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Pine Brothers cough drops were available maybe in the the late seventies, but definetely in the 80's. Back then they were just about in between "gummi" and hard candy. Nowadays if you find them, they are not as chewy. They came in little card board boxes with a wax like bag in side that held the candy. They came in Cherry and Honey flavors. The logo had a spoon pouring syrup in to the candy's actual shape.
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Nancy - July 07, 2008 - Report this comment
These things were awesome and I miss them! I didn't need a sore throat to beg my mom for them.
Robert - July 22, 2008 - Report this comment
I discovered Pine Brothers cough drops as a child in the mid 60s. They were available in honey, menthol, cherry, licorice and lemon (which were hard to find). There were also assorment boxes that had some of all five flavors in them. I kept eating them until they disappeared around 1990. Alas.
Lina - September 09, 2008 - Report this comment
I miss them. I ate them throughout my child hood. I often look for them, but have read they no longer make them.
Lee - September 20, 2008 - Report this comment
I started eating Pine Brother's cough drops in the fifties, more as candy than medicine, and all the way into the eighties until it became impossible to find them any more. There is a whole website devoted to fans of this great product of bygone days.
Sharon - September 29, 2008 - Report this comment
I'm so disappointed that these WONDERFUL little glycerine cough drops are no longer available. I loved the honey flavor (they were my favorite candy!). I hope some company buys the formula and starts making them again....for my grandkids (and ME).
JGI - October 01, 2008 - Report this comment
Funny how I was just thinking about these today. Perhaps it's the cough I caught from my son. At any rate, they were truly great. Cherry were my favorite!
sue - October 04, 2008 - Report this comment
They worked great when you had that dry, hacking kind of cough. They kind of coated your throat and were very soothing. None of the hard cough drops do that.
Sharon - 10-8-08 - October 07, 2008 - Report this comment
Pine Brothers Cherry Cough Drops were the best. I'm so sorry they don't make them anymore. I hope someone comes out with something just like them.
Elaine - October 20, 2008 - Report this comment
I don't know why another company doesn't these cough drops! Pine Brothers was the best... cherry and honey. My sister and I used to buy a box of cherry and a box of honey. We used to split them up so we each had a mixture of the two. Somebody is missing out on making a small fortune by bringing back the glycerine cough drop!
Maynard - November 03, 2008 - Report this comment
Dit-To on all the comments the Honey was the best, than the cherry...Long live the Pine Brothers
Ann - November 15, 2008 - Report this comment
pine brothers please come back every time i get sick honey drops are on my mind. Where can i find them??? they were hard than soft and chewy yummm.
Sandra M Johnson - December 03, 2008 - Report this comment
ha i'd buy a ton of the menthol ones and make myself sick eatting them all. i wondered what happened to them not that i'd ever get them again in case my mom catches me with them
Lisa - December 06, 2008 - Report this comment
I looked everywhere for the Pine Bros. honey cough drops. I really want them to come back. Every time I have a sore throat or cough I think about them. I thought about them all day today.
Alice Wasserman - December 31, 2008 - Report this comment
There's nothing on the market with the soothing element of glycerine in it. The Pine Brothers cough drops always worked . The menthol & others seem to irritate your throat. I found some in Europe that were glycerine & black currant. Then I found them in u.s. at the MET FOR $3.75 about 20 years ago.Company mergers must have done away with Pine Brothers. We should find out who purchased & done away with them.
mike - January 14, 2009 - Report this comment
I want these now, please. My throat hurts. Ouch
carol asklar - January 21, 2009 - Report this comment
pine bros cough drops were always my favorite especially the honey ones, I have looked for them for years and could not believe they were gone!! If anyone ever comes across a similar one let me know these new hard cough drops are awful!!thanks!!!
Joe - February 06, 2009 - Report this comment
Airborne makes a drop that almost like the Pine Bros Drops. Hard to find in stores, but look on line for them.
karen - February 16, 2009 - Report this comment
I guess I may be one of the rare individuals that loved the black licorice flavored Pine Brothers cough drops that came in the assorted flavors box. I REALLY MISS THEM!!
annie - March 02, 2009 - Report this comment
I have searched high and low- wish someone would make them!
Ann - March 23, 2009 - Report this comment
My mother always got the Pine Bros cough drops for me when I had tonsilitis. I recently rembered them, and found Grether's Black Current Pastilles. You can find them on Amazon or many other websites. They are very expensive, but exactly what you are looking for!
mark - March 26, 2009 - Report this comment
things that are good never last. things that suck stick around forever. i miss pine bros
John - April 08, 2009 - Report this comment
I thought I was nuts and the only one who longed for these. I'm sick for the first time in about 2 years and was hunting for them yesterday. I had forgotten they were Pine Bros. and instead got Ludens and thought... "I don't remember them tasting like this." Maybe we should all invest our pennies and restart the company. ;)
Cristen - April 22, 2009 - Report this comment
I cant believe these awesome chewy cough drops aren't available anymore. Does anyone have the manufactures information or a way to contact the manufacture to find a way to make these again?
Robert - May 22, 2009 - Report this comment
My wife and I were just talking about these(as opposed to me taslking to my cousin about them earlier today)LOL. They were the best! My wife used to buy them in the school store at her elementary school and I would eat these by the box full. My mother actually thought they had some medicinal value and would try to limit how many I would eat! I would always sneak a few extras. The honey ones and the cherry were equally delicious. Why someone doesn't jumpo on the bandwagon and start making these again is beyond me... I would buy a case of them right now if I thought they were somewhat fresh enough to eat!!
Jess - August 03, 2009 - Report this comment
I think about these things often... I Love them... Does anyone know wherenI can find them....
nancy - August 04, 2009 - Report this comment
does anyone know why the stop making these...they were the best?
Charlie - August 13, 2009 - Report this comment
I would eat these in elementary school in Brooklyn in the 80's. All the kids would, it was like candy.
Barbara Richmond - September 26, 2009 - Report this comment
those honey pine bros cough drops were good,my favorite was honey,where can I buy them again or please bring them back???
Scott - September 27, 2009 - Report this comment
Cherry was my favorite but now I'm looking for them for my 8 year old.
Barb - November 02, 2009 - Report this comment
H1N1 Season...and no Pine Bros. to be found. Product of 16 years of Catholic Education, and the 'only' thing you could get away with having 'in school' were cough drops...with a parent's note from home...So, we did, and we had 'em...and we hoarded 'em. Cherry, and Honey...started out sort of hard, and then softened up...Want them for my 12 year old daughter...and there are no where to be found. Sadness....Definitely a product of the '70's and '80's....
Alice - November 04, 2009 - Report this comment
Ah, what I wouldn't do for a box of the honey flavored drops! I got sick a lot as a child, and after seeing the doctor, my mother would take me to a tiny little pharmacy on Main Street in Somerville. We'd get my prescriptions filled, and I would get a box of Pine Brothers honey throat drops. I would LOVE it if they came back. All the throat/cough drops out there now have menthol in them. And none of them are chewy.

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