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Absolutely.
I lived close to a place called "Party Cookies" Always had broken cookies for us to take to school.
…… Brach’s assorted caramels?
- Thread starter Dennis Olson
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I lived close to a place called "Party Cookies" Always had broken cookies for us to take to school.
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Got a Cracker Barrel near by? They might carry them. Otherwise that candy store in Omaha Nebraska, that sells all of the rare candies. Don’t remember the name at the moment
Then there are these. Remember them?
You can still find them around Christmas, but you gotta look hard.
I don't know if you have a Cracker Barrel near you, but sometimes they have vintage candies that are fun to look at.
@Dennis Olson is this the same thing?
grandpajoescandyshop.com
Bulk Candy - Brach's Milk Maid Royals
Brach's Milk Maid Royals are rich and creamy caramels that are maid with real milk and filled with delicious creme flavors. Flavors include: chocolate,
grandpajoescandyshop.com
Also, at state and county fairs I've fun across a tent that is full of vintage/nostalgic candies. Just barrels of the stuff.
These websites might be fun to look through:
www.candydirect.com
www.candystore.com
www.candywarehouse.com
(This site shows a lot of the discontinued Brach's candies)
clickamericana.com
omigods.com
These websites might be fun to look through:
Vintage & Old-Fashioned Candy
Looking for Old Fashioned Candy? Look no further. Buy your Old Fashioned Candy, Vintage Candy and Old Fashioned Candy Store at Candy Direct today and save!
www.candydirect.com
Old-Fashioned Candy
Bulk Old-Fashioned Candy sticks, drops & more at great discount wholesale prices online at CandyStore.com. Fresh old fashion hard candy sticks in bulk.
www.candystore.com
Brach's | Candy Warehouse
Brach’s candy is America’s most loved sweets that make every day feel like a holiday! Shop the full selection available online at Candy Warehouse!
www.candywarehouse.com
Candy from the 70s: Remember these deliciously unforgettable sweets? - Click Americana
Take a look back at dozens of the most popular (and delicious) candy from the 70s - including several you can't get anymore!
clickamericana.com
28 Discontinued 1970s Candy Bars You Wish You Could Have Back - Omigods
If you were a kid -- or a kid at heart -- in the Disco Decade, chances are you still have yearnings for these discontinued 1970s candy bars.
omigods.com
We had a friend that was in the Lenell family. We would go to Harlem Ave And watch them bake.
The broken cookie bags were great, I hated the Jelly Stars. Pinwheels & Almonettes were he bestl.
Loretta Van Riet
Trying to hang out with the cool kids.
And did you skate at the "Hub"?
The Nifty Nuthouse is awesome! They do have a website and will ship.
Blacknarwhal
Let's Go Brandon!
Also, at state and county fairs I've fun across a tent that is full of vintage/nostalgic candies. Just barrels of the stuff.
These websites might be fun to look through:
Vintage & Old-Fashioned Candy
Looking for Old Fashioned Candy? Look no further. Buy your Old Fashioned Candy, Vintage Candy and Old Fashioned Candy Store at Candy Direct today and save!
Old-Fashioned Candy
Bulk Old-Fashioned Candy sticks, drops & more at great discount wholesale prices online at CandyStore.com. Fresh old fashion hard candy sticks in bulk.
(This site shows a lot of the discontinued Brach's candies)Brach's | Candy Warehouse
Brach’s candy is America’s most loved sweets that make every day feel like a holiday! Shop the full selection available online at Candy Warehouse!
Candy from the 70s: Remember these deliciously unforgettable sweets? - Click Americana
Take a look back at dozens of the most popular (and delicious) candy from the 70s - including several you can't get anymore!
28 Discontinued 1970s Candy Bars You Wish You Could Have Back - Omigods
If you were a kid -- or a kid at heart -- in the Disco Decade, chances are you still have yearnings for these discontinued 1970s candy bars.
Christmas one year, I got my grandma a box of 1930s candy. She went through that entire box, pulling out each item in turn and just in general acting blown away by how MUCH there was in there. Something like this:
Profit of Doom
Dismember
Kinda like the Black Knight?
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
Yes, buy them in a big glass canister type jar every year at christmas.
Bought 3lbs of malted balls today 25 miles or so from me. I'm guessing there was at least 30 workers weighing up candy and nuts. Amazing place.
feralferret
Veteran Member
Last I saw the Brach's Royals was several years ago before I changed to doing all of my grocery shopping online back in early 1990. The bulk candy section still had them. The packaged section did not.
I really miss the peanut butter taffy chews that had in the fall. None of the other brands are anywhere near as tasty.
