Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 15:13     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Anonymous wrote:The taffy on a stick were called B-B-Bats...recently discontinued ...loved those suckers...literally

https://www.snackhistory.com/bb-bats/


Noooo these were the worst to get along with Sugar Daddies. Also blah were any of the Brachs candies.

My favorite were always the little boxes of chiclets gum. It just had 2 pieces.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 15:02     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
The last time I went trick or treating was in 1981.

Peppermint patties
candy corn
tootsie rolls
peanut butter cups (yuk, hated those)
hard candy pops with chewy stuff inside (can't remember name)

and a belly ache.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 14:40     Subject: Re:1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Anonymous wrote:Loved the jolly rancher sticks - watermelon and cherry.

Every year we received the life savers story book in our Christmas stockings. I know they have a smaller version now, but it's not the variety pack.


Adding
Lemonheads
Sixlets


We always got the lifesaver books in our xmas stockings too. The butter rum lifesavers are the flavor of xmas for me, never had them any other time.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 13:59     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Anonymous wrote:I remember carrying a cardboard UNICEF box to collect change. Anyone else do that?


I saw kids doing this and felt bad for them. I always collected candy.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 11:54     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
I remember we had neighbors who would just put handfulls of candy corn in our bags. My mom wouldn't let us eat those, lol.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 11:47     Subject: Re:1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Loved the jolly rancher sticks - watermelon and cherry.

Every year we received the life savers story book in our Christmas stockings. I know they have a smaller version now, but it's not the variety pack.


Adding
Lemonheads
Sixlets
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 11:26     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
OP here. My favorite memory I missed was the 5 pack lifesavers. You could kind of hide those in your pocket to eat in church or school
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 11:25     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Goldenbergs peanut chews in a brown and red wrapper. Always the last thing I ate. Chocolate stuck to your teeth
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 11:11     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
I remember carrying a cardboard UNICEF box to collect change. Anyone else do that?
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 10:30     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Anonymous wrote:I was thinking back to my Halloween candy as a kid. There was a lot more variety. Less chocolate but here is what’s missing nowadays

Chiclets

Gum of any kind but especially double bubble and rainblow

Black and orange square shaped crinkley see thry packs that had black and orange cinnamon hot circle candies

Candy corn in the same packages above
3 peices to a pack

SweeTarts in paper packages 3 to a pack

Rectangle taffy on a stick. I remember the flavors were vanilla strawbeeey chocolate and banana

Slim Jim taffy. Paper wrapper I remember green apple flavors kinda like a now n layer but chewy

What am I missing?


Haven’t read others replies and I recall good and plenty (the worst…black licorice), blow pops, now or laters in green apple, water melon and cherry (break your teeth now or later). There were also some small balls covered in what looked like coconut crumbs. Didn’t eat them. Mounds, baby Ruth, almond Joy too.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 10:30     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Anonymous wrote:Abba Zabbas: white taffy bars with peanut butter inside.

Jolly Rancher sticks. Lemon and green apple.(Thinking about the green apple is making my mouth water.)

Taffy pieces and caramel squares.

Small packs of lifesavers, with like 5 in the pack.

Necco Wafers, Pixie Sticks: did not eat these, though.


I LOVED Abba Zabbas.

Also all the wax things - wax lips, wax bottles with liquid in them
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 10:26     Subject: Re:1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Almost embarrassed to say this, but I LOVED those little wax tubes that were filled with sugary syrup. Does anyone else remember those?
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 10:00     Subject: Re:1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Those nasty muted peanut buttery tasting things. I don't remember the name.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 09:43     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
brach’s hard candies
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 09:30     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Razzles were my favorite, as a gum chewer who liked to swallow the gum

I also loved getting a candy necklace, or candy ring! (I mean the kind like candy necklace, not the lollipop ring pops that are still sold.)