When you were a kid what was your favorite candy bar or treat?

[tommy steam]

What was your favoret candy bar or treet? :icon_wink:

[graciegirl]

Oh Henry!

[Steve & Deanna]

Sky Bars were tops but if they were not available, 3 Musketeers. I think we used to pay 5 cents for them......but that was a few years back.

[redwitch]

Gummy Bears. Still love em but have to be from Germany. The American brand not quite right although Hasbo is close. Otherwise, fruit -- a rare commodity in the early 50's overseas.

[2BNTV]

Penny candies especially strawberry liquorice and chocolate.

[DanfromNC]

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, but it felt like such a waste to spend a whole nickel on something that was gone in 2 bites!

[tainsley]

I liked the penny candy too. I grew up in Philly and there were corner stores on every corner! I went for MaryJane's, the waxed bottles with juice in them and my favorite were the dots on the long strips of paper!

[Jaggy]

I liked Black Jacks.. pink black and white square taffy..

[mgjim]

I grew up a Catholic and all the boys in town (including me) liked Necco wafers. We used them to practice distributing Communion to each other since we were all convinced we'd be priests someday.

[rubicon]

PayDays

[Deseylou]

Pay days were my favorite
I used to buy them for 10 cents
And a can of Pepsi for 15 cents

[gomoho]

Almond Joy!

[Ecuadog]

Mounds by Peter Paul.

[Cisco Kid]

>>>

[getdul981]

Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

Oh Henry!

It was my understanding that that is still the case.

[birdawg]

Goldberg's Peanut chew's

[marianne237]

Good and Plenty, and fudgesicles

[duhbear]

Hershey's Almond bars!

[Northstar]

Dark Chocolate Nonpareils
Sky Bar
Jawbreakers (Fireballs)
Pixy Stixs

[wholman66]

Plain old Hershey's chocolate bars...

[gomoho]

No wait --- I think it was really a Chunky - is that the right name - sounds weird. Awesome piece of chocolate with raisins and I believe it was square. Did it have nuts??? oh brother a senior moment. Help me out here.

[Patty55]

No wait --- I think it was really a Chunky - is that the right name - sounds weird. Awesome piece of chocolate with raisins and I believe it was square. Did it have nuts??? oh brother a senior moment. Help me out here.

I think they had nuts, they were great.

My fave Yankee Doodles and Devil Dogs.

[kittygilchrist]

I opened this thread finally!
You can make music on this whistle!
I can't say the texture is palatable, but I would love to pick out a tune on one today.
There was a candy stand near the elementary school.

[rubicon]

At Christmas it was Italian almond nuggets topped with a wafer

[duhbear]

Hershey's Almond bar.

[Colts Fan]

A Clark Bar. I don't know if they still make them. I don't think I've seen them anywhere in a long time.

[dbussone]

Baby Ruth

[OBXNana]

Fizzies

[Blessed2BNTV]

Ding dongs, ho hos and devil dogs.

Oh drake cakes were delicious.

[tomtbg2]

Mine was Clark Bar

[bkcunningham1]

Fifth Avenue candy bars.

[Aandjmassage]

Fannie May Mint Meltaways

[mgjim]

Vintage & Old-Fashioned Candy | Candy Direct (http://www.candydirect.com/candy-types/vintage-candy)

[Ruthtomnorma3]

Baby ruth.....
I even took my lunch to school in a baby ruth box....
It opened up to me being teased....in a sweet way......

[borjo]

Wow, what a response to this thread! I can't believe none of you selected those coconut flat chewy candies that were white pink and brown! They still sell them in places.

[NYGUY]

The sugar dots for a penny on a strip of paper from the little store across from school in the first grade (by the way, could not stop there in kindergarten, since the pastor of our parish did not believe kindergarten was good for kids)!!

[mac9]

At Christmas it was Italian almond nuggets topped with a wafer

Torrone by Perugina. Still sell them.

[Patty55]

Ding dongs, ho hos and devil dogs.

Oh drake cakes were delicious.

I'm expecting a Yodel delivery from my niece, wonder if they're still as good.

[Schaumburger]

Ho Ho's, Three Musketeer Bars and Marshall Field's Frango mints!

[kittygilchrist]

Oh! When I visited grandparents at Taylors Crossing, near Decatur, Tennessee, It was the only place in the world you could get a push up with ice cream of vanilla and orange sherbet....

