What do you call the candy buttons on paper? Remember candy cigarettes? MaryJanes? What else did we have then that is no longer around?

Robin--

You can still get much of that stuff. There are mail-order websites that specialize in all the classic stuff from wax lips to Zagnuts, although Turkish Taffy seems to be the Holy Grail.

"Unwrapped" on the Food Network (foodtv.com) featured one such business, so that might be a good place to start lookin'.

Don't forget to brush your teeth!

I have a friend who's writing an article on all the old candy/junk we used to eat as kids in the Bronx. I don't think she wants to buy the stuff; she wants help for remembering it all. Thanks.

Hey, that is a good site. I passed it along.

do they still make jawbreakers

I remember , at the movies , the BonBons , chocolate covered ice cream nuggets.
And JuJubees ,Good N' Plenty , (I think were licorice flavored) , Peanut Chews , Baby Ruth candy bars , Red Hots were little red hearts with a ****e flavor , Goobers , Raisonettes (chocolate covered raisons) , Bazooka Bubble Gum , little wax soda bottles with a flavored drink inside (you would bite off the top and drink).
I'm sorry , I must go now , I have a dental appointment to have my "sweet tooth" filled.

How about:
Bit-O-Honey?
Juicey Fruits?
Sugar Dadies?
Charleston Chews?
Licorice Shoelaces?
Lollypops that were whisles?
Sweet Tarts?

You can get all of this good stuff from Economy Candy on the lower east side. They have a website and if you're not in NY, they'll ship.

Does anyone remember candy cigarettes? They were white with a red tip to simulate a lit end. Someone at that company had a good sense of humor.

My mother smoked Pall Malls back in those days (early 50's). And if you remember thay had some Latin words written on a shield taht was on the pack. My kid sister had a pack of candy Pall Malls. I read, aloud, the so called Latin phrase on the pack......"gahockta labor". For those of you that don't know Yidish it means chopped liver. We all had a good laugh.

And what about those small wax bottles with the sugar water inside.

And remember Krums on the Grand Concourse near Fordham. They moved to Pearl River in Rockland County, NY and a few years ago it was sold by the son of the original owner to Pearl River Pastry and Chocolates: http://www.pearlriverpastry.com/

I remember Krums and next door was the toy and hobby shop, Shipman's(sp?) The guy in Shipman's always followed us around the store, I don't think he liked kids in there without their parents.

YES, I REMEMBER KRUMS. GREAT CANDY & ETC.
JAHNS WAS ALSO GREAT! "THE KITCHEN SINK"
I REMEMBER GOING WITH A FEW COUPLES AND SHARING.
THOSE WERE THE DAYS.

If you guys are still interested in vintage candy. You might want to Google THE VERMONT COUNTRY STORE. They have many of the old favorates.

Good luck & good hunting.

How about the sugar daddys (candy!) and sugar babies, we also would go to the stationery store and get the charms pops. I remember the drug store on Soundview sold strawberry shortcake ice cream sticks for .17 cents. I use do go with my dad when he went to test the tubes for the TV. The drug store was also were we bought my poor mother her yearly bottle of Evening in Paris perfum for mother's day! She was a trooper - that stuff stinks!

Anyone remember Chocolate Babies which they took off the market many years ago.How about Fizzies-they were like Alka-selzer but in flavors,you would put them in a glass of water & it would make a soda type drink.Then there was Root-Beer barrels,Malo-Cups,Squirel Nuts,Zippers,Candy Necklace,Gum Cigarettes that when you blew through them,Smoke would come out,Gold & Silver Dollars they were either Chocolate or Gum,And The Reggie Bar which happened to be round.Those were the day's very simple.A couple a years ago some guy on City Island opened a store up there and was selling all the old candy from back then.It really brought back memories when you walked in this store.It did"nt last long because of the rents,It's a danm shame.Just bringing back some Good Days Enjoy & GOD BLESS.

Wow! It's been so many years since we ate most of the candy you listed. We had a candy store on the block (Kingsbridge Terrace) that was the neighborhood hangout. They sold everything from egg creams (10 cents) & 2 cent pretzels to any kind of ice cream, candy & bottled soft drinks you could imagine.
Growing up in that neighborhood was an experience that I often refect on.
BP

Hey Bronxcloser,

I lived on Sedgewick & 195Th ST. Where was the candy store? I also went to PS 86 & Clinton. How did you avoid JHS 143? I just HATED that school.

Hi Duke 69.
Wisikers candy store was on Kingsbridge Terrace & about 229th street. It was THE place to be. After 6th grade, we were all sent to JHS7, which was about 2 blocks west of Broadway & 231st street, approaching Riverdale. Interesting school. The poor kids from Kingbridge vs. the rich kids from Riverdale. I wouldn't have missed those 3 years for anything!
What years were you at PS86 & Clinton?
BP