I was on my way to bed and did a quick google search for old-school candy. I remember there was a candy story around the corner from our house and we could get all kinds of candy for a nickel. My sister and I would save up our change and wait for my Dad to take us to the candy store. Well, I have found a website called Old Time Candy and it has everything!!! You can search for candy alphabetically, by type, or by decade. As soon as I started looking at the candy it brought back so many fond memories. I don’t eat much candy now, but I have often wondered if they still make the good ol’ stuff like Black Jack Chewing gum, wax lips, and Big League Gum in the bag (which they have !!)
My older sister and I loved Necco’s and would act like it was our medicine when we would play doctor.
It’s amazing how something so insignificant like candy can bring back so many memories and remind you of the simple things in life. Enjoy the site. Feel free to share your candy memories or what your favorite childhood candy was.
Candy memories are really good ones for me - i'm a child of the 50's/60's so I remember all the good candy - and going to the 10 Cent store (Ben Franklin or Kuhn's) in Brownsville TN on the squre - had my nickel or dime burning a hole in my pocket. Sugar babies, necco wafers, KITS (Pbutter, my fav), and bbbats - you can buy them now at Cracker Barrel - but of course it takes much more than a nickel!!!!
Back in the day there was a corner store on every corner
Not quite but you rarely had to walk more than 2 blocks to buy what you needed.
It was a mini grocery store and they usually had an actual butcher counter as well. Can you imagine having the cut you wanted and it wasn't prepackaged at a meat processor miles away.
But the candy....it was a big deal to have a nickel and be able to go to the store.
Although I love chocolate it wasn't fully developed then. We bought pixie sticks (not sure of name) but they were paper tubes and you bit off the end and ate flavored powder (probably straight sugar).
We also purchased candy cigarettes; hey it was the 50's and Everyone's parents smoked!
What I remember is going with a neighbor girl to buy real cigarettes for her parents. All you needed was a note from your parents
We did this on many occasions....and if memory serves it was 22 cents a pack.
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It's actually kind of a sad week because we are moving my grandpa out of the home that my grandparents lived in for almost 70 years. I can remember so many summer days spent running back and forth to the candy store on the corner, three houses down from theirs!
Funny side note, the people who currently own the store, now more like a convenience store, are trying to buy my grandparents house!
and wait for my Dad to take us to the candy store. Well, I have found a website called Old Time Candy and it has everything!!! You can search for candy alphabetically, by type, or by decade. As soon as I started looking at the candy it brought back so many fond memories. I don’t eat much candy now, but I have often wondered if they still make the good ol’ stuff like Black Jack Chewing gum, wax lips, and Big League Gum in the bag (which they have !!)
http://www.oldtimecandy.com/index.html
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