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Benedict Arnold

What is the oldest candy treat you remember enjoying as a child?

A recent thread made me remember about the Slo-Poke sucker. There was also one with little flavored disks, can't quite remember the name. 

Posted - February 20, 2017
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  • 6124
    Hi JB.

    LOL!  You just jogged loose a very old memory from the webbing in my brain.  

    My earliest memory about candy was more about the circumstances than the candy itself.  I remember going to the local variety store with all the neighborhood kids to buy Hershey bars & Bazooka bubble gum (I loved the Bazooka Joe comics).  My friend's Uncle owned and ran the store.  He used to regularly cheat little kids out of their change thinking they didn't know how to count and if they did, they wouldn't have the nerve to tell an adult he was wrong.  Until he tried pulling that crap on me.  
      February 20, 2017 4:39 PM MST
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  • haha, too funny :)
     
      February 20, 2017 4:43 PM MST
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  • 5808
    sad to say
    when i was twelve
    stole a candy bar
    at the store.
         Got caught
    strange...can't remember
    the candy bar
    wait, Milky Way it was.
    It took me bit to remember back that far. haha.
       Dad gave me Ten swats on the palm of my hands
    with a razor strap for that.
    True confessions
      February 20, 2017 4:41 PM MST
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  • 6124
    I remember that strap all too well.
      February 20, 2017 4:43 PM MST
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  • Wow, I'm starting to remember something very similar. Yes, it had something to do with candy and a crime. :)
      February 20, 2017 4:46 PM MST
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  • I remember candy cigarettes! White chalky candy sticks with the end colored red! Annd bubble gum cigars!


      February 20, 2017 5:05 PM MST
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  • 6124
    Oh yes Angela!  I remember those too and we did hold them that way.
      February 20, 2017 5:07 PM MST
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  • This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at February 21, 2017 9:43 AM MST
      February 20, 2017 5:09 PM MST
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  • they even blew out a little smoke like dust right? 
     
      February 20, 2017 5:10 PM MST
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  • Oh man....gimme the Godiva! Yes JBopine, they sure did!
      February 20, 2017 5:14 PM MST
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  • These too! Pirate coins!
      February 20, 2017 5:16 PM MST
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  • I remember being very small running up and down a snow covered sidewalk in The Bronx. 
    I remember I had in my mouth a certain kind of pink candy, gum maybe, shaped like a tiny donut.
    If you held it just right and blew thru the hole it would whistle.
      February 20, 2017 5:13 PM MST
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  • 11130
    The first candy I remember is the pink and white peppermints the old man next door carried in his pockets. I was 3 or younger at the time.
      February 20, 2017 5:48 PM MST
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  • 11
    The oldest candies I was a fan of were Necco Wafers. If I'm not mistaken that might be the discs you're thinking of.
      February 20, 2017 6:01 PM MST
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  • Great call, yes indeed those were the ones. I remember not liking only one of the colors, all others were great! Thanks :)
      February 21, 2017 5:03 AM MST
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  • 6124
    It was probably the licorice flavored one.
      February 21, 2017 5:23 AM MST
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  • The flavored disks were probably Neco Wafers.  As kid I liked the wax bottles with tasty liquid in them.  Also Peeps and root beer barrels.
      February 20, 2017 7:10 PM MST
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  • 23664
    I'll try to post an image, too. If it's not there, I obviously failed.
    :)

    But my answer is Cherry Mash candy.


    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at February 21, 2017 5:46 AM MST
      February 20, 2017 7:14 PM MST
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  • My first candy crush was a "Big Hunk" ...
    and I've been a Big Hunk ever since! :)

      February 20, 2017 7:28 PM MST
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  • 2658
      February 20, 2017 8:31 PM MST
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  • Oh wow! I forgot all about them!
      February 20, 2017 8:33 PM MST
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  • 2658
    Them and the BB Bat.. This post was edited by Beans/SilentGeneration at February 21, 2017 5:24 AM MST
      February 20, 2017 8:38 PM MST
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  • Is that BB Babies?  Don't remember trying those, but we always had Kits laying around the house ... especially on holidays.
      February 20, 2017 8:48 PM MST
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  • 2658
    Available in 4 flavors which are banana, strawberry, chocolate and vanilla. I believe the same people made kits.
      February 20, 2017 8:58 PM MST
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