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debm55

(48,743 posts)
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 09:22 PM Jul 17

If you went to the corner store as a kid and you had 5 cents. What penny candy would your buy? I would buy a pretzel

stick, 2 lipsticks, and 2 wax bottles with the flavored water (?) inside. How about you?

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If you went to the corner store as a kid and you had 5 cents. What penny candy would your buy? I would buy a pretzel (Original Post) debm55 Jul 17 OP
Tootsie rolls and MaryJanes Walleye Jul 17 #1
Thank you very much,Walleye. debm55 Jul 17 #3
I'm so old I could get a Payday or Snickers bar Captain Zero Jul 17 #2
HAHAHAHAHAH. That is funny Captain Zero. debm55 Jul 17 #4
Tootsie rolls and pixie sticks. 😀 Phoenix61 Jul 17 #5
Thank you very much, Phoenix61 debm55 Jul 18 #79
At least two maltie balls at two for a penny. dhol82 Jul 17 #6
Thank you very much 82. Thank you for sharing.. I got my money from collecting glass pop bottles along the alleys.The debm55 Jul 17 #8
Not candy, I would buy a dill pickle - a big, fat, juicy one. alwaysinasnit Jul 17 #7
Hey , you were lucky. I would trade the candy in for a pickle. Thank you alwaysinasnit. debm55 Jul 17 #10
... alwaysinasnit Jul 17 #13
I could get a Mars bar for a nickel in those days. Ocelot II Jul 17 #9
Thank you Ocelot II. Yep , those were good. debm55 Jul 17 #11
yep, or a Three Musketeers (my favorite) They don't taste even close to they way they did in the 1950s yellowdogintexas Jul 19 #106
Bonomo Turkish taffy. MIButterfly Jul 17 #12
Yes!!! SheltieLover Jul 17 #14
They still make it! Freddie Jul 17 #19
Thank you Freddie. I liked the strawberry, debm55 Jul 17 #39
MIButterfly. Loved Turkish taffy. We would slap it on the sidewalk. When you unwrapped it would be in dozens of pieces. debm55 Jul 17 #20
Yes, I had jawbreakers. I also liked the string red licorice. MIButterfly Jul 17 #26
They always reminded me of shoe laces. Thank you for sharing MIButterfly. debm55 Jul 17 #27
Powerhouse candy bar, slo-poke caramel sucker SheltieLover Jul 17 #15
Thank you SheltieLover. I live the slo-poke sucker. However, I pulled a tooth out trying to get it out of my tooth. I debm55 Jul 17 #21
Oh no! SheltieLover Jul 17 #23
Thanks. It was a baby tooth, thank goodness. debm55 Jul 17 #28
My mother loved Chunky her whole life. MIButterfly Jul 17 #16
Thank you MIButterfly. Chuncky bars were good with the raisins and nuts. I haven't seen in a long time either. debm55 Jul 17 #22
Chunky Bar's Are Still With Us. BBbats Jul 18 #97
Thank you BBbats, Good news. Thank for sharing. debm55 Jul 18 #100
With my nickel, I would buy a Hershey's Bar with almonds or a bag of Weis' potato chips. LoisB Jul 17 #17
Thank you very much LoisB. The hershey 's of my youth was great. Hershey's changed the name of today is a different debm55 Jul 17 #24
I was raised in central PA. We took a school trip to the Hershey factory in (I think) 6th LoisB Jul 17 #41
Atomic Fireballs dem4decades Jul 17 #18
HAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you, dem4decades. But they would burn. I remember them being right next to the Jaw Breakers. debm55 Jul 17 #25
I put my nickel in the pinball machine. gab13by13 Jul 17 #29
HAHAHAHAH.Thank you gab13by13, debm55 Jul 17 #33
Red Hot Dollars! johnp3907 Jul 17 #30
Thank you johnp3907. I don't think my store carried those - I wished they did. I enjoy the taste of raspberry. Yum debm55 Jul 17 #34
More is better Coolgoober Jul 17 #31
Yes, Coolgoober. Bazooka bubble gum wrapped in the tiny comic. You liked fireballs?Oh my debm55 Jul 17 #35
Mallo Cups doc03 Jul 17 #32
Thank you doc03. That and Chunky were my two favorite candy bars. debm55 Jul 17 #36
five cents? DBoon Jul 17 #37
But it was penny candy. So if you had a dime, you could buy ten, yes that's ten pieces of candy. They were smaller debm55 Jul 17 #42
unfortunately, not in my life DBoon Jul 17 #43
Those little brown paper bags! johnp3907 Jul 18 #59
Yes. johnp3907. I forgot about the little brown bags. Thank you. debm55 Jul 18 #64
Red gummy fish dlilafae Jul 17 #38
Thank you dillafae. You know I was thinking and don't remember having one. What did it taste like???? debm55 Jul 17 #44
'' AllaN01Bear Jul 17 #50
Thank you very much, AllaN01Bear. debm55 Jul 18 #80
