Nostalgic Candy

[penny]

I know a lot of candy we got as children can still be found in convenience stores, but what about the forgotten favorites? I've been trying to find this specific candy for years, and all I had was a noun and a couple adjectives, and no luck from Google. I tried again yesterday and finally found the long lost candy that my husband was convinced I made up/dreamt:

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d57/LickMyPenny/alma_skull_chrusher_halloween.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d57/LickMyPenny/alma_skull_crushers.jpg

I was ecstatic!! We also found these:

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d57/LickMyPenny/sixlets.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d57/LickMyPenny/htfca007.jpg

http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d57/LickMyPenny/SLIME20SLURPS.jpg

Wow...Skull Crushers...I can still taste them. How awesome could a candy be? :yummy:

Anybody else remember these (skittle!!?) and care to add more?

[Dead Nigga Storage]

those wax soda bottle things with juice inside of them. i had a few in my christmas stocking a couple years back. love'em.

[do what donny dont does]

Two words: candy cigarettes

[kuumuus]

sour gummi rings, charleston chew, root beer bottle thingies

[Gabbo]

http://www.oldtimeconfections.com/warheads%20assorted%20new%20packaging.jpg

i haven't had/seen any of these in a long time.

[Talking Pie]

http://www.f4.dion.ne.jp/~syondr/imagec/cameo2.jpg

"This stuff is starting now!"

[caribou]

I have been, for years, trying to remember the name of a particular sour ball that was incredibly popular back in the early to late 90s. Actually, I'm not even sure if they were a nationwide hit or what, but they were everywhere here in Massachusetts. Anyone have an inkling...?

[Drew]

those wax soda bottle things with juice inside of them. i had a few in my christmas stocking a couple years back. love'em.

I used to love those things when I was in elemtary school. For some reason I would always chew the wax when I was done??? I thought they stopped making them, but I went to an out of state convience store a couple years ago, and they had em. Fuckin great.

[penny]

I have been, for years, trying to remember the name of a particular sour ball that was incredibly popular back in the early to late 90s. Actually, I'm not even sure if they were a nationwide hit or what, but they were everywhere here in Massachusetts. Anyone have an inkling...?
Tearjerkers and then came Eyepoppers.

[billi vanilli]

i'm nostalgic about when candy used to cost a penny.

































i called it pennycandy. a-hyuck a-hyuck a-hyuck!! :rimshot:

[thecapecoddah]

http://www.movieactors.com/freezeframes5/bluesbrothers47.jpeg

[kuumuus]

http://www.shopsamuels.com/images/candy/iw_fire_lg.jpg

I would put these fuckers under my tongue and try to keep them there for as long as possible. it burned and stuff.

oh, and those long laffy taffy sticks were really good. for some reason i believed that by stretching them out i was getting more bang for my buck.

[Semaj]

http://www.sugarstation.com/images/complete/dumdums.gif

I'm pretty sure they still have these, but I haven't had them in years.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

is that what you use to lure the children into your car?

[Spartan]

http://www.oldtimeconfections.com/warheads%20assorted%20new%20packaging.jpg

i haven't had/seen any of these in a long time.

oh man. me too.

[skittlebrau]

I vaguely remember Skull Crushers...they had cherry goo in them and oozed red when you bit into them, if I remember correctly. But Slime Slurps...man, I loved those things.

Anyone remember Freshen-Up Gum? Gum on the outside with some jellylike gum on the inside. Sweet, but damn good.
http://www.hometownfavorites.com/images/items/Large/hfca715.jpg

Also, Lotsa Fizz candy:
http://www.sendacelebration.com/images/products/small-image/NoveltyCandy/lotsafizzustoylarge.jpg

[Gabbo]

http://www.browsenbid.com/images/candy/novelty/airheads_275.gif

sooo good. anyone remember the commercials?

[kuumuus]

that fizz candy reminds me of

http://urbanlegendsonline.com/images/poprocks.jpg

which i mixed with soda and, contrary to urban legend, did not cause my stomach to explode.

EDIT:
http://www.theonlinecandyshop.com/ProductImages/nowandlatercherryblueberryapple.jpg

these were so popular in 5th and 6th grade it's not even funny. kids were treating them like currency on the playground. i didn't even know what was going on at first. good candy, but not THAT good.

[Nebuchanezzar]

Warheads and Jelly-Belly jellybeans used to be all the rage in Australia. I still love Jelly-Belly jellybeans (popcorn flavour kicks ass), yet warheads fell so far out of "coolness" that it simply wasn't funny.

