I'm really stretching for a new topic here, so this one might seem a little strange. Have you ever thought about how the different foods, and candies, that have been around for a long time, sometimes just fade away,all of a sudden. New versions, and different flavors, seem to push the good, and familiar foods right off the shelf. Sometimes, the stores are sooo smooth, you don't even realize it's gone. If it's something you use a lot of, you realize it's gone right away. There are soooo many things, I wish they still made. This thread is for discussion on products that are no longer made or sold. * special note* some products may be sold in different regions ,and aren't necessarily gone forever. I'll start us on our way.....
Does anybody remember Tootsie Roll Pop Drops? They were a hot item back in the 80's. They were a mini version of a Tootsie Roll Pop, but there was no stick in them. God, I loved those. They were fairly popular,and all of a sudden *BAM* they were gone LOL!!!
I also miss the KFC Chicken Little's. I know why they are gone. KFC couldn't make much money on them. They were 2 for $1. Man, I used to buy a six pack, when I bought them. They were g-r-u-u-b!!!! :drool1:
Does anybody remember Kraft Fudgies? They were those little chocolate carmels, in the foil wrapper. I ate a lot of those as a kid.
I've looked everywhere trying to find those 2 candies, and as far as I know, nobody makes them anymore. OK, I got us started, please add your list to the thread. I think this could be an interesting topic. :smile:
Does anyone remember when one of the bubble gum companies (Bubble yum maybe) put bubble gum in a squeezable tube? I remember my sister and I only getting it once. We were starting to be savy consumers at that point! You couldn't get all the gum out of the tube! Thank goodness for mom's everlasting supply of chopsticks to try and scrape out as much as we could!
Gum by the inch? Do they still make that?
Its not a candy but when I was a kid I used to buy these things like Push Ups called Cho cho's....Closest thing I can find to what they tasted like is Wendy's Frosty. Ya know, come to think of it I don't remember seeing Push Ups anywhere lately either.
Man they can not get rid of push ups! I used to like the rocketship popsicles too. They were red, white and blue and the white part was lemon ice. I loved them!
Is that the orange ice cream w/the stick think that you use to push it up out of the round cylinder? They still have them, but they're "character" pops now...like sponge bob.
Licorice jump ropes - they were about three feet long and a tube of licorice. Not really the same consistency of a Twizzler but a little softer. I don't know anyone that jumped rope with them.
Quote from: kimmi on January 13, 2008, 01:07:24 AM
Man they can not get rid of push ups! I used to like the rocketship popsicles too. They were red, white and blue and the white part was lemon ice. I loved them!
The ice cream trucks here still have those. They're they cheapest thing they offer, so all the kids usually have them. :biggrin:
What about candy necklaces? We used to wear them for a week...get them all dirty and matted in our hair and still eat them! :puke: :biggrin:
The convenience store near my house used to have Charleston Chews in the refridgerator. They were chocolate covered taffy. When in the fridge they could break teeth! :yes:
They have the gum that looks like a tape measure....is that what you mean?
I remember living in WV, there was a Tastee Freeze, similar to Dairy Queen, but I'm not sure they're around anymore. They had the MOST awesome hot dogs. The rolls were like toasted bread instead of a hot dog roll.
They have the gum that looks like a tape measure....is that what you mean?
Yes. It came in a circular plastic case.
They still have it. My daughter is a bubblegum enthusiast. :biggrin: She loves that, because I think she thinks she's getting more.
Did anyone every by candy cigarettes as a kid?
Quote from: PIYA on January 13, 2008, 01:14:42 AM
They still have it. My daughter is a bubblegum enthusiast. :biggrin: She loves that, because I think she thinks she's getting more.
Did anyone every by candy cigarettes as a kid?
:biggrin: And no thats not why I smoke now...I loved those things. :yes:
Me too! :biggrin:
Anybody remember Sen Sens? I haven't seen those in forever.
I don't remember those but I used to love Sour Patch Kids! There was a place near the Jr. High where you could go in the mornings and hand the guy $.50 and he would count out 100 and put them in the smallest paper sacks you have ever seen. Kids would keep them in their pocket and eat them all day!
