Anonymous wrote:Button candy!

Thank you! I was trying to remember what things were called. Another I enjoyed more for the novelty. Most satisfying when you could get the cleanly off the paper. So fun!

-Op

Squirrel nut zippers, also made by NECCO.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in India and I loved Poppins. Indian peeps of a certain age will know.

OP here — is there a place you can find them here?

I pretty much have to order NECCO wafers online now if I want them. They seem expensive. I’ve bought them once that way but the prices for other candy packages are similarly priced. I placed my second order in 3
years for them today. I can’t wait until they arrive.

I believe the original Poppins were discontinued. I’ll ask family back in India what the situation is now.

Peanut chews!

I have seen all of the above at Yummies in Kittery, Maine. They have a website too. I order Skybars from them if I haven't bought enough when I go there in the summer.

Button candy!

Charleston Chews are my favorite!

Nerds. Now & Laters.

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

Mary Janes
Little rectangular pieces of semi-hard candy. Peanut butter and honey I think? No chocolate and just barely sweet.

Satellites! They were colored wafers, shaped like a UFO with hard round sprinkles inside.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in India and I loved Poppins. Indian peeps of a certain age will know.

Wax coke bottles containing liquid sweeten water.

Jar breakers.

Ooh! I should add Fireballs to the list!

Those wax coke bottles not a fan BUT they were a fun experience!

-OP

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in India and I loved Poppins. Indian peeps of a certain age will know.

OP here — is there a place you can find them here?

I pretty much have to order NECCO wafers online now if I want them. They seem expensive. I’ve bought them once that way but the prices for other candy packages are similarly priced. I placed my second order in 3
years for them today. I can’t wait until they arrive.

Anonymous wrote:I grew up in India and I loved Poppins. Indian peeps of a certain age will know.

Wax coke bottles containing liquid sweeten water.

Jar breakers.

I grew up in India and I loved Poppins. Indian peeps of a certain age will know.

For me it’s NECCO wafers and licorice (not the red candy sometimes called red licorice). I never had these often but I really enjoy them when I do. They make me a bit sentimental too.

There are others that I don’t like near as much but they send me back in time even when I just see them.

The original NE
Candy Co sold the NECCO wafer recipe after a brief period when they were no longer being manufactured. Thank goodness!

What are your favorite old-timey candies?