Hello fellow seniors ... what was your favorite?

Question

penny candy? Mine included those flying saucer wafers with li'l sugar beads in the middle (anyone?), and the licorice records ... round black discs of licorice with one sugar ball in the center to resemble a 45rpm record on a player. I also loved Turkish Taffy. Can you tell us about some of your favorites?

Answer 1

Spearmint leaves

Cinnamon sticks (red and white swirled hard candy, no bigger than a straw around and about 4 inches long)

Candy lips

Coke bottles (the candy ones, that had coke inside)

Black balls (those were actually my favourites! LOVED taking them out of my mouth every time the colour changed--they were different flavours, did you notice?--but HATED them once they started using cardamom seeds in the center!)

ANYTHING to do with black licorice--pipes being my favourite.

Answer 2

The round black discs of licorice with one sugar ball in the center.

Answer 3

Licorice

Answer 4

I sure do and on fridays my mom would give us a dime to go to the candy store..loved the licorice circles along with the red licorice dollars.The 45's are still used today.I have a huge box of them in my basement which is decorated with Elvis..

Answer 5

I liked the licorice bars that resembled a plug of tobacco,because my grandpa chewed and i would get this and act like i was chewing and go around and spit black licorice juice on the sidewalks. Still love licorice today!

Answer 6

Hi B, yes flying saucers,I'm another fan of licorice and competitions of who had the blackest teeth.

Anything with sherbet or hundreds and thousands on.

I was one of those annoying kids in the sweetie shop that took ages to choose amongst those wondrous goodies on the shelves.

Answer 7

Root Beer Barrels were my all time favorite candy but I liked other candies as well. My sister & I would load up the empty pop bottles in our wagon & we'd take them to the corner store to get the 2¢ deposit back per bottle. We shared the money & filled the little paper bag the grocer gave us, with our favorites. Cracker Barrel restaurants carry a lot of the vintage candy from yesteryears as well as the http://www.vermontcountrystore.com

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Tea-berries. I never had more than 2 pennies at a time so I felt like I was getting more with them. I would eat them one at a time. I also liked the strips of paper with candy dots.

Answer 10

I remember liking the 'Flying Saucers' we had as kids, with sherbet inside.

Also, I was very keen the twig like licorice sticks too.

Answer 11

what do you mean was ? no still is ! although taste has progressed.......dutch licorice yum ......salty and hard ! perhaps an acquired taste....... the sour sweets that are so compelling to eat....... However because of weight watching my cupboard is bare ....... have found the sugared ginger (desperate) sort of bites back when you chew but goes well with the cola......confessions......good for the soul !

Answer 12

Penny Caramels.

Answer 13

root beer barrels

black licorice whips

Also love the life savers mints in the roll for a nickle.

Answer 14

Candy buttons, tootsie rolls, bubble gum. We used to take a dime to the drugstore and come home with a brown paper sack of candy.

Answer 15

Salt water taffy.I'm surprised with the sugar content of those candies we,of the 55+ age,aren't all diabetic and weigh over 300 lbs.

Answer 16

Squirrel Nut Zippers

Peanut Butter Pillows

BB Bats

Kits

Frenchies(pink and white nougat with green, red, and yellow gels mixed in them)

Answer 17

It was those little flat peanut butter crunchy thingys.... can't remember what they were called but you can still buy them in bags. My sister and I got an allowance of 25cents per week and it was amazing how much candy we could get for that.

Answer 18

Waxed Lips and those candy dots on white paper,

Answer 19

It wasn't candy. I could get donut holes for a penny each.

Answer 20

Bit-o-Honey, Taffey and when possible Clove gum. We didn't get those very often so when we did it was a real treat.

Answer 21

those chocolate swirl stars and taffy

Answer 22

Candy cigs, chocolate smokers set and Nippits!.....