Comments on: Earth Day Candy Giveaway http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/earth-day-candy-giveaway/ Blog of America's Oldest Wholesale Candy Company Thu, 04 Apr 2013 22:42:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Renee http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/earth-day-candy-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-147102 Renee Thu, 03 May 2012 04:22:34 +0000 http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/?p=2872#comment-147102 Yes! That is the one we were thinking of... Jujy Fruits. No wonder I couldn't find them. Yes! That is the one we were thinking of… Jujy Fruits. No wonder I couldn’t find them.

]]> By: Diane http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/earth-day-candy-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-146963 Diane Thu, 26 Apr 2012 16:57:11 +0000 http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/?p=2872#comment-146963 I love the chocolate stars by Brachs. I can't find them in any stores in Washington state anymore and they were always my favorite candy. I remember as a child going to the store with my Mom that had a candy counter and my choice was always the chocolate stars. They were so good and melted in your mouth with so much chocolate goodness! My Mom is gone now, but eating those candies always brings back such wonderful memories of her and the fun we had shopping at that store and enjoying our candy. I love the chocolate stars by Brachs. I can’t find them in any stores in Washington state anymore and they were always my favorite candy. I remember as a child going to the store with my Mom that had a candy counter and my choice was always the chocolate stars. They were so good and melted in your mouth with so much chocolate goodness! My Mom is gone now, but eating those candies always brings back such wonderful memories of her and the fun we had shopping at that store and enjoying our candy.

]]> By: Pat http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/earth-day-candy-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-146878 Pat Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:47:34 +0000 http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/?p=2872#comment-146878 To Renee- Look under Movie Theater Candies. As kids we called them Juicy Fruits but they were actually Jujy Fruits. They are still available and still wonderful! To Renee- Look under Movie Theater Candies. As kids we called them Juicy Fruits but they were actually Jujy Fruits. They are still available and still wonderful!

]]> By: Cindy Claplanhoo http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/earth-day-candy-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-146876 Cindy Claplanhoo Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:36:12 +0000 http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/?p=2872#comment-146876 My Dad loves A&W Root Beer Barrels. He says the new ones are not the same as the old ones. He and our Uncles would go to the Store at low tide (On the Beach) and have a brown paper bag full of treats. As young children, we caught on right away, if we saw our Uncles walking on the beach without a shovel-they were going to the Store. So we would follow them and wait for our treats-when they discovered us. Tar Babies, Root beer barrels, chocolate stars and gum drops filled our bags for a nickle. Tar babies gave away the fact that my Uncle had a treat before dinner. Aunty asked, "Did you go to the Store?" "Oh no." Then he smiled with teeth full of black licorice! Please bring back A&W Root Beer Barrels-for my Dad. My Dad loves A&W Root Beer Barrels. He says the new ones are not the same as the old ones. He and our Uncles would go to the Store at low tide (On the Beach) and have a brown paper bag full of treats. As young children, we caught on right away, if we saw our Uncles walking on the beach without a shovel-they were going to the Store. So we would follow them and wait for our treats-when they discovered us. Tar Babies, Root beer barrels, chocolate stars and gum drops filled our bags for a nickle. Tar babies gave away the fact that my Uncle had a treat before dinner. Aunty asked, “Did you go to the Store?” “Oh no.” Then he smiled with teeth full of black licorice!
Please bring back A&W Root Beer Barrels-for my Dad.

]]> By: Pat http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/earth-day-candy-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-146873 Pat Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:47:48 +0000 http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/?p=2872#comment-146873 During Christmas there are so many wonderful candies that come out only during the holidays. One of these is the peppermint chew. It's not the Brach's nougat, but a harder, chewy (not crunchy) peppermint candy made by a completely different candy manufacturer. For the past two years, I've been unable to find it locally in ANY store. This past Christmas season, I scoured the internet, but alas, no peppermint chews. I would love to find that these delightful treats are still made somewhere by somebody, but I fear that they're gone forever!! Save the peppermint chews! During Christmas there are so many wonderful candies that come out only during the holidays. One of these is the peppermint chew. It’s not the Brach’s nougat, but a harder, chewy (not crunchy) peppermint candy made by a completely different candy manufacturer. For the past two years, I’ve been unable to find it locally in ANY store. This past Christmas season, I scoured the internet, but alas, no peppermint chews. I would love to find that these delightful treats are still made somewhere by somebody, but I fear that they’re gone forever!! Save the peppermint chews!

