Old People Candy

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Toffee

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Anonymous wrote:Awww this thread brings back warm memories of grandma's house. She also had those caramel rolls...kinda !like tootsie rolls but different flavors inside like raspberry etc.

Royals, or something like that? I'd forgotten about those, but loved them as a child!

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Hard candy really must have been a generational thing.

Both sets of my grandparents had glass candy dishes, with covers (one was shaped like an urn), which they'd set out on a table somewhere in the living room and it was always filled with various hard candies mentioned on here. I remember trying some of it as a child but not developing any particular affection for them. My father once commented that his parents' generation (pre WWII) grew up with hard candy and trips to candy shops, while his generation (1950s) favored chocolate candy bars over hard candy.

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I love this thread. Makes me want to watch the candy store scene in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory!

My Nana always had Nips and Ande's mints. And the aforementioned Christmas hard candy. Pick up one and about 10 are stuck together!

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Fisherman's Friend
Korean Red Ginseng
Necco's Wafers
Now&Laters

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Awww this thread brings back warm memories of grandma's house. She also had those caramel rolls...kinda !like tootsie rolls but different flavors inside like raspberry etc.

Royals, or something like that? I'd forgotten about those, but loved them as a child!

Remember when there were always big open bins of brachs candies in the grocery store? There were always several bins of those caramel things.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Awww this thread brings back warm memories of grandma's house. She also had those caramel rolls...kinda !like tootsie rolls but different flavors inside like raspberry etc.

Royals, or something like that? I'd forgotten about those, but loved them as a child!

Remember when there were always big open bins of brachs candies in the grocery store? There were always several bins of those caramel things.

Yes! Why don't they have those anymore? Or the red-dyed pistachios? You'd get a little bag of those, and then go with your mom to write a check for the groceries

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Necco wafers.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Awww this thread brings back warm memories of grandma's house. She also had those caramel rolls...kinda !like tootsie rolls but different flavors inside like raspberry etc.

Royals, or something like that? I'd forgotten about those, but loved them as a child!

Remember when there were always big open bins of brachs candies in the grocery store? There were always several bins of those caramel things.

Yes! Why don't they have those anymore? Or the red-dyed pistachios? You'd get a little bag of those, and then go with your mom to write a check for the groceries

You lived my life!

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Those candies with the strawberry wrappers.

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Anonymous wrote:Andes candies (chocolate with green mint line in the middle)

I love those- I forgot all about them!

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Anonymous wrote:My old dad loves licorice drops. Ew.

My old dad loves these too. And licorice good and plenty!

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Really random, but today i visited the only historical candy shop in America. The owner was there and i spoke to her and she is a candy historian. I shit you not, they sold little grandma purses full of old fashioned grandma candy.

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Anonymous wrote:Really random, but today i visited the only historical candy shop in America. The owner was there and i spoke to her and she is a candy historian. I shit you not, they sold little grandma purses full of old fashioned grandma candy.

where is this?

both sets of my grandparents had various hard candies (butterscotch, the strawberry wrapped ones, just solid colored hard drops), nips (still love those!) and andes candies. i also associate bit o honey and those peanut butter taffies with older generations.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Andes candies (chocolate with green mint line in the middle)

I love those- I forgot all about them!

I make the best Christmas cookies- with half of an Andre mint melted on top of each chocolate cookie.

My favorite candy is Mary Janes. I thought k of them as old people! Also those sweet honey sesame candies? Yumz