Do you remember penny candy?
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I remember my grandmother talking about penny candy and me thinking, "you can't get anything good for less than five cents'
I do.
My parents owned a grocery store back in Chicago in the mid-60's to mid-70's and we had a case full of it.. Our house was in the back of it.. There was a gummy-like red candy that was shaped like a coin (I think that it might of had a $ sign on it?)
I remember in the 50's my brother and I getting a quarter for helping our uncle all day. We would run to the end of the street to a store and I would buy a pop, a hotdog(no chili and the owner would squirt catsup or mustard on the hot dog to keep us from wasting it or using too much
), a candy bar and have several cents left to put in the gum ball machine, which gave several pieces of gum for a cent. Sometimes I would skip the candy bar and buy a used comic book with no cover. Now that's old, brother.
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At my corner store, Squirrel nut zippers were 1 cent, while Mary Janes were 2 cent.
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Yes.
In the early '60 the was a 5-10 store called "Ben Franklin." They had an aisle of penny candy as well as 5 cent candy bars. Unfortunately, I very seldom had any money to buy candy.
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2¢ got you an upgrade and you'd get a comic with the bubble gum
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I sure do remember penny candy and nickel candy bars. Turkish Taffy would occasionally pull a filling out of my teeth
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I remember penny candy too. Our corner grocery (think like a 7 Eleven) had lots of it as it was across from a public beach. I can't remember them all, but like Bazooka bubble gum and Pixie Sticks. I was also a fan of Richie Rich comics.
I hated candy dots - I always seemed to get a bunch of paper.
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I have fond memories of realizing the purchasing power of 5 or 6¢ and the walk to the candy store, the eclectic selection of colors shapes and sizes of the candy and they were 2 or 3 for a cent. Of course, I am sneaking up on 72. Have a good day. Peace Roy
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Yep... we had several candy stores in the village and all had penny candy and nickel candy bars....My favorite penny candy was maple creams....If I found a cent in the street (often after the local parade or sale day) I would run to Sammy's to buy one. Also stop at the comic section to look at the covers (not allowed to pick one up unless buying) - they were ten cents.... rarely got a comic book until I got my first paper route and earned real money - forty to fifty cents a week. Cheers, RickO
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Wax sodas were good.
yes and a few mom and pops had some huge bags for 20 & 25 cents with a few dime bags
I loved these
What I remember is you could get a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup for a nickel. It only came in singles back then instead of the double pack now that costs a dollar.
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I didn't like any of the penny candies but loved the Mary Janes! That was also my next door neighbor's mothers name!
No, no I don't not me , nope , sorry move along now. No don't remember 12 cent 16 oz RC PEPSI OR COKE got 2 cent deposit back, I hear, nope no 5 c bag of chips, no mallo cup no smoothie cup by boyer no premium card inside save up to $1. and send away for 10 free mallo cups. Nope, nope nope. No root beer barrels no hot balls no red Switzer candy licorice. Sorry can't help ya. Good Luck
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Our local candy store owner used to put your booty in real small brown paper bags (miniature lunch bags)
Yep. Squirrels were one of my favorites. I also liked the candy cigarettes. I bought Archie comics at the Cunningham Drug Store, out of the vending machine, for 12 cents. Five Baseball cards with bubble gum for a nickel. The good ole days!
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Weren't red licorice sticks (now known as Twizzers) individually purchasable for just a few cents each?
Growing up, I remember Mary Jane costing a lot more than 2 cents!
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There was flat red and black licorice rolled up into a circle, with a small jawbreaker in the middle for a penny.
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I remember the Ben Franklin stores - we always used to get these sugar candy dots that were stuck on a sheet of paper. There is actually one still operating in the town next to ours but the candy isn't a cent anymore .
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We have a couple of stores where all that old fashioned gum and candy can still be purchased. Sure ain't a penny, tho.
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I remember seeing the old fashioned Christmas Ribbon Candy at my local Ace Hardware story over the holidays and it was priced like gold.
i'm not sure i'm old enough for 1c candy but i do recall the cardboard flavored bubble gum i used to get in packs of cards.
When I was a small child in the very early 1970's, there were several kinds of candy one could buy at the corner market with a single penny, which was sometimes found and sometimes given to make the purchase. Often we had several cents, but just one was enough to get something.
Of course the gumball machine was an option, this was a nice big colorful ball the diameter of a nickel, hollow but the space was small, and the gum was pretty good, depending on the color/flavor. Some stores had a chiclets machine at two for a penny. Other gum options were bazooka or double bubble pink bubblegum, both of which were delicious for about 20 seconds and then bland but good for blowing for a while afterwards.
Also on the bottom candy rack at a penny each were starlight peppermints and butterscotch candies, single hershey's kisses, caramels, pixie sticks, two pack of sweet/tarts, other assorted items.
A few years later, the 1c gumballs shrank, the other stuff went to 2c each or 3 for 5 cents, and that was my 1st (and far from last,
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As a child in the late 50s and early 60s, there was a gas station near the elementary school I attended that sold penny candy.
I must have been about seven, and got several cents change after buying some penny candy with a nickel. I looked at the pennies I got in change, and then at the kindly older man who made the sale and said, "Mr. _____, are you sure this is a real penny? Mr. Lincoln isn't on it." He looked at it, smiled, and said, "Jeff, don't worry. It's a real penny. It's just very old." That was the first Indian Head Cent I ever saw / owned.
Coins circulated back then. I found early date Lincoln cents, a few more IHCs, the occasional Liberty Nickel, and Barber Dime or Quarter, etc. Also some early dated Walkers and dateless SLQs. None of them would be graded better than VG 10 today.
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