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Posted: 9/20/2020 5:44:20 PM EDT

[#1]

My grandma always used to feed them to us. Havent had them in a long time. I think i should get a pack next time at the store for me and the kids...

Definitely a nostalgic snack for me.

Posted: 9/20/2020 5:46:59 PM EDT

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I have 2 fig trees...they are awesome...

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My parents have several large, very productive fig trees.

I feel sorry for the people who have never had fresh figs.

As for fig newtons, I like them.

Posted: 9/20/2020 5:49:36 PM EDT

[#3]

Who doesn't like fruit and cake?

Posted: 9/20/2020 5:54:00 PM EDT

[#4]

I like the fresh figs I pick off my tree but they put too much sugar in the newtons and ruin the flavor for me.

Posted: 9/20/2020 5:54:12 PM EDT

[#5]

Boomers.

Posted: 9/20/2020 5:54:42 PM EDT

[#6]

One of my favorites. Even though they have sugar in them they are still high in fiber, minerals, and vitamins. They even come in a whole wheat version. For D2 folk you can eat them, just control the intake. They were originally made by a bakery in 1891 in Newton, Massachusetts.

Posted: 9/20/2020 5:54:52 PM EDT

[#7]

I do like them, eaten them ever since I was a kid but I don't eat them more than once or twice a year now though.

Posted: 9/20/2020 5:55:35 PM EDT

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I haven't had them in years. I liked the apple newtons.

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They were discontinued I think in 2017.

Posted: 9/20/2020 5:59:27 PM EDT

[#9]

I used to until diagnosed with Celiac. A good backpacking food.

Posted: 9/20/2020 6:01:10 PM EDT

[#10]

In 1985 I was in Saudi Arabia. You could buy them fresh at the local markets. These were great fresh or dry them in the oven overnight at very low heat. In the morning they were done and so fantastic you couldn't believe the difference in flavor. I spoiled my tastebuds.

Posted: 9/20/2020 6:02:41 PM EDT

[#11]

I can not lie, I like them.

Posted: 9/20/2020 6:08:46 PM EDT

[#12]

They're part of my shooting match ritual, going back 25 years or more.

Every year at Camp Perry my dad and I eat fig newtons and cheese/PB sandwich crackers.

I very rarely will grab them during the rest of the year. I ate some 2 year old ones once...they were fine.

Posted: 9/20/2020 6:15:41 PM EDT

[#13]

I like the originals ok.

Then i found Natures Bakery apple cinnamon fig bars. Those things have crack in 'em. 10x better than the original fig newtons.

Posted: 9/20/2020 6:17:31 PM EDT

[#14]

Almost everybody’s grandma.

Posted: 9/20/2020 6:21:44 PM EDT

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Aldi knock off Newton’s are awesome. Used to be like 79¢ a pack. I think they’re way up to like $1.19.

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I'm getting some next time I go.

Posted: 9/20/2020 6:33:53 PM EDT

[#16]

I love them, and some of the off brands are really good too.
With cold milk.

Posted: 9/20/2020 6:35:25 PM EDT

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Read that as sweet beetus bread.

Posted: 9/20/2020 6:38:09 PM EDT

[#18]

Brian Regan - Fig Newtons

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qa-B7Sg_i4

Posted: 9/20/2020 6:59:33 PM EDT

[#19]

I love them! Always a toss up between an Oreo dipped in whole milk, or the Newtons with a glass of milk....

Posted: 9/20/2020 9:21:46 PM EDT

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I did a thread on them a while back and it was fairly popular. I love them and can eat an entire package of them. That's why I don't buy them very often...

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@MaxFenig

Was there a consensus on the Tier 1 GD newton ?

I love them, have tried many brands, they all seem pretty good to me...

Posted: 9/20/2020 11:59:40 PM EDT

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@MaxFenig

Was there a consensus on the Tier 1 GD newton ?

I love them, have tried many brands, they all seem pretty good to me...

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@Skydivesnake

IIRC the OG Fig Newtons that were posted earlier in the thread were the winner. Nabisco has changed the packaging size in the years since then. They are now smaller. Go figure. There were numerous members who shared a love for the strawberry, Blueberry, and Apple. I like the original.

Posted: 9/21/2020 12:05:51 AM EDT

[#22]

Fig Newtons and scotch.

Best if you dunk’em.

Colonel Sherman Potter, US Army
Officer Commanding, 4077^th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital

Posted: 9/21/2020 12:07:50 AM EDT

[#23]

about once a year I'll have a few.

Posted: 9/21/2020 12:25:34 AM EDT

[#24]

Good stuff.

Posted: 9/21/2020 12:34:14 AM EDT

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Posted: 9/21/2020 1:03:04 AM EDT

[#26]

Yep. I'll take a few in my hunting pack too.

