Hey — Remember When You Used To Be Able To Play An Empty Candy Box Like a Musical Instrument? – IOTW Report

Hey — Remember When You Used To Be Able To Play An Empty Candy Box Like a Musical Instrument?

Friday, 27 May 2016, 20:51 BFH Uncategorized 56

I remember making a tone with a Good and Plenty box.

What happened?  I can’t play shite anymore.

The Murder Weapon of Vintage Candy —>

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The Tooth Extractor of Vintage Candy —>

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The Insect Bait of Vintage Candy —>

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The “Gateway” of Vintage Candy —>

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The “Loved Them When I Was Little – Hate Them When I Turned 13” of Vintage Candy —>

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The Hipster Doofus of  Vintage Candy —>

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The “We’re Out Of Ideas” Of Vintage Candy —->

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The “Banned By Bloomberg” of  Vintage Candy —>

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The “I Forgot About These Until This Second” Of Vintage Candy

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The “We Thought It Was Healthy Fruit Juice Back Then” of Vintage School Lunch Menu Items

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56 Comments on Hey — Remember When You Used To Be Able To Play An Empty Candy Box Like a Musical Instrument?

  7. MJA, those aren’t black and white, I know what you are thinking of, when I stop thinking about it, it will come to me.
    They were identical to G and P, but black and white. Actually it tasted the same.

  9. Fur means blowing into an empty candy box that made a kazoo kind of sound. Well you can thank todays’ King Kong glue squirters in Big Ag for going full ape shit by applying glue on boxes like it was holding a jets’ fuselage together.

  15. Fun fact: The pink Good ‘n’ Plenty candies are colored with a red dye called K-Carmine, produced from the crushed bodies of the female cochineal insect.

    Seriously. Look it up.

    Yum, yum.

    😛

  28. I sent a bag of circus peanuts to my dad about a week ago. When we talked on the ‘phone he said, “Some asshole sent me a bag of Circus Peanuts…”

    Well, there you have it.

  32. That Violet Gum is… that’s the fucking nastiest shit on the planet. I can’t put it into words. It’s fucking NASTY. The Surgeon General said, “That shit is fucking nasty. Don’t put it in your mouth.”

  33. When I was a kid my favorite was Charleston Chew but you had to put ’em in the freezer and break ’em into little pieces. They still make CCs but it just isn’t the same thing. Probably HFCS instead of sugar or something.

    I also had a great time annoying, I mean SERIOUSLY annoying any nearby grownups with the candy box one-note kazoo thing.

  39. My people were farmers and candy was a rare treat. I loved horehound candy (the herb tastes like mint and licorice). A very old-fashioned candy.

    I hated Necco’s. Tasteless, chalk-like wafers. They don’t melt and the mouth feel was like sucking on a piece of baked cardboard.

  41. bazooka bubble gum was the best. I always liked the comics as a kid.

    I remember the gum cigarettes has a white confectionery sugar that you could blow out as smoke.

  42. How about the little wax bottles with colored juices. Sip the liquid out then chew the tasteless wax.
    Can’t believe we actually ate all these things mentioned above.

  43. http://www.oldtimecandy.com/

    A great place to get your vintage candy fix even if you’re only 39.

    AA, Hobby Lobby has Horehound candy and other vintage treats up by the cash registers. We had some sassafras trees by the pond so there was always a treat to be had free.

    What’s with you violet haters???? Violet candy and home made candied violets are excellent. I could use a mug of violet black tea right now.
    http://www.svtea.com/Violet-Black-Tea/productinfo/T0658/

    Black Jack gum and Clove gum were favorites of mine. I seem to remember some nasty flat pink gum that came with Outer Limits(?) horror movie(?) collectors’ cards.

  45. @ MJA,

    I know what you are talking about with the black and white candy. They were like cardboard licorice with a white coating, about 3/4 inch long tubs and about 1/2 inch in diameter. Don’t remember what they were called officially, but I thought they tasted like shiite.

  46. We sold penny candy at our store. Bullseyes, several for a penny; real Mexican jumping beans; Dots; those awful buttons that came on a strip of paper; sour cherries, 5 for a penny; watermelon slices; marshmallowy peanut; sen-sen; coconut flavored rainbow colored strip candy – can’t think of anymore, but I bet I remember how much they sold for. 🙂

  49. I always got Good and Plenty when we went to the movies, my asshole sisters hated licorice so they wouldn’t steal it. Grew to love it, still buy it, the best comes from Australia, not too sweet and strong licorice flavour.
    Abba-Zabba and French Burnt Peanuts, awesome.

  51. I loved Teaberry gum. And Beeman’s Pepsin. Hated Circus Peanuts. Does anyone remember Moth Balls? They were a filbert coated in white sugar candy. I used to love those.

  55. Old Oaks – we called that Turkish Taffy. A little different, not a foot long and no chocolate in it, but we froze ’em and smashed ’em.

    Fun Facts to Know and Tell:
    I believe the original All Day Sucker eventually became known as the Bath-House Barry Bar…

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