Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 23 days agoWhy do you suppose sour candies are so popular these days? It wasn't a market when I was a kid.message-squaremessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareWhy do you suppose sour candies are so popular these days? It wasn't a market when I was a kid.Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 23 days agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoBut almost non-existent by the 60s-70s. Now, ubiquitous.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoJaw breakers and sour tarts were big in the 80s when I grew up
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoSweettarts. Kinda sour, not bad. Jawbreakers weren’t sour.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-223 days agoThey sold sour Jawbreakers from WilliWonka brand, Dino Eggs Sours. Notice bottom right Jawbreaker written on it. These are what I was thinking of. https://www.candywrappermuseum.com/dinasoureggs.html
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·23 days agoHeh. Only reason I knew slis they were my sister’s frequent buy in the 80s
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-222 days agoI loved jawbreakers, the little ones you could shatter teeth on
But almost non-existent by the 60s-70s.
Now, ubiquitous.
Jaw breakers and sour tarts were big in the 80s when I grew up
Sweettarts. Kinda sour, not bad. Jawbreakers weren’t sour.
They sold sour Jawbreakers from WilliWonka brand, Dino Eggs Sours. Notice bottom right Jawbreaker written on it. These are what I was thinking of. https://www.candywrappermuseum.com/dinasoureggs.html
I sit corrected.
Heh. Only reason I knew slis they were my sister’s frequent buy in the 80s
I loved jawbreakers, the little ones you could shatter teeth on