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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIf 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?

Walleye
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Captain Zero
(8,180 posts)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.
debm55
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Phoenix61
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dhol82
(9,584 posts)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
(48,804 posts)paper dot strips always had the paper stuck to candy dots.
alwaysinasnit
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Ocelot II
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yellowdogintexas
(23,375 posts)No such thing as penny candy store in my little dumpy 250 population town
MIButterfly
(910 posts)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.
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Freddie
(9,917 posts)Found it on Amazon (sorry). The minis arent the same (too soft) but the bars are exactly the same. Vanilla was my favorite. Watch your dental work!
debm55
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debm55
(48,804 posts)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
(910 posts)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?
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SheltieLover
(72,177 posts)Regal Crown sour cherry candy (newer ones suck!)
debm55
(48,804 posts)never had it again. My mistake was to bite down on it.
SheltieLover
(72,177 posts)Sorry to hear.
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MIButterfly
(910 posts)Of course, it's gotten harder to find over the years and it sure isn't a nickel anymore.
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BBbats
(228 posts)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.
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LoisB
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(48,804 posts)chocolate. If you ever get a chance to visit South Central PA. visit Hershey Land. It is great.
LoisB
(11,190 posts)grade. The smell was overwhelming but it was a lot of fun.
dem4decades
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gab13by13
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johnp3907
(4,072 posts)I loved how chewy they were, and they weren't hot 'n spicy! They were raspberry flavored.
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Coolgoober
(136 posts)Bazooka bubble gum, tootsie rolls, and fireballs
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doc03
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DBoon
(24,021 posts)the best I could maybe do would be a stick of gum.
Now 25 cents, you'd be talking about real candy money.
debm55
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DBoon
(24,021 posts)maybe a dime, definitely a quarter, but I never saw penny candy
johnp3907
(4,072 posts)Theyd actually absorb the aroma of some types of candy! I always had little bags that smelled like Red Hot Dollars and Swedish Fish!
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dlilafae
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NBachers
(18,764 posts)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
(48,804 posts)cardboard could be traded in. I thought it would stop the cups from melting and them them out.
NBachers
(18,764 posts)So when we got an actual dollar, it was like hitting the jackpot.
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pfitz59
(11,701 posts)they lasted sooooooo long!
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AllaN01Bear
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rickyhall
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AllaN01Bear
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Wicked Blue
(8,149 posts)one wax lips, and two pixy stix.
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orangecrush
(25,890 posts)Nickel ice cream sandwiches
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CentralMass
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LogDog75
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LudwigPastorius
(13,045 posts)2 Atkinson peanut butter bars
2 Lemon drops
and 1 Atomic Fireball
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WheelWalker
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pansypoo53219
(22,442 posts)new ones suck.
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no_hypocrisy
(52,401 posts)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.
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surrealAmerican
(11,669 posts)... but a nickel didn't buy much even then.
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viva la
(4,200 posts)And orange gummy slices.
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justaprogressive
(4,837 posts)or Red Hots (both cinnamon based)
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FarPoint
(14,128 posts)Last edited Fri Jul 18, 2025, 01:28 PM - Edit history (1)
They don't make them anymore...The Heide Red Raspberry.
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gay texan
(3,038 posts)5 for a nickel
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crud
(1,026 posts)or those wax coke bottle things. I was already under corporate America's influence.
debm55
(48,804 posts)just threw them out.
Arger68
(727 posts)Came in a string about 3/8" diameter and about 6 inches long
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CanonRay
(15,451 posts)I still love that chocolate, but you don't see them any more.
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BBbats
(228 posts)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.
Emile
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Dorothy V
(370 posts)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
(48,804 posts)haven't seen it mentioned.here though.Thanks for sharing.
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ProfessorGAC
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