[Semaj]

^They still got plenty of Jelly Bellies up here, and needless to say, they're years ahead of your average jelly beans.

There was this other type of candy I had for Easter several years ago. It consisted of a sugar stick and apple-flavored powder sugar. Very delicious.

I think it's this:
http://www.oldtimeconfections.com/Count%20Goods/Fundip%20large%20sour.jpg

[Spartan]

http://www.browsenbid.com/images/candy/novelty/airheads_275.gif

sooo good. anyone remember the commercials?

stealing another childhood love. another great choice. same for fun dip.

[Gay4Moleman]

Tearjerkers and then came Eyepoppers.
Oh, yeah, I freaking loved Tearjerkers. Those and Airheads. Cherry was the best!

[kevin]

warheads were awesome back in the day. they were everyone's candy of choice. jawbreakers were also very big but i was never a huge fan.

[Willmak5389]

http://www.foodprocessing-technology.com/projects/necco/images/skybar-box.jpg

These things are great and my work has them. Buy them all the time.

[caribou]

Tearjerkers and then came Eyepoppers.
I remember Tearjerkers! Though not Eyepoppers.

But actually, Tearjerkers aren't what I was thinking of. I finally just figured it out: Cry Babies!

http://www.theonlinecandyshop.com/ProductImages/sourcrybabygumassorted.jpg

Oh, man, those were the best. Painful, but the best.

[kupomog]

http://www.f4.dion.ne.jp/%7Esyondr/imagec/cameo2.jpg

"This stuff is starting now!"

:aww:

The only candy I can think of is that Bar None chocolate bar. Wafers, chocolate, peanuts...I lurved it. I miss it. Damn being discontinued. Someone find me one anyway, even if it's 10 years old.

[Toli]

Warheads were the shit.

[Ryan]

Two words: candy cigarettes

We still sell those white stick things that kids used to pretend were cigarettes, they're called "Fads"

Man, i used to LOVE warheads! Havent had one or seen one in years! I remember when Push Pops were all the rage too. "Dont push me! Push a push pop!!"

[SideshowTim]

We still sell those white stick things that kids used to pretend were cigarettes, they're called "Fads"

Man, i used to LOVE warheads! Havent had one or seen one in years! I remember when Push Pops were all the rage too. "Dont push me! Push a push pop!!"
"fads" used to be called "fags" and had a little red thing on them so they actually looked like cigarettes. apparently it encouraged smoking (well, it probably did) so they got rid of the red circle and called them "fads". mmm...fads.

[Nebuchanezzar]

Did anyone else used to buy those huge gobstoppers that were white with blue and pink spots on the outside of them? They were definately the "1337". As you went further in, they changed colour, but unlike ordinary gobstoppers the taste remained the same: flawless. It may have just been an Aussie thing, iuno.

[Ryan]

Yeah, i think remember those. They were in the gumball sorta-machines rite?

[SideshowTim]

yeah i'd pay the 20 cents just for the fun of seeing the gumball roll down the slide thingy.

[Nebuchanezzar]

20cents? No way. These things were like $1.20, these were prestigous gobstoppers!

[Toli]

We still have gumball machines everywhere. They're commonly priced at 20c and sometimes you get two.

[Ryan]

Theres not too many of those around here anymore. The ones you see most have loose m&m's and skittles. You put 20c in and turn the crank and get a small handfull. I miss the days when 10c would get you so many little pieces of gum that you couldnt hold it all..

[George]

someone mentioned whistlepops ... i used to like 'em when i was 6 or something.

[Kuje]

Everything Rachel said, I used to love.

Also, sherbert lemons!

[Ryan]

this awesome relief teacher at my high school used to give those out all the time..

[penny]

Did anyone else used to buy those huge gobstoppers that were white with blue and pink spots on the outside of them? They were definately the "1337". As you went further in, they changed colour, but unlike ordinary gobstoppers the taste remained the same: flawless. It may have just been an Aussie thing, iuno.
The mother of all jawbreakers! I think I was in like, 7th grade when I first bought one of those things at the candy store in the mall. They were around $7 or $8. Mmmm.

[Larson Something]

Sour Face Pullers.

[Veryjammy]

A couple of years ago I found some sweets I really like in america but I can't remember what they were called. They were quite sour, chewy, came in a tube and had pink, purple, blue and orange colours I think. Anyone know what the hell I'm talking about?