:smitten:
garbage pail kids candy
Quote from: kimmi on January 13, 2008, 01:02:33 AM
Does anyone remember when one of the bubble gum companies (Bubble yum maybe) put bubble gum in a squeezable tube? I remember my sister and I only getting it once. We were starting to be savy consumers at that point! You couldn't get all the gum out of the tube! Thank goodness for mom's everlasting supply of chopsticks to try and scrape out as much as we could!
Gum by the inch? Do they still make that?
I remember it, but I don't know, if they make it any more or not? It wasn't called Big Squeeze, or something like that was it? I can picture it in my mind. :yes:
Quote from: me on January 13, 2008, 01:04:58 AM
Its not a candy but when I was a kid I used to buy these things like Push Ups called Cho cho's....Closest thing I can find to what they tasted like is Wendy's Frosty. Ya know, come to think of it I don't remember seeing Push Ups anywhere lately either.
I've never heard of Cho chos but, Schwans sells push ups still. :biggrin:
Quote from: kimmi on January 13, 2008, 01:07:24 AM
Man they can not get rid of push ups! I used to like the rocketship popsicles too. They were red, white and blue and the white part was lemon ice. I loved them!
They still make both of those. :yes: I'm not sure if they sell them in your region though. :no:
Quote from: kimmi on January 13, 2008, 01:08:47 AM
Licorice jump ropes - they were about three feet long and a tube of licorice. Not really the same consistency of a Twizzler but a little softer. I don't know anyone that jumped rope with them.
Hell, I'd get tangled up in that, and kill myself, or the people holding the licorish rope LOL!!!
Quote from: PIYA on January 13, 2008, 01:09:59 AM
What about candy necklaces? We used to wear them for a week...get them all dirty and matted in our hair and still eat them! :puke: :biggrin:
I LOVED THOSE!!! Mine never lasted more than an hour though. CHOMP CHOMP!!! I never could hold back, candy was gone, like a lightening flash LMAO!!! :biggrin:
Quote from: kimmi on January 13, 2008, 01:11:24 AM
The convenience store near my house used to have Charleston Chews in the refridgerator. They were chocolate covered taffy. When in the fridge they could break teeth! :yes:
he he , No need for Jaw Breakers with those around. :spooked:
Quote from: kimmi on January 13, 2008, 01:12:35 AM
They have the gum that looks like a tape measure....is that what you mean?
Yes. It came in a circular plastic case.
I think that is called Bubble Tape?
Quote from: PIYA on January 13, 2008, 01:14:42 AM
They still have it. My daughter is a bubblegum enthusiast. :biggrin: She loves that, because I think she thinks she's getting more.
Did anyone every by candy cigarettes as a kid?
I ate a lot of those, because they were environmentally friendly. :wink:
Quote from: damfast on January 13, 2008, 08:42:03 AM
garbage pail kids candy
Those were good,and I liked "Dem Bones' they came in a little garbage can. Those always remind me of Oscar the Grouch. :yes:
Quote from: kimmi on January 13, 2008, 08:39:48 AM
I don't remember those but I used to love Sour Patch Kids! There was a place near the Jr. High where you could go in the mornings and hand the guy $.50 and he would count out 100 and put them in the smallest paper sacks you have ever seen. Kids would keep them in their pocket and eat them all day!
:smitten:
I'm most a chocolate candy kinda person. I rarely eat "fruity" candy, but I love Sour Patch kids! It has to be the Sour Patch kids brand too. I don't like the knockoffs.
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on January 13, 2008, 01:31:33 PM
I ate a lot of those, because they were environmentally friendly. :wink:
Okay, so I'm busted. That's the closest to smoking I ever came. :biggrin: There were two kinds of candy cigarettes. There was one kind that was a stick of gum wrapped in paper and if you blew on it, the "smoke" would come out the end. It was really powered sugar (I think). The other was this minty kinda stick shaped like a cigarette, those I wasn't fond of because they tasted like dried up toothpaste to me. ;D
I wasn't much of a candy eater as a kid -- Halloween was really the only time I ate it in mass quantities.
I did love gum, though and we used to buy the Big Buddy gum that was shaped like a ruler and about as long.
Not candy but does anyone remember cheese kisses? I loved those!
