Candy: Retro candy favorites of the 50s, 60s, 70s
October 28, 2007
Halloween is hay bales and the pumpkin patch, carving pumpkins, roasting pumpkin seeds, creating a unique costume, trick-or-treating and the ultimate candy sugar rush. According to the National Confectioners Association, Halloween is the single biggest holiday in candy sales. No surprise there. When it comes to the consumption of candy, Easter is the next biggest day for candy sales, followed by Christmas and finally Valentine’s Day.
While chocolate is the perennial favorite among candy lovers of all ages, chocolate is certainly not the only candy favorite. Depending on when you were born and the nostalgic candy memories of childhood, candy nostaglia can differ from decade to decade. As a child of the 60s, my candy favorites were any penny candy as well as Bit o Honey, Sugar Daddies, Sugar Babies, Chick-O-Sticks, Boston Baked Beans and Big Hunk.
In researching the decades of candy popularity, I discovered some of the candy favorites of children in the 50s, 60s and 70s are similar and some unique to the decade.
Some of the candy from the 50s:
- Nik-L-Nip Wax Bottles
- Chuckles
- Charms Ass’t Squares
- Candy Buttons
- Necco Wafers Chocolate
- Cherry Mash
- Necco Wafers
- Mary Janes
- Zagnut Bar
- Sno-Caps
- Violet Scented Gum
- Charms Pop Sweet
- Walnettos
- Bubble Gum Cigarettes
- Bubble Gum Cigars
- Smoothie Peanut Butter Cup
- Teaberry Gum
- Candy Stix Cigarettes
- Oh! Henry
- Bar Gold Mine Nugget Gum
- Wax Lips
- Sen-Sen Breath Refreshment
- Skybar
- Chocolate Moon Pie
- Black Licorice Pipe
- Abba-Zaba
- Slo-Poke Jr. Sucker
- Vanilla French Chew Taffy
- Cup-o-Gold, Chocolate Cigarettes
- Slap Stix
- Chick-o-stick
- Butter Rum Lifesavers
- Clark Bar
- Goetze’s Cow Tail
- Haviland Wintergreen Patty
- Vanilla Bun Bar
Some of the candy favorites from the 60s:
- Nik-L-Nip Wax Bottles
- Wonka Bottlecaps
- Pixy Stix
- Goobers
- Boston Baked Beans
- Chuckles
- Charms Ass’t Squares
- Candy Buttons
- Necco Wafers Chocolate
- Cherry Mash
- Necco Wafers
- Razzles
- Oh! Henry Bar
- Bubble Gum Cigar
- Charms Sweet Pop
- Zotz
- Bubble Gum Cigarettes
- Smoothie Peanut Butter Cups
- C Howard Violet Mints
- Marshmallow Cones
- Candy Stix Cigarettes
- Gold Mine Nugget Bubble Gum
- Wax Lips
- Goetze’s Cow Tail
- Fizzies
- Fruit Stripe Gum
- Sen-Sen Breath Refreshment
- Cherryheads
- Black Licorice Pipe
- Skybar
- Slo-Poke Jr. Sucker
- 5 Flavor Lifesavers
- Big Hunk
- Vanilla French Chew Taffy
- Clark Bar
- Chocolate Cigarettes
- Maple Bun Bar
- Wax Bottles with flavored syrup
- Candy Buttons on paper tape
- Chick-O-Sticks
- Sugar Babies
- Bit o Honey
Some of the candy favorites from the 70s include Nik-L-Nip Wax Bottles, Wonka Bottlecaps, Pixy Stix, Goobers, Boston Baked Beans, Sen-Sen Breath Refreshment, Charms Ass’t Squares, Candy Buttons, Necco Wafers Chocolate, Andy Capp Hot Frieds, Lik-M-Aid Fun Dip, Dubble Bubble Bubble Gum, Rocky Road Milk Chocolate, Laffy Taffy Strawberry, Lemon Mints, Black Licorice Pipe, Razzles, Bubble Gum Cigarettes, Bubble Gum Cigars, Smoothie Peanut Butter Cup, Candy Stix Cigarettes, Oh! Henry Bar, Gold Mine Nugget Gum, Wax Lips, Cherryheads, Clark Bar, Chuckles, Goetze’s Cow Tail, Slo-Poke Sucker, Sweetart, Caramel Bun Bar, Vanilla French Chew Taffy, Freshen Up Gum, Strawberry Pop Rocks, Zotz, Hershey’s Special Dark Bar, Super Rope, Chick-o-Stick, Skor Bar, A&W Root Beer Barrels, and Gobstoppers.
If you would like to sugar rush your way down memory lane, and you cannot find your favorite candy on the local store shelves, there are candy companies that specialize in selling candy of the 50s, candy of the 60s, and candy of the 70s.