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SoFlaJets Donating Member (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:35 PM
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What candy from your childhood ....
do you miss that is not being made anymore?
my wife misses the marathon bars-it was a twisty pretzle like chocalote and caramel delight
I liked Bonamos turkish taffy they came in different flavors vanilla,chocalate ,strawberry,and banana mmmmmmm
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bitchkitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:37 PM
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1. Necco wafers -
although you can still find them occasionally. And Clark's Teaberry gum.
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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:39 PM
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3. They still make both
They sell Teaberry gum at my lil community college bookstore here in MA.
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kentuck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:37 PM
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2. I think this topic would probably qualify for the "Lounge" ?
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SoFlaJets Donating Member (556 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:42 PM
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4. here are Skinners' rules
I think it qualifies under #4

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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 12:46 PM
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5. none of that means that this question is appropriate for Gen. Discussion
It is a "Lounge" question

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dofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 01:11 PM
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6. Welch's Fudge bars.
Also, the original Mallo Cups. They're still made, but are about 1/3 the size of the ones I could get in the late 50's early 60's. What a shame.
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NaMeaHou Donating Member (802 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 01:19 PM
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7. Do they make "Chick o Sticks"
I would probably barf if I saw one now, but had to have them frequently as a kid.
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populistmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 01:20 PM
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8. Cherry Mash
They had them in the midwest, but they don't have them in New England. I don't think they even make them anymore, but I love those and their closely related counterpart, the Twin Bing.

Sarah
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SiobhanClancy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 02:59 PM
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16. They still make them...
Even though I'm a New Englander,I know and love them. Here's a place you can get them by mail,if you are ever craving a case:)Other cool stuff as well.
http://www.vermontcountrystore.com/navDefault.asp
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populistmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 03:03 PM
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17. That is awesome. Thank you!
I only allow myself candy about once a month, so I'll have to plan ahead. Yummy! Yummy!

Sarah
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 01:30 PM
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9. Sour Bites... They Had It All Over Sweetarts !!!
Yum!!!
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gWbush is Mabus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 01:32 PM
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10. yogurt covered fruit snacks
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 01:34 PM
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11. One of the best commercials ever made was about "Marathon Bars"
It involved two cowboys who were having a "Show-Down" at high noon.

One says "We'll go at as soon as I finish my here Marathon Bar"
Other Guy says "Fine, I'll eat mine also and then I'll blow you away"
(commercial shows them eating and smacking for, seems like, hours)

Last scene is at about 8:00 at night (it's getting dark)
and it shows the two cowboys sitting in the middle of the street together, swapping "Cowboy Stories" and still trying to finish their Marathon Bar....Funny.
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 02:02 PM
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12. Fizzy Bottlecaps
They were so good!
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 02:27 PM
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13. Candy Cigarettes and Bubble Gum Cigarettes
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patdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 02:30 PM
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14. Wax lips...though I did see some at Halloween 3 years ago
but they did not have the sweet flavor MY wax lips had so many years ago...and pixie sticks...

YES...that turkish taffy....it was very yummy...it was flat and you could turn and twist it till it was soft or snap it when it was cold...I do miss that taffy!!
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soleft Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 02:37 PM
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15. Marathon bars are the same as Curly Wurlys
You can order them from Cadbury
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 03:12 PM
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18. I made homemade taffy for the first time last week
http://www.exploratorium.com/cooking/candy/recipe-taffy.html

It's a great site, and the taffy was very fun to make. I found some cheap peppermint oil for flavoring in the aromatherapy section of the healthfood store. I also made hard peppermints and after dinner "buttermints" that I found on another site. Buttermints are almost the same as taffy, just cooked a bit longer and aged. Sugar is fascinating stuff.
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John_H Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-19-03 03:52 PM
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19. do they sill have those bizarre texured disks filled with candy?
we used to buy them, the wax lips, and the wax pop bottles filled w/ syrup 25 for a dollar.
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