Earth Day is all about saving, and we think it's important to save your favorite candies from extinction. Over the years, so many delicious, ingenious candies have gone the way of the dinosaurs. We can't take our favorite candy for granted, or we may never see it again.
In the spirit of conservation, we're giving away some great nostalgic candy prizes. It's our way of spreading the love of retro candies and making sure that future generations get to enjoy the same flavors we savor today.
To enter, share your favorite memory of an already extinct candy. Or tell us about the candy you believe should be saved for posterity. Just leave your story in the comments on this post to enter. We'll announce the winners early next week!
Don't forget to do your part for the planet. Buy online to save gas. And always dispose of your wrappers responsibly.
Earth Day Candy Giveaway
Earth Day is all about saving, and we think it's important to save your favorite candies from extinction. Over the years, so many delicious, ingenious candies have gone the way of the dinosaurs. We can't take our favorite candy for granted, or we may never see it again.
In the spirit of conservation, we're giving away some great nostalgic candy prizes. It's our way of spreading the love of retro candies and making sure that future generations get to enjoy the same flavors we savor today.
To enter, share your favorite memory of an already extinct candy. Or tell us about the candy you believe should be saved for posterity. Just leave your story in the comments on this post to enter. We'll announce the winners early next week!
Don't forget to do your part for the planet. Buy online to save gas. And always dispose of your wrappers responsibly.
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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.
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?
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!!!
Kraft Fifties. EXTINCT FOR DECADES
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.