Months passed before Atomic Fireballs returned to the rack in small bags, or in the big jar the convenience store. "The vendor claimed not to be able to get them on the wholesale level any more ...

From the Chicago Sun-Times: Lemonheads and Atomic Fireballs creator Nello Ferrara, chairman of Chicago’s Ferrara Pan Candy Co., died Friday at his home in River Forest at age 93. Get the full… ...

Nello Ferrara, the creator of the candies Lemonheads and Atomic Fireballs, died Feb. 3. Audie Cornish talks to his son, Salvatore Ferrara II, about his father's legacy.