[Dead Nigga Storage]

might have been "shocktarts"

http://candycrave.com/images/Candy/ShockTarts.jpg

[Veryjammy]

Yes that's it, thank you :)

[tones]

does anybody remember powerhouse candy bars? anyone?

how about peach jolly ranchers... can't find 'em.

here are a few others still around if barely...

http://www.oldtimeconfections.com/Gum/Goldmine%20Gum.jpg
http://www.nostalgiccandy.com/store/images/products/bubblegum_cigars2.JPG
http://www.candydirect.com/images/web/429036-AA_prod.jpg
http://www.candyfavorites.com/shop/images/products/retro_candy_favorites/sw1.jpg we called 'em ''satellite wafers.''
http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/images/us/local/products/detail/f06201_dt.jpg delfa rolls...
http://www.retrocrush.com/archive2/offensive/cherryclan.jpghttp://www.retrocrush.com/archive2/offensive/cherryclan.jpghttp://www.retrocrush.com/archive2/offensive/cherryclan.jpg

bar none? anybody?

[bluemoose]

We still have gumball machines everywhere. They're commonly priced at 20c and sometimes you get two.
Wow! Where I live, it's 25 cents for one.

Also, I didn't know warheads were that old. I see them fairly often in gas stations and such.

[do what donny dont does]

I was manager of a candy store a few years back. This store has all the classics. They still sell almost every candy posted here.

[skittlebrau]

Found Gold Mine Gum at Cost Less World Market not long ago. Promptly bought several bags and chewed them all. That took me back. I still have the little bags, which are full of pennies for some reason.

I think the ice cream trucks still sell all the old Ferrara Pan candies including Cherry Clan.

[DotheBartman]

Not exactly candy, but....

http://www.progressiveboink.com/mike/img/supermerchbros/marioicecream.jpg

I think ice cream trucks might actually still sell that too, though I'm not sure. They were pretty awesome though.

[caribou]

Two gum champions you don't see very often anymore:

http://flakmag.com/misc/images/fruitstripegum.jpg

http://www.candyfavorites.com/shop/images/products/novelty_candy_bubble_gum/tastychewy.jpg

[Semaj]

They still have Bubblicious gum in my area, but it's been ages since I've seen grape-flavored. Grape is the best!

[Ihaveblink]

Also those candies that were parts of a skeleton. They tasted like sweet tarts. Loved those.

[shhbly]

This will show my age ....

I used to walk to the grocery store to buy trading cards ...
King Kong
http://wzus.ask.com/r?t=a&d=us&s=a&c=p&ti=1&ai=30751&l=dir&o=312&sv=0a30052b&ip=4761818c&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stomptokyo.com%2Fimg-m5%2Fkingkong76-a.jpg

Grease
http://wzus.ask.com/r?t=a&d=us&s=a&c=p&ti=1&ai=30751&l=dir&o=312&sv=0a300516&ip=4761818c&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.onlyolivia.com%2Fmemorabilia%2Fmisc%2Ftra dingcards%2Fgreasecard5.jpg
Star Wars
http://wzus.ask.com/r?t=a&d=us&s=a&c=p&ti=1&ai=30751&l=dir&o=312&sv=0a300525&ip=4761818c&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.number9.com%2Fimages%2Fstarwars.jpg

(I still have them all)

I also had some rock band cards (can't remember what they were marketed as)
Sargent Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

http://wzus.ask.com/r?t=a&d=us&s=a&c=p&ti=1&ai=30751&l=dir&o=312&sv=0a300522&ip=4761818c&u=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.rottentomatoes.com%2Fimages%2Fmovie%2F coverv%2F45%2F211745.jpg
I know I have more, but I need to remember where I've put them ...

I used to just throw the gum away

[aoife]

The bubble gum cigarettes, with sugar you could blow out.
Still around-
Big League Chew, Charms Lollypops, Blowpops, candies like Atomic Fire Balls and Jawbreakers (whatever company that is), Rolos,...

The ones I didn't like, were old Jewish lady coffee table candies. Things like coffee beans, fake M&M's, etc.

[skittlebrau]

Yeah, but Big League Chew is getting harder and harder to find. Only place I've found it here is at Big Lots, and that's a closeout store meaning it may be there one day, gone the next.

But when I chew it, maaaaaannn...i feel like i'm in the big league

[caribou]

"That's a Blow Pop!" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdU8S3BMPT0&search=charms%20blow%20pop)

I actually saw this dusted off and aired during a commercial break a year or so ago. Totally flipped me out.

