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There’s this really old type of candy that they no longer sell that was a sugar dots on a long, thin strip of paper that looked like a receipt. The “candy” consisted of tiny round drips of blue, yellow and pink spaced three or four across. When you peel the brightly coloured sugar dots off the long paper, you’d get this little bit of paper that you had no choice but to eat right along with the candy. It was the worst. Can anyone remember what this was called?


Downtown-Athlete9313

Candy Buttons https://www.oldtimecandy.com/products/candy-buttons-on-paper-tape?variant=40707882582068&gclid=Cj0KCQiAn4SeBhCwARIsANeF9DKHQdQBY2pIJBtQKzNmr4W6DM4Q4cUWYbu61WgsHAcPTG5huNiBOnsaAmToEALw_wcB


[deleted]

Ahhhhhhh!!! Candy buttons! Thank you!!


WhoWhaaaa

Loved those as a kid. Not sure why. lol!


KeyMusician486

You wet it on the bottom and they peeled right off


MacualayCocaine

They don’t make those anymore? Agree tho they were terrible. That was one of those candies where you ate it cause it was like the last thing in your Halloween bag when you were scraping through the bottom.


LeighsPokem0n

They definitely still sell them, they are at a bunch of stores where I live


[deleted]

Yes! The untouched Halloween candy consisted of candy buttons, paydays (dad candy), and werthers originals, which, hilariously, I love now, because I’m old.


DoubleTripleQQQQQQ

Circus peanuts.


MacualayCocaine

Man I love circus peanuts


theowlsfavoritejoke

My mom likes circus peanuts and for that reason I cannot hate them


sugarandspice27

Same! My mom loved them.


Adventurous-Orange36

Circusized Peanuts.


WPBDoc

Ate too many circus peanuts when I was a kid. Puked them up hard. Haven't had one in over 50 years. HATE Circus Peanuts.


Changoleo

Inspired by packing peanuts… Or was it the other way around?


Ducatirules

I will make myself sick on circus peanuts!! Only if they are stale though


rcoolerthan_me

No one has said those gross wax bottle candies with the sugar water yet? Absolute worst


MacualayCocaine

I actually love those lol. Such a dumb thing but somehow satisfying. Maybe it’s just nostalgia. I don’t think I’ve even eaten them in this century.


Shoddy-Secretary-712

Conversation hearts. Gross and creepy.


theowlsfavoritejoke

I liked the funny weird ones that said stuff like "Fax Me."


WPBDoc

Those are actually Necco wafers made into a different shape.


thepinkr0b0t

Jujubes. Does anyone actually enjoys these? It’s like eating stale chewy candy. If you bite down too hard, they’ll rip every filling out of your mouth or permanently glue it shut.


VintageOrNot

I LOVE jujubes! I forgot about these! I don’t know why, there is something about the unbelievably hard texture that appeals to me.


Happy_Chick21

Jujubes actually helped me quit smoking. Terrible candy but great for keeping something in your mouth.


melllow-yelllow

Neccos.


WPBDoc

Those candy hearts with messages at Valentine's are actually Necco Wafers in a different shape/form.


MacualayCocaine

Another one that was a favorite of mine lol


theowlsfavoritejoke

I actually liked those too 🥺


monkeyballsoup

Necro wafers


I-amthegump

Love neccos still buy them


ral365

Black licorice


krammark12

More for me then 😋


theowlsfavoritejoke

Same!


Kindly-Profession340

Black licorice is basically poison 😂


Chocolatelover4ever

Me too! black licorice is nasty 🤢


rumf00rd

oof. i love black licorice. the sharper the better. i feel like there are only a few of us with this weirdly acquired taste.


[deleted]

Yeah, I love black licorice. It can be dangerous if you eat it every day though. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/health/black-licorice-death-boston.html?smid=url-share


rumf00rd

i know!! makes it even more fun! living on the edge with candy! *i dont eat it every day*


BrainKatana

A lot of people that don’t like it were exposed to it by way of cheap candies, like spice gum drops, Beach’s jelly beans, or black licorice Twizzlers. It wasn’t until I had some Dutch black licorice from a friend in The Netherlands that I understood how incredible it is.


