I just stumbled upon a candy I'd forgotten all about, but loved them as a kid in the 60's, & early 70's they were called Flicks, and were sort of like Hershey Kisses and came in a cylindrical tube.

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S020zrvuBHj5AAPnKjzbkF/SIG=12m5oiq10/EXP=1205997675/**http%3A//www.chocolatheeaven.com/images/products/full/80550_zoom.jpg

I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a Clark Bar, but they still sell them and you can order them at specialty candy shops online
http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S020z0v.BHi5AAbkCjzbkF/SIG=12j52o7l9/EXP=1205997940/**http%3A//www.theonlinecandyshop.com/ProductImages/clarkbarbig.jpg

I've never had an abba zabba... not what you asked but I thought I'd say it.  I was a little afraid of them

http://i150.photobucket.com/albums/s118/leeliferb/abba-zaba.jpg

At Wegman's they have a little display where they sell candy from yeard past like
http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e170/theredukulele/zagnut.jpg
http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc319/monkeyface_019/whatchamacallit.jpg

a few christmases ago my sister bought me a big basket with all this retro candy inside...and even a box of quisp cereal!  it had zots and candy buttons and all kinds of great 70s candy.
wonderful

here are a few neat retro candy websites to check out...

http://www.sweetnostalgia.com/

http://www.groovycandies.com/

http://www.retrocandyonline.com/

http://www.nostalgiccandy.com/

I loved the Marathon bar, which was this long caramel braid covered in chocolate.

Anybody remember "Tootsie Pop Drops"? 

Basically like a tootsie pop (hard candy outside, w/tootsie roll inside) but instead of a lollipop it was a rolled up candy, like a bigger life saver without the hole.

I haven't seen those for years.

They still make Starburst... so that isn't so retro... But I remember Strawberry Starburst used to be sold in packs all by theirselves... Which is a sort of retro thing that I haven't seen since I was a kid. 

same with cherry life savers.  I was looking for a pack the other day and didn't see it.

same with cherry life savers.  I was looking for a pack the other day and didn't see it.




I remembered that.

I loved the Marathon bar, which was this long caramel braid covered in chocolate.


I remember the Marathon bar from my childhood too!  According to the Food Network show Unwrapped Mars discontinued the bar in 1981 due to poor sales.

I also recall candy cigarettes (probably would not be politically correct to manufacture them today) and the Summit candy bar (with the classic commercial tag "Homework Homework
Give me a break!)  :)

Anybody remember "Tootsie Pop Drops"? 

Basically like a tootsie pop (hard candy outside, w/tootsie roll inside) but instead of a lollipop it was a rolled up candy, like a bigger life saver without the hole.

I haven't seen those for years.
Oooh, I loved Tootsie Pop Drops, especially the grape ones.  I haven't thought of those for years.

I love the satellite wafers (flying saucers)....those are great!

Nerds, Sprees, Sweet-Tarts.  I also like Fruit-Striped gum, which they just started making again. :)

Wacky Wafers, those were the best, much better than Bottle Caps, Tart N' Tinys those little Sweet Tarts, Chick o Sticks, Bubs Daddy bubble gum, those really long Pixie Sticks, Charms suckers, Tangy Taffy, Jolly Rancher Sticks. I don't think any of these are made anymore, except Chick o sticks.  :(

Whatchamacallit candy bars (before they added the caramel), Pixy sticks, Pop Rocks, Bubble Tape, and those lollipops with the bubble gum in the center (I forget the name!).

My childhood favorites: Chick-O-Sticks, Chunky (with or without raisins), Nik-l-Nips (wax bottles filled with a sweet liquid),
Swedish fish (the real ones not those small things sold in bags but the giant ones for a penny), Neeco Wafers, Bottle Caps,
those buttons stuck on paper, Candy Necklaces, Charms, Chuckles, Charleston Chews and Peanut Chews.


Edit to add:

Red Hot Dollars, Hot Tamales, Mike and Ike, Mary Janes, Shoelace licorice, Pixie Sticks, Bit-O-Honey, Snow Caps and
Bazooka Bubble Gum (I had to read the Bazooka Joe Comics).

Black Jacks taffy, which I believe sensative people demanded they change the name...and then blackjack gum.