Quote from: PIYA on January 13, 2008, 01:57:55 PM
Okay, so I'm busted. That's the closest to smoking I ever came. :biggrin: There were two kinds of candy cigarettes. There was one kind that was a stick of gum wrapped in paper and if you blew on it, the "smoke" would come out the end. It was really powered sugar (I think). The other was this minty kinda stick shaped like a cigarette, those I wasn't fond of because they tasted like dried up toothpaste to me. ;D
The minty sticks seemed to taste like chalk, but damn didn't we look cool, with them hanging out of our mouths? :rolleyes: One time, when I was 8 or 9, my best friend, and I got caught smoking one of my Mom's cigs, and I got grounded for the entire Summer. Mom, took my stereo away, and my best friend (who practically lived with us) didn't get to come out the entire Summer. I spent a lot of time at my Grandparents house, and my Mom told my Grandma, that when I was staying there, I couldn't listen to any music. Music was a tremendous thing in my life, it was a coping mechanism so to speak. Luckily, my Maama let me listen to it, the entire time I was there. :biggrin:
Quote from: tallulahdahling on January 13, 2008, 02:06:46 PM
I wasn't much of a candy eater as a kid -- Halloween was really the only time I ate it in mass quantities.
I did love gum, though and we used to buy the Big Buddy gum that was shaped like a ruler and about as long.
Not candy but does anyone remember cheese kisses? I loved those!
No, what were they?
When I was a kid, there was this snack, that was made of the same stuff as corn chips are, but it was a spiral shape. I think they were called Corkers? Does anybody remember those? They were gruuuub!!! :drool1:
Quote from: PIYA on January 13, 2008, 01:57:55 PM
Okay, so I'm busted. That's the closest to smoking I ever came. :biggrin: There were two kinds of candy cigarettes. There was one kind that was a stick of gum wrapped in paper and if you blew on it, the "smoke" would come out the end. It was really powered sugar (I think). The other was this minty kinda stick shaped like a cigarette, those I wasn't fond of because they tasted like dried up toothpaste to me. ;D
I had forgotten about the ones that the smoke blew out of. I really didn't care for those, I liked the mint ones.
I don't think anybody mentioned Jujubees yet.
Come to think about it, how about Black Jack gum"
And Chum Gum?
Big ol' red wax lips -- and buck teeth.
Man, my brain is just spillin' 'em out.
Mallo Cups
Mary Janes or Sugar Daddy
Quote from: followsthewolf on January 14, 2008, 09:11:38 AM
I don't think anybody mentioned Jujubees yet.
They stiil sell those here. :yes:
Quote from: followsthewolf on January 14, 2008, 09:13:57 AM
Come to think about it, how about Black Jack gum"
They still sell that here too. :smile:
Quote from: followsthewolf on January 14, 2008, 09:15:35 AM
Big ol' red wax lips -- and buck teeth.
Man, my brain is just spillin' 'em out.
They sell wax lips, and now the buck teeth, are called RedNeck teeth LOL!!! :biggrin:
Quote from: Bo D on January 14, 2008, 10:34:53 AM
Mallo Cups
Mary Janes or Sugar Daddy
They still sell those at Farm King. :cowboy:
Cracker Barrel sells a bunch of the old name candies.
Quote from: smokeykat on January 14, 2008, 11:33:57 AM
Cracker Barrel sells a bunch of the old name candies.
They've got those old fashioned candy sticks, and those are the bomb!!! My favorite flavor is Butter Rum. :drool1: They sell a lot of those nostalgic candies at the orchards in his area. I worked at an orchard, and they had a lot of candy ,I had never heard of before. There was a hard candy called Whorehound" (sic), that I had never heard of, but I'm told it was very popular way back when. :yes:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on January 14, 2008, 12:22:34 PM
There was a hard candy called Whorehound"
:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Bad Dog!!!!!!
It was called Horehound and named after the herb from which it was made. http://www.internetconnections.org/horehound.htm (http://www.internetconnections.org/horehound.htm)
Quote from: Bo D on January 14, 2008, 12:27:21 PM
:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Bad Dog!!!!!!
It was called Horehound and named after the herb from which it was made. http://www.internetconnections.org/horehound.htm (http://www.internetconnections.org/horehound.htm)
My dad used to eat the all the time and I always thought it was gross...
Mine, too.
He also ate countless "Spanish Bar Cakes" with endless cups of coffee.
Wow.
Quote from: Bo D on January 14, 2008, 12:27:21 PM
:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Bad Dog!!!!!!