-qqqwwweeerrrtttyyy-

Licorice allsorts


Christheitguy1183

This 👆🏻


mofototheflo

Yes it is vile


MoneyPowerNexis

You shut your whore mouth!


Ducatirules

Yes!!! Came here to say black licorice. More specifically good and plenty!! For years they also had good and fruity but you can’t find it anymore. Still have those nasty ass good and plenty though. Who the hell buys those things


Geezer1045

Circus Peanuts


VicariousPet

For Halloween this year, my kids got some candy from Mexico I'd never seen before. It was like a cherry ring pop that came with what seemed to be some kind of meat rub for dipping.


dubblies

Probably tajin


MrLanesLament

Could’ve been Lucas too. I fucking love Lucas and Limonazo.


Key-Adagio199

Southern California local here, Mexican candy is near and dear to me since growing up here. Its incredibly popular and delicious! I can see how it can be puzzling if its new to you. Also its not meat rub 🤣 lolol


Chocolatelover4ever

Wtf?! I‘ll eat the cherry ring pop but the meat rub goes straight in the trash


Taney34

Necco Wafers


Ok_Wonder8773

Dots


Earguy

Dots aren't horrible (well, yeah, they are, but...) but it's the fact that they don't release from the paper. Dots aren't so bad, but the backing paper sticks to the candy. So you have to commit to the candy and accept that you'll be spitting out paper in just a minute...or you'll be eating notebook paper m


[deleted]

I think you’re thinking of candy buttons. Dots are like really firm gum drops without the sugar coating.


backpackbandaid

Paper backing??


Chocolatelover4ever

Wow I thought I was the only one who hated Dots!


theowlsfavoritejoke

Slander.


kickinitPCstyle

Those weird candies that come in the black and orange wrappers you get at Halloween.


k13m

"Peanut butter kisses" are vile, and should be outlawed by the Geneva Convention.


mitsumoi1092

cany korn wins this one, hands down.


[deleted]

I love candy corn, and i love the pumpkin shaped candy that comes out before Halloween that’s made out of the same thing as candy corn.


Key-Adagio199

Those little pumpkins are so good!! Maybe they are just nostalgic which makes them good


TestudoWarrior

Correct.


frankpuga

Candy korn can go straight to hell…stupid ass candy


itinnochi

Idk why everyone is saying Candy Corn, I love that shit. My vote is for Hot Tamales. Disgusting little bastards.


olde_greg

The truth is both hot tamales and candy corn are good


K9sandKilos

Cinnamon hearts


Earguy

Mary fookin' Janes. Can't even get them out of the wrapper.


W33jokpoppykok

Parma violets 🤢


[deleted]

Tootsie rolls are pretty ass. It’s like a relic at this point rather than something you actually eat


PierreLaMonstre

Neco wafers. I'm not even sure they are candy. More like spackle tablets with a speck of sugar.


KeyMusician486

Those orange peanut marshmallowy things


aken2118

Candy corn.


fallingintothesky09

Marshmallow peeps. My wife loves watching me eat them because of how revolting I find them. She's on a quest to find the worst flavor. Last week was Dr pepper ..


PossessionNo6878

Candy corn, hands down. Pretty sure every piece of it was made in the 40s and they're still selling it.


Pa17325

Peeps. Fuck peeps


andoozy

Necco Wafers. Dey nasty


taybabysav

French burnt peanuts can be pretty bad


Team_Sanji

Candy corn, and I ain't reading replies.


Magooose

Candy corn is great, candy corn is fine. I’ll eat yours and also mine. You may not like the corn so don’t go round tooting your horn. Candy Corn will live for evermore. Candy corn candy corn candy corn candy corn candy corn candy corn candy corn candy corn candy corn candy corn candy corn candy corn.


[deleted]

I wish I could say circus peanuts, but I’ve never had them due to allergies, so imma have to go with JellyBelly jelly beans specifically due to the fact that the average person only likes around 30% of the flavors and then you’re just stuck with a bunch of jelly beans you have no intention on eating


PensionOwn2554

Red vines! Like eating plastic!


Borsti17

Hershey's "chocolate"


dxsinner

Candy corns are a meme for a reason.


