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TV ClubHouse: Archive: What was your favourite (or favorite) candy store treat when you were little?: Archive through October 15, 2002

Mystery

Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 09:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, Whowhere, I sent that link to a couple of people today.

Nutsy

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 08:49 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I found a Cdn. company that stocks olde-tyme candy:

www.yummyco.com

Pagal

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 09:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Rock candy and marshmellow cones - anyone remember those?

Squaredsc

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 09:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
i loved any kind of gumballs, pixie sticks, m&m's, hershey kisses, and grapeheads. umm feeling hungry now.

Webkitty

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 09:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
After going to the links above (thanks Whowere and Nusty) it jogged my memory to some candy I had completly forgotten about!

Flying Saucers
Lik-M-Aid
Marshmallow Cones
Wax Bottles
Gold Mine Gum
CAndy cigeretts

I used to love those round caramels with a creamy white center. And root beer barrels

I remember wax lips at halloween, and what I wouldn't give to have some of the Pez dispensers I had waaaaaay back then! cha-ching$$$$!!!

Nutsy

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 09:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
B-B Bats ... just about fell over when I saw those on the website. I loved those sticky, chewy gobs of toffee things!

Northstar

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 11:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Root'n Tooties all the way. They're like Mike'n Ikes but of course rootbeer flavored. I've searched. They don't make them anymore :(

Dahli

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 12:16 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Fizzies!!!!! Loved 'em - My favourite was something called Koo Koo Bar, like a Neopolitan coloured strip of taffy - it was fabulous, didn't see it anywhere tho :-(

Aunt_Bob

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
When I was very young, we lived just one block from Mr. Johnson's little corner grocery store and one block from the elementary school and 5 blocks from that was a Candy Factory!(they made candy for wholesale) After school, [what my memory seems to be telling me is] EVERY DAY after school, everyone would either head over to Mr. J's or the Candy Factory, with no more than a nickel or a dime. We would get penny candy: bb bats, mary janes, bit-o-honey, peanut logs, rootbeer barrels, chic stix, pixie stix, watermelon fruit slices, wax lips(strange creation) or 2 for a penny: red hot dollars(chewy jelly candy), (red-licorice shoestrings, little wax soda bottles with sweet juice in them, jaw breakers (dangerous creation), bazooka bbg with the great little comic strip, nickel candy: sugar babies, sugar daddy & sugar mama (didn't like those), good n' plenty (Charlie says...), juju bees, mike & ikes, boston baked beans, beer nuts (they went by a different name back then), pumpkin seeds (SALTY!!! but one of my favs), laffy taffy (yay!), yes, and those dots on a roll of paper, ate them by the tons, (bought some of those for my daughter not too long ago, like from Wal-Mart or somewhere and you couldn't even get the beads off without some paper staying on -- just not like the good ole days), couldn't live without 'the candy necklace' eaten right off the elastic around your neck, oh, oh, oh, and candy cigarettes - viceroy, lucky strike & marlboros, red hots, cracker jacks,(whatda you want when ya gotta have somethen and it's gotta be sweet and you gotta have it now...) I know this isn't candy, but popsicle twin pops for a nickle (skyblue & vanilla were my favorite) and a bottle of coke for a dime. When we went to the Candy Factory which wasn't that often, (they made bulk candy, but they sold small amounts at a counter up front to the kids) we would get a bag of broken pieces of ribbon candy or a bag of hard candies (like the xmas kind) that didn't come out 'perfect' for a nickel, and rock candy of all flavors and salt water taffy; we thought we were 'rich' being able to buy such 'fancy' candy! Yup, for one thin dime, we could make a killing and walk away with our loot in a 'little brown paper bag'! And I lived only 3 miles from the boardwalk (jersey shore), oh, the stories I could tell about that candy but, that is a whole other story for another time...so, alas...I WILL SHUT UP NOW! Ya'll are probably wondering about the teeth...well, me too after writing this, but actually I got my First cavity when I was 20.

*Azriel: do you like the taste of Pepto B. cause I do and everyone thinks I'm crazy cause I do.
**Melfie: we didn't have Drive Thru 'anything' when I was very young!
***Oh, Pagal, yes...I thought those cones were the neatest thing to have when you couldn't go to Carvel.

