White & Red: Throw back junk food

[Elgee]

On behalf of Torrie, who cannot be here at the moment, herewith the history of Junk Food:

 

 

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Ready for a little nostalgia? Memories from childhood? Rotten teeth and dentist visits? Here's your spot! Lets take a jump back in time and relive the days when life was more simple, junk cost a lot less and no one really worried about the health implications of too much junk!

These little bottles of sugar left everyone wanting more!

Can anyone say childhood smoking? No one cared back then.

How many licks does it take to get to the center of the Toostie Roll Pop? The world may never know.

The gum whose flavor lasted exactly 1.5 seconds. 

Love it or hate it. There was no in between.

Is this one still around?

I really think lots of people would be offend by this one today. 

I'm seeing a theme here.

Found at the corner store and sure to break a tooth. 

What's your favorite? Chocolate or strawberry?

 

 

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What is your favorite candy from your childhood? List them here and lets discuss times past! 

 

[Rhea]

Mine is the Candy Necklace! I had to wear one as often as possible! When I was old enough I would walk tot he 7-11 store and buy a bunch of them so I would have one for every day of the week. I seriously ate one every day! I savored them...it would all day!

 

[Elgee]

I remember those! They tasted of musk, I think?

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

Marathon bars, so yum, but such a ripoff

 

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

Now a Charlestown chew was worth the price. We'd freeze them and then smash them to bits and, of course, break our teeth. But they lasted forever even with working teeth

 

[Rhea]

Strawberry Charleston Chew = My fav!

[Ryrin]

I love Bit o' Honey.

 

I lost a tooth in one of these.

 

[Wildfire Sedai]

I love these...and you can still find them if you are lucky:

 

 

[Daruya]

[Sooh]

 

I used to get one of these each Saturday as a kid. Memories <3

[Daruya]

Kinder eggs!  I love those. Can't get them or bring them to the U.S. any more because they are a "choking hazard."

[Elgee]

Pikkie Sweetened Condensed Milk in a triangle:

 

 

This was in the very late 60's, early 70's. Sadly, they haven't made them in decades.

This was basically the only sweet I had, growing up.

[Mystica]

don't know how these are called in English but in our local dialect it was called a 'face puller' meaning you would pull a face because it was extremely sour.

 

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

They make candy baskets for your birth year... I remember all these still being around through grade school. Lol candy cigarettes were the best.

 

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

These re the ones I remember most, the 70s.... Mmmmm... Pop rocks and pixy stix and garbage pail kids

 

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

Collected these harder than pokemons

 

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

Oh yeah, wacky packages... I loved collecting these.

 

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

I believe these were all nasty flat pink gum... But nobody ate it, they just traded the packs.

[Mrs. Cindy Gill]

Bomb pops were my favorite things from the ice cream truck in grade school. Later on they changed the name to something less offensive but I think they changed them back lately

 

[Mashiara Sedai]

Oh, I loved bomb pops.  Of course, the character shaped ice creams were much better!

 

[Rhea]

I loved Jawbreakers! The bigger the better!!!

 

[Elgee]

Ajah sweets! What are those??

[Rhea]

Aren't they pretty!

[Guest]

here they are called american balls lol

[Rhea]

They are "Jawbreakers" LOL