I wonder what that badass "FROM CHARMS" keyboard kid is doing nowadays.

[SubSane]

I dig many of the nostalgic candies thus far (particularly Big League Chew which I used to buy at the park during little league games) but a few rarer items:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y152/boo_licious/sweets.jpg

Those brown blocks are like pure sugar. Used to eat 'em when they were imported by friends or relatives. And of course:

http://www.texasrollingpins.com/coconutcandies.jpg

Chewy coconut candy. There were also some mini pies that can't be found in the U.S. but I don't recall the name and mini pies came up with squat in google.

[D DEBBS]

Candy of my youth that is no longer made: Marathon-it's chocolate covered caramel that was molded like a rope. Very popular in the 1970's, but M&M Mars discontinued them.

One bar I really like but unfortunately is sold over in Europe (I have to get it at either Major Market in Escondido or Cost Plus World Market) is 'Bounty'-it's a LOT better than Mounds because the coconut's more flavorful.

[Kuje]

I thought marathon were renamed snickers?

[H Thompson]

Yeah Snickers are going very strong, it'd be harder to find a place that doesn't sell them than does. unless they were just a hit in the U.K but not the U.S

[Wasteland]

http://thecandybaron.com/pics/4151m.jpg

I used to see Oh' Henry bars everywhere when I was a kid, then they were gone. A few months ago, I took my Mom to see her doctor at the local St. Marys hospital, and I went to get me a water. There, in the candy machine, was Oh' Henry bars! The last time I had eaten one was in 1991.

[bluemoose]

unless they were just a hit in the U.K but not the U.S
No, they're huge over here too. Any store that sells candy, sells Snickers.

[Dead Nigga Storage]

snickers is possibly THE biggest candy bar in the country, so yeah...not a U.K. thing

[kelly]

http://www.nostalgiccandy.com/store/images/products/candy_buttons2.JPG
candy buttons, definitely!

http://www.fasigs.com/pics/maryjane.jpg
we always got these on halloween and my brothers hated them. i didn't!

thats all i can really think of now, but i liked all kinds of weird candy. also i still get a dum dum every time i go to the bank. you just have to.

[penny]

Yeah, but Big League Chew is getting harder and harder to find. Only place I've found it here is at Big Lots, and that's a closeout store meaning it may be there one day, gone the next.

But when I chew it, maaaaaannn...i feel like i'm in the big league
Elena got me some at her local dollar store =D

[bluemoose]

They sell Big League Chew at a corner store down the street from my house.

[H Thompson]

snickers is possibly THE biggest candy bar in the country, so yeah...not a U.K. thing
Well then I'm confused that one of your lot didn't get the memo.
So I can only assume that Debbs never tried Snickers and therefore never noticed the similarity.
They've been Snickers as far back as I can remember anyway.

[penny]

Chocolate-covered caramel that was molded like a rope is nothing like Snickers. Snickers has peanuts and nougat. Durrr.

[caribou]

[IMG]I used to see Oh' Henry bars everywhere when I was a kid, then they were gone. A few months ago, I took my Mom to see her doctor at the local St. Marys hospital, and I went to get me a water. There, in the candy machine, was Oh' Henry bars! The last time I had eaten one was in 1991.
Yeah, I was totally excited to find these in the vending machines at my college recently. Hadn't had one in ages (I think I had one on a trip to the Bahamas in 1999...seemed long gone in the US, though), and they were every bit as good as I remembered.

Kelly: Candy buttons were the greatest, except for when you bit off too much paper.

[Wasteland]

I found some stuff on the Marathon bar at wikipedia:

Marathon, sometimes referred to as the Marathon bar, was a chocolate and caramel candy bar available in the United States from August 1973 to October of 1981. The bright red package with a ruler on the reverse made it stand out in the candy aisle; however, sales did not meet expectations, and it was discontinued by Mars, Incorporated

The Marathon bar was an eight-inch long strand of braided caramel coated in chocolate. The product was parodied by Wacky Packages as the Moronathan. Television commercials of the era feature John Wayne's son Patrick as Marathon John who would regularly confront villain Quick Carl.

Today, the closest available candy to the Marathon bar is the Curly Wurly which is sold in the United Kingdom and several other countries, but not in the United States.

Marathon was also the brand name used by Mars in the United Kingdom and Ireland for the chocolate, fondant, and peanut candy bar known as Snickers in the United States. In the mid-1990s, Mars aligned the two brand names, and the candy bar is still available in those countries under the Snickers name

The Marathon bar DEBBS is talking about is totally different from the one sold in the UK.

