Originally Posted by nethead (Post 6907855)

Originally Posted by Noorah101 (Post 6907595)

The Smarties I remember are not chocolate, but tangy fruity flavors...

Originally Posted by cindyabs (Post 6907821)

they used to have little pumpkins too that tasted like the corn.

Originally Posted by sunflwrgrl13 (Post 6907842)

Yuummmmm...pixie stix!! :o Now, I could still do me some of those...or better yet, how bout some dippin' stix..you know where you dip the hard sugar stick into flavored, colored sugar and lick it off...

Originally Posted by meauxna (Post 6908032)

You know what I'm talkin' about. You'd think we're in a room of Canadians here!



I loved those.. I hope they haven't gone away.


Yum!
OK, now someone must know. The DH talks about something VERY like Dippin Stix that they used to have in the UK when HE was a kid (olden days). Darnit, he's gone out right now; will have to ask again later.
Remember how they'd nearly make your tongue raw? mmmmm

Originally Posted by SecretGarden (Post 6908056)

Do not fear! The pumpkins are alive and well in Illinois!

Yes, the Smarties I know have the taste of Sweet Tarts--remember those? And they come in very light pastel colors, like little disc shaped things, stacked in a cellophane wrapper. Right? Makes the spit start in the back of your mouth. :)

We had giant Pixy Stix here. Plastic tube with stripes and they were probably a yard long. The end of the tube was folded over with a big old staple in it to keep it shut. :blink:

~SG

Originally Posted by SecretGarden (Post 6908056)

Do not fear! The pumpkins are alive and well in Illinois!

Yes, the Smarties I know have the taste of Sweet Tarts--remember those? And they come in very light pastel colors, like little disc shaped things, stacked in a cellophane wrapper. Right? Makes the spit start in the back of your mouth. :)

We had giant Pixy Stix here. Plastic tube with stripes and they were probably a yard long. The end of the tube was folded over with a big old staple in it to keep it shut. :blink:

~SG

Originally Posted by cindyabs (Post 6908074)

I LOVED Sweet Tarts, AND I also used to take Fizzies and put those on my tongue instead of in water!!! :eek: Those probably predate you though SG.

Originally Posted by meauxna (Post 6908081)

We ARE of a generation, you and I. All the same goodies. You probably used to get them at the softball games too. And the Short Stop. That was our little 7-11 type store with the BEST candy. :)

The funny thing is that my mom went all health food then (it was the 70s afterall) and my sister and I spent every waking moment and free cent we had trying to cram sugar down our throats. I used to eat Cap'n Crunch cereal raw just for the sugar buzz.
Then my first ever business was a natural food store. Kids. sheesh.



I wonder.. I have a vague memory of those...

Originally Posted by meauxna (Post 6908081)

We ARE of a generation, you and I. All the same goodies. You probably used to get them at the softball games too. And the Short Stop. That was our little 7-11 type store with the BEST candy. :)

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Originally Posted by cindyabs (Post 6908074)

I LOVED Sweet Tarts, AND I also used to take Fizzies and put those on my tongue instead of in water!!! :eek: Those probably predate you though SG.

Originally Posted by SecretGarden (Post 6908095)

It's like Pavlov's dog.......you mention Sweet Tarts and I get spitty.

:)

~SG

Originally Posted by Jakester (Post 6908759)

Candy corn is really good , to the poster who thought it tasted like wax ..i had that experience too but found that only Brachs candy corn is the stuff , the other brand did indeed have wax listed as an ingredient.

The poster who prefered the brown edged candy corn , they call that indian corn and its supposed to taste of chocolate..it comes in Autumn mix bag of candy corn.

And yep the mellowcreme pumpkins are still available and can anybody tell me if they taste different than the candy corn cos i think they do...im told im wrong but still.

Originally Posted by gingerert (Post 6907702)

Oh I miss those days! My Grandad used to bring my sister and I a packet each whenever he visited and we would spend the rest of the afternoon engaged in the following activites:

- open packet
- decide she's got more than me
- decide she's got better colours than me
- steal sister's sweets
- study the colour and letter on the plastic cap
- try to chew the plastic caps instead of the sweets
- throw the tubes and caps at sister
- stamp on tubes to expel caps halfway across the room at Grandad
- have tubes, caps and remaining sweets taken away

Happy days... happy days...

Originally Posted by gingerert (Post 6907266)

We don't give out any. I tell them I'm British and we don't engage in such blatent blackmail with people smaller and less intelligent than us.

They usually bog off and I save some money!

Originally Posted by Lorna at Vicenza (Post 6907325)

so - if you have kids then on average what you spend comes back in your own kids' pumpkins.

People who don't have kids are either generous or just generally lose out ?

Originally Posted by penguinsix (Post 6907336)

Depends how fast they can run from door to door.

Some smart parents send the kids out the night before to some other subdivision/town that allows early trick or treating. They load up on stuff, and the crap they don't like they give to the parents who distribute the next day to visiting kids. Then you get a rep as the 'house with the candy that sucks' which leads to fewer visitors next year.