[CarolSells]

The "pony keg" (convenience store) near our house had a candy counter. Those poor clerks. Gee whiz it took a while for a kid to pick out five or ten pieces of candy!

I liked those licorice records, bull's eye caramels, lik-em-ade, candy cigarettes, and at Halloween, those waxy lips that you could chew after the holder wore off.

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Sky Bars were tops but if they were not available, 3 Musketeers. I think we used to pay 5 cents for them......but that was a few years back.

Wow!!! That's exactly what I was going to post.

[jblum315]

Always loved Almond Joy. Still do. Also Junior Mints, my favorite movie treat.

[tomwed]

Fritos [they still are]

In my Catholic school before going outside for recess 2 appointed 8th grade girls sold snacks in the basement. I got 5 cents to save or spend on a snack. Everyday for 8 years while waiting my turn I made myself a promise. I would buy something different, move on. Everyday I panicked and bought the Fritos so as not to hold up the line. Sister was watching. NEXT!. :)

[zcaveman]

Liquorice Twists - but only the black ones.

And a Nestlé's Crunch bar

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[Patty55]

Mello Rolls at the beach.

[karostay]

Wax Lips

[pbkmaine]

Turkish Taffy

[coconutmama]

Good and Plenty, and fudgesicles

Amen, on these two!

[tommy steam]

I never stated mine. It's Bonomo Turkish taffy...remember...oh oh oh it's Bonomo!

[plrbr1120]

the candy bar...7 UP...had 7 different items in it.....wonderful

[kellyjam]

No wait --- I think it was really a Chunky - is that the right name - sounds weird. Awesome piece of chocolate with raisins and I believe it was square. Did it have nuts??? oh brother a senior moment. Help me out here.

It was Chunky here is it's history;

The Chunky candy bar was introduced in the late 1930s by New York City candy maker, Philip Silvershein. Looking for a name for his candy bar, then made with cashews, chocolate, raisins and Brazilian nuts, he decided on Chunky, the nickname of his "chunky" granddaughter.

My favorites were the cherry cordials that were wrapped in red foil and chocolate licorice that was hollow. When we went to the movies we put a box of Sno-Caps into the box of hot popcorn and end up with chocolate popcorn. Hmmmm

[Patty55]

Ice Cream BonBons. When I was 15 I worked at the candy counter at the movies, they weren't sealed ...so... I took one from each box. I figured that in the dark watching a movie nobody would notice. Guess what? Someone could actually count to five in the dark. :1rotfl:

[tomwed]

Ice Cream BonBons. When I was 15 I worked at the candy counter at the movies, they weren't sealed ...so... I took one from each box. I figured that in the dark watching a movie nobody would notice. Guess what? Someone could actually count to five in the dark. :1rotfl:

Thank-you for posting.
Given the chance, I and everyone I knew, would do that too.
Are you from New Jersey?

[Patty55]

Thank-you for posting.
Given the chance, I and everyone I knew, would do that too.
Are you from New Jersey?

No, Long Island, boy did that manager send a scathing letter to Borden.

[MikeV]

Snickers

[pivo]

No one remembers marsh mallow cups

[Avista]

Since My mother was private secretary to President of Curtiss Candy Company, and I grew up on Curtiss Farm in Cary, Illinois, My favorite Candy Bar was BABY RUTH!

[BarryRX]

No wait --- I think it was really a Chunky - is that the right name - sounds weird. Awesome piece of chocolate with raisins and I believe it was square. Did it have nuts??? oh brother a senior moment. Help me out here.

My favorite also. They had a commercial done by Arnold Stang that went "Chunky...what a chunk of chocolate". They had Brazil nuts, roasted peanuts, and raisins in them. You can still buy them on the internet for about $1 each.

[BarryRX]

Yankee doodles, chunkys, Milky Way, and raisenettes.

[pookieroo]

I remember Mallow cups, which were marshmallow. All the rest were great too.

My favorite, probably only in the South were

Tom's peanut butter bars

[marianne237]

check out: Old Fashioned and Retro Candy - Home of Candy you ate as a kid® (http://www.oldtimecandy.com)

[kittygilchrist]

Now that I am a grown up, Gimme dark chocolate. Somebody ate my dark choc reeses on the sly and replaced them with milk chocolate ones.
That is Criminal behavior.

[Villages PL]

I never invested enough time eating junk to develop a favorite. I didn't think it was that important in the overall scheme of things. And I didn't get fat so I guess I should feel left out, but I don't. I feel healthy.