  Pixy sticks
yeah, those were a halloween favorite. it's like pouring sugar into your mouth

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/99/288031744_dcadb10a5e.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/328983281_bb22c560b6.jpg?v=0


and who remembers these little guys. I forgot all about them, but used to love em as a kid
http://www.nashvillenut.com/images/candy_kits.gif

I use to love to chew Adams Sour Gum and I'm not sure if this candy is considered retro,but I use to love the Summit candy bar,Neeco Wafers,Pez,Chuckles,Chunky,Mary Janes,Root Beer Barrels,Saf -t -Pop suckers.Sugar Babies & Wax Bottles

Combos, little tiny cylindrical crackers (or pretzels) that are filled with cheese.  I used to eat them all the time as a kid, but lately they are harder and harder to find

Just had a bag of 'em a few weeks go for the first time in years

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/328983281_bb22c560b6.jpg?v=0



I used to cut off both ends of the straw and make lines with the candy and pretend it was cocaine....  ;D

yeah, those were a halloween favorite. it's like pouring sugar into your mouth

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/99/288031744_dcadb10a5e.jpg?v=0

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/123/328983281_bb22c560b6.jpg?v=0


and who remembers these little guys. I forgot all about them, but used to love em as a kid
http://www.nashvillenut.com/images/candy_kits.gif

Kits were awesome! What about B B Bats?

http://image.funexpress.com/feimg/k116a.jpg

I used to cut off both ends of the straw and make lines with the candy and pretend it was cocaine....   ;D




kids do the cutest things  :) 


What about B B Bats?

http://image.funexpress.com/feimg/k116a.jpg
yes! another candy that I always got in my halloween bags

My son had a party bag on Saturday with some Pixy Stix in it.  You're clearly not looking inthe right stores!

Combos, little tiny cylindrical crackers (or pretzels) that are filled with cheese.  I used to eat them all the time as a kid, but lately they are harder and harder to find

Just had a bag of 'em a few weeks go for the first time in years

We buy them all the time,those little bags only last one day. :P

cry babie's and the cry baby tear drops those were my fave's, the blue blow pop, candy necklaces and those wax things with the juice in them. oh and those things with the stick and the powder that you dipped the chalky tasting stick in, i think i have one in my pocket book, but i forgot the name, they still make them.

Heide candies made Chocolate Babies....but maybe due to complaints , haven't seen them around....

An older candy I never had was mallo cups, has anyone else tried them?

An older candy I never had was mallo cups, has anyone else tried them?

Tried them, I just ate one,I love them,chocolate,whipped marshmallow & coconut :P

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii89/dyzalot2008/homer_simpson.jpg

Tried them, I just ate one,I love them,chocolate,whipped marshmallow & coconut :P

http://i262.photobucket.com/albums/ii89/dyzalot2008/homer_simpson.jpg


I didn't know they had coconut in them.

I didn't know they had coconut in them.

yes little pieces it makes them good,just a little crunch

Here's an oldie but goodie but the name escapes me...it had a Hawaiian name and others made it using another one:

it was like a cookie snack bar, (similar to Haystack Girl Scout Cookies)..with baked coconut,chocolate drizzle, and caramel in it..

Not sure why they stopped making it..too expensive? I know they may have to be as my other favorite 'NABISCO SUGAR WAFERS' cost $4.99 a box!
All it is- is wafers and creme! Yet Oreos and Chips Ahoys are chocolate,sugar, cream, etc..why such a higher price? Never understood. 

yes little pieces it makes them good,just a little crunch


I have had Mounds and Almond Joys, so I do know of coconut in candy. :)

I do not like coconut, but I love it toasted in Chick-O-Stix http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S02064X_xHsCUAI0GjzbkF/SIG=12lfeuii9/EXP=1207808312/**http%3A//amishshop.com/hazel-doc/imagescandy/chickostickcloseup.jpg

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S020r9X_xHBEEAj5CjzbkF/SIG=12ejlmpef/EXP=1207808381/**http%3A//amishshop.com/hazel-doc/imagescandy/ChickOStick.jpg

and I'm pretty sure that there is no chicken product in this candy  ::)

I do not like coconut, but I love it toasted in Chick-O-Stix http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S02064X_xHsCUAI0GjzbkF/SIG=12lfeuii9/EXP=1207808312/**http%3A//amishshop.com/hazel-doc/imagescandy/chickostickcloseup.jpg

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S020r9X_xHBEEAj5CjzbkF/SIG=12ejlmpef/EXP=1207808381/**http%3A//amishshop.com/hazel-doc/imagescandy/ChickOStick.jpg

and I'm pretty sure that there is no chicken product in this candy  ::)


I loved them! But they were a pain in the ass to get out of your teeth sometimes.

