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(48,690 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 [View all]

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 [View all] 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