Eating candy promotes weight gain and diabetes.

:popcorn:

[Patty55]

I never invested enough time eating junk to develop a favorite. I didn't think it was that important in the overall scheme of things. And I didn't get fat so I guess I should feel left out, but I don't. I feel healthy.

Eating candy promotes weight gain and diabetes.

:popcorn:

I don't know, I've always thought Yankee Doodles were the breakfast of champions.

[kittygilchrist]

I never invested enough time eating junk to develop a favorite. I didn't think it was that important in the overall scheme of things. And I didn't get fat so I guess I should feel left out, but I don't. I feel healthy.

Eating candy promotes weight gain and diabetes.

:popcorn:

Green Tea, Red Wine and Chocolate - Dr. Andrew Weil (http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/VDR00104/Green-Tea-Red-Wine-and-Chocolate.html)

Contrer, saith dr. Weil...

[Villages PL]

I don't know, I've always thought Yankee Doodles were the breakfast of champions.

I assume you're joking. What's a Yankee doodle? Is that what the Yankees did when they went to the men's room? :)

[Villages PL]

Green Tea, Red Wine and Chocolate - Dr. Andrew Weil (http://www.drweil.com/drw/u/VDR00104/Green-Tea-Red-Wine-and-Chocolate.html)

Contrer, saith dr. Weil...

Thanks, I was just checking out his anti-inflammation food pyramid. I see plain dark chocolate at the very top. But what does he mean by plain? Does he mean sugarless? If so, why didn't he just say, "sugarless dark chocolate"? Did he purposely leave it open to misinterpretation? Sugar promotes inflammation.

I occasionally buy a bar of baking chocolate (it's sugarless of course). Then once or twice a week I'll melt a small amount (thumb-nail size) in cooked steel-cut oats. Then I'll add some chopped nuts. Mmmm! I guess you could say that's my favorite chocolate bar.

[Patty55]

I assume you're joking. What's a Yankee doodle? Is that what the Yankees did when they went to the men's room? :)

Nope, not joking, but I only ate the organic not farmed version. It's all good.

[kittygilchrist]

Thanks, I was just checking out his anti-inflammation food pyramid. I see plain dark chocolate at the very top. But what does he mean by plain? Does he mean sugarless? If so, why didn't he just say, "sugarless dark chocolate"? Did he purposely leave it open to misinterpretation? Sugar promotes inflammation.

I occasionally buy a bar of baking chocolate (it's sugarless of course). Then once or twice a week I'll melt a small amount (thumb-nail size) in cooked steel-cut oats. Then I'll add some chopped nuts. Mmmm! I guess you could say that's my favorite chocolate bar.

Now you are talking!

[Villages PL]

Nope, not joking, but I only ate the organic not farmed version. It's all good.

Was it a sugary breakfast cereal?

[rubicon]

Snickers

Mike: a snicker's salesman wouldn't that be a great job. I mean how hard would it be to convince someone to try snicker bar

[birdawg]

I assume you're joking. What's a Yankee doodle? Is that what the Yankees did when they went to the men's room? :)

They were 3 cup cakes Made by a company called Drakes Cakes. Devils food cake with a fluffy light cream in the middle. Delicious

[KayakerNC]

http://bronxnostalgia.homestead.com/yankee_doodle_sm.jpg

[TheVillageChicken]

The old Mars bar...with two whole almonds on top. Cost a nickel in 1950.

[Didiwinbob]

Root Beer Popsicles in the summer. Chocolate covered cherries anytime they were available

[Villages PL]

http://bronxnostalgia.homestead.com/yankee_doodle_sm.jpg

Breakfast? Holy Cow! One could get diabetes just looking at it.

[Patty55]

Breakfast? Holy Cow! One could get diabetes just looking at it.

I could be wrong, and if I am I'm sure you won't hesitate to inform me but I think if your pancreas is functioning normally a cupcake now and then isn't a death sentence. Don't forget, we had the organic free range Yankee Doodles.:a040:

I prefer to think that having a Yankee Doodle/Devil Dog/Yodel breakfast provides immunity.

[Villages PL]

I could be wrong, and if I am I'm sure you won't hesitate to inform me but I think if your pancreas is functioning normally a cupcake now and then isn't a death sentence. Don't forget, we had the organic free range Yankee Doodles.:a040:

I prefer to think that having a Yankee Doodle/Devil Dog/Yodel breakfast provides immunity.

