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Baby Boomers: What was your favorite penny candy?

sfnative — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:21:41 GMT

I was thinking about my old neighborhood yesterday where many family owned corner stores existed. As kids, we would "group" around the neighborhood playing and dropping by our favorite corner store, Malone's, which we pronounced Mah-loney's. Boy, did Mr. Malone have the BEST penny candy glass cabinet. It was huge: you could actually walk into it, if there weren't so many boxes of penny candy taking up all the room.

My favority was the dark pink lipstick wrapped in gold foil. Also, anything that had marshmallow in it was a winner as well.

How about you?

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lulu2 — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:23:55 GMT

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brewhaha — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:27:09 GMT

All of them.

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OnlyShopsOnline — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:30:01 GMT

Flying saucers and the marshmallow ice cream cones!

Although not candy, I always enjoyed picking up a new book of paper dolls for 25 cents!! That was usually a big splurge, lol.

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Burnsite — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:30:55 GMT

I liked black licorice best. The recipe has changed so much since the Dark Ages, though. Too sweet and bland these days. This is just as well for my diet, though.

Mary Janes were nice, too. And "Atomic Fireballs"--remember them?

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kittymomNC — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:50:31 GMT

I'm a couple years older than the true baby boomers (I was born during the war), but I remember a little candy store on the corner with glass cases full of all kinds of goodies for a penny each, along with real Coke in the green glass bottles that cost a nickel! My absolute favorite was Squirrel Nut Zippers, and I just found out you can still buy them. Of course, now they're not penny candy, but "dime" candy, 50 pieces for $4.75!

I also liked the Mary Janes and Bit-O-Honey, although that would just about pull your teeth out.

Squirrel Nut Zippers...

And the little wax bottles with flavored syrup inside....

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deepwaterdotter — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:50:41 GMT

Tootsie Rolls.

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151949 — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:52:21 GMT

On 1/26/2015 lulu2 said:

favorites as a kid and still today.

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gidgetgh — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:53:33 GMT

I loved the lipstick in the gold foil. I can still taste it in my mind.

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sunshine45 — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:53:53 GMT

when was it a penny? maybe i am forgetting,but i recall buying candies at 5 cents. my favorites were always sour balls and lemonheads.

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brii — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 20:55:50 GMT

I loved the foil wrapped coins in the little net pouch.

We used to pretend the flying saucer candy was communion. After we would drink the liquid from the wax bottles, we would chew on the wax. LOL

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Allegheny — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:03:36 GMT

Pixy Stixs

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sunshine45 — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:08:35 GMT

On 1/26/2015 Allegheny said:
Pixy Stixs

oh yes.....i liked those also.......and smarties.

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SuiGeneris — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:15:09 GMT

Mallo cups

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mstyrion 1 — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:17:16 GMT

black licorice and Atomic fireballs for me too.

We had a penny candy store within walking distance and a few times during the summer we would be given a dime to go to the candy store. The only rule was we couldn't make all our choices bubblegum. I loved the sour grape and sour apple bubblegums!

During Halloween time there would be wax fingernails, mustaches and lips. We would chew them and there would good util you took a drink of water. Then they would crumble.

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madcity411 — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:30:57 GMT

On 1/26/2015 sunshine45 said:
when was it a penny? maybe i am forgetting,but i recall buying candies at 5 cents. my favorites were always sour balls and lemonheads.

The VERY small village I grew up in the 50's, had penny candy (individual pieces) wrapped. Candy bars were 5 cents each or 6 for a quarter! These were full size too! My friends and I took turns "treating" each other. Those were the days.

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humpty dumpty — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:37:31 GMT

My favorite was watermelon slices ... made from pink, white, and brown coconut ... I still buy it today at Cracker Barrel ... or maybe it was called bacon ...

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SuiGeneris — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:44:00 GMT

On 1/26/2015 humpty dumpty said:
My favorite was watermelon slices ... made from pink, white, and brown coconut ... I still buy it today at Cracker Barrel ... or maybe it was called bacon ...

Is this what you're talking about? I loved them, too.

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Lucibee — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:49:59 GMT

This thread brings back memories.

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deeva — Mon, 26 Jan 2015 21:50:33 GMT

I still love those Goetze's caramels. And I used to buy Mint Juleps and Banana Beich's little taffy squares that were 2 for a penny.