What candy from way back when, gets you all excited?

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   Suelynnposted 13 years ago

   What candy from way back when, gets you all excited?
   
   I just found some candy I used to eat back home and could never get here in the States!  Even though I am a mature woman, I got all excited - just like a kid!

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   MelChiposted 13 years ago

   That's an easy one,I used to love Rascals...they were so good! They've stopped making them though

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      Suelynnposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Bummer, MelChi.... they are a bunch of Rascals!  Did you ever eat Skyhigh bubble gum?  From WAY back when.  I loved the way it was packaged and the taste was DIVINE.....

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      MelChiposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      No...never heard of Skyhigh bubble gum, sounds good though!!

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   petenaliposted 13 years ago

   Oh, I'm totally on board with you on this one! 
   Living in Canada I cannot get all the candy (or sweets as we called them) from back in UK.  I'm heading there in a couple of months and will be hunting down some of my old favourites like:
   Toffo's, Fruit Pastilles, Outer Spacers, Football Crazy Crisps, Jaffa Cakes, Lion Bars, Texan Bars, Spangles.....the list goes on and on....

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      Suelynnposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Petenali:  Wooohooo! Same here, but I miss South African sweets and chocolates (very similar to English: Cadbury and Nestle!)  The local supermarket is now bringing in some English goods (Cadbury Fruit 'n Nut my fave) and guess what? Got Pastilles!

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      petenaliposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      We can actually get some English chocolate in Walmart of all places now too!

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      Suelynnposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I didn't even think of looking at Walmart, Petenali! 

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   beaddve1800posted 13 years ago

   I love hard candy, they are my favorite all the time. I don't know why I like Turkish Delight, but it tastes weird! lol...

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      Suelynnposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      beaddve1800: Turkish Delight is divine!  Do you like it covered with chocolate? 

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   Marisaupaposted 13 years ago

   
   
   For me, it's a Hershey's Whatchamacallit bar.  Whenever I am away from an area where it is readily available I miss it terribly.
   
   Sadly, as of 2008, the flavor of Whatchamacallit, along with some other staple brands from Hershey's, has changed somewhat.  Many people claim not to taste the difference, but when they stopped using cocoa butter in their formula the change was detectable to me.  It is still a special treat for me, but I would literally jump with joy if the original ingredient mix would be brought back.

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      Suelynnposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Isn't that the pits, Marisaupa?  Just when it's perfect... they go and change it.  That happened with Coca Cola... due to public outrage, they made the original Coke Classic!!  Pft!

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   MickSposted 13 years ago

   I'm sure I can find something more important than sweets to get excited about.

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      Suelynnposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Mick S... I'm sure you can, but there are many of us who are transported to our past to find a favorite here and there...

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   aviannoviceposted 13 years ago

   It was called Milkshake and it was made when I was a kid.  Naturally, it was discontinued by Hollywood, who made it.  I did find it in a drugstore in Wilmington, DE in my 40's, but that must have been the end of it.  The company refuses to make it again.

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      Suelynnposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Deb, it sounds delish!  Why is it that products that are so yummy and popular become discontinued?  Hmmmm.... makes me ponder!

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