Just for fun: Favorite Old-Time Candies

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Goobers comes to mind. I don't remember if I liked them or not, but the name is good.

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Anonymous wrote:Tart n Tinys

A chain buffet steakhouse near my childhood home had these on the soft serve bar! Love them!

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Anonymous wrote:My mom and I think we are the only people propping up Good & Plenty. Does anyone else like them? She used to hide it from me when I was little. Now my DS and I live with her and she still hides it. I told her my son doesn't like it but it's just a habit now. Lol.

My mom and I love them too! We always share a box when we go to the movies.

I definitely associate some candies with movie concessions (Good n Plenty, Junior Mints, …). I don’t know if they still have all what I think of as standard movie candies. I just imagine that they do.

My family would buy Andes mints at holiday time. I used to think they were so fancy.

Andes! We used to build little cabins out of them at holidays while the grownups dragged out coffee and dessert for hours.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom and I think we are the only people propping up Good & Plenty. Does anyone else like them? She used to hide it from me when I was little. Now my DS and I live with her and she still hides it. I told her my son doesn't like it but it's just a habit now. Lol.

My siblings and I love them! Our tongues would be pink and white from sucking on the outside and then chewing the licorice inside.

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Anonymous wrote:My mom and I think we are the only people propping up Good & Plenty. Does anyone else like them? She used to hide it from me when I was little. Now my DS and I live with her and she still hides it. I told her my son doesn't like it but it's just a habit now. Lol.

My mom and I love them too! We always share a box when we go to the movies.

I definitely associate some candies with movie concessions (Good n Plenty, Junior Mints, …). I don’t know if they still have all what I think of as standard movie candies. I just imagine that they do.

My family would buy Andes mints at holiday time. I used to think they were so fancy.

Andes! We used to build little cabins out of them at holidays while the grownups dragged out coffee and dessert for hours.

We built with them too. Irrestible shiny building tiles

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Anonymous wrote:Nerds. Now & Laters.

My sister loved candy cigarettes and my mother bought them for her, lol. My, how things have changed.

I thought for sure they couldn’t sell candy cigarettes anymore, but I was wrong. One of my friends told me maybe 5 years ago that her kids received some while trick-or-treating. They’re still sold. You can order them off Amazon.

[Anonymous]

Topps bubble gum juice cartons. Orange and apple juice.

https://dinosaurdracula.com/blog/topps-bubble-gum-juice-cartons/

[Anonymous]

BB bats. They were a hard taffy on a stick. I think there was chocolate, strawberry or banana.

[Anonymous]

I thought this thread was going to be about shoes. I still have mine. Love them.

[Anonymous]

There's an old-fashioned variety store in Alexandria, not far from Mount Vernon, on Fort Hunt Road in an oid strip shopping center. The shop is called, I think, Hollin Hall Variety Store. It has an aisle with small baskets of a lot of the candies mentioned on this thread, and you purchase them by weight. I'm sure there must be other and bigger shops in the region selling nostalgic candies too (i know, you can order this stuff online if it still exists but it's fun to go in and see it in the shop!).

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Anonymous wrote:Goobers comes to mind. I don't remember if I liked them or not, but the name is good.

Oooh! This reminded me of Whoopers even though they are not remotely the same. Chocolate covered malt balls in a milk carton.

It also reminded me of Slowpokes. Caramel on a stick!

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Anonymous wrote:My mom and I think we are the only people propping up Good & Plenty. Does anyone else like them? She used to hide it from me when I was little. Now my DS and I live with her and she still hides it. I told her my son doesn't like it but it's just a habit now. Lol.

My mom and I love them too! We always share a box when we go to the movies.

I definitely associate some candies with movie concessions (Good n Plenty, Junior Mints, …). I don’t know if they still have all what I think of as standard movie candies. I just imagine that they do.

My family would buy Andes mints at holiday time. I used to think they were so fancy.

Andes! We used to build little cabins out of them at holidays while the grownups dragged out coffee and dessert for hours.

Awesome!

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Anonymous wrote:
There's an old-fashioned variety store in Alexandria, not far from Mount Vernon, on Fort Hunt Road in an oid strip shopping center. The shop is called, I think, Hollin Hall Variety Store. It has an aisle with small baskets of a lot of the candies mentioned on this thread, and you purchase them by weight. I'm sure there must be other and bigger shops in the region selling nostalgic candies too (i know, you can order this stuff online if it still exists but it's fun to go in and see it in the shop!).

Will have to try and remember that.

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Anonymous wrote:Ice Cubes we’re awesome

Loved these. I had them pretty recently. Taste exactly the same, ultra sweet cube of chocolate that seems to melt in your mouth.

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Most of these are still around, you just have to find a kitschy candy store that sells them.