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.
YES......those were my all time favorite..
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