Posted: 9/21/2020 1:26:00 AM EDT

[#27]

used to eat sweets and junk food like that 30lbs ago. Now I'm into grapes, apples, cherries, bananas to satisfy the sweet tooth

Posted: 9/21/2020 1:28:53 AM EDT

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I do, if they're the original like you have. The diet/lowfat or whatever ones are nasty.

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Along with off brand imitations.

Posted: 9/21/2020 1:29:52 AM EDT

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Posted: 9/21/2020 1:56:00 AM EDT

[#30]

Fuckin love em. Could mack a whole bag like its nothing.

Posted: 9/21/2020 1:58:41 AM EDT

[#31]

I have five Fig trees and I make my own.

Along with fig jam as well.

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Posted: 9/21/2020 2:03:06 AM EDT

[#32]

They 'arite once in a while. Kids are hit or miss. Only buy them in the boxes of pre-packed snack size. Will pretty much eat them so long as I have a tasty beverage nearby being so dry. If you don't and try to talk within 5 minutes of eating them crumbs will inevitably shoot out of your mouth

Personally would just rather bring dried figs in the lunchbox.

Posted: 9/21/2020 2:11:05 AM EDT

[#33]

Are There Dead Wasps In Figs? | Gross Science

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DQTjv_u3Vc

no I dont eat them after watching this.

Posted: 9/21/2020 2:14:15 AM EDT

[#34]

Don’t like them, but just thought about how they don’t advertise anymore.

Posted: 9/21/2020 2:21:08 AM EDT

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no I dont eat them after watching this.

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Posted: 9/21/2020 2:21:54 AM EDT

[#36]

We have a Brown Turkey fig tree. We get a few.

Posted: 9/21/2020 2:23:14 AM EDT

[#37]

Figs are great in almost every incarnation one might imagine - fresh off the tree, frozen (like little sherbet morsels when partially thawed), baked in pies, cakes, strudel, danishes, cookies, dried, candied, bottled / canned in syrup, as / in jam and preserves, in ice cream, and in all sorts of interesting main and side-dishes. Lived in southern Louisiana for many years - had 3 trees of different varieties. Canned many quarts for winter feed, made fig jam and fig chutney and fig "leather" and dried figs, used them in cakes, cookies, desserts, and in various middle-eastern and Greek dishes. Even made some fig wine and put some in beer brews... When I was a kid in Chicago, we had a fig tree.... Every late fall, we dug it up and buried it in a pile of mulch (figs cannot take real cold winters...) and pulled it out and replanted it in the spring. Got a few pints off it each July. Newtons and faux-Newtons are favs.

Posted: 9/21/2020 2:24:54 AM EDT

[#38]

I love them. I really like the strawberry newtons too.

Posted: 9/21/2020 2:34:53 AM EDT

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We have a Brown Turkey fig tree. We get a few.

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I have five of them!

Posted: 9/21/2020 2:59:46 AM EDT

[#40]

I love them

Posted: 9/21/2020 8:26:19 AM EDT

[#41]

Yes i do. Once a year at deer camp, just like Spam.
I actually prefer the cheaper off-brand to the original.

Posted: 9/21/2020 8:38:51 AM EDT

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Yes i do. Once a year at deer camp, just like Spam.
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Agree, either I’ve changed or they’ve changed the recipe over the years, but don’t like them as much as I did when I was younger. The Kroger store brand was my go to over the name brand.

Posted: 9/21/2020 8:40:22 AM EDT

[#43]

Who doesn't like Fig Newtons?

Communists, that's who.

Posted: 9/21/2020 8:42:15 AM EDT

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After seeing the slightly longer ones in vending machines, I assumed they are a continuously extruded cookie, and thought if I worked there, I would like to take home a 3 foot long one some day.

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Little Debbie makes a longer one, but you may not get those up there.

Posted: 9/21/2020 8:45:10 AM EDT

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Yes to fig newtons.

Also there was a packaged flat cookie about 1/4" thick and about 4" X 8" that had raisin filling, and the cookie must have been brushed with egg white. Had a shiny crust. Can't remember what they were called, maybe a biscuit or sandwich cookie.

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You mean these? I miss them too! There's a company in the UK that makes something similar, but I've never tried them. Fig Newman's are good too.

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Posted: 9/21/2020 8:45:14 AM EDT

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Came here to post that. Saw him do that bit at a comedy club. Never laughed so hard. Downside is that I am now aware of the actual serving size of all of my favorite foods.

Posted: 9/21/2020 8:48:48 AM EDT

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Just bought some today. My kids eat them. A little too much sugar for me.

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Target has some that are not nearly as sweet. Whole grain cookie. Fruit to cookie ratio much higher. Different flavors like blueberry and apple.

When I take a break from keto, i love those things .