Dave Smith wrote:
>
> Jean B. wrote:
>
> >> Licorice-yum
> >>
> >> http://www.hometownfavorites.com/searchprods.asp
> >>
> > Just not that atrocity called red licorice.
> >
> I like red licorice, but I agree that it isn't really licorice.

Why not? Red is just as traditional a color as black.

Licorice itself (the root) is not black. If you
peel the skin off, it's pale yellow.

My husband feels the same way about red licorice. I like the red and He
likes the black. : )


Dena

Dena wrote:
> My husband feels the same way about red licorice. I like the red and He
> likes the black. : )
>
>
> Dena
>
>
That works out perfectly.

--
Jean B.

brooklyn1 wrote:
> "Becca" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>> When I was a child, my favorites were Banana Splits, Mary Janes,
>> Chic-O-Sticks, butterscotch, root beer barrels.
>>
>>
>> http://www.bulkcandystore.com/store/...Candy-C14.aspx
>>
>>
>> Yours?
>>
>>
>> Becca
>>
>
> Anything licorice; licorice pipes.


If my friends did not like licorice, they would give me theirs. :-)
We did not have licorice pipes here in the south. They were a favorite
of my husband, though.


http://bigskycandy.com/dutch10med.jpg


Becca

On Apr 21, 8:12*am, Becca > wrote:
> When I was a child, my favorites were Banana Splits, Mary Janes,
> Chic-O-Sticks, butterscotch, root beer barrels.
>
> http://www.bulkcandystore.com/store/...Candy-C14.aspx
>
> Yours?
>
> Becca

Kit Kats - NOT the chocolate bars - but four little postage sized
squares of individually wrapped taffy packaged in a cellophane
wrapper for a penny. BB Bats (taffy on a little stick) . Squirrel
Nut Chews. Black Jacks. Any kind of licorice - especially
black . . .
Lynn in Fargo
Now I need the dental work!

Heading off on a bit of tangent, one of the things that's been
disappearing around here has been Brach's "pick-a-mix". Those were the
bins of various wrapped hard and soft candies that you could mix and
pay by the pound. I always liked that because I could put together a
nice selection for a candy bowl for guests without buying a bunch of
packs (and I could get the toffee flavors I liked).

Used to be in all the grocery stores and Walgreens and such. Fairly
recently, the last place where I go that still had them (Schnucks) got
rid of their operation. They have some packages of the candy, if you
want a pound or so, which I don't.

Ah well.



Brian

--
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Default User wrote:
> Heading off on a bit of tangent, one of the things that's been
> disappearing around here has been Brach's "pick-a-mix". Those were the
> bins of various wrapped hard and soft candies that you could mix and
> pay by the pound. I always liked that because I could put together a
> nice selection for a candy bowl for guests without buying a bunch of
> packs (and I could get the toffee flavors I liked).
>
> Used to be in all the grocery stores and Walgreens and such. Fairly
> recently, the last place where I go that still had them (Schnucks) got
> rid of their operation. They have some packages of the candy, if you
> want a pound or so, which I don't.
>
> Ah well.
>
>
>
> Brian


We still have them here in Louisiana and Texas, at least for now. I
hope the "pick-a-mix" candies does not disappear. Like you, I will pick
up some for guests.


Becca

Becca wrote:
>
> When I was a child, my favorites were Banana Splits, Mary Janes,
> Chic-O-Sticks, butterscotch, root beer barrels.
>
> http://www.bulkcandystore.com/store/...Candy-C14.aspx
>
> Yours?
>
> Becca


Didn't grow up in the US so can't comment on most of those sorts of
things :P
However, my mother was reminiscing about my childhood, as parents are
wont to do. Said the local sweet shop owner though I was a smart
consumer even though a small child. Apparently I'd go in there, small
coin clutched in little paw and carefully consider my options.
Eventually the choices were made, the prizes bagged and clutched in
previously mentioned little paw and conveyed home.

Some things never change; still shop the same way LOL.

Becca wrote:
> When I was a child, my favorites were Banana Splits, Mary Janes,
> Chic-O-Sticks, butterscotch, root beer barrels.
>
>
> http://www.bulkcandystore.com/store/...Candy-C14.aspx

Mary Janes!

--
Janet Wilder
way-the-heck-south Texas
spelling doesn't count
but cooking does

Becca wrote:
> When I was a child, my favorites were Banana Splits, Mary Janes,
> Chic-O-Sticks, butterscotch, root beer barrels.
>

Does anyone remember those strips of paper with the candy dots on them?
It was sort of like adding machine tape.

One of my most favorite candies as a child was Jopjes. They are a hard,
buttery coffee candy from Holland. My aunts lived near a confectionery
store in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, NY and they would take me
there for candy. This was not a "candy store". They sold bulk candy and
nuts by the pound as well as chocolates. A candy store also sold
newspapers, cigarettes, magazines, comics and usually had a soda fountain.