My brother was always very lean and healthy in his younger years. But it seems he developed a "sweet-tooth" as he got older and slowly gained a lot of weight over several decades. I think that suggests he may have developed insulin resistance, overworking his pancreas. And lots of sugar kept his body acidic which cancer thrives on. I don't know if he developed diabetes but he died of pancreatic cancer and there was never any family history of this.

It just shows that the risk is there even if one supposedly has good genes.

[Bruiser1]

Mike: a snicker's salesman wouldn't that be a great job. I mean how hard would it be to convince someone to try snicker bar

Snickers always popular but Pearson's Nut Goodie:a040:

[gpirate]

Frosty Malts at the local drug store cost a dime and added bag of salted peanuts for 5 cents more.

[redwitch]

Never thought I'd say it but I wanna be a kid growing up in America. Your treats really sound yummy and fun to eat. Color me green.

Was here as a teen and then it was Hostess cup cakes, potato chips and, of course, Coke (never, ever Pepsi).

[willie72]

I loved the 7-up candy bar but it was 10 cents and most of the time I only had a nickel to spend on candy.

[elbear]

Green 2 cent suckers, black licorice bAbies,

[tomwed]

I'm going off topic - so bare with me.

When you got older didn't you feel sorry for the candy store owner who waited for you to pick out 10 cents worth of penny candy; looking each piece over and changing the order every 30 seconds?

Dear Mr. Henkel,
I'm sure you're in heaven. Thank-you for your good deeds and not going postal.

[Patty55]

I'm going off topic - so bare with me.

When you got older didn't you feel sorry for the candy store owner who waited for you to pick out 10 cents worth of penny candy; looking each piece over and changing the order every 30 seconds?

Dear Mr. Henkel,
I'm sure you're in heaven. Thank-you for your good deeds and not going postal.

I never thought about that. How about the ice cream truck guy where we study the menu (that never changed) everyday.

[Barefoot]

I never invested enough time eating junk to develop a favorite. I didn't think it was that important in the overall scheme of things. And I didn't get fat so I guess I should feel left out, but I don't. I feel healthy. Eating candy promotes weight gain and diabetes.

This is supposed to be a fun thread about childhood memories of treats. :ohdear:

[Yung Dum]

One of my favorite candies was Good N' Plenty, which was kind of odd since I didn't like licorice on it's own. Also loved Jawbreakers.

[tomwed]

i forgot about chuckles. i ate them in order from favorite to least favorite.

[dillywho]

Am I the only one who remembers the redskin peanuts that came in the red round box? They cost a nickel and sometimes if you were lucky, there would be anywhere from a nickel to a dollar bill (dollars were very rare!) inside. Love a sack of salted peanuts in a Coke, too. I've never been much of a sweet-eater, but I do like:

Dark Chocolate with Red Wine
Chocolate Covered Cherries
York Patties or Junior Mints
Mounds

Treat? Strange as it may seem to most, I used to bug my mother anytime she made biscuits for some of the dough. Mmmm...can taste it now! I used to make my own biscuits until the others came along and I got lazy. Always had to have some of mine, too. Don't trust the commercial ones, though.

[chachacha]

Goldberg's Peanut chew's

wow, i was going to post Chunkies candy bars but all the memories of the other posts reminded me of so many others! goldberg's peanut chews! i hadn't thought of them in years but i used to LOVE them! also Mounds....also banana peanuts, also marshmallow and coconut covered choc cupcakes (snoballs?) i had a real sweet tooth :)

[Halibut]

This is a little obscure, but I used to love Big Cherry! Brown & Haley makes the similar Cherry Mountain.

[Barefoot]

check out: Old Fashioned and Retro Candy - Home of Candy you ate as a kid® (http://www.oldtimecandy.com)

That's a great website, very nostalgic.
I forgot all about boxes of cracker jack. Yum.
Crispy Crunch was my favorite chocolate bar.

[DigitalGranny]

French Chews -bars of vanilla taffy dusted with corn starch and confectioners sugar. Lasted through the whole movie!

[tomwed]

Sen-Sen

[Lauren Sweeny]

Clark Bars also Bit o Honey .Guess I loved them but they stuck in your teeth,cannot have them now too many caps[emoji31]

[Villages PL]

This is supposed to be a fun thread about childhood memories of treats. :ohdear:

So, you are assuming I didn't have fun? Now you spoiled my fun.

