By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills
A few weeks ago, I asked my friends on Facebook to share their favorite childhood candy. We had so much fun reminiscing that I decided to research the top-selling candy since the 1950s.
Sweet Taste Explosions of the 1950s
- Anise Bears
- Atomic Fireballs
- Turkish Taffy
- Dad’s Root Beer Barrels
- Junior Mints
- Bit-O-Honey
- Sugar Babies
- Lemonheads
- Bubblegum Cigars
- Candy Cigarettes
- Boston Baked Beans
- Slo Pokes
- Good and Plenty
- Tootsie Rolls
- Peanut Butter Bar
- Bazooka Gum
- Necco Wafers
- Hot Tamales
- Moon Pies
- Zagnut
Sweet Taste Explosions of the 1960s
- 100 Grand Bar
- Jaw Busters
- Cadbury Eggs
- Now & Later
- Pixy Stik
- Razzles
- Sweet Tarts
- Sugar Daddy
- Neapolitan Coconut
- Boston Baked Beans
- Twizzler
- Cherry Sours
- Flipsticks
- Fruit Stripe Gum
- Mentos Mint
- Nips
- Now and Later
- Starburst
- Nestles 1000 Bar
- Swedish Fish
Sweet Taste Explosions of the 1970s
- Bottle Caps
- Charm Blow Pops
- Pop Rocks
- York Peppermint Pattie
- Jelly Belly
- Gobstopper
- Reese Pieces
- Whatchamacallit
- Twix
- Dynamints
- Charleston Chews
- Necco Wafers
- Nestle Crunch
- Dots
- Smarties
- Caramel Creams
- Boston Baked Beans
- Chicklets
- Fizzies
- Rolo
Candy Trivia!
Hershey Bars were introduced in 1900
Clove Chewing Gum was introduced in 1914
Butterfinger Bars were introduced in 1923
Reese Cups were introduced in 1928
Tootsie Pops were introduced in 1931
M&Ms were introduced in 1941
Most of us have visited a Cracker Barrel and marveled at their candy selection. You can still find many of the candies listed above 🙂 YUM !!!
Your turn! What candy do you remember from your childhood?
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I remember the rootbeer barrels, Junior mint, and bit ot honey but I loved the hershey’s bars adn almond joy and mounds. I guess I was ahead of the times. I remember the tar babies, I loved them too.
Connie, I’m pretty much a chocolate lover – which is why Junior Mints were so very good.
High Noon was my favorite. Wish I knew how to get some now.
Well now, since I am SO old…(85)…let me tell you a favorite when I was a kid….Peanut Patties….absolutely delicious! YUM!
My daughter found out that Amazon carries them. We’ll probably be ordering some:)
Vondia, Peanut Patties – I think I remember those. I’ll have to look on Amazon!
Sugar babies were always delicious. Our local five and dime store sold them. I enjoyed buying them and eating slowly to make them last. 🙂
Hi Melissa, those and Junior Mints were good for the movies. 🙂
My favorites were Sweetarts and Fruit Stripe Gum. There is an old store near Helen, Georgia called the Old Sautee Store that sells a lot of those old time candies you can’t find any place else. I always love to visit there and stock up. Also down the road is the Babyland General Hospital where Cabbage Patch babies are born.
Barbara, I remember fruit-stripe gum! Forgotten about those. 🙂
Kay, I just looked on Amazon, and the site has Big Hunk!
I have a favorite from each decade – but I wasn’t born until 1964! One of my all-time favorites is Junior Mints, loved Sugar Daddy, and the 100 Grand Bar (known in the ‘70s as the 100 Thousand Dollar Bar!) was one I loved, too!
Thanks, Regina
I remember eating Junior Mints slowly at the the theater.
I remember having a nickel to spend at the “bridey” (variety) store, and blowing it on 20 tar babies, a licorice confection that I loved so much. They were 4 for a penny. I could make a nickel’s worth last all week!! Lol
Sherry, I’m glad someone kept the licorice people in the candy business! You could have had mine!
I love Dad’s Root Beer Barrels. I still find some at the drug stores but their not Dad’s brand.
One of my favorite from the 50s isn’t mentioned. Mom called it milk candy but I don’t know the real name. It was shaped like a bottle and, when you bit into it, it had a creamy liquid filling. I need to hunt in Cracker Barrel and see if I can find it.
Sherry, I remember those but I can’t think of the name. Wasn’t the little bottle caramel colored?
Forever Yours Bars… not the Milky Way Midnights that they say are the same. They really aren’t. I just now saw that Ethel M Chocolates made a Forever Yours bar. I’m going to have to order one and check it out.
Linda Kish, I enjoyed Forever Yours bars too! And I liked the small wax bottles with liquid inside, of different flavors. My dad and I bought Sees candies and shared a box every few months.
I think the wax bottles were edible – but not necessarily tasty.
Linda, I remember the Forever Yours Bars. Red wrapper?
I guess I am still stuck in the 50’s. I still buy the Fireballs and Bit-O-Honey.
Paula, Fireballs are still one of my favs.
I remember Big Hunk and still love it when I can find it – which isn’t often.Kay
Kay, I’m so sorry. I thought I’d responded to you. Big Hunk is on Amazon. 🙂