring back memories of simpler times, and I’m sure the mother-in-law will love that.

By: Mila

Mila — Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:43:46 +0000

My brother and I’d pick at the bottoms of the Whitman’s selections when we were younger to avoid the coconut, cherry, or any of the liquor flavors. My sister didn’t eat the chocolates, but would keep the boxes for her stuff, and I found an old Whitman box full of her cross-stitch equipment over xmas.

I wish someone would bring in Mrs. See’s franchise!!!

By: pinky

pinky — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 04:58:02 +0000

Kulasa,
Black Magic!!!! That was the other chocolate box/tin that my mom had in her aparador. I forgot about that because the Whitman’s Sampler is the only one that I still see around here. When you mentioned this, a flood of memories rushed through my being – the smell, the sight, the sounds of me standing in front of that aparador and going through my mom’s “stuff”.

By: nikka

nikka — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:43:16 +0000

It is a well-loved family story for my family that my Lolo got Lola’s attention by bringing her a 5-layer box of Whitman’s chocolates. He’d bought them in Manila and had somehow kept them cool and whole all the way (on horseback or kalesa) to Cavite. We had a box every Christmas up until she passed away when I was a teenager.

By: Kulasa

Kulasa — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 07:36:59 +0000

Pinky, I have those yellow Whitman boxes and do keep my trinkets there. Mom used to call me a “hoarder” because I kept those chocolate containers, which by the way I still have – along with tincans of Black Magic. Although some are a bit rusty, I just can’t get myself to throw them. Probably memories. I’ve got to get one of these tins. Thanks for the post MM