It was called Horehound and named after the herb from which it was made. http://www.internetconnections.org/horehound.htm (http://www.internetconnections.org/horehound.htm)
He he, I knew it was something like that. :biggrin: What do you mean BAD DOG? Those girls got to make a living somehow!!! :biggrin:
Does anybody remember Peanut Butter Logs? They still sell those here. :biggrin:
Quote from: followsthewolf on January 14, 2008, 05:31:14 PM
Mine, too.
He also ate countless "Spanish Bar Cakes" with endless cups of coffee.
Wow.
What the heck is a Spanish Bar Cake?
Quote from: me on January 14, 2008, 10:18:12 PM
What the heck is a Spanish Bar Cake?
I was wondering that too me. I've never heard of them. :no:
Every once in a while I can find bottle caps up here. Does anyone else remember Wacky Wafers?
QuoteQuote from: me on January 14, 2008, 10:18:12 PM
What the heck is a Spanish Bar Cake?
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on January 14, 2008, 10:49:12 PM
I was wondering that too me. I've never heard of them. :no:
Guess he don't want us to know. :shrug:
Quote from: me on January 21, 2008, 03:38:28 AM
Guess he don't want us to know. :shrug:
Sorry. Haven't been back to this thread for a while. My bad.
Spanish Bar Cake was a molasses/spice/raisin cake that was frosted with some generic white goo and packaged as a loaf.
Don't remember who made it, but my father (who dunked EVERYTHING in his coffee) ate it by the pound.
We all looked on in horror when he attacked a virgin bar cake at breakfast. The thing would last two, maybe three, breakfasts.
He also ate it for dessert. Wow.
Quote from: followsthewolf on January 21, 2008, 08:08:44 AM
Sorry. Haven't been back to this thread for a while. My bad.
Spanish Bar Cake was a molasses/spice/raisin cake that was frosted with some generic white goo and packaged as a loaf.
Don't remember who made it, but my father (who dunked EVERYTHING in his coffee) ate it by the pound.
We all looked on in horror when he attacked a virgin bar cake at breakfast. The thing would last two, maybe three, breakfasts.
He also ate it for dessert. Wow.
Sounds like it would be really rich.
Quote from: me on January 21, 2008, 08:50:41 AM
Sounds like it would be really rich.
Gaaaaaakkkk.
Dolly Madison, I'm not sure they're even around anymore, used to make a cake that was oval. It was chocolate with a layer of some kind of white filling on the top covered in chocolate icing and had a walnut on top. It was really good. Whatever that cream filling was it had the cream filling in Twinkies and Hostess cup cakes beat all the way around. It was really good... :yes:
Quote from: ladywrenn on January 21, 2008, 03:31:48 AM
Every once in a while I can find bottle caps up here. Does anyone else remember Wacky Wafers?
Definatly. They sell those here. I love Bottle Caps, but the only time we have them here, is at Halloween. :biggrin:
Quote from: me on January 21, 2008, 09:52:07 AM
Dolly Madison, I'm not sure they're even around anymore, used to make a cake that was oval. It was chocolate with a layer of some kind of white filling on the top covered in chocolate icing and had a walnut on top. It was really good. Whatever that cream filling was it had the cream filling in Twinkies and Hostess cup cakes beat all the way around. It was really good... :yes:
Never heard of that one. I love the yellow Zingers. :smitten:
I went to a local grocery store yesterday that just changed ownership and guess what? They have a lot of these old candies that they sell in bulk!
$3.79 a pound!
I noticed those caramel rounds with the creamy inside circle that I used to love when I was a kid.
Yup--I'm $4.00 broker now LOL
I liked a sour candy. I think they were called lemon heads.
They still sell Lemon Heads here. That's a candy that's got pucker power. :yes:
It always did. My mother always made that face when we kids had them. There is a lot that we don't get here in Fairbanks :rolleyes: and I didn't even think to look when I was in Indiana in October. I need to remember to do that the next trip down.
Quote from: tallulahdahling on January 23, 2008, 12:56:54 PM
I went to a local grocery store yesterday that just changed ownership and guess what? They have a lot of these old candies that they sell in bulk!
$3.79 a pound!
I noticed those caramel rounds with the creamy inside circle that I used to love when I was a kid.
Yup--I'm $4.00 broker now LOL
Was it BRACH's bulk candies?
