What Favorite candy of yours from the 50s., 60s or 70s are no longer around? Mine is the candy lipstick.

[debm55]

[samplegirl]

1. We have a place here

That is a country store and they sell all vintage candy in it.
Even the old pops.

[debm55]

2. The wax pops with the colored liquids Inside????? I liked that too.

[Diamond_Dog]

67. samplegirl,

Have you been to the one in Girard? An entire store of vintage candy, games, sodas, etc. it’s a fun place to look around in. My husband found his favorite Beemans gum there. They actually get buses of people coming there.

[HoosierDebbie]

3. Walnettos

Nutty walnut caramels. Delicious. Used to get a mention from Arte Johnson on Laugh-In. I think I was last able to get them about 10 years ago.

[debm55]

7. I never had them, I did have round carmels with white powder sugar in the middle. Loved them

[ProudMNDemocrat]

4. Wax Coke bottles with syrup inside.Along with Black Jack gum.

[debm55]

9. Loved both, Did you have the wax lips?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

13. Yeppers. Back in the late 50's.

As well as candy dots on wax paper that came in rolls.

[debm55]

29. Oh yes the candy dots on paper. I would always have paper stuck to mine. when I pulled them off. TY

[Rebl2]

115. Was black jack

gum the one that tasted like licorice? There was another that tasted like cloves I think.

[OldBaldy1701E]

118. Did you know that occasionally Dollar Tree has Black Jack gum?

That and 'Teaberry' was my go to for flying.

[Sneederbunk]

5. Forever Yours

[Lochloosa]

6. Candy cigarettes. I looked so 😎

[debm55]

14. I remember those, Came in a box. TY Lochloosa.

[SarahD]

78. Yeah. We were cool until...

we tried to actually smoke them.

[debm55]

80. HAHAHAHAHAHAH SarahD, that's funny.

[Ferrets are Cool]

113. You took mine. We all thought we were sooooooooooo cool.

[Lochloosa]

116. Thought hell. We were COOL.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. our local tractor supply in sonora sells a lot of "vintage" candy and i noticed on a shelf in safe mart they had cracker

jack. may just buy one for the fun of it.

[debm55]

15. I found a box ---it only had 3 peanuts in it. . They still had the toy in it. Switched to Fiddle Faddle. , no I can't .

find that. TY AllaN01Bear., hope you have better luck then I did.

[AllaN01Bear]

18. fiddle faddle wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiddle_Faddle
still here .

[lpbk2713]

25. Fiddle Faddle is one of the few foods from Family Dollar I will eat.

Most of the others I just don't trust.

[debm55]

74. They sell at Family Dollar??????? TY ipbk2713. I am so glade you told me.

[debm55]

26. I used to buy at Wal Marts It would be right next to the check out counter. haven't seen it since Covid. I will have to

took, TY,

[tblue37]

10. Teaberry gum.

[debm55]

17. Love it. Read that they stopped making it. TY tblue37

[tblue37]

19. Yep, they did. Broke my heart.

[AllaN01Bear]

30. just did a search, still here

[AllaN01Bear]

11. this .

https://www.oldtimecandy.com/

[debm55]

23. Oh thank you AllaN01Bear, They have Retro Toys too. Great,

[MOMFUDSKI]

12. Loved candy lipstick!

How about the wax lips and mustaches?

[debm55]

22. I did the wax lips, I don't remember the wax mustaches, Thank you MOMFUDSKI,

[Freddie]

16. Turkish Taffy

Especially the vanilla. Dentists love it too.

[debm55]

21. Freddie, did you slap in on the floor or table? and it would break into little pieces? I liked the strawberry. TY.

[Freddie]

44. Sidewalk!

Giving my age away, we had a “bread man” who also sold candy to neighborhood kids.

