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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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.
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.
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!
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?