Really hard to find stores that still sells BRACH bulk candy.
As a kid, I always picked out the the white nougats with little orange & yellow jellies inside of it.
But also fought my mother for the Goetze's caramel creams, too! *slurp*
Also belonged more to the "sour & tangy" group rather than the "chocolate & gooey" group.
LOVED Fun Dip...but the chalky stick used to dip in the sugar was SOOOO GROSS!!!
Oh oh oh!!!! How about "Bazooka" gum?
I think there's a new rendition of it out on the market...but, remember when you could save points & redeem for cheezy prizes?
(did anyone ever mail them in? if so, what'd ya get???)
Anybody remember Necco Wafers?
yuck! I saw Necco waffers used as the shingles to a gingerbread house and that was probably the best use of them I could think of!
Quote from: Sunny on February 09, 2008, 05:29:26 PM
Was it BRACH's bulk candies?
Really hard to find stores that still sells BRACH bulk candy.
As a kid, I always picked out the the white nougats with little orange & yellow jellies inside of it.
But also fought my mother for the Goetze's caramel creams, too! *slurp*
My Mom loves those nougats. We have several store here that sell Brach candies in bulk. I was always partial to the cinnamon gummie bears, and the blue ice mints. :yes:
Quote from: Sunny on February 09, 2008, 05:37:10 PM
Oh oh oh!!!! How about "Bazooka" gum?
I think there's a new rendition of it out on the market...but, remember when you could save points & redeem for cheezy prizes?
(did anyone ever mail them in? if so, what'd ya get???)
We still have the original Bazooka gum. I never did collect the wrappers. I loved Fun Dip too. I never did eat the dipping sticks, but some of my friends did.*yuk* :no:
Quote from: followsthewolf on February 09, 2008, 06:19:06 PM
Anybody remember Necco Wafers?
They still make those. If I remember right I think ~vxn~ loves those. :yes:
I always loved Pop Rocks. The punch and grape flavored ones were the best. They sell strawberry and watermelons one now. *yuk* They quit selling them for a long time, and that's when the urban legend about Mikey from the Life cereal commercials, took on a life of it's own. :rolleyes:
Not only did we enjoy the candy ciggarettes, the bubblegum cigars were good too.
FWIW, Dolly Madison is still in business, the local Kroger store carries their products. I've always been a Hostess fan myself, the DM stuff always seemd like a poor copy.
How about Fizzies? Goofy Grape, Loud Mouth Lime, etc. They were a tablet you dropped into a glass of water and it would start fizzing like an Alka Seltzer, and produce a marginaly better tasting drink.
In the late 60's, one of the big companies came out with Space Food Sticks, just like the astronauts ate. These tasted more like thy had already been eaten and passed through the astronaut's system. Not good and did not last long.
Quote from: Mr442 on February 26, 2008, 10:02:31 AM
FWIW, Dolly Madison is still in business, the local Kroger store carries their products. I've always been a Hostess fan myself, the DM stuff always seemd like a poor copy.
Problem is they no longer make that particular cake I mentioned. :-[
dolly madison was the original sponsor for the "peanuts" specials (christmas and halloween only in those days) i always thought the texture of the dm "creme-filling" was smoother than hostess.
Me too. It wasn't like it had sugar that wasn't quite dissolved in it and was much lighter and tasted far better IMO.
Does anybody remember the "Peanuts" stickers they used to put in the loaves of bread? Man, that was waaaaaay long ago. This thread is making me feel old, and I'm the one that started it LMAO!!! :biggrin:
No, but I do remember loaves of bread that had to be opened by tearing the wrapping loose from one end, where it had been glued shut. The twist ties we have now were/are wonderful.
And how about those gallon size cartons of milk? I had one get away from me in the store when I was a kid. Man did that make a mess. :eek:
Quote from: Mr442 on February 27, 2008, 08:49:27 AM
No, but I do remember loaves of bread that had to be opened by tearing the wrapping loose from one end, where it had been glued shut. The twist ties we have now were/are wonderful.
And how about those gallon size cartons of milk? I had one get away from me in the store when I was a kid. Man did that make a mess. :eek:
Theplastic jubs are easier to handle. I don't remember that bread. :no:
Anyone remember Mallow cups or the trading cards with gum?
