Do you remember penny candy?

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

It is one of my happiest childhood memories, going to the store, with a few pennies, to buy penny candy

When the store got some new candy items it swept the neighborhood like greazed lightning.

I used to love the licorice candy cigarettes, and also the wintergreen ones. I loved the little brown oblong carmels with a squirrel on the wrapper that were called nut chews

Do you have a favorite candy from you childhood?

Lila Belle · ‎01-24-2013

I remember great chocolates bought by the scoop in England and Belgium. Not a penny by a long shot but absolutely wonderful.

GCR18 · ‎07-03-2013

We visited my grandparents everyday growing up. We got paid in change to do yard work. There were two little stores that sold penny candies. One was better than the other, but it was farther. I don't remember what we bought, but I remember walking there with my sister.

cherry · ‎03-09-2010

@Lila Belle wrote:
I remember great chocolates bought by the scoop in England and Belgium. Not a penny by a long shot but absolutely wonderful.

We had those too probably a differnt kind, but we had to go down town, to the dollar store candy counter, to buy those. They were a bit upmarket for kiddies

QVCkitty1 · ‎05-23-2015

We had a little store around the corner, and it was the kind of place that had a little bit of everything, including penny candy. Those people had the patience of a saint, because it was serious business selecting just the right candy. I liked the chocolate Turkish taffy, but it was all good. If you had a nickel, you could get a full size candy bar ! My gosh, that was a long time ago, and a nice memory, thanks.🍬🍭🍭🍬🍬

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cherry · ‎03-09-2010

@QVCkitty1 They stopped making turkish taffy some years back

Imadickens · ‎06-15-2016

Ah, yes, sweet memories! My favs were tootsie rolls, smarties, and the long, sticky, swirled stocks! Cherry, of course! Remember the colored dots on that wretched paper! I always got more paper than candy! Oh, one more, the candy necklaces! Why did I always eat them on my neck requiring me to go in early for a bath?!?

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Azcowgirl · ‎04-10-2012

Oh yes ! My Mom would send me to the little store on the corner for a pack of winstons, and I would choose a banana Popsicle , but those little wax Coke bottles filed with blue liquid or the red wax lips always fascinated me 😊

sunshine45 · ‎03-09-2010

penny candy no......5 cent and 10 cent candy yes.

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Lila Belle · ‎01-24-2013

@cherry wrote:
@Lila Belle wrote:
I remember great chocolates bought by the scoop in England and Belgium. Not a penny by a long shot but absolutely wonderful.
We had those too probably a differnt kind, but we had to go down town, to the dollar store candy counter, to buy those. They were a bit upmarket for kiddies

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Actually, the shops in the UK were "Woolies" or Woolworths' as it was once known as I understand in the US. And for a euro a rather good-sized bag could be filled.