Fireball, licorice sticks, and a long thick pretzel was the biggest bang for your nickel. Sugar Daddy & Butternut NBachers Jul 17 #40
NBachers , your selection is wonderful. Thank you so much. Gee, and after all those years I find out that those gray debm55 Jul 17 #46
Yeah, if you accumulated five bucks in Mallo Cup Money, you could send it off and get 10 Mallo Cups in the mail! NBachers Jul 18 #55
Oh well, live and learn. Thanks NBachers. debm55 Jul 18 #69
jawbreaker pfitz59 Jul 17 #45
Thank you pfitz59, Did your jawbreaker change color as you got to the white center? debm55 Jul 17 #47
this AllaN01Bear Jul 17 #48
Thank you , Bear for sharing. debm55 Jul 18 #83
Doublebubble rickyhall Jul 17 #49
Thank you very much rickyhall for sharing with us. debm55 Jul 18 #84
not in my life time. AllaN01Bear Jul 17 #51
my mom and aunt would goto the movies and get that red popcorn. AllaN01Bear Jul 17 #52
Thank you Bear. Was it a hot taste to it? I had the pink popcorn. debm55 Jul 18 #75
i dont know . a locoal store sells the pink popcorn in a bag . if tthe price is right i may get some . AllaN01Bear Jul 18 #82
Try it. It is sweet though. debm55 Jul 18 #86
HAHAHAHHAH. debm55 Jul 18 #85
One red licorice whip, one wax moustache, Wicked Blue Jul 17 #53
Thank you Wicked Blue. I real liked the red licorice. debm55 Jul 18 #74
I can remember orangecrush Jul 17 #54
Thank you orangecrush and Klondike bars. debm55 Jul 18 #73
Good & Plenty was one. Jaw breakers, small boxes of thin mints. CentralMass Jul 18 #56
Thank you very much for sharing with us, CentralMass. Yes, they came in a very small box with maybe one or two pieces of debm55 Jul 18 #72
Gum Drops LogDog75 Jul 18 #57
Thank you very much for sharing, LogDog75 debm55 Jul 18 #71
I'd get... LudwigPastorius Jul 18 #58
Thank you very much LudwigPastorius. You have a selection there. debm55 Jul 18 #63
Boston baked beans WheelWalker Jul 18 #60
Thank you very much, WheelWalker. I remember those. The penny candy ones had a few in a cellophane wrapper. debm55 Jul 18 #70
i got 10 pack of hot tooth pics. extra strong hot cinnamon + i would suck + chew them to bits. pansypoo53219 Jul 18 #61
Thank you very much, pansypoo53219. for sharing with us. Too hot for me. debm55 Jul 18 #68
When I was 4, you could buy a Hershey bar for 5 cents. no_hypocrisy Jul 18 #62
Thank you very much, no_hypcrisy for sharing with us. debm55 Jul 18 #65
Sugar babies ... surrealAmerican Jul 18 #66
Thank you surrealAmerican. You are right, they were like very small versions of the ones sold. debm55 Jul 18 #67
Neco wafers viva la Jul 18 #76
Thank you very much for sharing, viva la debm55 Jul 18 #87
Atomic Fireballs! justaprogressive Jul 18 #77
Thank you for sharing with us, justaprogressive. They were too hot for me, though debm55 Jul 18 #89
Red Hot Dollars FarPoint Jul 18 #78
Thank you FarPoint. for sharing with us. I don;t recall getting those. I stuck with my favorites. debm55 Jul 18 #90
Bazooka bubble gum. gay texan Jul 18 #81
Thank you very much, gay texan. And the tiny comic that came with it. debm55 Jul 18 #91
Candy Cigarettes crud Jul 18 #88
Thank you crud. I also bought the wax bottle with the flavored water insides. My friends would eat the wax bottle. I debm55 Jul 18 #92
Bubs Daddy bubble gum Arger68 Jul 18 #93
Thank you very much, Arger68 for sharing with us. debm55 Jul 18 #94
Ice Cube CanonRay Jul 18 #95
Thank you very much for sharing with us, CanonRay. I don't think my regular corner penny candy store sold them. Bummer. debm55 Jul 18 #96
At The Reading Terminal Market In Philadelphia PA............ BBbats Jul 18 #98
Sweethearts, tootsie rolls and bubble gum. Emile Jul 18 #99
Thank you very much, Emile for sharing your selections. debm55 Jul 18 #101
Anybody ever see Chills Bars? Cost 3 cents. I could buy them at the general store in Adelanto in those days, early 60s Dorothy V Jul 18 #102
Thank you very much, Dorothy V. I don't remember Chills Bars. It could be regional. I really liked Bun Bars in maple. I debm55 Jul 18 #103
Mint Juleps and Atomic Balls of Fire displacedvermoter Jul 18 #104
Thank you very much for sharing your selections with us.displacedvermoter. debm55 Jul 18 #105
2 Mary Janes & 3 Bazooka Bubble Gums ProfessorGAC Jul 19 #107
Thank you ProfessorGAC for your selection. Also thank you very much for the link to your band. I really enjoyed. debm55 Jul 19 #108

