It’s been a couple of weeks since I did a “Remember This?” post, but don’t worry, I haven’t forgotten about it (pardon my pun…)

Yesterday, I checked out a local candy shop recommended by a co-worker of mine for their nostalgic and unique sweets. Plus, I was in the neighborhood to check out Present Moment bookstore, which I’ll post about another day… Anyway, I went to Sugar Sugar and had the most glorious trip down memory lane…

So let me start off by saying that the gut wrenching nostalgia from this trip was for the item right in the middle of the above photo- the sweettart lollipop (it’s the one in the plastic bag with the bow). Oh how I loved these beyond any other lollies. Why? Well, instead of that syrupy sticky sugar of the typical lollipop, it instead was the powdery, uber-sweet sugar of smarties and, well, sweettarts. These were my favorite, with all apologies to my poor dentist.

Sure, I also remember candy necklaces and pixie sticks, but those items are still pretty “available” today, whereas the sweettart lollipop is a pretty rare find nowadays.

Rather than restrict myself to the usual “five” items for Remember This?, today’s post will simply be an unadulterated sugar high and stream of consciousness reminiscence of the candies of my childhood… here goes;

• (Charms) blow pops (meh)
• Atomic Fireballs (thought I was pretty awesome for eating these)
• candy lipstick (similar tasting to sweettarts, amiright?)
• Now and Laters (many a broken braces bracket…(
• Whatchamacallit
• Fun Dip (a personal fave)
• Cry Babies (sour)
• Bubble Tape (actually decent gum)
• candy buttons
• Astro pops (never got these)
• Spree (for when I couldn’t find sweettarts)
• Chiclets (USELESS- don’t get me started)
• 100 Grand (an old personal fave for chocolate)
• Ouch bubble gum (best packaging award)
• Bottle Caps (only on halloween, these tasted oddly like carpet cleaner or something)
• “Sparkle” Tangy Taffy (aka sprinkles. this was a major favorite of mine as well)
• Cream Savers

…and so much more… Now I’ve got myself sort of a sweet craving. Perhaps it is time for some leftover halloween candy!

What candies did you love as a kid that are no longer with us? Are some of your favorites still around?

Meri