If you know us, you know we celebrate retro Seventeen magazine here: exclusively 1980s and exclusively recipes from Now You’re Cooking features.
So grasp hold of your Boy George fedoras and buckle up as we share something special from way back before those halycon days of neon, shoulder pads and all things Esprit and United Colors of Benetton…
Some of the top online requests for old Seventeen recipes that got us started sharing our preserved collection included a Valentine’s Day chicken parm, chicken cordon bleu, chocolate brownie ice cream cake among others. But the magazine’s recipes from decades earlier are still being talked about.
Behold the much requested fruitcake bonbons from December 1962. This lost recipe has been on our radar for a long time thanks to an online commenter: “I saw a recipe for tiny, bon-bon sized fruitcakes in Seventeen magazine. They struck me as unutterably sophisticated…” Special thanks to Kathy C., who took advantage of a quiet night to track this down for us: “I wrote in to your site a few years ago looking for the turkey Normandy recipe I made as a teen and someone found it for me! I was so thrilled and it makes me happy to help other people experience that joy. I love the work you do on your site, reuniting people with some of the first recipes we made. It’s great to be part of this community.”
Do you have a recipe you are searching for? Or do you have 1980s recipes to share? Let us know in the comments!
And happy bonbon making: