Classic trick or treat loot: nostalgic candy & prizes from Halloweens past.
Posted: October 3, 2013 Filed under: Halloween | Tags: candy, candy by the decade, halloween candy, NaBloPoMo, nostalgic candy, old school candy, Renae Rude, The Paranormalist, Trick or Treat, trick or treating 17 CommentsUPDATED FOR THE 2014 SEASON
I’ve eaten THREE full-sized candy bars today, and I’m going to go prowl the seasonal aisle of the local drugstore as soon as I get done with this post so I can buy more. You see, I’ve spent the last too-many hours thinking of nothing but candy. For you. Always for you.
Perhaps because I’m hopped up on sugar and caffeine, (more than usual) today’s post comes to you in the form of loosely related list items … think of it as my way of tossing treats into your loot bag.
I’ve gathered most of my information and inspiration (and photographs) from the following vendors:
Candy Favorites * Nostalgic Candy * Candy Warehouse * Old Time Candy * Candy Crate
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This is fun. At Old Time Candy, you can pack a personalized bag of candy, piece by piece, for yourself or for a friend.
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Retro Candy Timeline – Some snippets of candy history. ‘Found this commercial (which settles a debate between Ogre and me) over there too.
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Remember Brach’s Dem Bones? They were in a little coffin shaped box that you could get at Halloween. They were simply bits of bone-shaped, smarties-tasting candy. You could fit the pieces together to make a whole skeleton. (Sometimes you had to nibble away little spurs of candy to help them fit together better.) They’re gone now, but another company has stepped in to to fill the void. You can buy a case of the new Scary Skeletons at Candy Warehouse. (I’m hoping to find some for sale at the drugstore so I’m not forced to buy a whole case.)
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National Confectioners Association has a done a little piece about Trick or Treating statistics. Plus this:
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Many online candy stores sell decade-themed gift boxes of candies. Each company’s selection varies, of course, and all the companies offer multiple decades. For more detail of any given decade, try these links:
90s
80s
( NOTE: Nostalgic Candy appears to be out of business as of 10/2014. All linked shops have by-decade candy selections.)
70s
60s
50s
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Now that I’ve got you remembering all the goodies you used to get when you were a kid, why not pop over to
The Paranormalist Portal to
RANK CLASSIC TRICK OR TREAT LOOT.
UPDATE: No really. Go vote – the fab folks at Ranker.com are participating on thier own …
and right now they have red licorice, fancy gum and a sucker ranked 1- 3.
Who will champion Nik L Nips, wax vampire fangs and Chuckles?
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Photo note: The photo of a candy haul, which appears above, and on the Ranker list itself, is by Vu Nguyen who shared it via Creative Commons.
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NOTE: If you’re going to have a Halloween party, you should issue invitations now.
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Wow, I’m glad to see I’m not the only quirky person that likes to eat candy corn from biting off the tip and moving downward. My favorites given out during my childhood included wax teeth, those wax bottles with colored syrup inside, Pixie Stix and chocolate of any kind.
I do the same thing 🙂 That’s why I posted the image. Our trick or treat tastes are pretty much identical too.
Perfect timing for this post! I just spent a half hour googling Halloween decorations from the 70s and 80s and picked out all the ones we had growing up. I am so nostalgic tonight. I can even smell the mixed candy in my plastic pumpkin, including those nasty marshmallow orange things I always got. 😉
I saw that on FB! I had that set too. In fact, I still have the jointed skeleton.
And I’ll probably post that some comment to the FB post when I go to catch up there 🙂
Having two very long and dysfunctional days in a row… I’ll be playing catch up too! Thanks for the response. I love that you still have those decorations. Funny what we remember, save, and get excited about!
I love this so much, I’m going to reblog it on the Monster Men!
Reblogged this on Monster Men and commented:
Renae Rude is the absolute Queen of Halloween. You MUST follow her blog to be part of the Monster Squad. 🙂
You are a very good knight of the Halloween Realm. I wish I could bring as much traffic to you as you do to me.
Oh, you do! 🙂
I was just talking about candy cigarettes yesterday, and how one could blow through them to create chalky “smoke.” I’d completely forgotten about “Dem Bones,” though. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
I had completely forgotten about the “smoke”!
I haven’t yet found the replacement for Dem Bones, but I’m still hoping.
Awesome post! Loving the feel of Halloween upon us, and this Candy Corn lover just got a taste!
Oh, I know. I’m deep in the madness now.
I STILL don’t have any candy corn in this house. ‘Gotta remedy that soon. Oh, and those orange and black wrapped molasses / peanut butter taffy things. I need those too …
Candy cigarettes. I remember them. They were cigarettes — that were candy. So that children could pretend . . .
And I liked them a lot!
But, hey, I never took up smoking, so I guess they weren’t quite as crazy as it might seem looking back.
But still! Candy cigarettes!
I just love the way you think and write, Tim. You always make me smile.
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