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Man, what's the connection between Neccos and church? My mom and I used to eat them in church all the time when I was a kid. As far as I can remember, that's really the only time I remember eating them. Weird.

maryg and lo beat me to the punch. You couldn't play Mass without Necco wafers, and I -- we -- did it long enough ago that the nuns and priests were freaked by it. Told us we would burn in hell. We won't. And I still love the things when I can find them.

Will anyone here take my green, orange and yellow Wafers in exchange for the black and white ones? ;-)

I had no idea the purple were clove either! Interesting. Although they all taste pretty similar, apart from the chocolate, if you ask me.

I used to (my cousins still do) use these as the shingles on our gingerbread houses every year. Using two or three colors in diagonal lines or a checkerboard pattern looks very sophisticated, for a house made of candy. Granted we ate almost as many neccos as we stuck to the roofs, I remember my grandfather making several emergency trips to the store for more.

I've been struggling with health issues for the last ten years and am hospitalized about 6 times a year. One day about a year ago, I snuck out of my hospital room and made it down to the gift shop (complete with IV pole) and saw Necco Wafers on the candy rack. I wanted to jump up and down in glee! They were a favorite as a kid, and I hadn't seen them around for quite some time. I bought 4 rolls (all the money I had on me) and smuggled them back to my room. (You have to get the mental picture of me strolling through the hospital lobby with my backside exposed clutching my IV pole in one hand and my Neccos in the other.) I swear, the Neccos were better medicine than anything the doctors were giving me! Plus, I provided a free show of my droopy butt to all the old geezers on my wing. A good time was had by all!