]]> By: Evelynn http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/earth-day-candy-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-146872 Evelynn Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:02:51 +0000 http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/?p=2872#comment-146872 Every Christmas Eve my family would go to church services and at the end of the evening all of the children would receive a bag of candy. They were chocolate covered creams and my favorite's were the orange ones. They were shaped kind of like a chocolate covered cherry. I think they still have the vanilla cream ones but I can't ever find any others. Every Christmas Eve my family would go to church services and at the end of the evening all of the children would receive a bag of candy. They were chocolate covered creams and my favorite’s were the orange ones. They were shaped kind of like a chocolate covered cherry. I think they still have the vanilla cream ones but I can’t ever find any others.

]]> By: Renee http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/earth-day-candy-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-146868 Renee Mon, 23 Apr 2012 06:51:31 +0000 http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/?p=2872#comment-146868 Recently I was searching all over the internet for a candy that both my husband and I remember as kids. I thought it was called "Juicy Fruits". They were sold in a box and available at the candy store. They were also very popular at the drive-in and movie theaters. They came in different colors and were a chewy/gummy candy. The texture was almost that of the Dots or Swedish Fish gummy candies. The only thing that kept coming up in my search was Juicy Fruit gum. We both remember the box so well with the picture of the candy on it, but can't be positive if we have the name right. We are a happily married old couple. I guess you not only think alike after many years together, but forget alike too! <a href="http://www.candyfavorites.com/jujyfruits-theater-sized-concession-candy" rel="nofollow">Are they Jujy Fruits?</a> Recently I was searching all over the internet for a candy that both my husband and I remember as kids. I thought it was called “Juicy Fruits”. They were sold in a box and available at the candy store. They were also very popular at the drive-in and movie theaters. They came in different colors and were a chewy/gummy candy. The texture was almost that of the Dots or Swedish Fish gummy candies. The only thing that kept coming up in my search was Juicy Fruit gum. We both remember the box so well with the picture of the candy on it, but can’t be positive if we have the name right. We are a happily married old couple. I guess you not only think alike after many years together, but forget alike too!

Are they Jujy Fruits?

]]> By: Pat http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/earth-day-candy-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-146864 Pat Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:18:56 +0000 http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/?p=2872#comment-146864 As a child in the 1950s my favorite candies was spearmint licorice. We would buy it at our local corner store. I have tried to find some of this candy for years. I would love the chance to taste it once again!!! As a child in the 1950s my favorite candies was spearmint licorice. We would buy it at our local corner store. I have tried to find some of this candy for years. I would love the chance to taste it once again!!!

]]> By: Pat http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/earth-day-candy-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-146860 Pat Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:09:09 +0000 http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/?p=2872#comment-146860 Kraft Fifties. EXTINCT FOR DECADES Kraft Fifties. EXTINCT FOR DECADES

]]> By: Gillian http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/earth-day-candy-giveaway/comment-page-1/#comment-146859 Gillian Sun, 22 Apr 2012 03:10:37 +0000 http://www.candyfavorites.com/blog/?p=2872#comment-146859 When I was a child, the neighborhood ice cream man, Mike, would always come by and instead of ice cream I would buy candy (on Friday's he would give us free Jolly Ranchers!!! Best Ice Cream Man EVER!!!). My favorite candy he sold was Tropical Tangy Taffy, I could never find it anywhere else. It wasn't as sticky as most taffies are, they had a ton of different flavors (I loved them all, but tropical was my all-time favorite) and they were topped with crystal sugar. Mike was such a nice guy that he sometimes had a "sale" and the candy would be buy one get one free and whenever you were short on money, he would let you pay him back the next day. Writing this made me think of 2 great memories, one of course being the Tropical Tangy Taffy and more importantly a kind person who always went out of his way to make a kid's day. Wherever he is, I hope he is well. When I was a child, the neighborhood ice cream man, Mike, would always come by and instead of ice cream I would buy candy (on Friday’s he would give us free Jolly Ranchers!!! Best Ice Cream Man EVER!!!). My favorite candy he sold was Tropical Tangy Taffy, I could never find it anywhere else. It wasn’t as sticky as most taffies are, they had a ton of different flavors (I loved them all, but tropical was my all-time favorite) and they were topped with crystal sugar. Mike was such a nice guy that he sometimes had a “sale” and the candy would be buy one get one free and whenever you were short on money, he would let you pay him back the next day. Writing this made me think of 2 great memories, one of course being the Tropical Tangy Taffy and more importantly a kind person who always went out of his way to make a kid’s day. Wherever he is, I hope he is well.

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