1970s-1980s Halloween candy

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Airheads

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Fireballs

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Capri sun

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I remember people actually giving out homemade sweets like caramel apples and popcorn balls. We loved them and no one freaked out about “unwrapped” treats.

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Bazooka Joe Bubble Gum - wrapped with a comic!

My brother loved Big League Chew gum, and would try to keep an eye on how much he had because my sister and I would sneak it.

Bubblicious Watermelon can't be beat

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Anonymous wrote:I remember people actually giving out homemade sweets like caramel apples and popcorn balls. We loved them and no one freaked out about “unwrapped” treats.

You had bad parents. Weren't they concerned about razors and needles in the candy? The only unwrapped food items my parents would let us eat were the popcorn balls that my next door neighbor made (nobody wanted these anyway, yuck!).

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Anonymous wrote:Razzles

Wax bottles with sweet liquid inside— you would bite the top off and spit out the wax. Then you would drink.
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Dots

Wax lips

Wax gum— yuck!

Never EVER would you get a full sized candy bar

Family down the street would pop popcorn and the whole neighborhood would stick their grimy hand in the bowl to take some.

You win with Razzles!

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Everlasting gobstoppers...big jawbreaker candies with a different flavor at each layer

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember people actually giving out homemade sweets like caramel apples and popcorn balls. We loved them and no one freaked out about “unwrapped” treats.

You had bad parents. Weren't they concerned about razors and needles in the candy? The only unwrapped food items my parents would let us eat were the popcorn balls that my next door neighbor made (nobody wanted these anyway, yuck!).

We lived in a great neighborhood! Sorry you didn’t.

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Mr. Bones candy that came in a coffin! Yes, I used to put the skeleton together before I ate it...
https://www.snackhistory.com/mr-bones-candy/

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Anonymous wrote:Sugar Daddies and Babies

Man, haven’t seen these in ages!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I remember people actually giving out homemade sweets like caramel apples and popcorn balls. We loved them and no one freaked out about “unwrapped” treats.

You had bad parents. Weren't they concerned about razors and needles in the candy? The only unwrapped food items my parents would let us eat were the popcorn balls that my next door neighbor made (nobody wanted these anyway, yuck!).

Total urban myth that seemed to get more press in the mid 80s. My 1970s parents never worried about this. We got caramel apples, popcorn balls, and one neighbor had freshly-made donuts. Yum!

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Whoppers (milk chocolate balls)
Squirrel Nuts

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Anonymous wrote:Capri sun

Never had drinks put in bags!

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Malted milk balls.