Comments on: Desperately Seeking Pine Bros.

By: Judith Brown

Judith Brown — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:59:58 +0000

This is my second post, but I must reply to those whose childhood experience goes back a whopping 30 years!
I first got Pine Bros. from my mother when I was about 3 years old…..that would have been 1935. I’m now a happy 81 and delighted with the Pine Bros available. Slippery Elm? who ever heard of that in the 30’s?

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:21:21 +0000

The Pine Bros cough drops from my childhood (1970s-early 1980s) most certainly did not have zinc or slippery elm in them. I think those were a later addition.

By: Hayley

Hayley — Tue, 22 May 2012 05:59:31 +0000

Just wanted to say “this thread made my night” I started at the very top and couldn’t believe they no longer made chewy drops! I also couldn’t believe how many people are addicted to them!! I’m 34 and remember eating them as a kid! For some reason I thought Ludens made them. (shrugs). I finally got through the whole thread and just ordered off of pinebros.com. I’m soooo excited!! Gotta love the Internet!

By: Juliette

Juliette — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:13:02 +0000

I went looking for them today 1-3-12. My local CVS carries them. The packaging is different than I remember as they are in a bag but my fav cough drop is still available in cherry! Yum!

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 02:45:58 +0000

THEY ARE BACK! I think maybe the girl who’s been talking on here for years about how her uncle or whatever acquired the company wasn’t lying! Who is the first to try? I am ordering them off ebay today, will let you know!

By: Bobbi Jo

Bobbi Jo — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:51:05 +0000

Happened upon your page… I’ve also been searching for Pine Bros. drops for a very long time. To my surprise, THEY ARE BACK! I’ve yet to taste one to see if they will meet my expectations! I haven’t found them in a store locally yet, but it’s only a matter of time!!!!

http://pinebrothers.com/

By: Judith Brown

Judith Brown — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 11:28:21 +0000

Some of you youngsters think that loving Pine Brothers since 1980 is a long time. I was born in 1932 and my mother furnished me with the honey drops in my childhood. I loved them, and they remained the only cough drops I used until they simply disappeared. How wonderful that I will be able to get them again. The site tells me that CVS carries them, and I’ll check that today….if they don’t have them I shall order them online and pay the shipping. But by hook or by crook I will have Pine Brothers.

By: Bubbie

Bubbie — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:47:34 +0000

In re addiction to Halls: I had a friend many years ago who was addicted to Vicks Cough Drops. She began to develop diabetes from all the sugar, so do be careful. Some people actually become dependent on the menthol taste, which personally I can’t tolerate. But do be careful of the sugar content.

By: robin

robin — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:34:34 +0000

Someone asked about licorice coming out. I recently wrote to Pine Bros. at the address on their web site and was told licorice and the citrus would not be out until mid-2012. If you write to them them will put you on their mailing list and keep you informed…at least that is what they told me they did in my case. I wrote a long letter telling them my history with their product and got a quick response.

And remember if you are getting them from CVS you gotta save the little tubs you have gotten them in previously to store them in because they won’t stay as fresh in the bag them come in from CVS.

By: Bubbie

Bubbie — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:58:29 +0000

BTW, I like the honey better than the cherry, too. For me, it’s because the cherry needs a more intense cherry flavor and could be a bit softer.

By: Bubbie

Bubbie — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:56:28 +0000

I’ve been buying honey and cherry from drugstore.com, but CVS would be easier, and if not in my local store, I can order from CVS online, which I’ve done before because I don’t want to walk into the insanity that is in my local CVS (they never have sufficient staff at the cash registers and checkout lines can go down the aisles). I do want the licorice to come back as well, but have heard no information about it.

By: Carol

Carol — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 22:50:52 +0000

Cool! I went to CVS (outside Chicago, IL) and they had two bags. There was something missing, but they are still awesome! I think after trying them both that I like the honey better. The price at CVS sure beats tins and shipping! Thanks for the info :)

By: Lori

Lori — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:53:13 +0000

Woo hoo! I just waltzed into a CVS (Malden, MA) and picked up a bag of cherry. They were with the Cough and Cold remedies, among the hanging bags of other throat and cough stuff (Halls, Vicks, etc.) Interesting that they were not at the candy counter, which is where I remember buying them in my childhood. OH! I forgot they are supposed to be for coughs! They were $3.59 for a bag of 32 drops. They also had honey.

The verdict? (IMHO) Really good, and really similar, in texture. I got the same cherry scent when I opened the bag, and I judge the flavor as good as the original. And, they are properly chewy. I am really happy about that! One slight difference is they seem to have microscopic air bubbles in them, so they are not quite as smooth. But, it really doesn’t detract from the experience. So, go buy some already! I think you’ll be pleased.

Now, I am impatiently awaiting a cough to justify them ;-D

By: robin

robin — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:40:23 +0000

Maryann…

They have them in bags at CVS drug stores…they cost about 50 cents more than online at drugstore.com or vermontcountrystore but there is no shipping and there are more in the package, so it is pretty even I guess. They are in a bag though, not the round plastic “pucks” as they call them on their website pinebros.com. All CVS should have them…but people seem to be buying them up like crazy so if one CVS is out the next CVS should have them…r

By: Maryann

Maryann — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:51:39 +0000

Were they in bags or plastic ‘tins?’. What city?