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Sugar Memories from Groovy Candies

Earlier this month, I participated in a blogging event - a Virtual Mad Men Finale Party , hosted by the authors and publisher of The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook. * Here's their recap of the event . It was a great, great fun. And, to make it even more so, they had prizes and door prizes for the participating bloggers. Judy Gelman, one of the authors, dropped me a line right after the event to let me know that I would be getting a box full of retro candy. Sweet! When it came, the inside box read "Sugar Memories." I refrained from peeking, deciding to save it for my husband's 40th birthday camping trip. We opened it this weekend under the redwoods. And it  really  was all about sugar memories.  Friends picked up different pieces and commented, nostalgically, "I remember eating this at my grandmother's house." Or "Oh, these were my favorite when...." There were candies that most everyone knew. And there were candies that no one rem...