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1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid
Circus Peanuts (update-these are the orange marshmallowy peanut shaped things)
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
Mary Janes
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
Chocolate
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
Taffy
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
Dark Chocolate
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
Circus Peanuts
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid – Bubblicious Bubble Gum
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid – Whoppers
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult – Gummy Bears
4- Least Favorite As an Adult – Whoppers
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now – Black Licorice
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now – Any kind of Bubble Gum
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1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid
Hot jaw breakers
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
Wax lips
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
Smarties
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
Dark chocolate (too bitter)
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
Licorice
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
Orange peanut-shaped marshmallow-like thing
(That’s the CIRCUS PEANUTS!!! lol-bfh)
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Doh! – claudia
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid
Butterfinger
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
Dark Chocolate
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
Hershey Bar
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
White Chocolate
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
MaryJanes
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
Butterfinger
I’m seeing a trend, and I think I should contact scientists with my findings- Your candy preferences completely reverse from childhood to adulthood.
I have and will always hate Hershey’s Special Dark.
*vomit* They taste like a packet of Splenda.
Rock Candy and Candy Necklaces were a waste of sugar. Blech. lol
Favorite Candy As a Kid
3 Musketeers
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
Hard candy in general
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
bloomer puddin’
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
chocolate starfish
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
Zero Bar
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
candy corn
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid- Milk Duds
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid- 3 Musketeers
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult- Twizzlers
4- Least Favorite As an Adult- 3 Musketeers
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now- Tootsie Roll
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now- Smartees
1-Favorite Candy As a Kid
Circus Peanuts (I once spent my entire allowance on them, and ate them until I puked.)
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
Some nasty thing called “horehound” my great-grandfather used to keep around. It’s not even candy…more like petrified medicine!
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
Dark chocolate-covered caramels
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
Fake chocolate-covered raisins (warts)
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
Ain’t no such thing
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
Circus peanuts (kack)
Those colored Easter eggs that are pure sugar
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid
burnt peanuts
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
circus peanuts
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
burnt peanuts
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
circus peanuts
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
not sure
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
not sure
anyway, I have a weakness for burnt peanuts. VERY weird, I know.
I also like peanut m&ms. It’s a sweet and salty thing maybe.
I love horehound!!!
They sell it a Bass Pro Shop!
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid
Just one??? Yii. Okay: Turkish Taffy. (And circus peanuts and Brach’s Maple Nut Goodies and See’s chocolates and whatever Mom hid in her ingenious but doomed hiding places.)
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
Peppermint things (because they ruined your taste buds for hours).
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
Just one??? Yii. Okay: Fruit-filled dark chocolate, whether bar or piece.
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
Peppermint, except when I’m dieting. Same reason as above.
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
Black licorice. (Careful: in excess, it raises blood pressure.)
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
Sweet Tarts.
Question – How do you get burnt peanuts when you’re a kid?
Claudia, have you tried Crest Pro-Health Whitening toothpaste? It tastes like those yummy wax lips–a nice soft tasty spearmint. I have a hard time not eating it out of the tube.
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid – Lic em aid??
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid – tootsie Roll
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult – butt-erfinger
4- Least Favorite As an Adult – any of the soft gel candies, gummy things
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now – anise candy, hershey kisses, browneeyes w/ nuts and fudge
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now – baseball bubble gum
@BFH, you actually like horehound?
I didn’t think anybody would even have HEARD of it.
Speaking of Bass Pro, I just thought of something even worse.
“Fisherman’s Friend” lozenges.
My first boss used to pass them around.
They originally had chloroform in them. I shit you not!
Fur, try the sasparilla.
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid
Jelly Beans
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
Those circus peanuts – Yuk!
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
Sour Patch Kids. Yum!
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
Dark Chocolate anything!
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
Milk Chocolate covered peanuts.
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
Licorice of any kind.
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid
i don’t know, Abba Zabba? I don’t remember what I did last week.
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
black licorice
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
dark chocolate, 70% or better cocoa content — the real bitter stuff
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
any of the crap i ate when i was a kid
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
black licorice and horehound. Both are good for the throat. Australian black licorice and Ozark mountain horehound are my favorite, not so much for the taste.
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
damn near all of it
1-Favorite Candy As a Kid
Baby Ruth, but then I saw Caddyshack, and it was never the same
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
Gotta agree on Circus Peanuts, but ate them anyway. Hey, it was candy!
I tried a sweet potato when I was four, thinking, ‘I love potatoes, and I love candy. This must be the perfect food!’. I’ve hated that lying vegetable (or whatever it is) ever since.
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
Mallo Cups
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
Candy corn
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
Sixlets
Fun survey!
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid
Schmidts
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
Miller
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
PBR (I know I know)
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
Schlitz.
