Old candy favorites

[MaryL]

I live in Colorado next to marijuana shop. Didn't ask for it,don't need it, but here we are stuck in the middle with clowns that we didn't ask for imposing their fleeting will on Us.... Hickenlooper or Hanckock.

 

[JustAnotherNut]

This place is a GOLD MINE, I tell ya! Box of Boogers!

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Box of Boogers Theater Box - 12 / Box

That reminds me of when my oldest was a kid and a local mini-mart had 'puke' (or something like that) candy. The container was shaped like a head and when you squeezed it a green blob would ooze out the mouth. eyuck

 

[JustAnotherNut]

If I had to choose my favorite candy as a kid it would be the three foot long red liquorice whips you got at the mall back in the seventies.
As thick as your pinky and sweet as hell!!

The only thing close these days is Red Vines.

I also remember long whips of bubble gum. Grape was my favorite.....come to think of it, I don't know if there were other flavors

 

[Michelle420]

 

[Moonglow]

I live in Colorado next to marijuana shop. Didn't ask for it,don't need it, but here we are stuck in the middle with clowns that we didn't ask for imposing their fleeting will on Us.... Hickenlooper or Hanckock.

I'll trade..

 

[OldLady]

Sponge candy
And Boston Baked Beans.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Sponge candy
And Boston Baked Beans.


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I used to live close enough to Ferrara Pan to smell when they made Red Hots.

 

[JOSweetHeart]

Wow, so much of what has been shared here obviously was before my time because I have never heard of them.

God bless you always!!!

Holly (born in 1982)

 

[IsaacNewton]

Sponge candy
And Boston Baked Beans.


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Yeah Boston Baked Beans! Forgot all about them they were a staple in the kid candy index.

 

[OldLady]

Wow, so much of what has been shared here obviously was before my time because I have never heard of them.

God bless you always!!!

Holly (born in 1982)

You were the Pop Rocks generation, weren't you?

 

[JOSweetHeart]

^^^ I don't know what those are.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[JustAnotherNut]

Sponge candy
And Boston Baked Beans.


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I don't remember 'sponge' candy, but it does look like Seafoam that has a similar center and covered in chocolate. I've never really seen it sold in most markets, only at small shops at the beach. The pieces were like 2 or 3 inches thick. It was hard & brittle and did a number on your teeth.......but still good.

There also used to be something similar only not as brittle. More of a puff, that came in both peppermint and either butter or butterscotch flavor that it would melt in your mouth and I think they were only sold around the holidays.....or atleast that was the only time I could have any. I don't remember the name and I haven't been able to find any anywhere. I loved those things.

 

[Dalia]

 

[Esmeralda]

Anyone remember these? You can still get them I think, they used to be in a box on the counter at nearly every store but they are hard to find now. I used to love these things.

Milk Chocolate Ice Cubes - 100 / Tub

I remember those, vaguely. There were not anything special in my past. I liked Reece's peanut butter cups, red licorice and Almond Roca. Also

 

[Selivan]

No "delicious sweets" no longer exist around the world ...
Forget ..
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The whole confectionery industry belongs to the monopolies.
- not chocolate, but a fake
- not fruits, but flavors
- not butter, but palm oil
- and so on....
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all the more, in America, where they devour complete crap ...

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Soviet sweets, which all children adored:

 

[Wyld Kard]

 

[jane21august]

Really miss those days.

 

[Dalia]

Des PEZ, des PEZ et des PEZ !!!! Et des grands et des petits ! Des objets cultes et vintage ! - Loulou et Gaga

 

[IsaacNewton]

I used to love these

I've never seen these, what are they made of?

Caramel with peanut slivers inside

Made by Necco, in business since 1847 holy hell.

I remember these as a kid.

Necco (New England Confectionary Company) was sold this week for $18 million dollars. They had declared bankruptcy because of slowing sales. The company began in 1847 and Union soldiers carried Necco Wafers (with a different name back then) during the Civil War. I'm glad this is one of the older companies that hasn't disappeared into the ether lately. Hostess is also hanging on. The culture loses something when institutions, even companies, that are part of the culture go out of business.