My sister and I had running e-mails going on the candy of our youth. Admittedly we are children of the 60’s, but there seems to be a resurgence of middle age sweet tooth memories. I’ve seen more than one candy shop catering to the memories of those who fall into our demographic.
The other night I was indulging in one of my German black licorice fish coated in salt and sugar and instantly was taken back to times my dad and I went to the barber together and were given Chuckles. For you young folk, in case they are not still around, Chuckles have the consistency of gum drops, but were rectangular in shape, about 1.5 inches by an inch. Like Lifesavrs, they were packaged in order of flavour. I always got the cherry one, green for Dad, yellow for me, and my dad and I would split the black one.
How about Charms, Lifesavrs’ competitor. Only they were individually wrapped in cellophane and had grape as one of the flavours.
Or Luden’s cherry cough drops, an excuse to eat candy in class if you had a note from your mom saying they were for medicinal purposes?
Or the Catholic child’s experience of playing Communion with Necco Wafers?
Oh, those were the days. Do you have a favourite candy memory?
Here is some yarn that reminds me of pink cotton candy. It’s Ingenue mohair. They also have licorice, cherry and lime… I’m using it, paired with Fonty Jamaique, to weave a scarf.
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