Hillbilly

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 12:48 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
okay...off topic...but did everyone have an ice cream truck that visited your neighborhood? Do they still do that? I remember making sure we had our money ready so we could run down to the street to get our fudgesickles or nutty buddies.

Mystery

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 12:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
We had an ice cream truck! In fact if you felt like it you could run down to the end of our street (maybe a two-minute run at full speed) to the previous stop, and ride the truck up the hill to "our" stop, and Mac (the ice cream truck driver) would let you push the button ringing the bell. I hadn't thought about that in years. We always had to buy an Italian Ice for my mom.

Babyruth

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 01:35 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Webkitty, you listed all my favorites! Add fizzies to the list, though.

Yes, we had a Good Humor truck that cruised the neighborhood. Not only did we hear the same little chirpy, annoying song over and over as the driver made his way though the blocks, but the driver would occasionally yell, "Run and get your money, kiddies!", which always cracked my Dad up.

Azriel

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 05:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Aunt_Bob, YES, I love Pepto Bismol. I always wish the directions called for 5 tablespoons of it.

We searched for bottles that had been thrown in the ditches on the way to the 7-11 store. You got 5 cents back for each one and you could get a bag full of candy for 10 cents.

We had an ice cream truck! I remember getting my tongue stuck on the popsicles all the time because they were so cold. There were six kids in our family so we usually could only afford a popsicle, but it was so great when Momma had extra money and I got to get a Nutty Buddy cone. Mmmmmmmmmmm

Tntitanfan

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 06:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There is STILL an ice cream truck in my neighborhood in the summer! Come and visit!!

Melfie1222

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 06:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Aunt_Bob, yes I am a child of the 70's! The "candy store" for me was the grocery store or 7-11. When Mom had to go to the bank we knew we would get Dum Dums so it was the next best thing!

Whowhere, the link you posted brought back fun memories! I think the stick/powder candy thing I mentioned earlier might have been the Willy Wonka Fun Dip.

Also - Lemonheads, Sixlets

I remember Whatchamacallit being a huge deal when it came out (to me anyway!). Even the packaging still screams 70's.

Abbynormal

Friday, September 06, 2002 - 07:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My very, very favorite was those little wax bottles with the sweet liquid in them. I think what I really liked was the little holder they came in though!

We still have the ice cream truck that comes in our neighborhood, but all they have is popsicles. When I was a kid you could get real cones, like at Dairy Queen. My big thing was getting rainbow sprinkles one day and chocolate sprinkles the next. I loved being a kid!

Melgal

Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 11:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I loved Lifesaver lollipops - the swirly, creamy flavoured ones... Campino candies that you can buy now remind me of what the lollipops used to taste like....

But my absolute favourite were Barley toys that my mom would buy every Christmas for our family. These were a tradition from her own childhood in New Brunswick. I now buy them specially imported at an old fashioned style candy store for my neices and nephews at Christmas. They're a huge hit - but I've not been able to find them in the Toronto area throughout the rest of the year...

Aunt_Bob

Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 01:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Hillbilly: that's not OT, that's right On! Yes, I forgot to mention the (Good Humor) IC Truck, a very important part of growing up in my day. This whole thread is making me sad ... just a little ... just knowing that 'you can't go back' - to those good times of fun & innocence, when it didn't take a lot to make a child happy.

Mystery: AND I was gonna mention the Lemon Ices for a nickel, but I had soooooo many favorites, couldn't remember to list all of them ... besides, I know that people were saying ... enough, already!... wasn't there anything that you didn't like? ... and my answer to that would be ... ah, not much.

Azriel: check your member folder. (please)

Melfie: I was trying to remember the name of this hard candy that had a tart lemony thing going on, and all my friends loved them, but not ME! You got it...it was Lemonheads. Thanks

Melgal: Never heard of Barley toys. Could you describe them, please. Maybe I know them, but by a different name. Then again, maybe I haven't got a clue, you know with you being up there and me being down here and stuff!

Urgrace

Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 02:46 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Oooooo yummy thread! We had a drugstore within three blocks of home and school that had a candy counter and ice cream counter with tall stools.

Lemonheads were one of my favs along with sugar daddies, licorice sticks (red or black), also jawbreakers, bubble, blackjack or teaberry gum, and a candy concoction called the "Bun". It was a round, nutty candy bar in a square wrap. If you were to find it today it would be half the size and no where near as good! I also loved the huge Babyruth bars.