[EgoJudicata]

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/6229/candy19804jq.jpg

http://img211.imageshack.us/img211/8205/arcadegum8zd.jpg

http://sirloinsports.com/i/80s%20White%20Trash/candy.jpg

[Dead Nigga Storage]

i see your john candelaria, and raise you a:
http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/pics/candy_maldonado_autograph.jpg
CANDY MALDONADO!

[aoife]

Oooh, that arcade gum reminds me of the ultra-deliciousness, that was gum in these little juice cartons.

[caribou]

Oooh, that arcade gum reminds me of the ultra-deliciousness, that was gum in these little juice cartons.
Bubble Juice!

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/candywarehouse_1891_17038930

I used to buy these all the time at my mall's KB Toys. Haven't seen them since the early '90s...

[Run CMB]

http://www.oldtimeconfections.com/warheads%20assorted%20new%20packaging.jpg

i haven't had/seen any of these in a long time.

Why the hell did I like these?

[aoife]

Bubble Juice!

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/candywarehouse_1891_17038930

I used to buy these all the time at my mall's KB Toys. Haven't seen them since the early '90s...
Cool! It doesn't look like the kind I used to get. I think I got them last in the 90's, somewhere.

[lindsay]

http://www.oldtimeconfections.com/warheads%20assorted%20new%20packaging.jpg

i haven't had/seen any of these in a long time.

I remember me and some other kids had contests with these seeing who could put as many in their mouth at time. Oh, and the green apple kind were the best

[Necromancer]

i still buy shark bites and gushers. though technically they're not candy.

[terriyaki]

i'll go with those cola filled bubble gum things. i can't remember what they were called.. i think it was rc cola but that doesn't sound right. i can't find it on google either. :(

[caribou]

i'll go with those cola filled bubble gum things. i can't remember what they were called.. i think it was rc cola but that doesn't sound right. i can't find it on google either. :(
I also seem to recall some sort of 7-UP/Sprite/some such similar type of soda coming out with a soda-filled gum in the late 80s/early 90s...can't remember the details.

[penny]

RC Cola is a cheap-o brand of actual cola.

I'm trying to remember a soda-filled gum, but it's just not coming to me...

[Dynamic]

Does anyone remember the small fruit shaped lollies. They were really small, and they had different fruits in them, banana, apple, orange, lemon. They were really really awesome. Too bad you cant get them anymore. They tasted like a gobstopper, but they were small, and there was lots of them.

[Lyle Lanley]

You know what I haven't had in a while? Big League Chew.

[Ryan]

Does anyone remember the small fruit shaped lollies. They were really small, and they had different fruits in them, banana, apple, orange, lemon. They were really really awesome. Too bad you cant get them anymore. They tasted like a gobstopper, but they were small, and there was lots of them.

Yeah i remember those. They used to sell them at the local roller-skating rink when i was a kid.

Debbs mentioned "Bounty" bars. Im not a fan myself, coconut and chocolate together is bad IMO, but they are pretty big over here. They come in milk and dark chocolate varieties, and are sold basically everywhere. We also have "Curly Wurly" bars, which the quoted wikipedia article compares to marathon bars. They are really nice. As for snickers, we had hazlenut for a while, but they've gone, and now we have chewy nougat snickers, which aren't too bad.

Another favourite of mine was Mars Lava. It was basically a mars bar but it had orange instead of caramel.

[Scott]

Any U.K folk remember the Nestle Secret bar, it was like a big ass walnut whip, but my research tells me it was cancelled in 96 due to high production costs...

[Well Adjusted]

I sorely miss the Peanut Lion.

[garret]

I loved warheads, I haven't had one since I was five. I also like this sour liquid goo you squeeze out of a tube. This thread has gave me candy cravings. *Walks to corner store*

[Ryan]

i live about a one minute walk away from the nearest corner store, they have a large assortment of candy around the registers, so i might have to see what they have next time im in there.

[bluemoose]

I'm going to go with Warheads, although I had never considered them as "nostalgic". I'm going to go to the store and get some tomorrow.

[Wasteland]

Does anyone remember the small fruit shaped lollies. They were really small, and they had different fruits in them, banana, apple, orange, lemon. They were really really awesome. Too bad you cant get them anymore. They tasted like a gobstopper, but they were small, and there was lots of them.


You mean Runts?