Penny Candy

You are so right. Candy and cakes such as hotess cupcakes and twinkes were big when I was growing up. Now the kids have temper trantums over buying toys in the store. How did this happen. I think I know it all started when both parents had to go too work to survive.

i remember when bubble gum used to be a penny. i remember when things used to be cheaper and were better made. i was looking at a paper about the early 60's and the price of a blouse was $4- (sure you can get them now, but they are made in china and die after just one wash).

MMMM!! You sure hit a "sweet" spot. Yes, I remember the good ole' days of penny candy. My favorite was the red dollars. Yes, kids are ungrateful today. Funny that you should bring up this subject, I was just thinking about it a few days ago when I was walking down the candy aisle at the dollar store.

I remember when they let you bring a piece bubble gum for everyone in your class if it was your birthday. For a quarter, you'd have enough for the whole class and sometimes even the teacher.

Well, there's inflation for you! lol. The only candy that I remember being 1 cent when I was growing up in the 90's was those teeny gumballs that you could get from the machine at places like Hallmark and the mall. That's about it, though. I think everything else costed a quarter or more! But in comparison to how things are these days, that's nothing.

I remember penny candy. My dad use to take us doen to this little stor on Saturdays and tell us to fill up a brown paper sandwich bag. I use to love those wax soda bottles with the kool aid inside. I also liked the wrapped coins. Those were the days...life was simple.

I remember penny candy when I was little too. Although I think that's about when the penny candy business was starting to fade away. I do miss it though.

Yeah, I remember! My favorite was pixie sticks, lol.

Yes I do I remember as a child afterschool going to the store called Mr. Magoos. I always bought the penny candy it was great to fill the little brown bag up and eat them on the way home. Later on in the years though the price went to 2 cents a piece. Yeah but I belive it dose not exisit any more. I can't find any. Yeah seriously these kids they want it all now adays I have two girls that are 12 and 13 and its buy me this by me that I need air forces. I would of been happy with 5cent candy also.

I remeber going to the newstands when I was a kid too. My grabdmother would send me there every Sunday to buy her newspaper. She would always give me extra money so I could buy myself some penny candy. I agree with your tootsie roll choice, but my favorite penny candy was licorice. I loved black and red equally. I'm sure that penny candy still exists, but it's just harder to find. I know what you mean about children wanting toys from the store. My children are teens now, but when they were small, they thought they needed a toy from every store we went into. Kids nowadays just wouldn't be happy with penny candy, unless it was wrapped around something more expensive.