[Barefoot]

I never invested enough time eating junk to develop a favorite. I didn't think it was that important in the overall scheme of things. And I didn't get fat so I guess I should feel left out, but I don't. I feel healthy. Eating candy promotes weight gain and diabetes.

This is supposed to be a fun thread about childhood memories of treats. :ohdear:

So, you are assuming I didn't have fun? Now you spoiled my fun.

Since you asked, no, I don't think your post which I referenced was meant in fun at all.
We are all talking about treats we enjoyed when we were kids.
I don't see how the statement "I feel healthy. Eating candy promotes weight gain and diabetes" is meant to do anything other than make people feel guilty.

[KayakerNC]

Since you asked, no, I don't think your post which I referenced was meant in fun at all.
We are all talking about treats we enjoyed when we were kids.
I don't see how the statement "I feel healthy. Eating candy promotes weight gain and diabetes" is meant to do anything other than make people feel guilty.

:agree:

[Villages PL]

Since you asked, no, I don't think your post which I referenced was meant in fun at all.
We are all talking about treats we enjoyed when we were kids.
I don't see how the statement "I feel healthy. Eating candy promotes weight gain and diabetes" is meant to do anything other than make people feel guilty.

I didn't realize the rules are so strict that I'm not allowed to express what's important to me. Fun to me is being healthy. And a word of caution shouldn't hurt, but help people to realize that the past is the past. Reminiscing is fine, in my opinion, as long as the purpose isn't to rekindle a desire to start indulging again, as some might have done as a child. We all did dumb things as kids, like eat candy. I ate some too.

Now don't forget folks, I'm not the one making a big thing out of this. I'm simply responding to an attack.

[Lauren Sweeny]

The fact that most of us are seniors from different states now living in TV allows us to reminisce about many subjects. Discovering that other folks shared similar experiences ( such as candy, prom, music etc) is a pleasant validating experience for most readers of this site
. Yes everyone is permitted to vent,rant,or give their opinion about these subjects...it makes for interesting reading to find out some of the views ( some new some old or unique).
Hopefully posts are for self expression and not for attacking a view .
Ones experiences with flavor or brands of Candy are meant to be a nostalgic" flash from the past " to see who among us inTV had similar likes,dislikes of their candy choices and discover some sort of commonality .

[tkret]

Rum Candy :a040::beer3:

[jdsl1998]

Root Beer Popsicles in the summer. Chocolate covered cherries anytime they were available

I keep looking for boxes with ONLY rootbeer popsicles. Always thought they would sell well.

[Lauren Sweeny]

Pink Owl gum cigars,just the pink or turquoise colors Not the yellow ones! Still like Bazooka bubble gum but need to chew 3 to get the really big bubbles ! Always worry about my fillings and caps but love the bubble gum!

[DigitalGranny]

Oh I had completely forgotten the bubble gum cigars! That was the best bubble gum!

[Jaggy]

No.. the best bubble gum was Chum Gum...

[KayakerNC]

No.. the best bubble gum was Chum Gum...


Nope. Topps!
Not because the gum was better, but the trading cards were better than money at school.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MR4e2yLoZgw/Tf_pNdLz4JI/AAAAAAAAHIE/QKPfHurVWU4/s1600/Topps+Wax+Pack.jpg

[howardandsheila]

Love Bun Bars (round of course). Vanilla was okay but maple was fav.
Just found them in a local grocery store. They seem much smaller now and much more expensive.
But still taste great!!!

[Lauren Sweeny]

I suppose you could call them candy....wax lips ?? I also liked the unusual flavored candy cigarettes... So grown up at the time...who knew!?

[dbussone]

Penny "Squirrel" bites - chewy nougat with nuts

[tomwed]

Nope. Topps!
Not because the gum was better, but the trading cards were better than money at school.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MR4e2yLoZgw/Tf_pNdLz4JI/AAAAAAAAHIE/QKPfHurVWU4/s1600/Topps+Wax+Pack.jpg

The local Dairy Queen owner sometimes left his son in charge. The kid was a big Pirates fan and would trade me a cone for a Pirate card.

[dbussone]

You got the better of that deal. Although the pirates were in the top 10 of my favorite teams. I've always been a fan of DQ.

[Barefoot]

No.. the best bubble gum was Chum Gum...


Double Bubble :eclipsee_gold_cup:

[Miles42]

Chukies what a chunk o chocolate