I never did like mallow cups so to me they are pretty forgettable. I do remember trading cards with gum though.
They still carry those Mallow Cups in our area. :yes:
Quote from: PIYA on April 16, 2008, 01:13:19 PM
Anyone remember Mallow cups or the trading cards with gum?
Yep. I'm old enough to remember when you got ten cards and a slab of bubble gum that tasted like cardboard and you had to tuck it in your cheek for about an hour before it was soft enough to chew.
Worst part was....the stinkin' gum was always right next to the best card in the pack, so it was ruined by a huge sugar mark.
All this fun for a nickel.
Couldn't beat it.
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on February 27, 2008, 09:49:51 PM
Theplastic jubs are easier to handle. I don't remember that bread. :no:
OMG.... was I drunk when I posted this one? LMAO!!!!..... theplastic jubs!!!! Jesum Crow!!!! too funny!!! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
:sm39: :rotfl:
Quote from: followsthewolf on April 16, 2008, 08:11:30 PM
Yep. I'm old enough to remember when you got ten cards and a slab of bubble gum that tasted like cardboard and you had to tuck it in your cheek for about an hour before it was soft enough to chew.
Worst part was....the stinkin' gum was always right next to the best card in the pack, so it was ruined by a huge sugar mark.
All this fun for a nickel.
Couldn't beat it.
It was a racket to get you to buy more packs in hopes of getting the card you wanted, minus the sugar marks LOL!!! :biggrin:
Quote from: me on April 16, 2008, 08:25:14 PM
:sm39: :rotfl:
I'm such an idiot sometimes LOL!!! Apparently, I didn't proof read that one. :biggrin:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on April 16, 2008, 08:29:25 PM
I'm such an idiot sometimes LOL!!! Apparently, I didn't proof read that one. :biggrin:
I have been known to do stuff like that my darn self. Hate when that happens.... :yes:
Quote from: me on April 16, 2008, 08:34:02 PM
I have been known to do stuff like that my darn self. Hate when that happens.... :yes:
It just furthers the notion that I'm a damn idiot LMAO!!! ;D
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on April 16, 2008, 08:56:58 PM
It just furthers the notion that I'm a damn idiot LMAO!!! ;D
Na, just shows that you either were in a hurry, were distracted, or very very tired... :yes:
Quote from: me on April 16, 2008, 08:58:16 PM
Na, just shows that you either were in a hurry, were distracted, or very very tired... :yes:
Probably very tired. Sometimes, I get soooo tired I can't even get a cognative thought. :biggrin:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on April 16, 2008, 09:07:31 PM
Probably very tired. Sometimes, I get soooo tired I can't even get a cognative thought. :biggrin:
I have a problem with that even when I'm not tired...lol
Quote from: me on April 16, 2008, 09:18:07 PM
I have a problem with that even when I'm not tired...lol
he he, me too!!! :rotfl:
Quote from: followsthewolf on April 16, 2008, 08:11:30 PM
Yep. I'm old enough to remember when you got ten cards and a slab of bubble gum that tasted like cardboard and you had to tuck it in your cheek for about an hour before it was soft enough to chew.
Worst part was....the stinkin' gum was always right next to the best card in the pack, so it was ruined by a huge sugar mark.
All this fun for a nickel.
Couldn't beat it.
OMG! You're right about the gum and the favorite card! :biggrin: Honestly, I'd forgotten that part.
I was in a 7-11 today and they had packs of gum, just like that, not as many cards, but it was for High School Musical instead of sports. It brought back that memory.
I chose a Reece cup instead and it had a card in the bottom and that reminded me of the points that you could save from Mallow Cups.
Anybody ever by that wax candy or whatever it was? It was wax and had koolaid or something in the middle, then you could chew the wax like gum....or we did. LOL
Quote from: PIYA on April 16, 2008, 11:40:00 PM
OMG! You're right about the gum and the favorite card! :biggrin: Honestly, I'd forgotten that part.
I was in a 7-11 today and they had packs of gum, just like that, not as many cards, but it was for High School Musical instead of sports. It brought back that memory.
I chose a Reece cup instead and it had a card in the bottom and that reminded me of the points that you could save from Mallow Cups.