[Walleye]

106. We had a bread man, brought sugar donuts on Fridays

[demosincebirth]

20. Love Nest

[debm55]

48. Can I ask you what is a love nest. ---not familiar with them. /ty

[demosincebirth]

105. Similar to a Babe Ruth but crunchier.

[debm55]

108. Thank you.

[Elessar Zappa]

24. Mars bars.

Not from the 70s but I loved them as a 90s kid.

[debm55]

73. TY Elessar Zappa. I liked the Three Musketeers. bar with the fluffy chocolate whip inside. Yum

[stonecutter357]

27. clove gum chewing gum !

[debm55]

39. OH yes, loved it, Thank You stonecutter.

[stonecutter357]

121. Also chunky bar !

[OLDMDDEM]

28. Baby Ruth.

[debm55]

34. Yes, I haven't seen them any more. The Clark bar was gone too, but I think the company brought it back. Ty OLDMDDEM

[OLDMDDEM]

37. ur welcome.

[Lithos]

62. Still around

I saw some the other day at the store. Nestle sold them to another company around 2018 and I think it took a year or so before the other company was able to start production so there was a small gap in availability.

[OLDMDDEM]

63. Thanks for that info. I have not seen one here in Maryland for over 30 years.

[Lithos]

65. Atomic Fireballs

Were discontinued last year ... so sad.

[debm55]

75. TY Lithos. I ate the small ones. I was afraid the larger one would crack my teeth. Felt the same way about Jaw Breakers.

[AllaN01Bear]

31. candy lipstick. still here

[Alpeduez21]

32. Haven't seen a Charleston chew in awhile

I enjoyed Mr October bars for a while.

[AllaN01Bear]

35. this .

https://www.tootsie.com/candy/charleston-chew/charleston-chew-bars

[debm55]

36. TY ALpeduez21. What is a Charleston chew. Is it regional.?

[Alpeduez21]

91. I don't know about regional

I got em in Columbus OH. About ten inches long a chocolate shell, like a Klondike bar, but with a chewy kinda hard marshmallow filling. The size made it a bargain cause they cost the same as the other candy

[debm55]

93. TY Alpeduez21/

[jmowreader]

122. We had them in Idaho

“Chewy, flavorful nougat wrapped in a rich chocolate coating.”

Tootsie makes them now. At least they have the dignity to admit on their webpage most people freeze them first, which you quickly would find was the only way to make eating one possible.

[AllaN01Bear]

33. wax lips , they also have wax fangs . still here .

[malthaussen]

38. Probably Clark Bars.

Here I am, right in Pittsburgh, and even Giant Eagle doesn't sell them. I know they can be ordered from the manufacturer, but it's a shame you never see them in stores.

-- Mal

[debm55]

45. Yes they did bring them back , I don't want to order right now. It would be great to just go to the store and buy a

Clark bar especially since they are made in Pittsburgh.

[nocoincidences]

40. There are several places on line where you can get

old fashioned candy. I've ordered Black Jack and Beemans gum and they also have Clove and Teaberry at this first place, for sure.

https://www.oldtimecandy.com/

https://www.justcandy.com/categories/nostalgic-candy

https://candyfunhouse.com/collections/retro-candy

https://vintagecandyco.com/

There are more....nuts.com, even Amazon. If you are digging for something specific but obscure, keep trying different sites. Sometimes you find it in the weirdest place.

[debm55]

43. TY nocoincidences.

[orangecrush]

41. Bonomo Turkish Taffy

Can still be bought by special order

[debm55]

42. TY orangecrush, Did you slap it on the table or sidewalk?

[orangecrush]

49. Yes indeed

It was a bonding experience for those of us in the kid uniform of the mid 60's - white t shirts, Levi's and U. S. Keds

[Freddie]

46. Thanks!

A local grocery sold it with other “nostalgia candy” but the store closed.

[orangecrush]

50. I had to let it get stiff first

So I could slap it and break it into bite size pieces

[debm55]

54. True, but they were pretty stiff.

[LakeArenal]

47. Sugar Daddy. Yes, I know you can get them but...

My SDs could rip the fillings right from your teeth and maybe even a tooth.

