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  • R RealPlayer

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    Here’s our local old-fashioned candy shop. Goes back decades, used to be in Coney Island. It’s mostly chocolates though. Still worth a visit, and I’m glad it’s there.

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    @RealPlayer That looks like a wonderful place. I looked at their website and they sure have a lot of goodies!

    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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      @RealPlayer That looks like a wonderful place. I looked at their website and they sure have a lot of goodies!

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      @wtg Personally, I’m fond of their dark chocolate almond bark!

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      • wtgW wtg

        There was a small store near my childhood best friend's house that had a penny candy section. I fondly remember picking out some nutritionally awful but totally delicious (to a kid) treats.

        Saw these in a grocery store today and the memories flooded back...

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        I resisted. Those little sugar beads inside are tooth-breakers.

        What were your childhood favorites?

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        @wtg
        Flying saucers filled with sherbert omnomnom

        My favourites as a kid were called crispets which were also in the shape of a UFO and I'd buy a quarter. Crispy milk chocolate with coconut.
        No longer available but I think 'Crispy Bits' made in Scotland are the same.

        Ventosa viri restabit

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          Morrow’s Nut House here at Lloyd Center in Portland, Oregon. Caramel apples, those roasted cashews, candy. The shop is long gone. The mall is dying. It was the largest open air mall in the US when it opened in 1960. They did a big renovation in the 1990s but things have tanked from there. It’s still a good place to walk, for now.

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          • A AndyD

            @wtg
            Flying saucers filled with sherbert omnomnom

            My favourites as a kid were called crispets which were also in the shape of a UFO and I'd buy a quarter. Crispy milk chocolate with coconut.
            No longer available but I think 'Crispy Bits' made in Scotland are the same.

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            @AndyD said in Candy store memories:

            My favourites as a kid were called crispets which were also in the shape of a UFO and I'd buy a quarter. Crispy milk chocolate with coconut.
            No longer available but I think 'Crispy Bits' made in Scotland are the same.

            Something like this?

            https://www.toffeeworld.co.uk/product/original-crispettes

            When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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              Yes, 😊 looked like this chocolate but in ufo shape
              Screenshot_20251220-120532_DuckDuckGo.jpg

              Ventosa viri restabit

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                As a kid, I used to love candy lipsticks - tasty and a way to feel grown-up (they colored your lips pinkish).

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                  Sherbert fountain, the extra fine white sherbert going up your nose.

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                    Sherbert fountain, the extra fine white sherbert going up your nose.

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                    @AndyD I had to look that one up!

                    https://www.universalyums.com/product/barratts-sherbert-fountain

                    When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                      These look....interesting.

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                      https://www.universalyums.com/product/rhubarb-custard-bonbons-2

                      When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier

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                        Not my first choice of sweet flavour I have to say 😉, even now
                        We used to have strawberry or lemon covered toffee bonbons
                        Like these

                        Screenshot_20251221-055455_DuckDuckGo.jpg

                        I was also partial to candy cigarettes

                        Ventosa viri restabit

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                        • A Amanda

                          As a kid, I used to love candy lipsticks - tasty and a way to feel grown-up (they colored your lips pinkish).

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                          @Amanda You were fancy! We just used the red m&m’s as lipstick!

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                          • Piano*DadP Piano*Dad

                            Sears and Roebuck candy and peanut counter, Coral Gables ... 1960s. I remember it well. The smell of fresh, warm, roasted cashews!

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                            @Piano-Dad
                            That type of counter display is still seen here at some outdoor markets/craft/food fairs.
                            In Bowes Museum grounds last Saturday there was a stall with deep sections like that, of nuts etc including cashews.

                            Ventosa viri restabit

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