Archive through September 05, 2002
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Archive through September 05, 2002
Nutsy | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 12:49 pm     Mine was a licorice/sherbet thing - you dipped this bitter licorice stick into the sweet/sour sherbet powder. Takes me right back to the old corner store just thinkin' about it! They had all kinds of penny candy - but it was behind the counter - you had to point through the glass to let the man know what you wanted, and all your candy went into a little brown paper bag. Jawbreakers, blue whales, those waxy things that had a sweet liquid inside ... *sigh* Meeemmmmmmorrrrrieeeeeeeeeeeees! |
Goddessatlaw | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 12:55 pm     Candy necklaces. We had an old fashioned soda fountain on the corner, too, where you could go swing your feet on the twirly stools and have the best freaking chocolate fudge sundae ever made for only 10 cents. Man, I miss that place. Every once in awhile the freezers would break down, and they'd put all the homemade ice cream and sherbet outside on cafeteria tables and invite all the kids in the neighborhood to come help themselves, because it was going to spoil anyway. Those were the DAYZ!!! |
Nutsy | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 12:58 pm     LOL - my girlfriends and I wore candy necklaces out to the bar one night a few years back. What a riot. One of us had a "necklace", one a "bracelet" and one an "ankle bracelet"...well, we thought we were cute! Twirly stools AND chocolate fudge sundaes? Coool! |
Gail | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 12:59 pm     Safety pops - the little suckers with the strings. |
Goddessatlaw | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 01:01 pm     Gawd, I forgot about those Gail. Those were great. |
Whowhere | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 01:15 pm     fireballs, astro pops, and pixie stix here's a great place to order 50's, 60's and 70's candy you (and I) ate as kids! http://www.nostalgiccandy.com/nc/
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Bigd | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 01:19 pm     Rock candy, Pixie Stix and Jolly Ranchers! |
Max | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 01:25 pm     Winner's suckers! They were grape and cherry hard candy suckers you bought for a nickel each. When you unwrapped them, if you got lucky there was a piece of paper on the back that said "You're a winner!" and then you got another one for free. |
Twiggyish | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 01:25 pm     I loved the candy dots on the sheet and rootbeer candy sticks. |
Resortgirl | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 01:34 pm     Pop rocks! |
Mystery | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 01:38 pm     Boston baked beans and mallo cups. I loved the candy dots too! In my neighborhood the parents believed the "exploding pop rocks" story so no one could have those. |
Hillbilly | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 02:19 pm     I loved those little round pink peanut patties, sweettarts, and bazooka joe bubblegum. |
Kaili | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 02:22 pm     I liked Neccos- the little powdery wafer candy- they still make them but last time I tried them again they really weren't so good.... |
Reader234 | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 02:55 pm     (hey resort girl, you'll never look at pop rocks the same again if you heard where the college girls put them...think sex...*beg*) |
Rig | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 03:11 pm     Our "candy store" was a service station. We could buy enough candy to ruin our appetites for 50 cents. All of the treats you guys have mentioned sound familiar, and I liked them all. |
Resortgirl | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 03:16 pm     LOL reader, Actually I have some "good" friends who have a story of their own about pop rocks... On my hubby's and my anniversary one year they included some with the gift they gave us. Um, we just ate them.... cause I am not a hoochy momma!!! LOL! |
Azriel | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 03:36 pm     Ooooo Necco wafers! The pink ones that tasted like Pepto Bismal. Mmmmmmmmmmm Chicosticks and Mary Janes. I loved peanut butter. Did any of you ever get Fizzies? You dropped the Fizzies in water and they fizzed and made a fruit flavored drink. Well actually we just put them on our tongues and they sounded a bit like Poprocks, but they gave you some nice mad dog foam. |
Sia | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 04:08 pm     Goddessatlaw, my girl-cousins and I would wear candy necklaces and NOT remove them to eat the candies off the elastic string; we'd have sticky, dirty little necks, but we were extremely happy! My own daughter likes them, too, and when we visit her cousins, we often take along a bag of candy necklaces to share. Nutsy, my favorite candy in childhood was--and still is--Wintergreen lozenges. In my family we call them "pinkies" or "pinks" because that's what my Grams always called them. You could always find a bag of pinkies in the pull-down bin in her olf-fashioned kitchen cupboard. She'd always ask, "You want a pink?" I still love to share them with her. Problem is, I CANNOT eat just one or two of them. I like them like my DH likes beer: if there are more left, I will work on them until they're gone. (I think my habit is potentially less harmful, unless incurring cavities is one's greatest fear!) |
Resortgirl | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 04:40 pm     Oh Sia, I loved those too! Made me think of grandma!! |
Lancecrossfire | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 04:43 pm     Fizzies!! |
Whit4you | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 04:59 pm     Don't remember what they were called - but it was gum with rootbeer flavored juice inside - anyone know what I mean? I loved candy as a kid - all kinds. Saltwater taffy, peppermint candies (I remember this old grampa type guy who used to give me peppermint candy all the time, sweet old guy Funny story I'd like to share with you all - one of my fondest memories as a child. I was 8 1/2 years old on my first plane trip - by myself (going to meet my new family - to be adopted) Anyhow I was seated with another little girl who was alone on the plane too - not sure what her story was but she was going somewhere special that's all I remember, she had on this beautiful white dress, very very fancy lacy white dress. SOmeone had given me jaw breakers for the trip... big huge (for a little girl) purple ones. I, being the sweet kid I was shared some of them with this other little girl. By the time we got off the plane....her beautiful little white dress looked like a tie-died purple rag. LOL. Never forgot that When we were kids we used to get those um 2 foot long gum thingy's (know what I mean??) they still make them but they are about 9 inches now I think lol. Anyhow we'd have contests basically to see who could chew the most of their gum at one time. And of course bubble blowing contests where we'd end up with sticky faces and gum in our hair etc. But my fav candy ever as a kid was my mom's divinity - no other divinity in the world that I've ever tasted tastes like my mom's divinity it's um a very very special taste unlike any other... and when I was young I could eat it till I was sick and still want more lol. |
Kady | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 06:43 pm     I thought I looked really cool with the candy cigarettes. I also remember getting the waxed lips.  |
Cjr | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 07:45 pm     The big thick sweet tarts were my favorite. And the rock candy from the candy store in the castle at Disneyland. Mmmmm. (The candy store in the castle is gone now......) |
Melfie1222 | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 07:46 pm     Gobstoppers Jolly Ranchers Stix - fire, watermelon and green apple Hubba Bubba Tropical Punch gum DumDums lollipops from the drive thru bank tellers - pineapple and cream soda Nutsy you mentioned the licorice stick/powder combo - I remember something similar but the stick was like a Sweetart stick, in a little packet attached to another packet of sweet sugary powder. I can't remember the name of it. |
Cjr | Thursday, September 05, 2002 - 07:48 pm     Thanks a million Whowhere! I just went and found the giant sweet tarts and had to order some. Plus some other stuff. My kids thank you too. |
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