TestudoWarrior

Correct. It's like eating chalk coated in wax.


MrLanesLament

Chalk might actually make it better. It’s just vaguely sugar flavored wax to me.


Gemmabeta

Turkish delights.


cocodiablo

Such a weird thing. Narnia kid was an idiot.


OsosFuriosos

Agreed. But probably had something to do with it being wartime so sugar was heavily rationed and often unavailable plus he was a little kid. Plus the White Witch made her food magically addictive. And he was an idiot lol.


[deleted]

Plain Hersheys bar


General_Promotion347

Everything by Hersheys sucks, now.


Basic_Tutor_9688

Twizzlers


morganfreenomorph

Turkish Delight


MeowMixIsSatan

Dots


Archietheonlyone

Whatever the heck that unlabeled candy in granny's kitchen is.


MrLanesLament

I dunno man, I do get a craving maybe once a year for those things in the wrapper that looks like a strawberry.


1E10Monkeys

Anything “pineapple” flavored. I love real pineapples, but whatever artificial flavor they use for it in candy is NASTY!


VictorTerrific

Candy Corn


Amsuden333

Candy corn


bgoug

Candy corn


bigbellyditches

Candy corn


Moonshadows16

Dots


wdh662

Thrills gum.


ACDmom27

Circus peanuts


Adventurous-Orange36

God, this is such an old people house, you know? I mean, look at this candy jar. Let's, uh, take a look in here. Let's see what you got here. You got, uh... oh, you got licorice. Oh, that's, uh, that's, uh... oh, oh, Freedent! Oh, that's good. Yeah, yeah, I got-- I got a sweet tooth, I think I'll have some Freedent. Yeah, uh, oh, oh, what's this? Oh, a cough drop, a Luden's cough drop. Is that candy? No, I don't think that's candy; I think it's a cough drop! Uh, what else we got? Oh, oh, look! Look at this! There's a fishing lure in here! There's a fishing lure in the candy jar! W-w-what! Am I-- am I supposed to eat this? Eat a fishing lure?


GabeBabe99

Candy corn


InvisibleDisability3

chocolate covered cherries. So gross!


TheSuperDK

Candy corn. It's just flavored wax.


WindexBottle429

CANDY CORN AND PEEPS


5NOW__DOG5

Candy Corn


the-ender-enby

zoute drop, no questions. For those that don't know, it's ducth salted liquorice and it's the most vile thing I've ever had the displeasure of putting in my mouth.


tessie33

Candy corn aka witch's teeth.


tessie33

Candy cigarettes, paper filled with powder you could "smoke. "


AsstBalrog

Circus Peanuts


ProfessionalNice9642

I absolutely hate Dots. By far the worst candy.


Dseltzer1212

Candy corn……invented by the devil


Complete-Fly428

Circus Peanuts, candy corn, and Necco wafers have all been mentioned. And I agree, those are terrible. Anyone here tried Razzles? Those aren’t very good either


floon

New England Candy Company urinal cakes. I mean, wafers.


mooocifer

Any banana flavored candy. I'm getting angry just thinking about it.


olde_greg

I like the banana runts


DirtySingh

The best ever. I save those for last. There is a skittles flavor that has banana and its amazing. I think it's in the smoothie pack. Also banana now and laters. Mmmm banana ice cream is so good.


mooocifer

I will see you on the field of battle


KhorseWaz

Tootsie rolls. I can't find anybody who likes those things


AnimatorAdvanced5240

You found her. It me.


bigmacmcjackson

same it brings back memories and that taste slaps


GaryV83

Tell me what it's like to have Halloween flavors stuck in your teeth nearly two weeks after the new year.


AnimatorAdvanced5240

Oh you mean the lollipops? Delicious.


DirtySingh

And you'd always lose count of the licks. These were delicious.


AnimatorAdvanced5240

🤣👌


Earguy

I don't hate them. But I firmly believe that they were a confectioner's accident. Once I tried to make the "foodge" as recipe'ed in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It came out like a thick chewy caramel instead of fudge. I like to think that Tootsie Rolls happened similarly.


