Candy from the Old Days!

Dahlia

Garden Addicted
Joined
Nov 24, 2020
Messages
1,802
Reaction score
4,875
Points
205
Location
Pacific Northwest
I forgot about the candy dots on paper! There was a cute little downtown shop in CA that sold those. Oh, and I do remember the Jolly Rancher thin bars that were like 4 inches long by 2 inches wide and my favorite was cinnamon!
Tootsie roll pops were one of my favorites to get in my candy bag on Halloween! Thanks for going down candy memory lane!
 

Dahlia

Garden Addicted
Joined
Nov 24, 2020
Messages
1,802
Reaction score
4,875
Points
205
Location
Pacific Northwest
Red Hots

&

Good and Plenty.

Almost an addiction … I also was given horehound candy once while trick-or-treating and finally found them as a teenager when shopping by myself could include a candy store. ;)

digits’
I too liked the red hots! Never tried the other two. I especially liked to use the red hots for gingerbread house decoration!
 

flowerbug

Garden Master
Joined
Oct 15, 2017
Messages
16,995
Reaction score
26,696
Points
427
Location
mid-Michigan, USoA
Do ya'll remember Pop Rocks, Gobstoppers, and ring pops?!
What candies from the older days can you remember?

all of them! i've always had a very dedicated sweet-tooth even if i've not eaten a lot of them for many years i still remember, plus i've made candies of various kinds.

i can also say that my recent samples (Halloween just went by and my brother had some leftover candy he gave to Mom today and she brought it home and i just happened to have gotten up for a snack so i sampled the bag and ate about half of them -- oops) of several candy bars that they are not as good as they used to be. yes, i'm pickier but i also have a good memory of tastes and textures and they're not the same. the only thing that really helped most of them is that i was having some peanuts with them to give them some actual flavor besides sweet.
 

Shades-of-Oregon

Deeply Rooted
Joined
Jul 22, 2024
Messages
939
Reaction score
2,777
Points
145
Candy from the past is priceless. A nickel, dime, and penny candy. On Amazon a pack of 24 I cup o’ gold - $32.99.
That is $1.33 each. Yikes and I bet they are smaller too. Called Shrinkflation..Even loaves of bread are half a loaf and twice the price - Shrinkflation.

Here’s fav candies ..A blast from the past.
 

Attachments

  • IMG_5492.jpeg
    IMG_5492.jpeg
    123.8 KB · Views: 22
  • IMG_5491.jpeg
    IMG_5491.jpeg
    110.9 KB · Views: 13
  • IMG_5490.jpeg
    IMG_5490.jpeg
    231.3 KB · Views: 12

Dahlia

Garden Addicted
Joined
Nov 24, 2020
Messages
1,802
Reaction score
4,875
Points
205
Location
Pacific Northwest
Candy from the past is priceless. A nickel, dime, and penny candy. On Amazon a pack of 24 I cup o’ gold - $32.99.
That is $1.33 each. Yikes and I bet they are smaller too. Called Shrinkflation..Even loaves of bread are half a loaf and twice the price - Shrinkflation.

Here’s fav candies ..A blast from the past.
Oh how could I forget Pez and those so cute candy dispensers!!! 😍
 
Top