# Candy and junk food from the good ole days **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 20, 2009, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718 "2009-02-20T14:41:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/41 "2009-02-21T01:30:47Z")
> [@Momofgirls](#): > > I mourned the Marathon Bar for many years until I discovered a British (?) import called “Curly Wurly.” Can be hard to find but a joyful experience when you do! They were called WigWags in Canada way back when. I’ve tried the Curly Wurly, but it’s not the same, somehow. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/42 "2009-02-21T01:37:28Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I picked up some fizzies at a specialty store a while back. > > They did not live up to my memory of them, by any means. > > Wish I could find some **Danish-go-rounds** or shake-a-pudding. How Pop-Tarts survived with these on the market I’ll never understand. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/43 "2009-02-21T01:38:46Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Smarties - small sweet tarts that came in pastel colors (these might still be around) They are. Also still around are the Canadian candy known as Smarties. Not made by the same company. they’re more like M&Ms. > [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Freshen up gum - “The gum that goes squirt” Ah, yes. I remember those. Known as “come gum” in my youth. ---
**Author:** ![3acresandatruck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e79b87/32.png) [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/44 "2009-02-21T01:46:37Z")
What I miss the most is the kind of wrapper they used to package candy bars in, back in the days when you paid a nickel for a Milky Way. It was some kind of treated paper; it didn’t work as well as the new material. You used to sometimes get a stale candy bar, and it seemed like that stopped happening when they came out with the improved wrappers, I guess it was in the late 60’s sometime. But the old stuff had a certain feel to it, and the way it sounded as you tore the paper off the candy bar is something that I still regret losing. ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/45 "2009-02-21T01:50:04Z")
A great place to buy old candy online is [The Old Time Candy Company](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/). I ordered their '60s mix for my mother’s 50th birthday and the whole family loved it. (This is not meant as an advertisement- it is just pointing out a website which is in line with the subject of this thread.) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/46 "2009-02-21T02:59:52Z")
Remember Sixlets? ---
**Author:** ![K364](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k364/32/5_2.png) [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/47 "2009-02-21T03:24:32Z")
Probably these are Canadian only, not sure: [Thrills gum](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrills) - yes, they really did taste like soap. But we loved them for some reason. Pep Chew candy bar Horseshoe suckers Macintosh toffee - still sold. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/48 "2009-02-21T03:41:43Z")
> [@Dreamy\_B](#): > > No love for Pop Rocks? > > Mikey from the Life cerial comercials died because he washed them down with Pepsi. > > I keed I keed That’s for quickly squelching that rumor before it got out of hand. It was Coke. And it was a suicide. Not really. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/49 "2009-02-21T04:16:29Z")
OP mentions (Boyer) Mallow Cups. I wasn’t a big fan of that much marshmallow but Boyer also made “Smoothies.” [http://www.rockofagescandy.com/HTFCandyBars/Products/SmoothieBar.html](http://www.rockofagescandy.com/HTFCandyBars/Products/SmoothieBar.html) It’s a PB cup but the shell is butterscotch. Doesn’t sound as good as chocolate? Trust me! Were these Chicagoland faves? Other ppl don’t seem to remember either product. BTW they also put cardboard squares in each, and they printed “coins” on them. Collect $10 worth, cut and tape onto paper, mail in…they’d mail you a free box! As connoisseurs we _always_ stipulated that we wanted Smoothies instead of Mallow Cups. ---
**Author:** ![HolyFreakingMoly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ba0ec/32.png) [@HolyFreakingMoly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HolyFreakingMoly)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/50 "2009-02-21T05:16:39Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > Actually it was teaberry flavored. > > Beemans was pepsin flavored, Black Jack was licorice flavored, and Clove was (surprise!) clove flavored. > > [Clark’s Teaberry.](http://www.oldtimeconfections.com/images/teaberry.jpg) > > [Beemans, Adam’s Black Jack, and Adam’s Clove.](http://www.oldtimeconfections.com/Gum/Nostalgia%20gum%20prepack.jpg) You are sure right! Now, for the life of me, I can’t call up that Teaberry flavor! ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/51 "2009-02-21T05:44:22Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > OP mentions (Boyer) Mallow Cups. I wasn’t a big fan of that much marshmallow but Boyer also made “Smoothies.” > > [http://www.rockofagescandy.com/HTFCandyBars/Products/SmoothieBar.html](http://www.rockofagescandy.com/HTFCandyBars/Products/SmoothieBar.html) > > It’s a PB cup but the shell is butterscotch. Doesn’t sound as good as chocolate? Trust me! Loved Smoothies! I’m actually from Altoona, where the Boyer factory is, and Smoothies are definitely my favorite. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/52 "2009-02-21T06:12:15Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Loved Smoothies! I’m actually from Altoona, where the Boyer factory is, and Smoothies are definitely my favorite. Remind me to face Altoona and kneel in reverent prayer 5X a day! 