Captain Zero

(8,180 posts)
2. I'm so old I could get a Payday or Snickers bar
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 09:25 PM
Jul 17

for a nickel. I kid you not.
Also Mallo Cups, and Reese Cups.

Orange Dreamsicles and Fudgesicles were a dime though. So I usually only had a nickel and could not get one of those.

dhol82

(9,584 posts)
6. At least two maltie balls at two for a penny.
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 09:28 PM
Jul 17

Chocolate covered malted milk balls.
Then penny licorice strips, candy dots on a strip of paper, and probably a pretzel stick.
Five cents would have been a windfall. Usually only two or three cents.

debm55

(48,743 posts)
8. Thank you very much 82. Thank you for sharing.. I got my money from collecting glass pop bottles along the alleys.The
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 09:33 PM
Jul 17

paper dot strips always had the paper stuck to candy dots.

yellowdogintexas

(23,375 posts)
106. yep, or a Three Musketeers (my favorite) They don't taste even close to they way they did in the 1950s
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 02:25 AM
Jul 19

No such thing as penny candy store in my little dumpy 250 population town

MIButterfly

(900 posts)
12. Bonomo Turkish taffy.
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 09:35 PM
Jul 17

I loved that stuff. As I recall, you would slap it on a table and then eat the pieces.

Or was that Bit-o-Honey? 🤔

Anyway Bonomo Turkish taffy was my favorite.

Freddie

(9,916 posts)
19. They still make it!
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 09:55 PM
Jul 17

Found it on Amazon (sorry). The mini’s aren’t the same (too soft) but the bars are exactly the same. Vanilla was my favorite. Watch your dental work!

debm55

(48,743 posts)
20. MIButterfly. Loved Turkish taffy. We would slap it on the sidewalk. When you unwrapped it would be in dozens of pieces.
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:04 PM
Jul 17

The bit of honey was good too. If I bought the Turkish Taffy. all my money would be gone.. Did you have the Jaw Breakers????

MIButterfly

(900 posts)
26. Yes, I had jawbreakers. I also liked the string red licorice.
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:16 PM
Jul 17

Oh boy, those were the days. Before going to the movies, we used to go to the corner store and stock up on penny candy because the concessions at the movies were so expensive. Some things never change, eh?

