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Sweet-Tooth Fix For Baby Boomers: Nostalgic Candy
wlky ^ | 10-30-03

Posted on 10/30/2003 2:23:01 PM PST by wheelgunguru

Baby Boomers can't seem to grow up, at least when comes to their taste in candy.

People who want to celebrate Halloween with wax lips, Gold Mine Gum and other hard-to-find candies from their youth are finding more companies catering to the middle-age sweet tooth.

The Woodstock Candy company in upstate New York is doing a booming business, catering to the boomers' sweet-tooth.

They have retro goodies like wax lips, candy cigarettes and those candy buttons on paper. But the company is up-to-date in marketing.

Boomers can buy their sugar fix from the Web site WoodstockCandy.com.

There's also a bow to the political correctness of the 21st century. Candy cigarettes are now called candy sticks. But some old-time favorites still provide a puff of sugar when you blow through a hole in the middle.

Bridget Sweeney-Bell says people are usually thrilled to find candy from their childhood is still available. She says candy buttons, Nik-L-Nip and candy cigarettes are big sellers this year on her Web site.

Tom Scheiman stocks 2,500 items in his Cleveland candy store, 200 of which he classifies as "nostalgic."

Nostalgic candy has become a niche in the $24 billion U.S. candy business, in part because the biggest candy makers like Wrigley and Pennsylvania-based Hershey have concentrated on fewer items, especially chocolate.

That means wax lips and Atomic Fireballs can be hard to find on store shelves.


TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: nostalgia
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To: wheelgunguru
300 posts, and no one Bub's Daddy bubblegum? I'm disappointed.
301 posted on 11/01/2003 9:40:26 PM PST by FlyVet
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To: FlyVet
You missed #274

302 posted on 11/02/2003 5:56:47 AM PST by Manic_Episode
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To: Manic_Episode
You missed #274

Ah, so I did. And IIRC, I used to get on my Columbia sting-ray with the tiger stripe seat and cheater slick, and ride a mile to the five and dime (what's a five and dime???), to pay a nickel for a stick of Bub's Daddy. My $1 allowance went a long way back then.

303 posted on 11/02/2003 8:04:32 AM PST by FlyVet
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To: wheelgunguru
bttt
304 posted on 11/02/2003 5:39:22 PM PST by wheelgunguru
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To: FlyVet
Once on a family camping trip as a kid a relative offered me something like a nickle a stick to gather kindling for a campfire. I made about $1.80, all of which I spent on penny candy and gumballs at the giftshop. Wow was I a happy camper, but when I got back with my filled-to-the-top sack of goodies my Dad was mad and took it away.
I saw where he put it tho, and it was mostly gone by the end of the weekend.
305 posted on 11/03/2003 8:02:00 AM PST by Manic_Episode
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To: tubebender
There was something called ValoMilk...looked like a peanut butter cup, but had marshmallow filling. Awfully sweet.

http://www.valomilk.com/

http://www.hometownfavorites.com/index_dyn.asp

306 posted on 11/03/2003 8:22:43 AM PST by BBT
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To: katnip
BONOMO...smack it and crack it!
307 posted on 11/03/2003 8:26:53 AM PST by wtc911
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To: Empireoftheatom48
Old style luncheonette in Great Neck stocks Chunkys...."what a chunk o' chocolate"...Arnold Stang
308 posted on 11/03/2003 8:34:28 AM PST by wtc911
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Great fun reading this thread. Thanks to all.

WalMart sells Breck shampoo for under $2.00 per bottle.

Bed Bath and Beyond sells lots of candy. They have those wax bottle things, pixie stix, Charleston Chews and Sugar Babies!
309 posted on 11/03/2003 9:00:19 AM PST by babaloo
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To: Manic_Episode
my Dad was mad

Why was he mad?

310 posted on 11/03/2003 4:38:11 PM PST by wheelgunguru
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To: wheelgunguru
bttt
311 posted on 11/04/2003 8:31:33 AM PST by wheelgunguru
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To: wheelgunguru
I think he said something about not wanting to pay for the dentists vacation to Hawaii.
312 posted on 11/04/2003 9:11:18 AM PST by Manic_Episode
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To: wheelgunguru
bttt
313 posted on 11/05/2003 6:51:30 PM PST by wheelgunguru
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To: COBOL2Java
Bummer. Maybe someone will buy the rights to the recipe/name and bring it back.... I would consider giving up my fillings and other dental work for a taste of Turkish Taffy.
314 posted on 11/06/2003 7:06:09 AM PST by iceskater
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To: iceskater
I'm told that French Chew Taffy is a close facsimile. Of course, you'd have to purchase something with the name "French" in front of it.. :-)
315 posted on 11/06/2003 8:51:12 AM PST by COBOL2Java (If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading this in English, thank a soldier.)
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To: COBOL2Java
There is that. Sigh. Couldn't they change the name?
316 posted on 11/06/2003 8:52:33 AM PST by iceskater
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To: wheelgunguru
Most of this candy was awful tasting. My brother and I had a term for it: Depression Candy.
317 posted on 11/06/2003 9:05:31 AM PST by paulklenk (DEPORT HILLARY!)
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To: wheelgunguru
bttt
318 posted on 11/19/2003 1:53:47 PM PST by steppenwolffe
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
i was searching for the black jack toffee for my moms cousin and was able to find some at vermontcountrystore.com
319 posted on 01/31/2004 11:49:52 PM PST by chatterbunny
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To: redlipstick
they sell quisp @ walmart
320 posted on 01/31/2004 11:50:51 PM PST by chatterbunny
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