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
Rolling Rock
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
Budweiser.
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid
Candy Kracinski
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
Mary Janes
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
“Baby” Ruth Rohansen
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
Chocolate Kisses
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
Peppermint Patty Prevost
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
Lemon Lily Leskowitz.
What?
Sugar candy?
Oh, never mind then.
First, trurh in advertsing: I don’t have a sweet tooth. If somebody stole candy from me I wouldn’t GARA. But I WILL knock over women and children to get to a bag of Wise Potato chips.
Second: my candy attitudes are exactly the same now as in childhood.
Third: I particularly loathe candies that are straight sugar. Candy corn and marzipan? Ewwwwww. Ther’s got to be something else going on terms of flavor and texture to entice me.
Fourth: with this in mind, the candies I find tolerable are mlik and white chocolates, and chewy stuff like caramel, licorice, taffy, and Swedish fish. I do like any combination of milk chocolate with caramel and/or coconut. But you’ll never see me eating a whole bag at a time.
Fifth: My dentist has had a secret crush on me for years, I can tell.
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid-Chunky
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid-Buttons
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult-Chunky
4- Least Favorite As an Adult-Buttons
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now-Mary Janes
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now-I don’t eat much sweets. I was weened on a pickle.
Read more at https://iotwreport.com/#IlpcFT8QuqJj86Eg.99
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid–Hershey Bar w/ almonds
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid–Caramels/Mary Janes (tie)
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult–Payday Bar
4- Least Favorite As an Adult-Almond Joy
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now–Dark Chocolate
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now–Milk Duds (if you can find them anywhere!)
Read more at https://iotwreport.com/?p=258868#sQAYJUHX9XGId60U.99
I’m rather late to this party, but have loved the varied answers. I wonder if it would help to know the region of the country where each respondent grew up – for instance, I have never even heard of Mary Janes.
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid
candy cigarettes, mom’s fudge
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
licorice – black and red, anything with coconut
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
Payday – love that sweet/salty mix
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
Hershey’s Kisses – too fake tasting, anything with coconut
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
Good and Plenty
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
Slo Poke suckers – great in the movies then because they lasted so long — pull your fillings out now.
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid
Waxed lips and the little waxed coke bottles with syrup in them
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
Horehound candy. My Mom ate it like it was going out of style, and gosh, why couldn’t it have gone out of style
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
Bazooka Bubble Gum
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
Candy corn. Disgusting stuff
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
I still hate horehound candy.
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
Necco wafers. What was I thinking?!
I was never very enthusiastic about candy per se. It was baked goods that I craved: cheese Danish, lemon meringue pie, Napoleons, jelly donuts, etc. These days I eat a whole lot less wheat/flour and sugary foods, but don’t get between me and a slice of properly made Key Lime pie! Oh, yeah, and a sweet egg custard, e.g. flan. Oh, yeah #2 – really dark chocolate, the 80% cacao or higher kind. Ghirardelli’s is my favorite, better than Lindt even though Lindt is the parent company.
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid – Three Musketeers
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid – licorice (especially black)
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult – Snickers
4- Least Favorite As an Adult – licorice (especially black)
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now – granola bars
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now – candy corn
I have always preferred cakes and pies over candy.
The “mary jane” that I knew of as a kid made you CRAVE candy/pie/burritos/tacos/cake….what is this candy mary jane that you speak of?…..and what the hell is horehound?….please describe
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid – Peppermint stick
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid – wax lips
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult – Peppermint anything
4- Least Favorite As an Adult – pop rocks
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now – heath bar
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now – pixie sticks
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1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid- Hershey kisses
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid- some German liquor-filled things
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult- Hoffmann’s chocolate strawberries http://www.hoffmans.com/
4- Least Favorite As an Adult- liquor-filled anything
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now – blank
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now -blank
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1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid M&Ms
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid black licorice or jelly beans
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult fabulous homemade pralines a friend makes at Christmas time and M&Ms
4- Least Favorite As an Adult Reese’s pieces, black licorice and jelly beans
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now Chunky bars (didn’t like the raisins)
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now Hard candies of any kind
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid–Smarties (kind in the tube)
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid–Almond Joy
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult–Lindt Truffles, dark chocolate (but gah you can’t eat more than two)
4- Least Favorite As an Adult–Butterfinger
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now–Peanut M & Ms
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now: Turkish Delight (outrageously nasty)
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid
Hot Tamales
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid
Jelly Beans
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult
Black licorice
4- Least Favorite As an Adult
Jelly Beans
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
Chocolate
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
Candy Necklace
Jajajaja! Thanks Claudia! As soon as I read, “Waxed Lips,” I could taste and feel them. My sister and I loved them! The waxed mini coke bottles, too. Does anybody make waxed candy anymore? How about cinnamon toothpicks? Pal Mal Candy cigarettes? Those were the days 🙂
ps – what are Mary Janes?
