Old fashioned candy/treats. (peanut, sugar, cinnamon, teeth)

[Jkgourmet]

Great site for this stuff is Old Time Candy.

Warning: the Bonomo's Turkish Taffy that has reappeared doesn't taste the same. Well, the Vanilla and the banana did, but the strawberry seemed way sweeter to me. Maybe my taste buds have changed.

But it's fun to walk down the aisles on this site, or you can go by decade.

[jlawrence01]

Originally Posted by P47P47

I ran across it when my wife and I were in Cleveland two months ago. There was an advertising pamphlet for it in the lobby of the motel where we stayed. It was on the way to where we were going, so we stopped there. Very impressive. Certainly the biggest candy store I'd been in. They had two kinds of clove candy and Adam's clove chewing gum.

Without delving too far off topic, there are other interesting places in the Cleveland area like the Alladin pita bread bakery that are worth a stop on your pass through.

Each city has a variety of unique "eats" that mist locals can inform you of.

I would agree with you that B.A. Sweeties is a MUST stop off of I-90.

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That Turkish Taffy stuff is alright and is available at 5 Below Atres. However, Doscher's French Chews are a lot better.

Doscher's Candies - Downtown - Cincinnati, OH | Yelp

[P47P47]

Originally Posted by jlawrence01

Without delving too far off topic, there are other interesting places in the Cleveland area like the Alladin pita bread bakery that are worth a stop on your pass through.

Each city has a variety of unique "eats" that mist locals can inform you of.

We were on our way from B. A. Sweetie to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History when we happened to spot a sign for the "A Christmas Story" house. Had to stop there, too.


In Baltimore, the notable local sweets would be Goetze (say "Gets") caramel creams (made here, but available nationwide), Berger cookies, Mary Sue Easter eggs, and Rheb's candies.

[Blinx]

Originally Posted by momtothree

I adored rock candy and maple sugar treats as a kid. I know you can make rock candy nowadays but I loved picking out the sparkling rock candy on a string as a kid.

I LOVE maple sugar candy -- never had any as a kid, but went crazy for it the first time I visited New England. Now, any time I head north, I make sure to bring some back.

Rock candy was too hard and pointy for me.

I did go to a penny candy store as a kid -- loved Mary Janes, small jaw breakers, dots on paper, and those stretchy candy necklaces (but they cost more).

[jasper12]

Anyone driving through Montana needs to go to Phillipsburg, there is a huge old fashioned candy store there, they make fresh taffy, fudge, brittles...off the beaten track, but worth a drive off I 90 to go there.
http://www.sweetpalace.com/

[Dirt Grinder]

I love "Banana Splits" - those chunky, soft, and chewy taffies wrapped in yellow wax paper. I still see them on occasion.

[DaniellaG]

I remember Lik a Maid where you dip the candy stick which you lick into colored sugar coating.
Push pops and ring pops
Bubble tape
This is a cookie/candy but PB Maxx
The candy necklaces but they had candy rings and bracelets too

[Heidi60]

I find Claey's hard candies at the Dollar Store and Michael's Craft Store.

I like the horehound and cherry flavors best.

[mainebrokerman]

Originally Posted by Dirt Grinder

I love "Banana Splits" - those chunky, soft, and chewy taffies wrapped in yellow wax paper. I still see them on occasion.

i liked these too, and the minty green ones too, also liked the squirrel nutty candies

i liked marathon bars,,,charleston chews, and hersheys and swedish fish




i love sweets,,,and still love candy but try not to eat it,,,love the twix bars, kit kats,


sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you dont

[brokencrayola]

I remember Clove, Blackjack, and Chicklets gum. I also remember Zero candy bars, Black Cows, and Sugar Daddy caramels bars (which could pull every cavity in your mouth out).