Favorite candy growing up

[imamama]

I was looking through the newest Oriental Trading Co. mag that just came and saw wax lips!! Man, talk about a time warp! :lol: I vividly remember my friends and I digging through the box of wax lips to find the best ones!! We also loved pop rocks and fun dip! What was your favorite candy when you were a kid?
Remember those candy cigarettes that had powdered sugar on them, under the wrapper that you could blow on and make it look like smoke?!!! Gee, wonder why on earth they stopped making them!! LOL

[Marla]

Amy, such a great post! I loved the candy when I was growing up.

There was on store in particular in Toronto that would sell the best candy. My favourites were Fun Dips, Bottle Caps (candy shaped like pop bottle lids that came in different flavours), Black Cat and Fizz candies.

There are a couple stores in Toronto now that have brought back all of the candies from the "good ole days".

[vea29]

That's funny before I read the post I was thinking those old fashion hard candies.
NowI have to say fun dips (just the sticks).and the candy cigarettes. and those candy neckelaces. Basically anything with a quick sugar fix...LOL

[vea29]

Oh I forgot one those Dot candies that came all stuck to a piece of paper...I loved those

[KarlaB]

A walk down memory lane!!! :lol: I remember everything mentioned so far and loved them all!! I buy Fun Dips for my dks every once in a while and try to talk them into giving me one of their sticks - like Vea, that was my favorite part!!

Anyone like Lemon Heads? I used to get those whenever I was with my cousin at my grandparents.

[Melody]

Pop rocks, bottle caps, fizzy candy, those lollipops that were made of the powder sugar instead of hard candy, runts, you name it! lol
I remember the first time I gave pop rocks to ds2 and he was eating them in a parking lot and yelled out "Mommy, my mouth is sparkling". LOL
I remember my favorite chocolate bars were wigwams (can't find those anymore) and coffee crisp.
Remember the Pop Shop? Or was that just a Canadian thing? They had every flavour you could dream up as a kid. Too bad they aren't around anymore.

[Diane]

I remember those Wack-O-Wax Lips... LOL They also sold Wax Soda Bottle candy. We use to chew the wax like it was gum. :) Also loved the Brach's A&W Root Beer Barrels. Remember the Cigar Bubble Gum? Use to get that all the time too. Dot candy, Candy Stix Cigaretts. Gold Mine Gum... it use to come in these little gunny sacks with a draw string. Chicklet's Gum... My all time favorite candy bar was the 7-Up bar. It was SO good. It had like seven different centers all in a line. :licklips: Good post... LOL

Diane...

[stasee31]

Now and Laters. I can find most of this candy now adays at the Abes carmel corn in town. Whats funny is now it is expensive it use to cost us like 5 or 10 cents now its like a buck or two. LOL.
I remember my uncle always giving us money to go up to the local grocery store which was like a quick shop is now and we would get a ton of candya nd a Bottle of soda. Remember when they came in bottles not cans?

[Fern]

As a chubby little kid I liked all candy! I have never heard of the dots candy stuck to paper, but I remember the cigar bubble gum, the only reason I ever got those was because it came with a ring on it - loved jewelry even more than candy!
There sure were a lot of different choc. bars we enjoyed as kids that aren't around anymore.
Dianne I remember the rootbeer barrels too!

[imamama]

Isn't it funny that we can all remember our favorite candy so vividly? (my favorite of the fun dips were the sticks, too!!) I also remember that we got those lifesaver "books" in our stockings every year, my brother and I couldn't wait to get them!!

[RCT]

lol....We got the lifesaver books too....

Loved the Marathon bar, it was a braid of carmel and chocoate.....yum....
also loved the abazaba...

[Diane]

I also remember that we got those lifesaver "books" in our stockings every year, my brother and I couldn't wait to get them!!

I remember us getting those in our stockings too. LOL

Diane...

[imamama]

I don't know why, but those things were so awesome!!! LOL

[Amy]

Here are some sites where you can get your oldtime favorites!

http://www.oldtimecandy.com/
http://www.groovycandies.com/


We used to go to Woolworth's and load up on the novelty candy as kids. Everything y'all mentioned, I had. I used to like Marathon Bars too.

