September 29, 1925, Menasha Record
Made down the road in Fond du Lac by the Bonita Candy Company, the Leaping Lena bar gets the first class ad treatment by the Record, complete with a comic strip which were in their heyday about this time. This is an intriguing confection; you just don't see that many candy bars that involve cherries. For the record, the Bonita Candy company was sold to the Ziegler Candy Company of Milwaukee in 1953 and the bar was manufactured there presumably until that company folded in 1972. Undoubtedly if you were in Menasha at this time, you'd have found this bar in the local pharmacies and candy stores.
I found a wrapper for Leaping Lena in a scrapbook my grandmother made in the 30's. There is a handwritten note saying. "how we loved these!"
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