A friend and I were sharing a glass of wine and somehow ended up on the subject of how much better candy was when we were kids. Remember all the great penny candy? Like, hot dog bubble gum, lollies, those big rings with a HUGE candy diamond in the middle and never forget...Pop Rocks. Pop Rocks of course are still around today as they are the best candy EVER!
But lets not leave out the gross ones. Those button things that came on strips of paper that you had to strip off with your teeth, those weird wax mini bottles with some tiny amount of liquid inside? Don't confuse these with wax lips. Wax lips were AWESOME! They were gross to chew, but that didn't stop us from thinking they just might be gum... this time. No little brown bag was complete without them.
My parents got slave labor because of penny candy. I would pull the tops off dandelions over an huge yard for a nickel, shine my Dad's work shoes for a dime and even agree to not fight with my sister, Janice, but that costs them a quarter. In the 60's, a quarter was like $100. Really.
We were the cool generation. Today, the great candy of our time is gone because parents are afraid their kids will choke. Not our parents. We would suck on Fireball jawbreakers while ramping our bikes off of 2x4's put in place by our Dads. No helmets, no choking... just stitches, bruises and scraped elbows Yeah, we were much cooler.
Hey, remember putting playing cards on the spokes of your bike...
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