What candies do you remember from your childhood?

[RadishRose]

Not from my childhood, but I remember Reggie Bars - named after the famous baseball player, Reggie Jackson. I liked them - chocolate covered caramel and peanuts. I don't think they were on the market that long.

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Oh, now I remember those!

 

[debodun]

That's a shame! What's not to like about chocolate covered caramel and peanuts???? Sounds yummy!

I think Reggie's popularity quickly faded after the 1977 World Series. The candy company was just capitalizing on his fame at the time.

 

[Bella]

I loved this!

 

[debodun]

I loved this!

And if you saved the wrappers, you could accumulate points then send away for Planters themed merchandise. I have a Mr. Peanut bank, shakers and mug (photos not to scale).

 

[debodun]

Black wax mustaches and Black Jack gum. We'd chew Black Jack (which was actually black), then stick it on our front teeth and pretend we were missing teeth.

 

[Timewise 60+]

Extra good if you freeze them....

 

[Timewise 60+]

Black wax mustaches and Black Jack gum. We'd chew Black Jack (which was actually black), then stick it on our front teeth and pretend we were missing teeth.

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We would mix the wax mustaches with bubble gum and it would last all day long before you lost the taste of the mustaches.

 

[debodun]

Good & Plenty - white and pink candy coated licorice bits. In college, I dated a fellow and we were at a movie theater. He wanted to go to the snack bar and asked me if I wanted anything. I said "Good and Plenty". He came back without them. I asked why and he said he felt funny about asking the female cashier for "Good and Plenty".

 

[Brookswood]

Mountain Bars.

 

[jujube]

Bonomos Turkish Taffy was the cheapest thing you could buy at the theater.....five cents.

You got your money's worth, for sure. It could pull out fillings and loosen teeth. It was usually stale and hard. Frankly, I thought it tasted awful but then again, if all you had was five cents ........

 

[Bella]

 

[debodun]

The old gumball machines. They were about 4 feet tall. I still see them here and there like in waiting rooms and some stores, but they are much smaller table-top models.

 

[Lexi]

I loved Canadian mints growing up. Pink and green ones. My great grandfather always had a bag waiting for me!!!

 

[caroln]

After 4 pages of candy themed posts, I think it's clear that humanity has an ongoing love affair with candy!

 

[RadishRose]

Oh my! I haven't seen these in ages.

 

[hearlady]

Black wax mustaches and Black Jack gum. We'd chew Black Jack (which was actually black), then stick it on our front teeth and pretend we were missing teeth.

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I had a bit of an addiction to blackjack gum for a time.

 

[RadishRose]

And if you saved the wrappers, you could accumulate points then send away for Planters themed merchandise. I have a Mr. Peanut bank, shakers and mug (photos not to scale).

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I painted him on the driver's side door of my VW Beetle!

 

[Judycat]

What candies do you remember from your childhood?​

Never went to town much

but

when we did

Dad and I had wunna these

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That looks similar to a Bunn Bar. Bunn Bars were a blob of chocolate, peanuts and nougat. I liked the vanilla flavor but wasn't a fan of the maple.

 

[debodun]

Jelly raspberries and blackberries

 

[debodun]

Satellite wafers - the outside was like what an ice cream cone is and there was a hard candy inside.

 

[Bella]

Pure sugar and artificial colors! I loved them. My mom hated them. I'd be out playing with my little girlfriend, Angela, and we'd be sucking down Pixy Sticks. You sprinkled them on your tongue and let the sugar dissolve. I can remember coming home and standing on the porch, and the first thing my mom said to me was, "Stick out your tongue." Uh oh, ya can't hide a blue tongue!

 

[Timewise 60+]

We froze our prior to consuming...really good that way!

 

[DebraMae]

Peanut butter bars. My grandad always had them and could be convinced to share.

 

[Sassycakes]

I belong in the weird aisle. Growing up I didn't care for candy or ice cream. Lucky for me my sister loved both. I remember being on the boardwalk in Wildwood on vacation and my Dad buying us ice cream and candy. Luckily for me, my sister would finish hers and then eat mine. Strangely now that I have diabetes I crave candy and ice cream.

 

[debodun]

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