[angie r]

I so remember when Bubble Yum came out with soft bubble gum. Mmmmm My kids love fun dip, so did I. My mom loves teaberry gum and zagnut bars.

[darlene]

I loved sponge candy! Every now and then I see them and buy one....funny they don't taste like when I was a kid!

:)

[KarlaB]

What was the gum that had liquid in the middle that oozed out when you bit into it? Anyone remember that? Was it FreshNUp? or something like that?

[KarlaB]

Thought of a few more favs....Chick-O-Sticks, Razzle gum, gum shaped like hotdogs, and Jolly Rancher candy that came as a flat stick. :)

[Kate]

I'm like the odd one out here coming from a different country, haven't heard of a lot of what you guys are mentioning, but, I remember corner stores having small open boxes of all sort of different lollies (candies). My brother and I would take our pocket money, and spend AGES pointing out to the poor man behind the counter what we wanted. Like, "I'll have 2 of them, and 3 of them- no, make that 4" etc... He was usually patient with us, even though he must of sometimes been getting frustrated. The lollies were put into white paper bags, and twisted at the top. I hadn't thought of our "lolly shopping" in years!!

[stasee31]

do ya all remember them lollipops that were like sweettarts and they was two colors? I use to love them things too.

[KarlaB]

stasee - I remember those things and loved them!! Sometimes my dks can get them when we go to hockey games! I think they're called Lollies?

[Ryleigh S.]

Pop rocks, Gold mine bubble gum, Areo Chocolate bars.

I was more an ice cream fan - use to love Buried Treasure pops or these cone shaped sundaes that had a big bubble gum stuck in the bottom of the plastic cone.

[Diane]

Pop rocks, Gold mine bubble gum, Areo Chocolate bars.

I was more an ice cream fan - use to love Buried Treasure pops or these cone shaped sundaes that had a big bubble gum stuck in the bottom of the plastic cone.

:licklips: I remember those... :)

Diane...

[MaryL]

What was the gum that had liquid in the middle that oozed out when you bit into it? Anyone remember that? Was it FreshNUp? or something like that?

Okay...I totally remember that gum! But....what in the heck was it called??? That is going to drive me crazy!! :lol:

[RCT]

Thought of a few more favs....Chick-O-Sticks, Razzle gum, gum shaped like hotdogs, and Jolly Rancher candy that came as a flat stick. :)


OH I remember the hot dog shaped gum...that is a total blast from the past....

[Diane]

OH I remember the hot dog shaped gum...that is a total blast from the past....

I had never heard of hot dog bubble gum... so I looked it up. LOL Too weird. Was there anything they didn't make into a gum? LOL

Diane...

[KarlaB]

Okay...I totally remember that gum! But....what in the heck was it called??? That is going to drive me crazy!! :lol:

Asked dh and he thought it was FreshNUp, too - so I did a search so I wouldn't go crazy trying to figure it out LOL..... http://www.oldtimecandy.com/freshen-up-gum.htm

[Melody]

I remember that gum. That was the coolest. lol And the sponge candy.
Used to love the little bags of gum that looked like gold too.

[PamE]

What was the gum that had liquid in the middle that oozed out when you bit into it? Anyone remember that? Was it FreshNUp? or something like that?

I remember that gum very well! Mom and I were raving about it so Dad asked for a piece. He chewed it a bit, then told us he didn't see what the big deal was... he thought it was pretty tasteless. That's when we figured out he hadn't taken the celophane off first! :lol: What a fun memory!

My fav was the Marathon bar. :licklips: We used to go to Ben Franklin's and get candy by the piece. That was a ton of fun! I remember liking the wax soda bottles, pixie sticks and ring pops.

[imamama]

MMMMM, fresh-n-up!! One of my favorites! I think there was also some like it called Chewels!
And Woolworth's!!! Wow, blast from the past! That and Murphy's drug store!!! Anyone remember those? They had a soda shop in them, too?! That was the best place to go and pick out candy!!!! Oh, and ring pops!! Those were a fave, too! And now they're one of dd's faves!!!!

[aztec_judy]

Talking about WoolWorths, Was M.E. MOSES, anywhere else besides Texas ??? it was a 5 & dime store, used to go there and buy the candy.
Those were the "Good Ole Days" ... lolol penny candy and penny gum... :roll: