Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 23:17     Subject: Re:1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Marathon bars, Alexander the Grape (loved), Boston baked beans (which I hated), and individually-wrapped root beer barrels
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 23:05     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/


Nooooooooooo!
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 23:03     Subject: Re:1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Whistle pops!


Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 22:58     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
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Anonymous wrote:Remember those disgusting taffies that were black and orange? Some things are better left in the past.


Oh I loved those!! They had a weird peanut butter flavor.


I loved them too. The black ones were licorice and the orange were the weird peanut butter.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 21:51     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
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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!).

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


NP. I lived in a great neighborhood. And no one was allowed to eat caramel apples or popcorn balls due to fear of razor blades or poison in them. It was weird paranoia, but it was definitely a thing -- in all neighborhoods. You may have predated it.


The 1983 Tylenol scare changed everything, including Halloween.


Meant 1982. Knew it was in the fall but forgot the year.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 21:50     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Anonymous wrote:
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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!).

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


NP. I lived in a great neighborhood. And no one was allowed to eat caramel apples or popcorn balls due to fear of razor blades or poison in them. It was weird paranoia, but it was definitely a thing -- in all neighborhoods. You may have predated it.


The 1983 Tylenol scare changed everything, including Halloween.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 21:37     Subject: Re:1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Anonymous wrote:Almost embarrassed to say this, but I LOVED those little wax tubes that were filled with sugary syrup. Does anyone else remember those?


Yes! Nik L Nip wax sticks. I loved chewing on the wax.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 21:08     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Satellite Wafers - like communion with sprinkles inside. https://www.oldtimecandy.com/collections/walk-the-candy-aisle-satellite-wafers
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 20:44     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Necco wafers! I was convinced that the different colors had different flavors and that the gray ones were the best, when, in reality, they all tasted like chalk.

I still want a gray cat called Necco, though.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 20:41     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Anonymous wrote:
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.


NP. I lived in a great neighborhood. And no one was allowed to eat caramel apples or popcorn balls due to fear of razor blades or poison in them. It was weird paranoia, but it was definitely a thing -- in all neighborhoods. You may have predated it.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 20:36     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Anonymous wrote:
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!


Same here and we ate them, but we didn't covet them as much as we did the manufactured and heavily advertised candy. Delicious homemade baked goods? We could get those any time.
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 20:18     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Nibs (small twizzler pieces)
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 20:15     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Remember the gum cigarettes?! You blew out and a puff of sugar came out!! Also pipe cleaners!
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 20:13     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
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Anonymous wrote:Weren't there 100,000 bars or something like that? And Sweeties.


There was a 100 Grand candy bar that had peanuts, chocolate, and caramel. Is that what you're thinking of?


Yes! It was my fave.


100 grand does not have peanuts it has crunch bar bits like a crunch/krackel bar.

to add to the list:

nerds (still around but not as abundant)
pixie sticks
fun dip
bit o honey
almond joy and mounds
butterfingers
baby ruth
crunch
weird flavored tootsie rolls like cherry, orange, and vanilla
sweet tarts
blow pops (only get tootsie pops now) and gum in general
sugar babies
sugar daddies
red hots
warheads
fireballs


Were there Coke flavored tootsie rolls at some point? I feel like I'm remembering that.


There were little bottles of Coca-Cola that you could eat. Anyone else remember this?


Yes! Also made of wax! You bit off the top and sucked the fluid!
Anonymous
Post 10/30/2023 20:11     Subject: 1970s-1980s Halloween candy
Anonymous wrote:Runts, sprees, candy necklaces, warheads,
Pop rocks, gobstoppers, warheads, those orange pumpkins that were made out of candy corn, those strawberry candies with a gooey center in the foil strawberry wrapper, Kraft cellophane wrapped caramels


Lol. These were always in my nanna’s pocketbook! Old lady candy for sure!

What about those candy dots on the roll of paper and Pennies that were wrapped in tissue paper to look like a ghost (the worst !)