Becca said...

> 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


Candy buttons?

Andy
--
Eat first, talk later.

Andy wrote:
> Becca said...
>
>> 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
>
>
> Candy buttons?
>
> Andy

Anyone old enough to remember wax babies, little hollow wax babies with
a sweet syrup inside and then you could chew the wax. Common
misconception was that you always tried to pick out the boy wax babies,
they were supposed to have more wax on them. <G>

George Shirley wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>> Becca said...
>>
>>> 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
>>
>>
>> Candy buttons?
>>
>> Andy
>
> Anyone old enough to remember wax babies, little hollow wax babies with
> a sweet syrup inside and then you could chew the wax. Common
> misconception was that you always tried to pick out the boy wax babies,
> they were supposed to have more wax on them. <G>

I remember then and the red, wax lips and the wax bottles that looked
like little Coke bottles.

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

Janet Wilder wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> Andy wrote:
>>> Becca said...
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>
>>>
>>> Candy buttons?
>>>
>>> Andy
>>
>> Anyone old enough to remember wax babies, little hollow wax babies
>> with a sweet syrup inside and then you could chew the wax. Common
>> misconception was that you always tried to pick out the boy wax
>> babies, they were supposed to have more wax on them. <G>
>
> I remember then and the red, wax lips and the wax bottles that looked
> like little Coke bottles.
>


My kids loved those red wax lips and the wax bottles. Wore the lips
until they got really dirty looking and then chewed them. Yum! The wax
bottles went immediately. They're in their mid-forties now and they talk
about their favorite candies frequently.

George Shirley wrote:
> Janet Wilder wrote:
>> George Shirley wrote:
>>> Andy wrote:
>>>> Becca said...
>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Candy buttons?
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>
>>> Anyone old enough to remember wax babies, little hollow wax babies
>>> with a sweet syrup inside and then you could chew the wax. Common
>>> misconception was that you always tried to pick out the boy wax
>>> babies, they were supposed to have more wax on them. <G>
>>
>> I remember then and the red, wax lips and the wax bottles that looked
>> like little Coke bottles.
>>
>
>
> My kids loved those red wax lips and the wax bottles. Wore the lips
> until they got really dirty looking and then chewed them. Yum! The wax
> bottles went immediately. They're in their mid-forties now and they talk
> about their favorite candies frequently.

George,

I was in HEB today and they had their own brand of wax bottles in small
packages. Do y'all want a few packages?

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

Janet Wilder wrote:
> George Shirley wrote:
>> Janet Wilder wrote:
>>> George Shirley wrote:
>>>> Andy wrote:
>>>>> Becca said...
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Candy buttons?
>>>>>
>>>>> Andy
>>>>
>>>> Anyone old enough to remember wax babies, little hollow wax babies
>>>> with a sweet syrup inside and then you could chew the wax. Common
>>>> misconception was that you always tried to pick out the boy wax
>>>> babies, they were supposed to have more wax on them. <G>
>>>
>>> I remember then and the red, wax lips and the wax bottles that looked
>>> like little Coke bottles.
>>>
>>
>>
>> My kids loved those red wax lips and the wax bottles. Wore the lips
>> until they got really dirty looking and then chewed them. Yum! The wax
>> bottles went immediately. They're in their mid-forties now and they
>> talk about their favorite candies frequently.
>
> George,
>
> I was in HEB today and they had their own brand of wax bottles in small
> packages. Do y'all want a few packages?
>

No thank you, tried to discourage them when they were young, not going
to enable them no. Besides, they live in Houston and shop at an HEB
there, they can buy their own now. <VBG>

favorites were nonpareilles, swedish fish, wax lips, candy cigarettes
(before they became politically incorrect)

Denise

"Denise in NH" > wrote in message
...
> favorites were nonpareilles, swedish fish, wax lips, candy cigarettes
> (before they became politically incorrect)
>
> Denise
>

how about golden nuggets? i saw some last week and had to get them. still
comes in that little cloth bag. best bubble gum made.

--
C.D

C.D wrote:
>
> "Denise in NH" > wrote in message
> ...
>> favorites were nonpareilles, swedish fish, wax lips, candy cigarettes
>> (before they became politically incorrect)
>>
>> Denise
>>
>
> how about golden nuggets? i saw some last week and had to get them.
> still comes in that little cloth bag. best bubble gum made.
>


That was the best gum. :-)


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


Becca

On Apr 22, 8:37*am, (Denise in NH) wrote:
> favorites were nonpareilles, swedish fish, wax lips, candy cigarettes
> (before they became politically incorrect) *

This place:
http://www.globalfoodsmarket.com/
had them as recently as 2 or 3 years ago. Maybe they still do. I
think they were from Eastern Europe.
>
> Denise

--Bryan, aka Bobo Bonobo http://www.TheBonobos.com

Andy wrote on Tue, 21 Apr 2009 08:15:16 -0500:

>> 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

> Candy buttons?

Definitely OT I guess, but the post brought back the memory that I
detested the taste of butterscotch when I was a small child and I still
dislike it. Another memory was buying chocolate bars from *mechanical*
slot machines with a drawer that you pulled out after inserting a coin..
I grew up in Britain and the price was 3 pence (there was a coin for
that amount), about 5 cents in the US at that time, so that was hardly
"penny candy".
--

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

Email, with obvious alterations: not.jim.silverton.at.verizon.not

James Silverton wrote:

>
>> Candy buttons?
>
> Definitely OT I guess, but the post brought back the memory that I
> detested the taste of butterscotch when I was a small child and I still
> dislike it.

I liked those candy buttons, and they were cheap, three or four for a
penny. We used to like the Black Balls and Jawbreakers.


> Another memory was buying chocolate bars from *mechanical*
> slot machines with a drawer that you pulled out after inserting a coin..
> I grew up in Britain and the price was 3 pence (there was a coin for
> that amount), about 5 cents in the US at that time, so that was hardly
> "penny candy".

I remember the different types of pop machines, the uprights with air
cooling and the deep chests with cold water. With the chest type you
had to slide the bottle along and over to the release dodad, and both
types required a good tug to get the bottle out.... without rippng the
ends off your fingers.

On Tue, 21 Apr 2009 13:27:45 GMT, "James Silverton"
> fired up random neurons and synapses
to opine:

>Another memory was buying chocolate bars from *mechanical*
>slot machines with a drawer that you pulled out after inserting a coin..
>I grew up in Britain and the price was 3 pence (there was a coin for
>that amount), about 5 cents in the US at that time, so that was hardly
>"penny candy".

"Thrupenny bits," eh? I remember those from when we lived in England
in the 60s (US Air Force). US pennies were banned on the bases, in
that they rounded everything to the nearest nickel b/c a US penny was
the same size and weight as a six pence and worked in vending
machines. We "brats" used to oh, so innocently ask newbies from the
States to break our change in exchange for pennies. Worked just great,
until they caught on...which was usually after they had parted with
all their pennies!

As to penny *candy*, I remember in about 6th grade being told we could
bring any snacks we wanted to class b/c they were doing some sort of
statewide testing. I blew my entire allowance on candy, leaning
heavily on candy necklaces and button candy (pretty much the same
stuff). Ate myself sick on it. To this day, there are certain types of
hard candy I can't stand because of it.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

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old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

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