BTW, diabetics can still have some sweets as long as they don't get stupid about it. I'm diabetic and lost a toe to gangrene almost 20 years ago. My blood glucose was totally out of control at the time. I got serious about my control and my A1C is around six, which is normal for a non-diabetic. Anything under a seven is considered good control for a diabetic. Yes, I eat some sweets every day. I just eat them in moderation instead of "pigging out" on them. It makes keeping my diet under control much easier because I don't feel deprived. And no, I haven't lost any more appendages, even though the surgeon swore he would be seeing me again in under a year.
I have known several people who were not willing to get serious about their diabetic control. After multiple amputations they are all dead. Do you live to eat, or eat to live? The choice is yours.
I really miss the peanut butter taffy chews that had in the fall. None of the other brands are anywhere near as tasty.
BTW, diabetics can still have some sweets as long as they don't get stupid about it. I'm diabetic and lost a toe to gangrene almost 20 years ago. My blood glucose was totally out of control at the time. I got serious about my control and my A1C is around six, which is normal for a non-diabetic. Anything under a seven is considered good control for a diabetic. Yes, I eat some sweets every day. I just eat them in moderation instead of "pigging out" on them. It makes keeping my diet under control much easier because I don't feel deprived. And no, I haven't lost any more appendages, even though the surgeon swore he would be seeing me again in under a year.
I have known several people who were not willing to get serious about their diabetic control. After multiple amputations they are all dead. Do you live to eat, or eat to live? The choice is yours.
adgal
Veteran Member
We would buy the bags of broken cookies. My favorites were the kind with the jelly in the middle.
adgal
Veteran Member
I did an awful lot of "floor polishing" at the Hub.
adgal
Veteran Member
I loved the Jelly Stars - but the pinwheels were fun to eat because you had to do it in a circular motion.
Griz3752
Retired, practising Curmudgeon
If we're talking about confection addictions, mine in order of potential severe issues caused by over consumption are:
1. Nanaimo Bars - mostly a CDN thing
2. Sea Salt, Dk. Choc, Caramel chunks.
3. My SIL's cobbler
I've managed to wean myself from pretty much everything else sweet
Sorry about thread-jacking away from Brach's but that's a brand I don't recall in Canuckistan.
feralferret
Veteran Member
With the first of the many sales, the quality of many of the Brach's candies went down. Blasted bean counters. With each additional change of ownership thing went further downhill. It is a crying shame. They used to have several of the best candies available. You knew if it was Brach's that it was good quality.
When these caramels came out every year, it was officially Christmas for me.
dioptase
Veteran Member
I remember those caramels (though I hate raspberry). My mom always used to get them around Christmas time; they were so colorful. Nowadays, our candy treat is real dark chocolate salted caramels. Pricey, so not a chance of overindulging in those, lol.
Brachs makes (or made; I don't know if they still use the same recipe) the BEST lemon drops. I'm very prone to car sickness, so for years, every road trip I'd get a bag of their lemon drops and put them into a resealable container for the car. For a medical assist (on top of motion sickness med), of course.
(These days I've switched to a tin of these candies, either their pink grapefruit, or another of their flavors: https://www.amazon.com/Torie-Howard-Organic-Grapefruit-Tupelo/dp/B008D8AA1K The tin is compact, saves me the work of transferring the candies to a container, and the candies are tasty and do the job (which is basically having something sweet/sour to suck on).)
For a while, for a quick sugar boost while hiking I'd also bring along some of Werther's coffee caramel hard candies (which is kind of funny, as I am not a coffee drinker - I only like a tiny bit of it, sometimes, as candy or ice cream). (But I couldn't always get those, so I later switched to small individual bags of the regular M&Ms (which you can find everywhere) for that purpose... )
If they made some of these candies with erythritol/monkfruit (not other sugar substitutes, especially not aspartame), I'd be willing to try them.
Brachs makes (or made; I don't know if they still use the same recipe) the BEST lemon drops. I'm very prone to car sickness, so for years, every road trip I'd get a bag of their lemon drops and put them into a resealable container for the car. For a medical assist (on top of motion sickness med), of course.
(These days I've switched to a tin of these candies, either their pink grapefruit, or another of their flavors: https://www.amazon.com/Torie-Howard-Organic-Grapefruit-Tupelo/dp/B008D8AA1K The tin is compact, saves me the work of transferring the candies to a container, and the candies are tasty and do the job (which is basically having something sweet/sour to suck on).)
For a while, for a quick sugar boost while hiking I'd also bring along some of Werther's coffee caramel hard candies (which is kind of funny, as I am not a coffee drinker - I only like a tiny bit of it, sometimes, as candy or ice cream). (But I couldn't always get those, so I later switched to small individual bags of the regular M&Ms (which you can find everywhere) for that purpose... )
If they made some of these candies with erythritol/monkfruit (not other sugar substitutes, especially not aspartame), I'd be willing to try them.