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View Poll Results: What kind of Candy do you like from 1940's, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's?
Big Hunk 14 10.77%
Boston Baked Beans 36 27.69%
Bubble Gum Cigarettes 21 16.15%
Candy Buttons 11 8.46%
Candy Cigarettes 37 28.46%
Cinnamon Toothpicks 18 13.85%
Gold Mine Gum 13 10.00%
Good and Plenty 28 21.54%
Wax Lips 22 16.92%
Atomic Fireballs 27 20.77%
Necco Wafers 42 32.31%
Now and Laters 23 17.69%
Tootsie Roll Midgees 29 22.31%
Rock Candy Crystal Stick 21 16.15%
Licorice Pipe 9 6.92%
Sour Pops 9 6.92%
Root Beer Barrels 31 23.85%
Salt Water Taffy 39 30.00%
Pearsons Salted Nut Roll 11 8.46%
Slap Stix Caramel Pop 1 0.77%
Laffy Taffy 21 16.15%
Lemon Heads 33 25.38%
Sweetarts 39 30.00%
Zotz 3 2.31%
100 Grand Bar 31 23.85%
Bit OHoney 44 33.85%
Beemans Gum 14 10.77%
Fun Dip 23 17.69%
Other candy 42 32.31%
Don't eat candy at all. 2 1.54%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 130. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 06-29-2015, 03:52 PM
 
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Banana BBBats!
BBB BATS WAX BOTTLES.FYI CRACKER BARREL HAS BOXS FOR 50-80s MADE UP FOR THOSE DECADES AND THE CANDIES THAT WERE POPULAR. MAKE A FUN BIRTHDAY GIFT FOR FRIENDS IN THOSE AGE GROUPS.
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Old 06-29-2015, 09:06 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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Just love the Banana BBBats also.

Assorted BB Bats Taffy - 5 lb. - Candy Favorites

Candy.com
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Old 06-30-2015, 05:35 AM
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Location: Europe
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Callard Bowser nougat.This was my favorite. They discontinued making it.
Planters peanut candy pieces in a red tin.
Brachs a mini cushion soft white candy with bright green inner filling tasted very minty, do not know the name.
I think also from Callard Bowser a deep blue tin with transparent white soft like jelly candy.
Unknown brand assorted sliced sugared fruit jellies. Sold in a very pretty tin.
All these I remember from the sixties.
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Old 06-30-2015, 02:30 PM
 
Location: Heart of Dixie
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Dutch Treats Peanut Butter Pillows. Little golden pillows with a thin golden candy crust, filled with peanut butter. You can still buy them today.
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Old 07-01-2015, 03:34 PM
 
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Dutch Treats Peanut Butter Pillows. Little golden pillows with a thin golden candy crust, filled with peanut butter. You can still buy them today.
Oh I used to love those! Haven't seen or heard of them in many years!!


Re: candy or other kinds of food- I often don't know whether it's a matter of the products are no longer made, or are regional and not available here.
Two I liked very much: the boxes of assorted color mints called Merri-Mints, and one of the best candy bars ever created called MilkShake.
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Old 07-01-2015, 03:46 PM
 
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one of my earliest candy memories is buying an ABBA ZABBA on a summers day at the corner market, and the warm weather made the candy very flexable like a rubber band and it could be stretched out.

ROCKY ROAD candy bars used to be made better back then , they had a foil red wrapper and they had a thicker coating of chocolate with nuts

Hershey bars used to have a whole piece of almond, now they use small broken pieces

Jolly Ranchers were the most affordable since they were penny candy, you buy a whole pocket full with a dime
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Old 07-01-2015, 03:51 PM
 
Location: Heart of Dixie
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...Two I liked very much: the boxes of assorted color mints called Merri-Mints, and one of the best candy bars ever created called MilkShake.
Here's where you can buy Merri Mints...

Merri Mints

Here's where you can buy the original Dutch Treats peanut butter pillows...

Dutch Treats
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Old 07-01-2015, 03:54 PM
 
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Here's where you can buy Merri Mints...

Merri Mints

Here's where you can buy the original Dutch Treats peanut butter pillows...

Dutch Treats
Cool! Thank you!!
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Old 12-13-2019, 10:16 AM
 
Location: Southern MN
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Lemon Jolly Ranchers

Two from our friends to the north:

Regal Crown Sours, especially lemon

Mackintosh toffee bar.

When I want them I usually have to order them online.
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Old 12-13-2019, 11:05 AM
 
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Necco Wafers, RIP. It appears that a Toledo company called Spangler Candy bought the brand. Their web site says "Look for an announcement about the availability of this product."
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