Anyone remember Turkish Taffy, and how we use to slam it on a hard surface to break it up?
What are some of your favorite candies from childhood?
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Marathon bars!!!! I was sooo disappointed when they were gone!
Jolly Ranchers used to make sticks in cinnamon flavor. Used to go to the local candy store and buy them. I used to suck on the end til it curled over and was practically 'see through'. They don't make those anymore. Very sad. {I still think that is the candy that made it possible for me to love spicy food...that was seriously a 'red hot' cinnamon!}
Whatchamacallits were awesome too!
Jolly Ranchers used to make sticks in cinnamon flavor. Used to go to the local candy store and buy them. I used to suck on the end til it curled over and was practically 'see through'. They don't make those anymore. Very sad.
{I still think that is the candy that made it possible for me to love spicy food...that was seriously a 'red hot' cinnamon!}Whatchamacallits were awesome too!
That brings to mind a treat/fad in junior high (from around 1973-4):Marathon bars!!!! I was sooo disappointed when they were gone!
Jolly Ranchers used to make sticks in cinnamon flavor. Used to go to the local candy store and buy them. I used to suck on the end til it curled over and was practically 'see through'. They don't make those anymore. Very sad.
Cinnamon toothpicks. We'd take regular tooth pics and soak them in cinnamon oil overnight. Those little suckers could bring a blister to our lips if we held them long enough...
Charleston Chew, not the minis, the big bar that you had to smack on the table to break it into bite-seized pieces. I was a bit rowdy as a kid, so I suspect the commercial showing the kid smacking it on the table was what sold me. It had a weird vanilla taste, probably still does, but that was probably due to chemicals.
I remember that. Maybe I am confusing it with Charleston Chew?
Yup.
And I have no idea how that particular urban legend got started.I loved Astro Pops- those missle-shaped lollipops in three colors.
And the Marathon bar...no relation to the Marathon bar sold in the U.K.- the U.S. bar ceased production in 1981.
I loved its braided shape. The U.K. version is the Curly Wurly, IIRC, but we can't get it in the U.S.
I think you are ....if i remember Charleston Chews are chocolate covered...something. And TT definitely came in vanilla...and banana....strawberry too if i remember.
We'd slam them down on the sidewalk to break them up and them peel away the paper....yum....
There used to be a vanilla Charleston Chew, too. And maybe a strawberry??
The jingle went something like "They spell it B-O-N-O-M-O Bonomo... Turkish Taffy!"
In the UK Marathon bars were renamed Snickers.Marathon bars!!!! I was sooo disappointed when they were gone!
Jolly Ranchers used to make sticks in cinnamon flavor. Used to go to the local candy store and buy them. I used to suck on the end til it curled over and was practically 'see through'. They don't make those anymore. Very sad.
Whatchamacallits were awesome too!
The renaming was in 1990.
Another favourite when I was little was Toppets -- little boxes of pea sized chocolate balls with surprise fruit or fondant fillings. I liked the surprise.
I also remember in 1990, the introduction of the Chomp bar, which was the cheapest chocolate bar there was at just 10p. I remember its bright red/yellow wrapper.
I think it was also this year that the Double Decker changed its wrapper from bright orange to red blue and white.
It was a year of change.
Another favourite when I was little was Toppets -- little boxes of pea sized chocolate balls with surprise fruit or fondant fillings. I liked the surprise.
I also remember in 1990, the introduction of the Chomp bar, which was the cheapest chocolate bar there was at just 10p. I remember its bright red/yellow wrapper.
I think it was also this year that the Double Decker changed its wrapper from bright orange to red blue and white.
It was a year of change.
It was strickly a halloween cancy (and I haven't seen it in two years) but the peanut butter chew that came wrapped in either orange or black paper. It was my favorite
Ah, yes, Halloween candy! All of those black and orange wrapped peanut butter kisses that every seemed to hand out along with the candy corn! It doesn't seem that long ago but you don't see a lot of that anymore. Little boxes of Milk Duds and Junior Mints and Sugar Babies. Little bags of M&M's and Whoppers. Slo-Pokes. Bottle Caps. Now & Laters.
Heh. Kids get ripped off nowadays. When I was little, it was full-sized candy bars. Some of the great stuff we'd get for Halloween were: Cracker Jax (regular-sized boxes) and home-made popcorn balls, the occasional taffy apple and even Rice Krispies treats.
This was when people still had trust. When I was around 10, there was a "don't eat apples" scare as some clods put pins/needles in them, or so it was said. Given that most apples given were plain and not candy apples, it was no loss.
I used to love popcorn balls and candy apples. Now, after years of dental work, those, along with Dots and other sticky treats, are pretty much off-limits.
Mmm...Halloween candy. The ONLY thing that sucks about being a grown-up is losing the fun of Halloween. It was awesome in the 60s and 70s.
This was when people still had trust. When I was around 10, there was a "don't eat apples" scare as some clods put pins/needles in them, or so it was said. Given that most apples given were plain and not candy apples, it was no loss.
I used to love popcorn balls and candy apples. Now, after years of dental work, those, along with Dots and other sticky treats, are pretty much off-limits.
Mmm...Halloween candy. The ONLY thing that sucks about being a grown-up is losing the fun of Halloween. It was awesome in the 60s and 70s.
Skittles, Nerds, and chocolate-covered gummy bears are still favorites to this day. I used to do Warheads pretty frequently, but I don't know where to find them anymore.
Dots and Bonomo's Turkish Taffy.
When I was in junior high, we used to all try to make our own sour candy. It was pretty much a competition each week to see who could come in with the most sour thing. It usually involved a lot of ground up Warheads and packets of Kool-Aid.