That old Daddy would last two matinees plus the cartoons and intermission.

Today’s are so tooth friendly. What a rip.

[debm55]

52. Hahahahahahah. I agree. Lake Arenal, Same with Milk Duds.

[Walleye]

107. That was mine, long lasting, was pretty good until you got down to the paper stick

[JohnnyRingo]

51. Regal Crown

They were like individually wrapped life savers for adults usually in sour flavors.. They were too expensive for kids.

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[debm55]

56. TY JohnnyRingo. I don't remember them.

[JohnnyRingo]

57. If you're young enough maybe your parents didn't tell you. hahaha

Seriously, it was the mid '70s and they cost almost a dollar!
You can still find them, but they cost more now. Still not for kids.

https://www.amazon.com/Regal-Crown-Candy-Variety-Cherry/dp/B08M5TNSBV/ref=sr_1_4_pp?crid=5L876KVVY1BZ&keywords=regal+crown&qid=1706809643&sprefix=regal+crown%2Caps%2C97&sr=8-4

[sinkingfeeling]

53. 3 Cent Lunch Bars. Then Zero bars and Zagnuts.

https://images.app.goo.gl/s8RcBXqAZoeh3t3e7

[debm55]

60. TY sinkingfeeling, I loved Zagnuts withe the toasted coconut. Yum

[SarahD]

86. Loved Zagnut bars.

I saw them somewhere a few years ago. Had to eat one just to see if it tasted like I remembered. It pretty much did.

[Ferrets are Cool]

114. Zero bars were my favorite all time candy bar.

[Not Heidi]

55. Abba Zabba

Taffy filled with peanut butter. Mmm...

[debm55]

58. TY Not Heidi. That sounds great.

[subterranean]

59. Bottle Caps.

They were my favorite when I was 11 or 12 years old. Apparently they're still made, but only available online and at stores that sell retro candy.

[debm55]

61. TY subterranean.

[debm55]

72. TY subterranean , I remember them but I don't like black licorice.

[eppur_se_muova]

64. Black Cow and milk duds. They changed the recipes for both, and made BC smaller.

I think you can still get Milk Duds, but they're just chocolate-coated caramel now. Not the same experience at all.

I think Black Cow was regional. When we visited my grandparents in WV I always ran to the grocery store next door just about first thing when we arrived! I'm not sure I ever saw them anywhere else.

[debm55]

69. TY eppur_se_muova. I think they were regional as I live in Western PA.

[Different Drummer]

66. My favorite "gone but not forgotten" candy.

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[debm55]

70. TY Different Drummer, I never had one but it looks great.

[Different Drummer]

96. It was.

I loved them...ate more of them than I probably should have.

[debm55]

99. Oh you.

[MiHale]

68. Black licorice records...

Black licorice rope wrapped around itself to resemble a vinyl record disc in the middle was a red ball of some kind of candy.

[debm55]

71. I remember those. TY MiHale.

[Permanut]

76. Mountain bars.

Chocolate mound with peanuts and a vanilla center.

They kept getting smaller over the years; I gave up on them when they turned into molehills.

[debm55]

77. TY Permanut, Did they have one with a maple center. I can't remember the name. The Mountain Bars did shrink and the

price went up. I think your post is funny

[Permanut]

81. I don't remember a maple one but seems like there was a cherry version.

[debm55]

83. That's not the candy bar I am thinking of then. It came with a vanilla or maple filling, I always got the maple. The

store went out of business last year and I can't remember the name of the bar. TY you for your help

[3catwoman3]

79. French cremes from the Woolworth candy counter.

Crunchy granular sugar exterior and a smooth creamy inside. Usually fruit flavored. I liked the pink ones best - they were either raspberry of strawberry. The lemon and orange were good, too. The guy behind the counter would pick out mostly pink ones for me.

There is nothing else remotely like them.