SheltieLover

(72,131 posts)
15. Powerhouse candy bar, slo-poke caramel sucker
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 09:38 PM
Jul 17

Regal Crown sour cherry candy (newer ones suck!)

debm55

(48,743 posts)
21. Thank you SheltieLover. I live the slo-poke sucker. However, I pulled a tooth out trying to get it out of my tooth. I
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:08 PM
Jul 17

never had it again. My mistake was to bite down on it.

MIButterfly

(900 posts)
16. My mother loved Chunky her whole life.
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 09:41 PM
Jul 17

Of course, it's gotten harder to find over the years and it sure isn't a nickel anymore.

debm55

(48,743 posts)
22. Thank you MIButterfly. Chuncky bars were good with the raisins and nuts. I haven't seen in a long time either.
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:10 PM
Jul 17

BBbats

(227 posts)
97. Chunky Bar's Are Still With Us.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 03:03 PM
Jul 18

Hard to find. The little shop across the street from me carries them.
The manager/clerk said he couldn't believe the reaction he got from older customers when they started carrying them.

LoisB

(11,176 posts)
17. With my nickel, I would buy a Hershey's Bar with almonds or a bag of Weis' potato chips.
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 09:46 PM
Jul 17

debm55

(48,743 posts)
24. Thank you very much LoisB. The hershey 's of my youth was great. Hershey's changed the name of today is a different
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:14 PM
Jul 17

chocolate. If you ever get a chance to visit South Central PA. visit Hershey Land. It is great.

LoisB

(11,176 posts)
41. I was raised in central PA. We took a school trip to the Hershey factory in (I think) 6th
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:57 PM
Jul 17

grade. The smell was overwhelming but it was a lot of fun.

debm55

(48,743 posts)
25. HAHAHAHAHHAH. Thank you, dem4decades. But they would burn. I remember them being right next to the Jaw Breakers.
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:16 PM
Jul 17

johnp3907

(4,069 posts)
30. Red Hot Dollars!
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:23 PM
Jul 17

I loved how chewy they were, and they weren't hot 'n spicy! They were raspberry flavored.

debm55

(48,743 posts)
34. Thank you johnp3907. I don't think my store carried those - I wished they did. I enjoy the taste of raspberry. Yum
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:40 PM
Jul 17

debm55

(48,743 posts)
35. Yes, Coolgoober. Bazooka bubble gum wrapped in the tiny comic. You liked fireballs?Oh my
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:42 PM
Jul 17

DBoon

(24,018 posts)
37. five cents?
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:46 PM
Jul 17

the best I could maybe do would be a stick of gum.

Now 25 cents, you'd be talking about real candy money.

debm55

(48,743 posts)
42. But it was penny candy. So if you had a dime, you could buy ten, yes that's ten pieces of candy. They were smaller
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:57 PM
Jul 17

versions.

DBoon

(24,018 posts)
43. unfortunately, not in my life
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:59 PM
Jul 17

maybe a dime, definitely a quarter, but I never saw penny candy

johnp3907

(4,069 posts)
59. Those little brown paper bags!
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 01:27 AM
Jul 18

They’d actually absorb the aroma of some types of candy! I always had little bags that smelled like Red Hot Dollars and Swedish Fish!

debm55

(48,743 posts)
44. Thank you dillafae. You know I was thinking and don't remember having one. What did it taste like????
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:59 PM
Jul 17

NBachers

(18,760 posts)
40. Fireball, licorice sticks, and a long thick pretzel was the biggest bang for your nickel. Sugar Daddy & Butternut
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 10:54 PM
Jul 17

candy bar were good too; Butternut was my favorite; or Snickers or 3 Musketeers, the candy bar that can be split 3 ways.

Of course, a Sky Bar was always a good option, too. And, of course, the bubble gum cigars.

Chum Gum, 3 for a penny, was an option, but the flavor'd wear out on those pretty quickly.

