# Help In Finding An Old-Time Candy Mint **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 26, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117 "2010-09-26T17:20:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/1 "2010-09-26T17:20:09Z")
It this is a double post, I apologize. I tried to post it a half-hour ago, but it doesn’t appear on the board. I think I made a mistake somewhere in posting it, so I’m trying again. Anyway, for nostalgic reasons I am trying to find a candy mint that was popular in the 1960s. I have looked for them in several stores and on several of the internet sites that sell “old-time” candy, but I can’t find it. Maybe it is still being sold and I am just not looking in the right places. The candy in question was a round, flat, solid mint, about one and one-half inches in diameter and one-quarter inch thick. One side was smooth and one side was ridged. They came in a long (eight inches) narrow box with a cellophan side so that you could see the mints which were in the box stacked on their edges. Each box had ten white mints, ten yellow mints, ten green mints, and ten pink mints. They melted in your mouth and were incredibly sweet. I suspect they were mainly sugar and a little coloring. But I loved them. Does anyone else remember them? Can anyone tell me where I can find them? ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/2 "2010-09-26T17:31:13Z")
Oooh, I loved those. But I can’t remember what they were called. The ridged/smooth thing is what I remember most. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/3 "2010-09-26T17:43:04Z")
[Buttermints?](http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&safe=off&q=buttermints&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&biw=1366&bih=585) I’m sure you can make them in any shape you want, but this it the candy (that I know of) that comes in different colors and melts in your mouth. IIRC it’s not difficult to make at home. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/4 "2010-09-26T17:45:02Z")
[Home-Made Sugar Mints](http://www.sanbornscandies.com/candy.shtml)? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/5 "2010-09-26T17:49:03Z")
I have a follow-up question. Was this a sugary type candy or something made out of white chocolate? Now I’m wondering if you’re talking about those [white chocolate disks?](http://blackberrypockets.blogspot.com/2008/01/ive-got-pocket-full-of-pretty-green.html) Either way you might want to check in your phone book for stores that sell confections. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/6 "2010-09-26T17:57:21Z")
Ok, I think I found them! Not the brand I remember, but they sound right…ridged, pastel, not chocolate…I can [http://www.oliverscandies.com/index.cfm/product/110\_10/pastel-mints.cfm](http://www.oliverscandies.com/index.cfm/product/110_10/pastel-mints.cfm) still taste them! Hope this is what you were looking for! Now, if I can rearrange my shopping this afternoon to go by B.A. Sweeties and see if they have them…lol Okay, messed up the coding on the link, but still! And one of the comments mentioned they were also called Merrimints in another brand, and that the Vermont Store had them. ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/7 "2010-09-26T18:05:51Z")
Here’s the [Vermont Country Store](http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/browse/Home/Food-Candy/Old-Fashioned-Candy/Pastel-Mints/D/30100/P/1:100:1020:100840/I/f08854?evar3=cross%20sells) link, and here’s the details of [what happened](http://www.roadfood.com/Forums/The-truth-about-Merriments-finally-m272386.aspx) to the original company. ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/8 "2010-09-26T18:18:41Z")
I remember buying those, or something like them, when I was really young! They were in a candy shop, like Fanny Farmer’s. I would beg my mom to get them whenever I saw them. They were packaged just as you describe. If they were called Merrimints, Kittenblue’s link looks just like them! You might be able to find a recipe and make something similar. The “real” Merrimints are no longer made. Hmm…now I want to try making these for Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/9 "2010-09-26T18:24:26Z")
Merrimints!!! That’s what they were called. And of course they don’t make them anymore. I’ll have to try the knock-offs from the Vermont store. ---
**Author:** ![slightly\_askew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d07c76/32.png) [@slightly\_askew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slightly_askew)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/10 "2010-09-26T18:32:12Z")
Ohhh – I loved those too. My Grandmother always bought them. I think that I will try making them rather than spend $25 for the knock-off version. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/11 "2010-09-26T18:37:35Z")
Dear Og, I’ve not thought of those in decades. Yet when you described them, I recalled them instantly. Yum! I miss 'em… ---
**Author:** ![Galaxioz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Galaxioz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Galaxioz)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/12 "2011-08-25T23:46:26Z")
If anyone looking for these mints live in Ohio there is a candy store on the main street in Ashland that still makes them. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/13 "2011-08-26T01:21:47Z")
My grandma used to have these in her candy dish! Vermont Country Store is mecca for baby boomers. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/14 "2011-08-26T01:52:21Z")
> [@Ronald\_C.Semone](#): > > It this is a double post, I apologize. I tried to post it a half-hour ago, but it doesn’t appear on the board. I think I made a mistake somewhere in posting it, so I’m trying again. > > Anyway, for nostalgic reasons I am trying to find a candy mint that was popular in the 1960s. I have looked for them in several stores and on several of the internet sites that sell “old-time” candy, but I can’t find it. Maybe it is still being sold and I am just not looking in the right places. > > The candy in question was a round, flat, solid mint, about one and one-half inches in diameter and one-quarter inch thick. One side was smooth and one side was ridged. They came in a long (eight inches) narrow box with a cellophan side so that you could see the mints which were in the box stacked on their edges. Each box had ten white mints, ten yellow mints, ten green mints, and ten pink mints. They melted in your mouth and were incredibly sweet. I suspect they were mainly sugar and a little coloring. But I loved them. > > Does anyone else remember them? Can anyone tell me where I can find them? > **[Candy Store Kittery Maine | Yummies Candy & Nuts](https://yummies.com/)** > > Yummies Candy & Nuts has served thousands of happy customers since we opened in 1986 in Kittery, Maine. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/15 "2011-08-26T02:15:25Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Dear Og, I’ve not thought of those in decades. Yet when you described them, I recalled them instantly. Yum! > > I miss 'em… This! The ones we bought were just called Pastel Mints. Pretty sure it was just from the store, as this was decades ago and there were no specialty shops where I lived. Though I was born in Vermont…maybe it’s a NE thing. Hrm… ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/16 "2011-08-26T02:30:27Z")
Our local candy store makes them! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/17 "2011-08-26T13:23:17Z")
NECCO wafers are pretty similar. Except they are smooth n both sides. They are pretty easy to find at Kmart and some convenience stores. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/18 "2011-08-26T17:57:25Z")
About the only similarity between Necco wafers and the mints described in this thread is that both confections are round. Necco wafers aren’t mint, and the texture is very, very different. That’s not to say they aren’t great and nostalgic. Just very different. The mints are softer. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/19 "2011-08-26T18:00:28Z")
> [@Taomist](#): > > This! The ones we bought were just called Pastel Mints. Pretty sure it was just from the store, as this was decades ago and there were no specialty shops where I lived. Though I was born in Vermont…maybe it’s a NE thing. Hrm… Those were my mother’s favorite! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2011, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117/20 "2011-08-26T18:36:38Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > NECCO wafers are pretty similar. Except they are smooth n both sides. They are pretty easy to find at Kmart and some convenience stores. Necco wafers IMHO are very dissimilar from the Merrimints of my youth. The merrimints melted quite nicely in the mouth, with just a little slow mastication. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-in-finding-an-old-time-candy-mint/555117.md?page=2)