Anybody ever by that wax candy or whatever it was? It was wax and had koolaid or something in the middle, then you could chew the wax like gum....or we did. LOL
They still sell those here. Are they called "Soda Bottles" or something like that? I can't remember the name of them. Was that wax edible? I can't remember if we ate the bottles or not LOL!!! Man, it's hell getting old. :spooked: :biggrin:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on April 17, 2008, 09:55:27 PM
They still sell those here. Are they called "Soda Bottles" or something like that? I can't remember the name of them. Was that wax edible? I can't remember if we ate the bottles or not LOL!!! Man, it's hell getting old. :spooked: :biggrin:
We didn't eat them, but we'd chew them until they couldn't be chewed anymore, then spit them out. LOL
Quote from: PIYA on April 17, 2008, 09:59:04 PM
We didn't eat them, but we'd chew them until they couldn't be chewed anymore, then spit them out. LOL
I don't think it would hurt for somebody to swallow them. It might cause severe constipation though LOL!!! :biggrin:
I remember those. They sure didn't have much liquid in them but chewing the wax was, for some unexplainable reason, fun. Kids sure are easy....lol
Quote from: me on April 17, 2008, 10:06:32 PM
I remember those. They sure didn't have much liquid in them but chewing the wax was, for some unexplainable reason, fun. Kids sure are easy....lol
I always loved Fun Dip, and Big League Chew. We used to put the chew in our lip like we were chewing real chew. Seems kind of gross now LOL!!! :biggrin:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on April 17, 2008, 10:09:34 PM
I always loved Fun Dip, and Big League Chew. We used to put the chew in our lip like we were chewing real chew. Seems kind of gross now LOL!!! :biggrin:
Don't remember that.
I do. Fun Dip they still have here and as a matter of fact I put some in Lil' Mojo's Easter basket, but I couldn't do the Big League Chew. I had cousins who used the real stuff and I couldn't get past the gross mental image. :biggrin:
Quote from: me on April 17, 2008, 10:11:04 PM
Don't remember that.
The Big League Chew was shredded bubble gum. It was suppose to resemble the chewing tobacco that the baseball players chewed. Back then I guess it was glamorous to chew. *yuck* :no:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on April 17, 2008, 10:47:43 PM
The Big League Chew was shredded bubble gum. It was suppose to resemble the chewing tobacco that the baseball players chewed. Back then I guess it was glamorous to chew. *yuck* :no:
Ain't nothin' like seein' some real good lookin' guy with a big lump stuck in his cheek and nice brown teeth..... :rolleyes:
Quote from: me on April 17, 2008, 10:49:14 PM
Ain't nothin' like seein' some real good lookin' guy with a big lump stuck in his cheek and nice brown teeth..... :rolleyes:
I know, it's sickening. My Dad chewed when we were growing up. I always thought that was nasty. Something just as bad.... a friend of mine's Dad chewed and he had a spittoon by his chair. The kids would always knock the nasty thing over on the carpet. *ick* *yuck* :puke:
I remember my grandpa chewed and the smell was awful even though grandma kept the spittoon emptied. That is one nasty habit....
Quote from: me on April 19, 2008, 09:06:59 PM
I remember my grandpa chewed and the smell was awful even though grandma kept the spittoon emptied. That is one nasty habit....
It's a filthy habit. I knew this nasty old guy that used to spit it in the cuffs of his pantlegs. :spooked: Who the hell does crap like that? My Gawd!!! :spooked: He was a mean old guy too. He was to cheap to get dental care for his wife, and if she got a bad tooth, he'd hold her down, and pull it out with pliers. He was evil. I got him good one time though. He lived next door to my best friend. One night it was just about dark, and me and a bunch of my friends were sitting on some steps at my friend's house that faced his house. We saw him walk out in the yard, and we all got real quiet. He didn't know we were there. I said to my friends "Watch this!!" I yelled at the top of my voice 'What the hell are ya doin?" He jumped about 3 feet off the ground ,and screamed LMAO!!! Then he yells over to us "You scared the crap outta me, I didn't know anybody was around. I almost had a heart attack!!!!'Then he started laughing, and of course my friends and I, could barely contain ourselves. We all laughed until we cried, and that incident was told over and over, to many people who hated that guy. What goes around comes around LOL!!!! :biggrin:
He sounds evil. I can't imagine being married to something like that. Do you ever wonder what happened to them?
