Candy You Grew Up With
"Eating the little dot candy that came stuck to a sheet of paper, candy necklaces that left your neck stickie..." - Angie M., Ashburn, VA
"The best chewing gum that ever was: "chum gum" It had a taste and texture unlike any other. It is not avalible at any of the nostalgic candy websites. I would buy a whole load of it if someone would start to make it again." - Jeff S., Philadelphia, PA
"I bit into a Big Hunk, when I was about 12 yrs old- 1970 sumthin- and my front tooth which was capped came right out with the candy!" - Jayleen D., Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
"As kids my brother, our friends and I would meet up and ride our bikes to the store and buy candy. One time the clerk challenged our friend David to eat a 12 scoop sundae topped with chocolate, whip cream, bananas and candy, it was called "The Matterhorn". If he could eat it all it was free and we'd all get a sack of candy. So we all pooled our money just in case (David was a big kid)! Well we were probably more excited just to see "The Matterhorn" as we never had before. But David ate it without any trouble and to everyones amazement and we all rode home happy with sacks of candy." - Resident, Louisville, KY
"My favorite candy when I was a kid was chocolate Ice Cubes, I remember they were made in Germany and when my Mom dropped me off for ballet class my friend and I would sneak around the corner to the deli and buy them. I have not been able to find them since childhood, I wonder if they would still taste as good as they did back then :)" - Linda B., Mattituck, NY
"I remember growing up with Now and Later. I was so into those candies that I would spend every cent I had and go home looking for more pennies to buy more. I remember the slogan "Eat some Now and save some for Later" but I always ate mine right then and was looking for some more Later. I still, to this day, if I see some will buy them." - Santayana W., Birmingham, AL
"I loved a candy bar called the marathon bar. It was long and had carmel and coverd in chocolate. I used to ride my bike to the store just to get one of these." - Doris G., Orient, OH
"My grandmother used to take us into "town" - that being Louisville, Ky. - to the big department stores, such as Gus Meyer, Stewart's Dry Goods, Ben Snyder's, Kaufmann's, etc. My favorite candy of all time was at the candy department of Stewart's - a confection called French Creams. They would be in fascinating colors and were so sweet, you' practically fall into a coma affter two or three of them. I worked there in my late teens and later saw that store close down - and with it went the French Cream of my childhood." - Kathleen P., Verona, NJ
"The best chewing gum that ever was: "chum gum" It had a taste and texture unlike any other. It is not avalible at any of the nostalgic candy websites. I would buy a whole load of it if someone would start to make it again." - Jeff S., Philadelphia, PA
"I bit into a Big Hunk, when I was about 12 yrs old- 1970 sumthin- and my front tooth which was capped came right out with the candy!" - Jayleen D., Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
"As kids my brother, our friends and I would meet up and ride our bikes to the store and buy candy. One time the clerk challenged our friend David to eat a 12 scoop sundae topped with chocolate, whip cream, bananas and candy, it was called "The Matterhorn". If he could eat it all it was free and we'd all get a sack of candy. So we all pooled our money just in case (David was a big kid)! Well we were probably more excited just to see "The Matterhorn" as we never had before. But David ate it without any trouble and to everyones amazement and we all rode home happy with sacks of candy." - Resident, Louisville, KY
"My favorite candy when I was a kid was chocolate Ice Cubes, I remember they were made in Germany and when my Mom dropped me off for ballet class my friend and I would sneak around the corner to the deli and buy them. I have not been able to find them since childhood, I wonder if they would still taste as good as they did back then :)" - Linda B., Mattituck, NY
"I remember growing up with Now and Later. I was so into those candies that I would spend every cent I had and go home looking for more pennies to buy more. I remember the slogan "Eat some Now and save some for Later" but I always ate mine right then and was looking for some more Later. I still, to this day, if I see some will buy them." - Santayana W., Birmingham, AL
"I loved a candy bar called the marathon bar. It was long and had carmel and coverd in chocolate. I used to ride my bike to the store just to get one of these." - Doris G., Orient, OH
"My grandmother used to take us into "town" - that being Louisville, Ky. - to the big department stores, such as Gus Meyer, Stewart's Dry Goods, Ben Snyder's, Kaufmann's, etc. My favorite candy of all time was at the candy department of Stewart's - a confection called French Creams. They would be in fascinating colors and were so sweet, you' practically fall into a coma affter two or three of them. I worked there in my late teens and later saw that store close down - and with it went the French Cream of my childhood." - Kathleen P., Verona, NJ