How about these?
http://www.oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-original/candy-cigarettes1.jpg

I do not like coconut, but I love it toasted in Chick-O-Stix http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S02064X_xHsCUAI0GjzbkF/SIG=12lfeuii9/EXP=1207808312/**http%3A//amishshop.com/hazel-doc/imagescandy/chickostickcloseup.jpg

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S020r9X_xHBEEAj5CjzbkF/SIG=12ejlmpef/EXP=1207808381/**http%3A//amishshop.com/hazel-doc/imagescandy/ChickOStick.jpg

and I'm pretty sure that there is no chicken product in this candy  ::)


Damn, looking at that picture makes me want some. I'm gonna have to go down to the corner market tomorrow and buy up their supply.

Damn, looking at that picture makes me want some. I'm gonna have to go down to the corner market tomorrow and buy up their supply.
yeah, I'm right there with you Jess. I think I need to get me a box of them http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S020pwyP1HuzgAY_qjzbkF/SIG=125vvbvc6/EXP=1207900656/**http%3A//www.sweetfactory.com/store/images/9522.jpg

yeah, I'm right there with you Jess. I think I need to get me a box of them http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0S020pwyP1HuzgAY_qjzbkF/SIG=125vvbvc6/EXP=1207900656/**http%3A//www.sweetfactory.com/store/images/9522.jpg


To me, they taste like the inside of a Butterfinger. Not sure if anyone else thinks that though.

And I like them because they are pretty low in fat and stuff, so they make a great diet candy if you're craving something sweet.

Honestly I never heard of Chick O Sticks before. A co-worker was eating one that she bought from the gift shop at the hospital where I work. I thought they were something new until I read this thread.

Anybody remember "Tootsie Pop Drops"? 

Basically like a tootsie pop (hard candy outside, w/tootsie roll inside) but instead of a lollipop it was a rolled up candy, like a bigger life saver without the hole.

I haven't seen those for years.


They still make these, our snack box at school (in the teachers lounge) had them for sale at the end of the school year (along with mallowmars, and clark bars - I think it is retro). 

BRING BACK THE MARATHON BAR :\'(

And whatever happened to Pal bubblegum - individually wrapped bubblegum pieces (similar to double bubble - but good - no wintergreen flavor). Tasted more like Bazooka, but did not get hard....

Certs fruit flavored

Quench gum -awsome flavor for the first five seconds then you needed a new piece.

Tic Tac multi flavored pacs (purple, orange, green and white in the same box) I loved the purple ones and they only came in this package.  Was there something similar called dynamints???

Fire jolly rancher sticks.

When I was a child, my favourite sweets were cola bottles (they once made my hands sticky), watermelon-flavoured bubble gum that looked like a watermelon and had black hundreds and thousands inside them, various Wispa bars (Original Wispa, Wispa Gold, Wispa Mint and Wispa Bite), Cadbury's Buttons, Snickers, Aero, milk bottles, Skittles, Opal Fruits (now Starburst), Smarties (the UK candy that is similar to M & Ms) and Fruit Salad chews to name but a few. There was also a chocolate bar from my childhood called Secret. It had a marshmallow centre and an intersting bird's-nest style texture. Now I love Smarties even more becuase they contain no artificial colours or flavours. The blue Smarite has recently made a comeback, but it's much lighter than the blue Smartie from my childhood.

When I was a child, my favourite sweets were cola bottles (they once made my hands sticky), watermelon-flavoured bubble gum that looked like a watermelon and had black hundreds and thousands inside them, various Wispa bars (Original Wispa, Wispa Gold, Wispa Mint and Wispa Bite), Cadbury's Buttons, Snickers, Aero, milk bottles, Skittles, Opal Fruits (now Starburst), Smarties (the UK candy that is similar to M & Ms) and Fruit Salad chews to name but a few. There was also a chocolate bar from my childhood called Secret. It had a marshmallow centre and an intersting bird's-nest style texture. Now I love Smarties even more becuase they contain no artificial colours or flavours. The blue Smarite has recently made a comeback, but it's much lighter than the blue Smartie from my childhood.


I remember cola bottles.  I like anything Cadbury makes.  Skittles are great.

Mary Janes, and other assorted penny candy.