Quote from: me on April 19, 2008, 11:35:23 PM
He sounds evil. I can't imagine being married to something like that. Do you ever wonder what happened to them?
He and his wife are both deceased now. He did other horrible things to her too. They had money, but they lived like they were dirt poor. I understand he use to beat the hell out of her. He also stitched her up several times, instead of taking her to the hospital. When he died she was the happiest woman in the world. She joined local ladies clubs, and got out and about, with new friends she had made. I think she lived for maybe 10 years after he died. She died at home she was alone ,and somebody hadn't seen her for a few days, and went to check on her. It was kind of suspicious. They said she had a massive heart attack. Towns people that went to her house said there was a significant amount of blood. Don't know what ever came of it. I think LE closed it as a natural death.
I'm glad she at least got to enjoy a few years of happiness.
Quote from: me on April 20, 2008, 03:35:30 PM
I'm glad she at least got to enjoy a few years of happiness.
She certainly deserved it. I think they were married for like 50 years or something. Back in the day, I guess he was a boxer. I can't imagine being with a man like that for that many years. :no:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on April 20, 2008, 09:02:05 PM
She certainly deserved it. I think they were married for like 50 years or something. Back in the day, I guess he was a boxer. I can't imagine being with a man like that for that many years. :no:
Wow, thats a lot of years to have to put up with that kind of crap. Its a wonder after so long she was able to get out and do things.
I woulda become a boxer :slap: :box: :chair: :biggrin:
Quote from: me on April 20, 2008, 09:31:44 PM
Wow, thats a lot of years to have to put up with that kind of crap. Its a wonder after so long she was able to get out and do things.
That is a lot of years to be married to a man like that. :no:
Quote from: PIYA on April 20, 2008, 11:26:29 PM
I woulda become a boxer :slap: :box: :chair: :biggrin:
LOL!!!! I would have hit him soooo hard that it would have killed his whole family!!!! :biggrin: Dex don't go for that crap. :icon_twisted:
This thread hasn't been posted in for a while but, I've got some interesting candy news. Does anybody remember the Tootsie Pop Drop candies? They were basically a Tootsie Pop sucker without the stick. Anywho.... they were big back in the 80's and 90's. Suddenly, they were gone.... they quit makin' them. I loved them and was heartbroken when they quit makin' them. Last Saturday, I was on line shoppin' for candy and low and behold I found some. Apparently , they re introduced them in Feb. 2008. I was absolutely thrilled (it doesn't take much for me) he he. I bought 2 big boxes of them, and ordered a box of the green 'Freshen Up' gum. The gum with the squirt in the middle !!!! By the time I got to the checkout I'd spent $50 on candy!!! Who does crap like that? Why.... Dexter Morgan of course !!! :biggrin:
I had forgotten all about those. They were good. :yes:
Anybody like Slopokes? I loved the when I was a kid and didn't have fillings. They were/are so sticky they pull the fillings right out of your teeth. Two years ago at Christmas our son and his wife sent us a big box of all kinds of old fashioned candy. I will see if I can find the web site for it. Clark bars were another favorite that were gone and have become available lately.
I would venture to guess they don't taste the same as they did then though. I didn't eat Clark bars much but I loved Slo Pokes.
I think this is the web site that the candy came from that our son sent us. You can buy boxes of candy by decade. The box was packed with all different kinds of candy.
www.oldtimecandy.com
I thik the Clark bars tastes pretty much the same, but again the problem with dental work. Gettin' old is the pits!
Wow, Beemen's and Black Jack gum.....I used to love those.
I've spent some time researching web sites that sell nostalgic candy, and you can get just about anything. I just finished up my box of Freshen Up gum ,and I need to see about gettin' some more. :laugh:
Quote from: Dexter Morgan on May 04, 2009, 06:36:02 PM
I've spent some time researching web sites that sell nostalgic candy, and you can get just about anything. I just finished up my box of Freshen Up gum ,and I need to see about gettin' some more. :laugh:
Does it still taste the same as it used to or did they start using the artificial ingredients in that like they have everything else?
It tastes exactly the same. Later on today I need to order some more candy. This time I'm goin' with cinnamon and peppermint Freshen Up, and possibly more Tootsie Pop Drops. The Pop Drops are addictive, I swear. I'm eating a cherry one as I type this. :biggrin:
I just might have to check in to that.... :yes: