When you're a kid, the more colorful, sugary, and cheeky a candy is, the more you'll tend to like it. I haven't had these candies in years (perhaps because I'm not too fond of tie-dying my tongue anymore), but now I'm having some candy nostalgia and I'm dying to get my hands on these:
Ring Pops
Ring Pops were the ultimate bling for the seven-year-old. Not only did they come in about a thousand colors (many of which didn't really seem to correspond to a flavor—let's be serious, blue never tasted like anything other than sugar), but, since they perched on your finger, mom didn't have to yell at you for running with a lollipop in your mouth! Genius.
Fun Dip
Oh, the days of Fun Dip. I don't think I ever really liked fun dip because it basically involved scraping sugar on your tongue with a chalky stick. You were supposed to eat the stick when you were done, too, but is it just me or was that thing gross?
Gummi Worms
Always great to use in a prank on your little sister. Unfortunately for me, that rule of thumb made me the target.
Pixy Stix
Ever had the urge to not eat, but inhale sugar? In that case: sugar, meet throat. 'Nuff said.
Big League Chew
This shredded bubble gum made it easy to stuff your face with sugary sweets. And what little boy didn't like chewing with the All Stars?
Maybe my sense of style was warped by being a young foodie, but I thought wearing a candy necklace was so chic. However, trying to eat it while I was wearing it always turned out to be a mistake—it wasn't as easy to bite off one at a time as it seemed, and the whole thing just turned into slobber city. Yuck!
Did you eat any of these candies? Which others did you love (or hate)?
Ring PopsRing Pops were the ultimate bling for the seven-year-old. Not only did they come in about a thousand colors (many of which didn't really seem to correspond to a flavor—let's be serious, blue never tasted like anything other than sugar), but, since they perched on your finger, mom didn't have to yell at you for running with a lollipop in your mouth! Genius.
Fun DipOh, the days of Fun Dip. I don't think I ever really liked fun dip because it basically involved scraping sugar on your tongue with a chalky stick. You were supposed to eat the stick when you were done, too, but is it just me or was that thing gross?
Gummi WormsAlways great to use in a prank on your little sister. Unfortunately for me, that rule of thumb made me the target.
Pixy Stix
Big League ChewThis shredded bubble gum made it easy to stuff your face with sugary sweets. And what little boy didn't like chewing with the All Stars?
Candy Necklaces
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Comments (96)
omgosh! i forgot all about them! and i loved pop rocks too! :D
We have candy neclaces here. The others I have not seen before. We used to so envious of US sweets
i'm still addicted to sour gummy worms/octopus. i can't stand the regular flavors though and just plain gummy bears. or anything that's straight up 100% sugar pouring into your mouth (pixie sticks). i never cared for sour warheads or much of willy wonka candy. or jelly beans. but give me chocolate any day. you can never outgrow chocolate.
Loved wearing the candy necklaces, and munching on it throughout the day. Sounds disgusting now, lol. Fun Dip was a workout! Don't know how many Pixie Stix I went through in my life, little dd loves those. Maybe it is in the genes, lol. Not sure gummi worms even existed back in the early 70's. Another favorite were those tiny wax bottles, where you could bite off the top of the bottle and drink the sweet goodness inside. How about the big wax lips?? I remember trampsing 4 blocks to the local 7-11 so that I could spend my allowance on candy, and Richie Rich comic books.
dude.
gummy bears.
end of story.
I LOVED THEM ALL.
i'm kinda a candy freak
I always love pop rocks
gummy worms! better yet, SOUR gummy worms XD
i used to love push pops and ring pops!!!!! I lost my first tooth eating a candy necklace! i don't like fun dip or pixie sticks but i LOVE gummy worms still! yum!
I like pushpops, ring pops, poprocks and baby bottle pops :]
Pocky is so good, just wanted to say.
I had all of these, but I must say I loved Jolly Ranchers :)
I love pixie sticks. And AirHeads :)
nothing can beat gummies.
gummi bears, sour worms and candy necklaces!
I love all of those.
Other favorites of mine as a kid were War Heads, Now & Laters, Jolly Ranchers, Pop Rocks, Sour Punch Straws, Sixlets, Lemon Heads, Blow Pops and Nerds.
my favourite is always the gummy bears ^^
all of the above please (:
Skittles, Smarties (smarties are like chocolate beans), Starburst, M & Ms, those jelly sweets in the form of rings.
Jelly tots, milkybar buttons etc.
I've never had Big League Chew, but the rest I have eaten a ton of over the years.
I love Ring Pops, I just had one the other day. Fun Dip is always good, but I never eat the stick, I just pour the powder on my hand and lick it off, it's kinda like a pixy stick, which I love. I used to eat the wrappers though, because I used to suck the powder out, and the wrapper would get wet, so I'd just eat it. Lol. I know, gross. But I hate candy necklaces, blahhh. And I'm not a fan of the big league gum, also blah. I do like anything gummy though. I always preferred the sour gummy worms though.
mmmm pixy stix :}
I used to really love Push Pops, and having one a few months ago really brought back memories.
I still eat sour gummi worms, ring pops, and fun dip. :D<3
There are some sweets that I use to love, but there stop making them or the are still in production but we cannot get them in the UK.
gummy worms yum