😃 I lurvs PB. I lurvs PB with chocolate. Still I really believe that if you gave everybody a Smoothie to try, 80% would leave Reese’s in a heartbeat. Funny, mallow Cups were ubiquitous in Podunk, IL, but not Smoothies. I have no idea what brainiac came up with that distribution scheme. And how cool was that idea of the coins?! “Buy our product faithfully and we will reward you.” The ones we “bought” with saved coins were the best. It was as though we could taste the love! BTW the tragedy about that website is that the shipping will run you like $8 at least. Still you could get 24 packs for about $25. I’m tempted. Verrrry tempted. Man, give a pack at Christmas in a stocking to someone who had never had them! Problem is, get me started and I’d eat every last one of them. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/53 "2009-02-21T06:15:54Z")
> [@HolyFreakingMoly](#): > > That’s a pretty comprehensive list but how about gum… Anybody remember Teabury (sp?) and BlackJack gums? Teabury was clove flavored, BlackJack was black licorice. You can still get both of them around here [WV]. All of the Cracker Barrels have them, and I think I’ve seen them at the local grocery stores. If all else fails, The Vermont Country Store [http://www.vermontcountrystore.com](http://www.vermontcountrystore.com) has them. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/54 "2009-02-21T06:25:03Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > Remind me to face Altoona and kneel in reverent prayer 5X a day! 😃 Heh! There was a period in the mid-80s-to-mid-90s when Boyer was in a lot of financial trouble. The Boyer family sold it to a New York investor who consolidated something like 7 different candy companies and overextended himself. Then he bought the (very popular, well-treed and free) county park and tried to turn it into a theme park, cutting down most of the trees and putting in themed rides in a bid to become a second Hersheypark. He lost a LOT of money in that scheme and sold the park back to the county two years later…minus the shade trees, of course. There are still people in Blair County who curse the guy’s name because he ruined what was a well-loved park. It’s recovered somewhat now. The Boyer factory had a fire in the mid-90s, then, and shut down for almost a year. I actually thought that they had shut down forever and weren’t making candy anymore (I haven’t been local to there for about 5 1/2 years now). ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2009, 11:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/55 "2009-02-21T11:17:32Z")
Violet Mints Satelite Wafers Candy Cigarettes ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/56 "2009-02-22T00:35:56Z")
> [@mobo85](#): > > A great place to buy old candy online is [The Old Time Candy Company](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/). I ordered their '60s mix for my mother’s 50th birthday and the whole family loved it. (This is not meant as an advertisement- it is just pointing out a website which is in line with the subject of this thread.) 43 posts too late. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/57 "2009-02-22T01:03:01Z")
> [@Icerigger](#): > > Holy Shit! Space Food Sticks, peanut butter my favorite. Bummer $40.00 a box not so good. These resided right next to the jar of Tang in our house. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/58 "2009-02-22T01:05:32Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUB](#): > > Freshen up gum - “The gum that goes squirt” We called the “cum gum” on account of we were classy fuckin’ kids! ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/59 "2009-02-22T04:23:56Z")
I miss Choco-lite bars, which were whipped full of tiny air bubbles and just melted in your mouth. Danish-Go-Rounds and Shake-A-Pudding—two lost favorites for me, too. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2009, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718/60 "2009-02-22T14:43:54Z")
> [@lobotomyboy63](#): > > OP mentions (Boyer) Mallow Cups. I wasn’t a big fan of that much marshmallow but Boyer also made “Smoothies.” > > [http://www.rockofagescandy.com/HTFCandyBars/Products/SmoothieBar.html](http://www.rockofagescandy.com/HTFCandyBars/Products/SmoothieBar.html) > > It’s a PB cup but the shell is butterscotch. Doesn’t sound as good as chocolate? Trust me! > > Were these Chicagoland faves? Other ppl don’t seem to remember either product. > > BTW they also put cardboard squares in each, and they printed “coins” on them. Collect $10 worth, cut and tape onto paper, mail in…they’d mail you a free box! As connoisseurs we _always_ stipulated that we wanted Smoothies instead of Mallow Cups. I put some Smoothies in our stockings this past Christmas. Smoothies and Mallow Cups are readily available at convenience stores in my neighborhood, along with: Sky Bars Necco Wafers (I actually like these!) Teaberry gum (now owned by Cadbury Adams) Blackjack gum Freshen Up gum Clove gum Mary Janes and Bit O Honeys (shudder - I hate these, but my husband likes them) Have you all read [Candy Freak](http://www.amazon.com/Candyfreak-Journey-through-Chocolate-Underbelly/dp/B001O9CGEO/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1235313385&sr=8-1) by Steve Almond? I read it last summer and then was delighted to find myself at a candy store on the west coast that was selling a bunch of the candies mentioned in the book - Abba Zabbas, Big Hunks, and the divine [Valomilk](http://www.valomilk.com/). In that store I also discovered a new vice - [Coconut Long Boys](http://www.amazon.com/Long-Boy-Coconut-LONG-COCONUT/dp/B0017OV6LA/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=grocery&qid=1235313680&sr=8-2), which I now mail order. Others that I discovered there I can get at the Kittery Outlets - Walnettos, Valomilks, etc. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candy-and-junk-food-from-the-good-ole-days/486718.md?page=4)