The Vermont Country Store carries them in a box of 12, all different flavors, and ridiculously expensive.

[debm55]

82. Oh yes, 3catwoman3 they were great. You picked my two favorite flayors too raspberry and strawberry. YUMMY TY

[3catwoman3]

84. I just found a brand on Amazon from a small business...

…called Oliver’s. They have a fruit flavors only choice, which might be worth a try. The Vermont country Store variety includes wintergreen, spearmint and peppermint, which I would not want.

One of the review likened the texture/mouth feel to high quality maple sugar candy, which is a description I’d agree with.

[debm55]

85. Thank you 3catwoman3, I more prefer the berry or maple flavors.

[Thunderbeast]

87. Black licorice ropes by the yard

Also... Lifesaver rolls (in a gillion flavors). They all come individually wrapped in plastic now.

[debm55]

88. Thank you Thunderbeast. I liked the cherry flavored ones. I didn;t know lifesaves didn't come in rolls any more.

[Nanuke]

89. Snaps

I’ve ordered alternative ones. Not the same. Little candy coated tubes of black licorice cut bite size. Came in a red box.

[debm55]

90. I remember them, but didn;t eat any. I was wondering how these places get vintage candy. Is it old? Or if is not old and

and from a store sell out, why not make more of them to sell in stores?

[surrealAmerican]

92. Marathon Bars

They were a lattice of caramel covered in milk chocolate - an absolute mess to eat, but I loved them anyway.

[debm55]

94. Thank you, surrealAmerican, I remember them

[Mr.Bill]

95. Salt Water Taffy from Dolle's on the boardwalk

in Ocean City MD. They still make it, but you can't buy it here in stores. You can buy it on-line but with shipping it's kind of expensive. My favorite flavor was spearmint. They also make the best Caramel Popcorn. the larger quantities come in a big metal can.

Another thing I remember from my early childhood in Maryland/Virginia was spearmint licorice. Never seen it in California and I can't even find it anywhwere on the internet. My search did find watermelon licorice made by an Australian company and it's in discount grocery stores here for a cheap price.

[debm55]

98. TY Mr, Bill , You have some real exoctic flavors you like, Watermelon licorice WOW. I only do cherry as I hate black

licorice. I hope you find the watermelon licorice.Good luck

[Mr.Bill]

101. We found the watermelon licorice,

it's the spearmint licorice I can't find.

[area51]

97. The

Vermont Country Store has some classic candy, though I know a DU'er mentioned the store upthread.

[debm55]

100. Yes, when I get my catalogue, I think should I or should I. I like their jams too TY area51

[OAITW r.2.0]

102. I remember when I could buy 3 Squirrels and 3 Bit of Honeys for $,02 each....

[debm55]

111. TY what are squirrels? I had the bit of honey. Used to get at the penny candy store.

[OAITW r.2.0]

112. A chocolate, caramel, nut combo Stick to your teeth type candy.

[debm55]

117. Thank you, We had something similar . but they were call Milk Duds.. When I was young I got one stuck in my tooth. Put

my finger in to pull it out . It came out with the tooth attached. I was a back tooth==baby tooth.

[ailsagirl]

103. Peter Paul's Almond Cluster

Delicious!! Have no idea why it was discontinued but nothing else comes close.

[debm55]

110. Oh, I liked those too, they were good. Thank you Ailsagirl.

[whathehell]

104. Sky Bars!

"It's the four in one bar:"

[debm55]

109. TY whatthehell. I remember hearing about them but I never ate one.

[whathehell]

119. You're welcome -- They were great!

There were four different different fillings covered with milk chocolate...The best.

[debm55]

120. Thank you.

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[jmowreader]

123. Both my older sisters liked candy lipstick

Those things were a gateway drug though; both my sisters changed to real lipstick the second they could talk Mom into it.

[debm55]

124. HAHAHAHAHAHAh. that's funny jmowreader. TY