Retro Candy: Your Sweet Tooth and Mine

Some people state that a candy is too sweet, but it is supposed to be! So many candies to choose from, make selecting one for your sweet tooth might not satisfy mine. Oh, I remember One cent candies that are still someone's favorites today, so let's begin at that wonderful beginning.

Button candies were on a long strip of paper and you bit them off with your teeth, one by one. The entire strip was one cent. Now you can buy 48 strips in a box for $18.99 at: http://www.candy.com While I was on that site, I found other treasures of the retro era too. Sen Sen 12 count for the little packages of licorice delights are $8.99. The red hot dollars were a truly hot cinnamon confection that seemed to stay in my mouth forever. They are sold on that same site in a 7.5 pound case for $18.00.

Rock candy only came in a clear color when I was a rockster. Now it comes in amber, red, orange, yellow,green , blue, brown, black, purple, aqua, pink and beige. A box of 5 pounds costs $29.49 already on the string. Not only can you buy it generic, you can select Kosher too, but only in the clear color. Improvements have been made to this product by placing it on a stick they call crystal sticks. One hundred and twenty of those are $74.00. As assorted box of 60 crystal sticks costs $54.00. One step further is the choice of shapes of this rock candy which can be purchased in crystal form, smooth, flat , like lollipops and custom shapes too. Prices vary depending on how many and what shape you wish. You can expect to pay from $10 to $ 19.99.

Syrup filled wax bottles of refreshment were meant to be enjoyed fully. Beginning by biting off the top of the wax, one then sipped the syrup out of the paraffin container. Sometimes I could chew on the wax to get every last drop out of the container. They sell for 10 pack: 12 count for $16.49.

A girl could even have a candy necklace and then when she got hungry for something sweet, she could take a nibble. They sell for 5 pounds for $18.49. When the necklace was gone, there was always the candy watch which now sells for 2. 5 pounds for $ 18.49. Way back then the candy cigarette was popular with its looks having a red tip depicting it being lit. Pure sugar stick that came in their own boxes too. Yes, they are still for sale, even to minors for $5.99 for 24 boxes.

Needless to say, I saved the best for the last. Mallo cup was my favorite and still might be too, but I have not had one for over 50 years. This is a chocolate covered, soft center of marshmallow cream center with a slight crunch to the chocolate outer coating. Pure milk chocolate outer coating is placed in a brown paper that made it seem like a fancy dessert. They sell 24 for $22.49.

Candy is a gift of today, has been a gift of always. Did I mention your favorite?