40th Birthday Gift Ideas Retro Nostalgic Candy 1972
40th birthday gift ideas are a dime a dozen, but when it comes to fun, this box of retro candy will put a smile on the face of anyone born in 1972! People love reminiscing about the past, and this box of old time favorites will get everyone talking. Give someone a bit of the past with an assortment of nostalgic candy that they'll remember from their childhood. In 1972, the Grammy Album of the Year was
The Concert for Bangla Desh, featuring George Harrison, Ravi Shanker, Bob Dylan, Leon Russell, Ringo Starr, Billy Preston, Eric Clapton and Klaus Voormann.
These 40th birthday gift ideas of nostalgia have forty different kinds of candy including: Giant Taffy, Root Beer Barrels, Smarties, Tootsie Rolls, Saf-T-Pop, Dots, Jujubes, Good & Plenty, Razzles, Wax Lips, Zotz, Candy Buttons on Paper, Gold Mine Bubble Gum, Red Hots, Lemonheads, Gobstoppers, Mary Janes, mini Necco Wafers, Black Taffy, Now & Later, Bonomos Turkish Taffy, Sweetarts, Pop Rocks, Fun Dip, Atomic Fireballs, Boston Baked Beans, Bit-O-Honey, Chiclets, Pixy Stix, Candy Necklace, Candy Cigarettes, Candy Lipstick, Chick-O-Stick, mini Charleston Chew, Coconut Long Boy, Dubble Bubble Gum, Sugar Daddy Jr., Zotz, Bubble Gum Cigar, and Chuckles.
Retro Candy Memories
"I remember so many memories of candy.. There were these candy lips that were big and red. They had vampire teeth and smiley faces. Or even the little soda wax shaped bottles with flavored water. The best were the Razzles and the Dots. My grandfather would buy the fake cigarettes and we would pretend we were rich and famous. I would be dressed in my grandmothers high heels and clothes,and the candy necklace and braclet you can eat and my red wax lips or even those colored Dots. My grandfather enjoyed lemonheads, baked beans, grapeheads. Those days were so special and those are the memories, I hold very dear to my heart." - Laura G., Peach Tree City, GA
"I have always loved Smarties. They were like heaven in a small package. Nowadays they have HUGE smarties at the store. They are fabulous! Takes me back to when I was 5 years old." - Jan B., Beaver, OK
"I would mow lawns just to get a caramel :)" - James, Batesville, AR
"When I was a little girl, my grandma used to take me to our local candy and gift shoppe once a month. It was the best day of the month for me! I would walk in and head straight to the candy display, they had rock candy, and lemon drops, but my absolute favorite was the candy buttons, that I peeled off of the strip of paper! Just thinking about it, makes my mouth water!" - Jenn H., Maize, KS
"I remember growing up in a very small town and walking to the local general store to stock up on the 10 cent candies. They were the little boxes of Lemonheads and little jawbreakers and candies like that. I also remember the little Charleston Chews! Candy was awesome when I was a kid!" - Caryn W., Batavia, OH
"When we went on vacation, mom would have a shoe box of candy and other prizes. Then, whoever saw a blue house,or, if we could stay quiet for 15 minutes, we would 'win' some candy!" - Ken S., Columbus
"My absolute Favorite Retro candy memory is: My cousins would come over in the summer to swim. After lunch we would round up pocket change from the couch, the bedrooms, and anybody who would give us any. We would then walk about a mile and a half to the Morningside Market and buy up all kids of different candies. We would have a little brown paper sack full. We would always argue on who was carrying it home." - Amy B., Iron City, TN
These 40th birthday gift ideas of nostalgia have forty different kinds of candy including: Giant Taffy, Root Beer Barrels, Smarties, Tootsie Rolls, Saf-T-Pop, Dots, Jujubes, Good & Plenty, Razzles, Wax Lips, Zotz, Candy Buttons on Paper, Gold Mine Bubble Gum, Red Hots, Lemonheads, Gobstoppers, Mary Janes, mini Necco Wafers, Black Taffy, Now & Later, Bonomos Turkish Taffy, Sweetarts, Pop Rocks, Fun Dip, Atomic Fireballs, Boston Baked Beans, Bit-O-Honey, Chiclets, Pixy Stix, Candy Necklace, Candy Cigarettes, Candy Lipstick, Chick-O-Stick, mini Charleston Chew, Coconut Long Boy, Dubble Bubble Gum, Sugar Daddy Jr., Zotz, Bubble Gum Cigar, and Chuckles.
Retro Candy Memories
"I remember so many memories of candy.. There were these candy lips that were big and red. They had vampire teeth and smiley faces. Or even the little soda wax shaped bottles with flavored water. The best were the Razzles and the Dots. My grandfather would buy the fake cigarettes and we would pretend we were rich and famous. I would be dressed in my grandmothers high heels and clothes,and the candy necklace and braclet you can eat and my red wax lips or even those colored Dots. My grandfather enjoyed lemonheads, baked beans, grapeheads. Those days were so special and those are the memories, I hold very dear to my heart." - Laura G., Peach Tree City, GA
"I have always loved Smarties. They were like heaven in a small package. Nowadays they have HUGE smarties at the store. They are fabulous! Takes me back to when I was 5 years old." - Jan B., Beaver, OK
"I would mow lawns just to get a caramel :)" - James, Batesville, AR
"When I was a little girl, my grandma used to take me to our local candy and gift shoppe once a month. It was the best day of the month for me! I would walk in and head straight to the candy display, they had rock candy, and lemon drops, but my absolute favorite was the candy buttons, that I peeled off of the strip of paper! Just thinking about it, makes my mouth water!" - Jenn H., Maize, KS
"I remember growing up in a very small town and walking to the local general store to stock up on the 10 cent candies. They were the little boxes of Lemonheads and little jawbreakers and candies like that. I also remember the little Charleston Chews! Candy was awesome when I was a kid!" - Caryn W., Batavia, OH
"When we went on vacation, mom would have a shoe box of candy and other prizes. Then, whoever saw a blue house,or, if we could stay quiet for 15 minutes, we would 'win' some candy!" - Ken S., Columbus
"My absolute Favorite Retro candy memory is: My cousins would come over in the summer to swim. After lunch we would round up pocket change from the couch, the bedrooms, and anybody who would give us any. We would then walk about a mile and a half to the Morningside Market and buy up all kids of different candies. We would have a little brown paper sack full. We would always argue on who was carrying it home." - Amy B., Iron City, TN
Here are some fun facts from 1972 that anyone who's turning 40 would have fun reading.