If we couldn't get an ice cream cone or sundae, I'd get a push-up - orange sherbet swirled with vanilla ice cream. They just don't make these any more. There is a variation but it will never be as good. You could also get real cherry cokes.

Melgal

Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 02:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Aunt_Bob: Barley Toys are a clear, hard candy that take forever and ever to eat. I've only ever seen them in red and yellow, but I have discovered (by searching for a web site with a pic of them) that they can also come in green as well. They come in different shapes, like Santa, bunnies, roosters etc.

You can also get them as lollipops, and then they're called 'barley candy pops'. I believe the toy version of this candy is pretty regional and would originate mostly in the maritime provinces in Canada, and perhaps some of the north-eastern maritime states in the US - although, as I mentioned before, I can get them around XMAStime in a local specialty candy store. Has anyone else heard of these?

(OMG - as I write this, that 'danged' ice cream truck and it's song are driving by my home!!!)

Here's a pic of what they may look like:
http://www.clearcandy.com/MoldsWithEagles.jpg

Twinkle

Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 05:52 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I love this thread! Seeing the "Popsicle Man" arriving in his truck and hearing the bells was a highlight of summer afternoons. I always had a nickel for a popsicle, but if I was expecially good, Mom might give me a whole quarter and I could buy something special. As an adult, there was an ice cream truck that would drive by a friend's house that had the most gawd-awful discordant music playing.

When I was a kid, someone around the corner had a small store in their home set up in their living room where they sold penny candy, among other things. With today's zoning laws I guess this would be impossible now. I remember seeing the wax bottles, that originally contained sweet liquid, melted into little lumps on the sidewalk. I loved the candy dots on paper and jaw breakers that turned different colors as they melted. Besides chocolate candy cigarettes, they sold faux ones that weren't candy, but were loaded with some sort of powder that produced realistic "smoke". Now there's a real great influence on an 8-year-old child. Before Pixie Stix, there was Lick-em-aid powder, which came in small envelopes. Turkish Taffy was interesting... it was best to *whack* it on a hard surface before opening to break it into manageable pieces since it was impossible to bite. I enjoyed Cracker Jacks mostly because of the prizes. I have a friend who has a huge collection of these mostly plastic goodies from the '50's.

And, yes, I remember Fizzies. The drink they produced was horrible, but fun to watch. Anyone remember Flavor Straws? The straws had some sort of insert with favoring that magically changed plain milk into a chocolate or strawberry treat.

I don't eat much candy now, except for an occational concession to chocolate cravings. The only times I've lost fillings from my teeth have been when I've eaten chewy sugar-loaded goodies like frozen Snickers bars or Turtles.

Costacat

Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 06:44 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Abba Zabba, Bit O Honey, Sugar Daddys, Hunk Bars. And all the penny candy I could get my hands on. Including candy necklaces, wax lips, and wax coke bottles. I loved Pixie Stix and would even eat packages of Jello (gads! I wonder what that did to my tummy?).

Those candy dots? They sure aren't the same! My mom got me a bag of all kinds of old fashioned candies in my Xmas box. Those little dots taste just like paper! Ugh!

When I was really little, we had the "bread man." He'd drive around like an ice cream man, but early in the morning to deliver bread to the mommies still at home. The back of his truck had some really cool flipdown lid and that's where he had all sorts of candy! He'd always time his trip down our street as we were walking to school (5th grade!).

Geez... the bread man. The milk man. I miss those days! And I was too young to really remember those guys making front door deliveries!

Hummingbird

Saturday, October 12, 2002 - 12:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Peanut Butter Logs

Curiouscat

Saturday, October 12, 2002 - 03:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Sen-Sen ... just found out it's still made :)
Black Cat Gum ... no longer made
Rockets (in States are called Smarties) ... still love these tangy little candies

In my neck of the woods, instead of ice cream trucks, it's Dickie Dee - a bicycle type contraption petalled around with bells attached to the handlebars the rider jingles. My favourite was/is drumsticks.

Landi

Tuesday, October 15, 2002 - 01:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
i loved something i'm sure was made by Brown & Haley.. called "Mountains" they were chocolate lumps with a gooey white inside.... yummmm... if anyone knows if they still make this and where to get it let me know!! also a rolled candy that was individually wrapped called "sour cherry" there had also been sour apple and sour grape if i remember....I WANT "EM BAD!!!!!