When I was a kid, I swore to God and myself and everything in between, that I would always LOVE candy. I remember being so puzzled by adults who'd say that Nerds were too sweet. I used to pour them into a cup and then 'drink' mouthfuls of them at a time. This past Halloween I had some Nerds for the first time in many years and I could barely finish one mini-box.
I have fond childhood memories of sharing M & M's with my mom. We used to dump a bunch out on the bed while watching TV together and then sort them into groups by color. I miss the light brown ones. Nowadays you can get M & M's in a million different colors and I'm not sure how I feel about this. At first I think it is a neato idea, but after I get past the initial appeal, it becomes for me, a metaphor for societal self-absorption.
I have always disliked Smarties.
My favorite discontinued candy of all time is Bonkers. They had the best commercials too. It would be a bunch of people sitting around somewhere and someone would eat a Bonker and then jumbo fruit would fall from the sky. Sometimes I wonder - did the candy make the commercials or did the commercials make the candy?
I remember when the mall I used to go to as a kid opened up it's first candy store. It was like heaven. You could just grab a clear celophane bag and fill it up with whatever hodge podge of candy you could dream up. Around that time I had also just discoverd sour watermelon wedges. A 12 year old in the 80s, I filled up a bag with a ton of them and took it up to the register. I about fainted when the clerk told me it was over $15. It was my first lesson on 'price per pound' purchasing. When I got that bag home I guarded it with my life.
I find the fact that many older people like black licorice endearing.
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