{"id":1563,"date":"2010-03-14T20:16:39","date_gmt":"2010-03-15T03:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bspcn.com\/2010\/03\/14\/13-candies-from-our-childhood\/"},"modified":"2012-09-07T06:19:07","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T11:19:07","slug":"13-candies-from-our-childhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/localhost\/wordpress\/2010\/03\/14\/13-candies-from-our-childhood\/","title":{"rendered":"13 Candies From Our Childhood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Shyla Batliwalla<\/a><\/p>\n

Whenever I smell a cold rectangular pizza or tater tots defrosting in an oven, I\u2019m immediately thrown back to third grade. In those days, Kindles and iPhones<\/a> were not necessary to keep kids entertained; a mere bubble gum cigarette or Abba-Zaba was all we ever needed. As an eight-year-old, I got more excited about those treats than I ever could have about some new app.<\/p>\n

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Bubble Gum Cigarettes<\/h5>\n

I remember hiding under the bridge, blowing on these babies, and feeling very \u201cGreased Lightning\u201d at the tender age of ten\u2014so wrong, yet so right.<\/p>\n

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Jawbreakers<\/h5>\n

I once had a jawbreaker the size of my fist. I used to wrap it in a lunch baggie and put it on my bedside table every night. I\u2019d wake up the next morning and keep sucking. Gross.<\/p>\n

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Dip N\u2019 Lik<\/h5>\n

Now called Fun Dip and once called Lik-m-Aid, this colored sugar\u2013filled<\/a> pouch was one of the most popular kids\u2019 treats\u2014but in the good old days we used our fingers, not the enclosed candy stick, to get our licks.<\/p>\n

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Abba-Zaba<\/h5>\n

Thurgood Jenkins, Dave Chappelle\u2019s character in Half Baked, made sales of Abba-Zaba skyrocket with these six little words: \u201cAbba-Zaba, you my only friend,\u201d as he bit into his lonely candy bar.<\/p>\n

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Big League Chew<\/h5>\n

According to Wrigley.com, \u201cWhile sitting in a bullpen one night, pitcher Rob Nelson and former N.Y. Yankee all-star Jim Bouton came up with the idea for something different and fun to chew\u2014shredded bubble gum in a pouch.\u201d The rest is history.<\/p>\n

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Whatchamacallit<\/h5>\n

\u201cChewity, chocolatey, crunchity flavor. Whatchamacallit ahh \u2026 ahh \u2026\u201d Am I the only one who still manages to get this jingle stuck in her head fifteen years later?<\/p>\n

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Candy Buttons<\/h5>\n

These sugary dots were perfect for a game of Doctor. We used to use toilet paper to wrap up wounds and stuff patients\u2019 faces with these \u201cpills.<\/p>\n

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Ring Pops<\/h5>\n

True, the first few licks of a ring pop do leave you feeling like royalty with a big gem on your finger. But after lick ten, your hands up covered in sugary drool and you feel a bit more like a bum.<\/p>\n

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Pixy Stix<\/h5>\n

Originally a drink mix made in the 1930s, Pixy Stix are a powdered candy packaged to resemble drinking straws. The sugar inside can be enjoyed straight from the package while being poured into the lucky recipient\u2019s mouth. (And parents wondered why their children were so hyper?)<\/p>\n

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Bubble Tape<\/h5>\n

Why buy gum in a pack when you can have it in a six-foot-long strand? I distinctly recall having competitions to see who could fit the longest strand into her mouth at one time. I generally lost.<\/p>\n

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Lemonheads<\/h5>\n

Sisters to Appleheads, Orangeheads, Grapeheads, and Cherryheads, Lemonheads are deliciously sour, then sweet. They claim to be fat free and made with real lemon juice. It\u2019s good to know at least some children were eating healthy back in the 1980s.<\/p>\n

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Pez<\/h5>\n

I never understood the fascination with Pez\u2014they taste like medicine. Sure, the containers are pretty kick-butt, but that\u2019s where it all ends, as far as I\u2019m concerned. By the way, the Museum of Pez Memorabilia<\/a> is two miles from my house in Burlingame, California. Jealous?<\/p>\n

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Nerds<\/h5>\n

Nerds are small, irregularly shaped sweets that come in a variety of flavors and are usually sold in a box containing two separate compartments for two different varieties, each with a separate opening. Nerds\u2014not just for nerds.<\/p>\n

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\nBonus: Invasion Of The Teddy Bears
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