What candy did you grow up enjoying?

Retro Candy - candy dots, waxed lips, and more
United States
December 21, 2006 8:59pm CST
I used to walk to the corner store for swedish fish (a penny each) and loved to chew black jack gum. There are so many candies out there that are throwbacks in time and bring back so many memories. What's yours?
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@clownfish (3272)
• United States
22 Dec 06
Hi! We used to walk down to the local grocery store a block away and spend our allowance on penny candy. Remember being able to get a bag full of candy for just 50 or 75 cents? I remember a candy bar, I think it was called 7 up or something like that. It was chocolate with 7 different flavored centers. It was awesome! We used to get those cone-shaped suckers with all different flavors (like a bomb pop but not frozen). Oh, and Razzles, the candy that turns into a gum. What cool memories! :-)
• United States
22 Dec 06
The 7 up one sounds pretty unique to me!!! And yes, penny candy was definitely the kewlest thing!!!!!
@clownfish (3272)
• United States
22 Dec 06
Hockeygal, this is off topic, but I was just wondering who your hockey team is. I got discouraged during the strike, but my team is the Denver Avalanche. Nothing like a good hockey game!
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• United States
22 Dec 06
If I have to pick.. I go with the Penguins as I'm 2 hours from Pitt. But I tend to love to watch individual players. I have friends that play on various NHL teams and it's tuff to cheer for one team. LOL I have 2 friends that play for the Devils and it kills me when they play pittsburgh!!!
@canadabis1 (1953)
• Canada
22 Dec 06
oh wow....I used to love that gum....maaan...what was it called...it was purple and looked like chicklets.....and it tasted like soap!!!!
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• Canada
24 Dec 06
noooooooo....I saw it todays...its called Thrills...a purple and yellow wrapper....I only had real soap in my mouth once...by my grandmother...lol
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• United States
22 Dec 06
lol... gum that tasted like soap?!!! I'm gonna guess you swore a lot as a kid and mom's constant washing your mouth out gave you an acquired taste for the stuff!!!!! LOL
• United States
25 Dec 06
I've never heard of it. I'll have to search when I come up to Toronto again. lol
• United States
22 Dec 06
I use to like to eat the Maryjane's ..do you remember them..they were like little wrapped candies that had peanut butter/maple mix+
• United States
22 Dec 06
Mary Janes - mary jane candies
Oh yeah... loved those too. And we had some called mint juleps too that were like a minty taffy.
@kgwat70 (13388)
• United States
23 Dec 06
Twizzlers is the candy that I grew up enjoying and I still enjoying eating twizzlers. I also enjoyed bottle caps candy and gum when I was younger.
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@clownfish (3272)
• United States
24 Dec 06
Oooh, I still love the cola flavored bottle caps!
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• United States
23 Dec 06
I remember when bottle caps first came out, we thought they were so kewl! lol
@kbkbooks (7022)
• Canada
22 Dec 06
The one childhood candy I really miss is cinnamon hot balls. I cannot find them as hot as I remember them, and often now they turn out to be gum, what a disappointment. Also, do you know of Necco wafers? There are a bunch of these sweet flat wafers in a roll. I think they cost almost a dollar now but I remember getting a package for five cents. They are in all flavours in one package, licorice, chocolate, mints and fruit flavours.
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• United States
22 Dec 06
I found them once locally and once in a while can find them here in bulk, the hot balls. My dad was telling me a story about Necco wafers, they'd go to the closet in the dark and snap them and see the sparks fly!!! I have no idea what causes it but what a kewl thing for a kid!!! lol
@bsabers (668)
• United States
24 Dec 06
I never ate too much hard candy as a child, but I do remember always loving Butterfinger bars. Whenever I would go grochery shopping with my dad, he would always let me get one at the checkout line. Those were the days!
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• United States
25 Dec 06
My dad would sometimes bring me a candy bar from the machine at work. I thought that was such a kewl thing! lol
@aureliaz (1177)
• Singapore
29 Dec 06
My candy would be the White Rabbit[translated from Chinese] sweet. It was this milky gummy sweet that was wrapped in edible and transparent rice paper. My siblings and I devised ways to eat it every Chinese New Year when my mother would buy it to fit all the other kids who paid us a visit. I haven't seen it around as often but I think they do still sell it. Oh they evoke such good memories...good memories.
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@cr1st1nel (3564)
• Romania
29 Dec 06
I don't remember a specific one i know that i used to eat all the candies which came in my hands. All of them. But instead i remember of a gum with which i grew up. It was called Action Man and i was chewing that gum because i liked very much it's flavor and i was collecting her abtibilds. Good luck!
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