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

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).

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.

Green 2 cent suckers, black licorice bAbies,

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.

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

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.

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

Peanuts
 

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.

memories!
 

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 :)

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

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

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

Sen-Sen

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

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

:agree:

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.

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 .

Rum Candy :a040::beer3:

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

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!

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

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.

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Maple Bun Bars
 

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!!!

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!?

Penny "Squirrel" bites - chewy nougat with nuts

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.

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.

Double Bubble :eclipsee_gold_cup:

Chukies what a chunk o chocolate