Remember candy cigarettes?
Today, we all wonder “Who thought that was a good idea?” At the time, of course, those cigarettes made for good old-fashioned pretending (although that chalky taste was more like a Tums than candy).
After I mentioned some potentially deadly toys on Friday, I was thinking of the questionable candies from our childhoods. Below are a few from the 1960s and 1970s.
Which ones do you remember?
Cigar gum
For when we wanted to play cops vs. crime bosses, or Clint Eastwood in a spaghetti-western.
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Candy cigarettes
Because who didn’t want to be the Marlboro Man?
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Or this chick?
Jelly Belly in champagne bottles
Back when we could only pretend to get drunk.
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Mint Julep-flavored candies
Because playing house was more fun when you added booze.
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Candy swizzle sticks
See above.
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Space dust
Isn’t this what Elton John was on when he wrote “Rocket Man?”
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GIANT Pixy Sticks
So kids could ingest even more pure sugar at one sitting.
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Cinnamon toothpicks
Remember when your mom said no running with scissors, sticks or sharp objects, unless of course, it was a flavored toothpick stuck in a kid’s mouth?
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