The money cards you'd get in Mallo Cups or Peanut Butter Cups was a form of gambling, but my brother and I both were able to save up the cardboard cash to the $5.00 required to get a box of 10 mailed to us. In fact, we both scored a #1.00 card several times.

debm55

(48,743 posts)
46. NBachers , your selection is wonderful. Thank you so much. Gee, and after all those years I find out that those gray
Thu Jul 17, 2025, 11:05 PM
Jul 17

cardboard could be traded in. I thought it would stop the cups from melting and them them out.

NBachers

(18,760 posts)
55. Yeah, if you accumulated five bucks in Mallo Cup Money, you could send it off and get 10 Mallo Cups in the mail!
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:27 AM
Jul 18

So when we got an actual dollar, it was like hitting the jackpot.

AllaN01Bear

(26,668 posts)
82. i dont know . a locoal store sells the pink popcorn in a bag . if tthe price is right i may get some .
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:29 PM
Jul 18

debm55

(48,743 posts)
72. Thank you very much for sharing with us, CentralMass. Yes, they came in a very small box with maybe one or two pieces of
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:06 PM
Jul 18

candy.

debm55

(48,743 posts)
70. Thank you very much, WheelWalker. I remember those. The penny candy ones had a few in a cellophane wrapper.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:58 AM
Jul 18
Sometimes I would buy the larger box.

pansypoo53219

(22,439 posts)
61. i got 10 pack of hot tooth pics. extra strong hot cinnamon + i would suck + chew them to bits.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 02:56 AM
Jul 18

new ones suck.

no_hypocrisy

(52,379 posts)
62. When I was 4, you could buy a Hershey bar for 5 cents.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 04:28 AM
Jul 18

I remember that fact vividly because my mother bribed me with a nickel if I unlocked the car doors to let my pediatrician give me the measles vaccine (of all things!).

Even at 4, I understood the power of negotiation and transaction. Plus, my measles immunity is still good.

debm55

(48,743 posts)
67. Thank you surrealAmerican. You are right, they were like very small versions of the ones sold.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 11:36 AM
Jul 18

FarPoint

(14,128 posts)
78. Red Hot Dollars
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:24 PM
Jul 18

Last edited Fri Jul 18, 2025, 01:28 PM - Edit history (1)

They don't make them anymore...The Heide Red Raspberry.

debm55

(48,743 posts)
90. Thank you FarPoint. for sharing with us. I don;t recall getting those. I stuck with my favorites.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:38 PM
Jul 18

crud

(1,025 posts)
88. Candy Cigarettes
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:35 PM
Jul 18

or those wax coke bottle things. I was already under corporate America's influence.

debm55

(48,743 posts)
92. Thank you crud. I also bought the wax bottle with the flavored water insides. My friends would eat the wax bottle. I
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:42 PM
Jul 18

just threw them out.

debm55

(48,743 posts)
96. Thank you very much for sharing with us, CanonRay. I don't think my regular corner penny candy store sold them. Bummer.
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:58 PM
Jul 18

BBbats

(227 posts)
98. At The Reading Terminal Market In Philadelphia PA............
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 03:10 PM
Jul 18

There's a Fudge/Candy shop that sells a lot of these loose by the pound.
Including Bit O' Honeys,Goetz Caramel Cremes,Dad's Root Beer Barrels,Ice Cubes, Chick-O-Stix & lots of others I long forgot.

Dorothy V

(366 posts)
102. Anybody ever see Chills Bars? Cost 3 cents. I could buy them at the general store in Adelanto in those days, early 60s
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:20 PM
Jul 18

Only place I ever saw them at and googling them turns up zip. They were small but good, and with the 2 cents change I could get a couple of jawbreakers.
Amazing how so many of my happy childhood memories date from the years we lived in the Awful Mojave, land of sandstorms, rattlers, tumbleweed attacks, and 120 degrees in the shade summers.

debm55

(48,743 posts)
103. Thank you very much, Dorothy V. I don't remember Chills Bars. It could be regional. I really liked Bun Bars in maple. I
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 05:25 PM
Jul 18

haven't seen it mentioned.here though.Thanks for sharing.

debm55

(48,743 posts)
108. Thank you ProfessorGAC for your selection. Also thank you very much for the link to your band. I really enjoyed.
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 12:07 PM
Jul 19
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