# What is a candy you haven't had in ages? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 31, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381 "2004-08-31T06:08:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/1 "2004-08-31T06:08:33Z")
Tonight I ran across Pop Rocks. I haven’t had them since I was 12 or so. That would make it over 20 years since I last had them. I now have tropical punch flavored Pop Rocks popping in my mouth. They’re _fun_. I don’t see myself buying them regularly, but it was fun having such an absurd candy again. Okay, and I’m wondering what it would be like if I gave someone head while I have them popping in my mouth. What is a candy you haven’t had in ages? ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/2 "2004-08-31T06:21:36Z")
I was thinking of a candy called “Lik M Sticks”, but doing a Google search just reminded me that isn’t what they are called… they are called [Fun Dip](http://www.candyandstuff.com/wonlikfundip.html) . I haven’t had that stuff in 20 years, I tells ya! But now that you bring this thread up, I miss it and just might order a case online. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/3 "2004-08-31T06:23:31Z")
I bought a pack of those too. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/4 "2004-08-31T06:30:59Z")
You are my kind of woman! 🙂 The only candy I still eat from childhood with any regularity are Jolly Ranchers when I can find the 5 lb bags at Costco. Unfortunately, they don’t have the fire ones anymore… they replaced them with Blue Raspberry… bleh! Too bad I can’t find the sticks. Damn, that is two candies in a row in stick form. What would Freud say about me wanting to suck on sticks to relive my childhood? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/5 "2004-08-31T06:35:37Z")
Well… except I’m not a woman. 😃 But thanks, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/6 "2004-08-31T06:37:00Z")
Marathon Bars. Charleston Chews. Candy Cigarettes. Mary Janes. and of course, Crunchy Frogs 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/7 "2004-08-31T06:37:11Z")
Sorry about that, I didn’t mean to imply! 🙂 Either way, you have impeccable taste in candy! ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/8 "2004-08-31T06:37:39Z")
Candy Cigerretes. For some reason you can’t find them anymore. Probably those damn truth kids. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/9 "2004-08-31T06:39:04Z")
Wondering how I missed: > [@Mockingbird](#): > > Okay, and I’m wondering what it would be like if I gave someone head while I have them popping in my mouth. I expect you might finally give some validity to the urban myth about pop rocks and exploding heads. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zoogirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b9bd4f/32.png) [@zoogirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoogirl)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/10 "2004-08-31T06:39:37Z")
Damn, now I want a Violet Crumble. They were a bar, sort of a spun toffee covered in milk chocolate. I think they were made in Australia. Anyway, I bought them in the old Woodards store in New Westminster. ---
**Author:** ![HPL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/3da27b/32.png) [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/11 "2004-08-31T06:40:23Z")
> [@bughunter](#): > > Crunchy Frogs 😛 I’m more of a “Spring Surprise” man myself. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/12 "2004-08-31T06:45:49Z")
> [@bughunter](#): > > Wondering how I missed: > > I expect you might finally give some validity to the urban myth about pop rocks and exploding heads. > > 😃 Yeah… I just need a volunteer from the studio audience. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/13 "2004-08-31T06:56:33Z")
I recently had some Fun Dip. It wasn’t nearly as good as I remembered. Nerds and Gobstoppers, however, pleased just as much as they always did. I really want a Sugar Daddy right now, but I always get them stuck to my teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/14 "2004-08-31T06:58:42Z")
> [@Harimad-sol](#): > > I recently had some Fun Dip. It wasn’t nearly as good as I remembered. Nerds and Gobstoppers, however, pleased just as much as they always did. I really want a Sugar Daddy right now, but I always get them stuck to my teeth. I have Sugar Daddies and Sugar Babies. I keep them on hand. I love them. Is there such a thing as a Sugar Mama? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/15 "2004-08-31T07:01:30Z")
> [@Squee](#): > > I was thinking of a candy called “Lik M Sticks”, but doing a Google search just reminded me that isn’t what they are called… they are called [Fun Dip](http://www.candyandstuff.com/wonlikfundip.html) . I promise you I used to eat this stuff, and it was called Lik 'M Sticks. I SWEAR! SO-CALLED “FUN DIP” CAN GO TO HELL AND DIE! ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/16 "2004-08-31T07:02:43Z")
Oh! I love Nerds! I used to be a freak of kid and stuff a full bag of Big League Chew into my mouth, and when that lost it’s flavor (like most cheap gum does: Bazooka Joe, etc), I would crunch Nerds into the gum to increase the sugar volume. Damn, this is all bringing me back! Now if I can just find my Garbage Pail Kids cards (complete with crappy gum), I would be all set. ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/17 "2004-08-31T07:06:00Z")
Smeghead! Thank you! I knew I wasn’t crazy… well at least not forgetful crazy! Damn that Wonka and his evil lies! ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/18 "2004-08-31T07:08:37Z")
There were Sugar Mamas, **Mockingbird**. Sort of like a chocolate-covered Sugar Daddy, if I remember rightly. I never had one but I heard about them on the Food Network show “Unwrapped.” [Here’s a cite.](http://www.oldtimecandy.com/sugar-daddy.htm) Down at the bottom. Lik M Sticks _was_ the old name, right? Why’d they change it? ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/19 "2004-08-31T07:11:39Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > I promise you I used to eat this stuff, and it was called Lik 'M Sticks. I SWEAR! SO-CALLED “FUN DIP” CAN GO TO HELL AND DIE! As far as I can remember from the first time I bought Fun Dip when I was 10 or so, they came with two Lik M Sticks. That would be 22 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Squee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@Squee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squee)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2004, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381/20 "2004-08-31T07:14:58Z")
Mockingbird, we are about the same age, so we were eating this candy around the same time. Now I don’t know what to believe! Your reason sounds plausible, so maybe that is why I don’t remember it correctly. Then again, you did recently buy a package of them, so you might be right. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-candy-you-havent-had-in-ages/262381.md?page=2)