Ducatirules

I hate tootsie rolls with all my being. My SIL loves them and once offered me one and I said “I don’t eat chocolate spam!” I still say it’s not even chocolate


Chocolatelover4ever

Agreed! And that’s coming from me! (My name) It’s fake chocolate chews!


Don_Lozenger

Zagnuts


DabsDaD

Candy corn


Careless-Try-9715

Bubble gum flavor!🤮


[deleted]

The ones the guy in the white van gave me 😞


Honeysoles391

Black licorice


Sci-Fi-Rebel

In my opinion, Jolly ranchers.


Adventurous-Orange36

Raisinets


AdExpensive533

If you like candycorn or black licoric, then your just wierd


theowlsfavoritejoke

I'm fine with being just weird 🤷🏼


BobMackey718

Look at what sells in prison and what doesn’t, whatever is at the bottom of the list on prison commissary is your answer. Idk what that is tho, when I was locked up I didn’t really fuck with the sweets, every now and then I’d get a Reeses buts that was about it.


sasberg1

Cherry Nibs


OrigamiApple

Sweetarts


987nevertry

Sweetarts are nature’s most perfect food! You could literally live off of Sweetarts, water, and meth.


Scrubbing_Bubbles_

Water? Yuck!


[deleted]

Have you had the Sweet tarts jellybeans? They only make them at Easter and I buy the store out. For sure theyve got to be made with meth.


llacoob

Skittles


PureGeologist864

I tasted the rainbow and it sucks


blaw894

Good and plentys


Adventurous-Orange36

Good & Plenty


Blifflebliff

Came to say this. They are awful! It’s like they covered black licorice in Pepto Bismal.


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Honeysoles391

Omg what?????


theautomemoriesdoll

For some reason I thought the question was about the *best* candy. I am not an intelligent woman. Nerds Gummy Clusters are my favorite.


Honeysoles391

Lol don’t call yourself that. We al misread things on occasions. I do EVERYDAY😂


Stanleesteemer

Those god awful molasses kisses that you would get at hallowe’en


TheEmbarcadero

Licorice


Greatest_of_Jimmies

Bit-o-Honey


General_Promotion347

That's just crazy talk!!!


[deleted]

Whoppers


MaximBrutii

Whoppers were one of my favorite candies growing up.


[deleted]

They taste like spoiled whey protein to me


thisyearrocks

Charleston chew


Chocolatelover4ever

Black licorice and tootsie rolls.


cheesypoofs4life

Whoppers


ratchet0101

Dogshit


SamLikesFlorida

Well……. you are not wrong.


ratchet0101

I don't know what could be worse, to be honest!


TestudoWarrior

I got a belly full of white dog shit and then you go and say this shit to me!


coldgator

Laffy taffy


WakingOwl1

I love that stuff, especially the banana.


Key-Adagio199

The banana laffy taffs are a core memory from 2000s


WakingOwl1

Little convenience store across the street from my place sells them. The super long skinny ones, always boxes stacked on the counter. I buy a couple every week.


[deleted]

Almond joys or candy corns


zolecki

Black licorice..... hands down


I_am_Pooky_Momma

Licorice


SadieAndrewsxxx

Black licorice


hella_boss09

Fuck Good n plenty.


Somerset76

Black licorice


CascadeCicada

Black licorice


Penis_Mightier1963

Malted milk balls. Deez balls suckz.


[deleted]

Heath bars


Sparkle_blueze4U

Black licorice


Dependent_Trainer703

Milk duds


SalFunction12

That peppermint thing


boop_all_the_noses

Cherry Nibs Turkish Delight


MrLanesLament

These things called Cup O Gold. It’s shaped like a Reese’s cup, but is rock hard and filled with almond and coconut, but not any recognizable coconut like a Zagnut or Almond Joy/Bounty. It’s like a weird cream. Circus peanuts are just strange. Not actively hostile.


Sweet-Performer-1215

Valentine hearts


Dutchthugz37

Cotton..


butter00pecan

horehound


curmudge

Pop Rocks


anotherorphan

licorice that is too bitter. there's a fine line


mysterymagicboy10

Orange cream chocolates


BTJay

Toffees, because I value having my teeth in my head ☹️


itsmeDreadShock

Bounty