AH!….Horehound…. (from wiki pedophile)…they don’t make it anymore under that name….it’s the Bill Clinton, wrinkly and grey with navel lint stuck to it…bad after taste
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid: Penny Candy
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid: Marshmallow Chicks
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult: Black Licorice
4- Least Favorite As an Adult: Anything to pull out my fillings
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now: Roasted Marshmallow Chicks
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now: Sugar Daddies
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid – Zero bar
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid – any licorice
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult – Peanut M&Ms
4- Least Favorite As an Adult – any licorice
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now – none
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now – none – anything with mint in it
Never liked horehounds but it could be that they taste more like hound than hore.
I’m late to the party, but here it is:
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid – chocolate malted milk balls
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid – licorice
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult – dark chocolate and nuts
4- Least Favorite As an Adult – licorice
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now – chocolate mint
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now – Sweet Tarts
Read more at https://iotwreport.com/#ckA3GHdVkUjAYkzg.99
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid – Turkish Taffy
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid – purple Necco wafers…the others were okay
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult – Beer
4- Least Favorite As an Adult – actual candy
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now – Beer
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now – orange Circus Peanuts
Maybe it’s the candied beer talking, but I’m pretty sure there was another candy out there very similar to Mary Janes (no, not pot) with another name. I just can’t remember it.
Didn’t anyone like nigg** babies?
They were my favorite.
Don’t think they make them anymore.
I just woke up from a coma of 50 yrs.
why can’t you remember it , Corona?….too much “mary jane?”…:)
@ brown eyed girl….dark chocolate and nuts?…..nevermind…: )
1. Favorite Candy As a Kid – Old Fashioned Taffy
2. Least Favorite Candy As a Kid – Jawbreakers
3. Favorite Candy As an Adult
– Turtles (Chocolate Carmel Nut clusters)
4. Least Favorite As an Adult – Pixie Sticks
5. Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now
– Gum Drops
6. Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now
– Sweet Tarts
Sorry, Caramel. Just revealed my “car-mal” pronunciation preference.
Favorite then and now. Caramel.
Hated licorice as a kid, nothing changed.
Boston baked beans, yummy. Are those burnt peanuts?
Don’t like candy….really like expensive well made bakery items
Pastries – cheesecake- gourmet pies ($50) for a pie. But real high quality hand made for me. Special order.
@Corona . . . 5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now – Beer
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I shoulda wrote that.
Now that I think of it, the candy I ended up hating the most were those candy eggs we got on easter. Like hard compressed stale marshmallow with a thick toxic sugar coating covered with lead based coloring paint or some terrible crap. The last time I ate those, I over did it and thought I was going to die from stomach pain. Anybody else live through that kind of child abuse? Maybe I’m the only survivor left?
@Corona , was it Mike&Ikes, or something like that? I remember those sucked pretty bad too.
I know I am late to this thread, but the subject has such deep and wide-ranging sociological implications that I feel compelled to comment, anyway.
1- Favorite Candy As a Kid – Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
2- Least Favorite Candy As a Kid – Was going to say candy corn, until I was reminded of Circus Peanuts. Definitely Circus Peanuts!
3- Favorite Candy As an Adult – Kind of hooked on gumballs, since I can’t chew sugarless gum, anymore (since sorbitol acts like a laxative, in my middle age. Sorry!)
4- Least Favorite As an Adult – Circus Peanuts
5- Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now – I pretty much liked everything as a kid, making that a small universe to draw from.
6- Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now – Necco Wafers
Corona:
http://sweets.seriouseats.com/images/2011/10/20111003maryjanesstory.jpg
They taste something like a cross between molasses and peanut butter and they’re chewy/tough. Kinda like a bit o honey. They aren’t GREAT, but It’s an interesting flavor that you don’t get from the new candies that taste pretty much the same. They come around Halloween and maybe Easter time, too. I recall seeing them at least twice a year everywhere. But sometimes those dollar stores carry them all year- on and off.
1 – Favorite Candy As a Kid — Tootsie Rolls
2 – Least Favorite Candy As a Kid — Anything licorice
3 – Favorite Candy As an Adult — Tootsie Rolls
4 – Least Favorite As an Adult — Anything licorice
5 – Candy You Didn’t Like As a Kid That You Like Now — Mounds or Almond Joy
6 – Candy You Did Like as a Kid That You Don’t Like Now — Tootsie Pops
To All Above Who Hated Or Still Hate Licorice — Thank you for validating the overwhelming dislike for licorice. It was, and still is, awful. Remember this garbage? My parents thought it was wonderful. Sorry, but…no. It was Juicy Fruit or DoubleMint for me.