--
Janet Wilder
way-the-heck-south Texas
spelling doesn't count
but cooking does

"Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
...
> Becca wrote:
>> When I was a child, my favorites were Banana Splits, Mary Janes,
>> Chic-O-Sticks, butterscotch, root beer barrels.
>>
>
> Does anyone remember those strips of paper with the candy dots on them? It
> was sort of like adding machine tape.
>
> One of my most favorite candies as a child was Jopjes. They are a hard,
> buttery coffee candy from Holland.


That would be Hopjes, a flattened square, wrapped in a plain waxed paper
then over wrapped with the printed paper... very addictive... not good for
crowns.

http://www.candywarehouse.com/hopjes.html


> My aunts lived near a confectionery store in the Flatbush section of
> Brooklyn, NY and they would take me there for candy. This was not a "candy
> store". They sold bulk candy and nuts by the pound as well as chocolates.
> A candy store also sold newspapers, cigarettes, magazines, comics and
> usually had a soda fountain.
>
>

"brooklyn1" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Janet Wilder" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Becca wrote:
>>> When I was a child, my favorites were Banana Splits, Mary Janes,
>>> Chic-O-Sticks, butterscotch, root beer barrels.
>>>
>>
>> Does anyone remember those strips of paper with the candy dots on them?
>> It was sort of like adding machine tape.
>>
>> One of my most favorite candies as a child was Jopjes. They are a hard,
>> buttery coffee candy from Holland.
>
>
> That would be Hopjes, a flattened square, wrapped in a plain waxed paper
> then over wrapped with the printed paper... very addictive... not good for
> crowns.
>
> http://www.candywarehouse.com/hopjes.html


Upon more careful examination I notice they've cheapened the candy, it used
to be a nicely molded pastille (like a fat "Charms") with an "H" imprinted
on each side. Now it's just sort of a blob shape and it appears they
eliminated the waxed paper, which indicates to me that they've modified the
recipe, the old candy would have become stuck to the plain paper over wrap,
used be very buttery.


>> My aunts lived near a confectionery store in the Flatbush section of
>> Brooklyn, NY and they would take me there for candy. This was not a
>> "candy store". They sold bulk candy and nuts by the pound as well as
>> chocolates. A candy store also sold newspapers, cigarettes, magazines,
>> comics and usually had a soda fountain.
>>
>>
>
>

"Becca" > wrote in message
...
> When I was a child, my favorites were Banana Splits, Mary Janes,
> Chic-O-Sticks, butterscotch, root beer barrels.
>
>
> http://www.bulkcandystore.com/store/...Candy-C14.aspx
>
>
> Yours?
>
>
> Becca

FIVE CENT GIANT PICKLES......

from on top of the candy case.

;-)

Dimitri

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:12:25 -0500, Becca > wrote:

>When I was a child, my favorites were Banana Splits, Mary Janes,
>Chic-O-Sticks, butterscotch, root beer barrels.
>
>http://www.bulkcandystore.com/store/...Candy-C14.aspx
>
>Yours?
>
>Becca

Licorice whips (black or red, loved 'em both). Bacon (strip of
coconut candy with pink/white/brown stripes). And Shelow's Trading
Post sold unwrapped squares of chocolate for a penny, so you didn't
cut back on your choices by spending a nickel for a whole Hershey bar.

Best -- Terry

"Terry" > wrote in message
...
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:12:25 -0500, Becca > wrote:
>
>>When I was a child, my favorites were Banana Splits, Mary Janes,
>>Chic-O-Sticks, butterscotch, root beer barrels.
>>
>>http://www.bulkcandystore.com/store/...Candy-C14.aspx
>>
>>Yours?
>>
>
> Licorice whips (black or red, loved 'em both). Bacon (strip of
> coconut candy with pink/white/brown stripes). And Shelow's Trading
> Post sold unwrapped squares of chocolate for a penny, so you didn't
> cut back on your choices by spending a nickel for a whole Hershey bar.
>
>
Wow, I had forgotten about bacon strips for like half my life... are they
still made?
I liked the fudge in those little fluted pie tins with those tiny tin
spoons, probably no longer exists.

Terry wrote:
> Licorice whips (black or red, loved 'em both). Bacon (strip of
> coconut candy with pink/white/brown stripes). And Shelow's Trading
> Post sold unwrapped squares of chocolate for a penny, so you didn't
> cut back on your choices by spending a nickel for a whole Hershey bar.
>
> Best -- Terry
>


OMG, I forgot all about the coconut candy, I loved that stuff. In one
of these photos, you can see him slicing this candy by hand.


http://store.candywarehouse.com/coconutslices.html


Becca

Almost forgot; it's not penny candy but I'd buy a pack of Wacky
Packages stickers (Slum Made Seedy Raisins, Gadzooka Bubble Gum) with
a strip of bubble gum almost any time I had a spare nickel. Which
wasn't often. Anyway, they were highly popular among the 7th grade
boys at the time. Covered several notebooks with them.

Terry