My favourite sweets (candy) when I was a kid...

[hearlady]

looks delicious....

that reminded me of a sweet that I haven't seen since I was a kid called..Lucky Tatties ( potatoes).. they tasted of Cinnamon, and occasionally there would be a 'lucky'' tiny toy inside one..

Did any lucky child swallow the toy?

 

[hollydolly]

Did any lucky child swallow the toy?

Oh I'm sure they did.... I never had enough of them to ever get a toy....

 

[sailormann]

I remember those wax Woowee whistles. Fun to play and I loved that taste. They were more like gum than candy. And Nik-L- Nips

 

[JBR]

I liked peanut-butter cookies that my mum made. For store-bought, my favorites were malted-milk balls, 3-Musketeer bars (that I believe were shipped up from the US), and the Cadbury Dairy-Milk bar.
And then there was the very fine Ragusa bar that I'd share with a friend, an aficionado of Italian heritage. That was a special occasion, didn't happen real often.

 

[CallMeKate]

Bun Bar was my favorite!
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I've never heard of Bun Bar! Anything maple is pretty much guaranteed to be a favorite for me.
Do you know of anywhere they're still available?
EDIT: Skip that question... looked it up and see that they can still be bought at a number of places!

 

[dobielvr]

I remember the corner store for the penny licorice and 10c candy bars. My faves were the Look bars, Abba Zabbas, both chewy like taffy, but oh so good. Nestle crunch bars come to mind and once in awhile Paydays.

 

[oscash]

yes ..I never ate much of it... but I once had too many Liquorice mint squares... and no need for castor oil...

I'll save you the details...lol

My brother-in-law ate almost a small bagful of liquorice and when he went to the toilet all his motions were black. He got a fright and thought he was bleeding from the back passage. Called a doctor in the middle of the night to come and investigate (you could get a doctor to visit in the 60's) When the doctor saw what he did he asked if he had eaten any liquorice and he said, a small bagful, problem solved.

 

[oscash]

Do you remember that yellow powder stuff that came with a licorice stick to eat it with? They were really messy but really good too.

I think they were called sherbet with a little stick of liquorice to suck it up, tasted quite sour.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I think they were called sherbet with a little stick of liquorice to suck it up, tasted quite sour.

Sherbet! I found the photo after I wrote my reply.

 

[Lewkat]

All types of licorice.

 

[oscash]

As a child I remember buying Conversation Lollies. They were shaped in all different ways and some were shaped as hearts which said "I love you", "Marry me" and they tasted like Musk, which I loved. You could buy 10 for a penny.

 

[birdy]

We had a penny candy store near the school. Brilliant. I remember Brown Cows.

 

[hollydolly]

All types of licorice.

Lois I have a Christmas gift for you.. maybe.. if you like Turkish delight.. and also @Pinky who likes licorice as well..

This today at the food hall in the garden centre...

 

[Pinky]

Liquorice Turkish Delight! I haven't seen that here, but, would definitely try it

 

[hollydolly]

Liquorice Turkish Delight! I haven't seen that here, but, would definitely try it

I'll buy it for you, Pinks...

 

[perplexed]

I loved red hots!

 

[Lewkat]

Excellent, Holly.

 

[Capt Lightning]

Spangles - especially 'Old English' flavoured. They disappeared ages ago.

 

[hollydolly]

Spangles - especially 'Old English' flavoured. They disappeared ages ago.

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there was huge wailing for spangles for years after they were taken off sale... and so they were brought back a few years ago... and guess what ?..no-one bought them, so they were taken off again never to return

 

[Feelslikefar]

First time we lived in Hawaii, my favorite was the 'eat the wrapper' rice candy.
(the inner wrapping melted in your mouth)



Now, when I want a treat, it's Nashville's own 'Goo Goo Clusters'.

 

[jet]

loved aniseed balls

 

[fuzzybuddy]

My favorite childhood candy was candy corn. They look like corn kernels. They don't make them any more. The old ones had three colors-white, yellow and brown. The brown part was chocolatey. Today, candy corn comes in only two colors- white, orange/yellow. Without the brown part, it's not the same.

 

[Dr. Jekyll]

Sweet Tarts and Little Debbie Oatmeal Pies...mmmmmm

 

[911]

 

[Paladin1950]