[Didiwinbob]

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

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by KayakerNC

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

[Patty55]

Originally Posted by Villages PL

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.

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

[Villages PL]

Originally Posted by Patty55

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.

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]

Originally Posted by rubicon

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

[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]

Originally Posted by 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.

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

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by 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.

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

[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.