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 remembered. What a trip down memory lane. All the kids were excited to have an excuse to try candy before lunchtime.

Thanks, Groovy Candies!

The Retro Sugar Memories box assortment included...

5th Avenue
Boston Baked Beans
Bit-O-Honey
Razzles
Skittles
Cherry Mash
Sugar Babies
Chuckles
Sky Bar
Dots
Chick-O-Stick
Zagnut
Good'N'Plenty
Mallo Cup
Indian Brand Pumpkin Seeds
Round-Up Bubble Gum Cigarettes
Smarties Candy Necklace
Necco Wafers
Nik L Nip
C Howard Violet Mints
Fizzies Rootbeer

...and more!

I didn't really have any sugar memories of these things since I wasn't allowed to eat any of them when I was little; I was the kid whose mom froze grapes instead of serving ice cream or popsicles. Yes, that was me! C'mon, everyone has at least one friend like that.

What are your memories of these candies??

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