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In reply to the discussion: What are some products that were around when you were a kid [View all]Grammy23
(6,141 posts)93. Wax lips, orange wax harmonicas at Halloween.
Wax witches fingernails, too. The wax lips can still be found.
Seven Up candy bars with 7 sections with a different flavor in each one.
Pixie sticks which were pretty much paper straws filled with flavored sugar. They were kind of tart. Instantly rotted your teeth.
Sweet Tarts which were hard pill shaped candies that would pucker your mouth with a sweet candy taste followed by bitterness. We loved them.
Fire Balls....large marble shaped candy that had an extra thick coating of hard candy Followed by various flavors and usually having one heavy flavored cinnamon layer that would clean out your sinuses and bring tears to your eyes.
Fizzies....like flavored Alka Seltzer. We opened the package and touched the tablet to our tongues to hear and feel the sizzle. Rumor had it that something terrible would happen if you ate the whole thing without dissolving it in a glass of water. I was never brave enough to find out if it was true.
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I don't think so. Fizzies had flavors and you mixed with water to make a soft drink.
dameatball
May 2020
#14
I used to live on my Stingray. Had five paper routes for over two years.
Midnight Writer
May 2020
#29
Had it in Chicago for awhile. Steve Dahl and Garry Meier used to do the radio commercials.
Gidney N Cloyd
May 2020
#76
About a decade ago, my last "Mr. Bubble" tee ordered with box tops had to go....
pat_k
May 2020
#114
Not a product--St Christopher's medal. I'm not Catholic, but I got one on chain from somewhere
bobbieinok
May 2020
#56
I was going to say "Sky Bar," but that seems to have been brought back.
mahatmakanejeeves
May 2020
#147