I used to love these! I remember the commercials: a doofy looking actor popped a candy in their mouth and were crushed by giant fruit falling from the sky. Good stuff, those 80's commericals...

When I was a little kid, my pediatrician used to give me Bonkers after every visit. He actually used to drop pieces of candy on my head, and I always used to wonder why. (I don't remember the commercial, apparently. LOL.)

I remember these being incredibly good... of all the things in the 80's, I probably miss these and Giggles cookies the most. However, I recently found something very similar. Hi-Chew candies seem to be a lot like Bonkers- fruit-flavored, shaped like little chewy bricks with a pale outer layer and a darker center. You can find them at oriental food stores sometimes, or, failing that, buy them online from Japanese snack sites.

I remember that crazy skinny lady that ran around going "bonkers"

In school we invented a game called Bonker Ball, using the candy as a ball and these little art class carving tools as sticks. I remember the rules would change a lot like Calvin & Hobbes' sports. Didn't get much work done in that class.

It's a bit strange. I never once tried the candy itself. But the ads with the crazy "Bonkers Lady" and the giant fruit falling on the kids was very memorable!

The commercials are all over You Tube!

I used to LOVE these, too! I second Nate in his recommendation of the Hi-Chews, also. I remember the zany Bonkers Lady, too! I seem to remember that the middle of Bonkers was a bit jelly-like? Anything chewy was really appealing!

bonkers is the best candy in the world and i guess it would have to be impossible to get something that is really good i mean come on people bonkers fruit chew is what made laffy taffy great..../,./,,./,.

You can run across a recent reincarnation of Bonkers, usually at beach candy stores if you look for them. I found a grape pack just last weekend.

I don't remember ever eating Bonkers (they don't really sound like my type o' candy though...I'm a real chocoholic) but I gotta give 'em beaucoup points for marketing effort. Not only did they have the TV ads,but I remember there being on average 2-3 print ads for Bonkers in every Laff Digest I ever got. Bonkers and Sea Monkeys...they were very nearly more interesting than those comics, actually.

I remember the commercial with the giant fruit. After it fell on someone the announcer would say, "Bonkers... Bonks you out!"

I LOVED Bonkers! I remember at one point you could get with in a cereal box for some sort of promotion! Chocolate and Strawberry were the best! Starburst candies don't even come close!

Yeah, bonkers bonks you out. Awww man. That was great. Did you really find them Julie? Dang, I envy you. If only I could be so lucky one day...

As a 5th grader at the time, Bonkers tasted even better when they were shoplifted.

I lost my first tooth in a Grape Bonkers candy!

i have a group on bonkers candy, it is located at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BonkersCandy

We had the Bonkers board game. As if the commercials and candy itself weren't enough. . . .

All I have to say is....BONK!

I remember these, very clearly... when i was a little girl living in ontario in a little town the corner grocery store had them and they were the best, they bring back memories, i wish i could get them for my son!!!

i think we all should sign a petition or something to bring back bonkers man i miss that fruity chewy taste of bonkers!

I loved the watermelon ones that were green on the outside and red in the middle! Yum!