What "old person" candy will your generation be giving to their grandchildren?

[IronWing]

My grandkids have known all their lives that if they want candy at our house ...they had better bring it themselves because we never have candy here.

As a geezer, you can eat whatever you want.

 

[Kaido]

This mysterious crap

Eating those right now lol

 

[Micrornd]

Zagnut bars

 

[gorobei]

if you like them, ferrero rocher.
if you dont, sugar daddy. that stuff will get stuck in your teeth and pull fillings out when you try to dig it out. that'll teach em to brush their teeth.

 

[MrSquished]

I get a couple big bags of albanese gummy bears twice a year.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

This mysterious crap

That was the old person candy my grandma gave me decades ago tbh, although I thought they were awesome

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Probably Good & Plentys. I love them but I can't recall seeing any kid eating them for a long time.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

I'm going to suggest Dots and Mike and Ike. Both are good but just kind of meh. My bold prediction is that 20 or 30 years from now the idea of gelatin based candies goes by the wayside and most gelatin candies become like the hard candies of the generation before.

I always thought Dots were gross but Mike & Ike Berry Blast is amazing.

 

[Zor Prime]

I don't do candy anymore but if I did, I'd do what my great grandparents did. Hard candy and circus peanuts. Now I want a circus peanut, and hard candy.

 

[So]

This thread made me buy a package of peach rings at the grocery store. Good job, I guess.

 

[Captante]

Sorry.... the ONLY candy I still like is premium milk chocolate and somehow I'll bet that's still pretty popular!



EDIT: What just popped into my head that I used to love was "Smarties" in those little rolls.

 

[IBMJunkman]

Ice Cubes.

 

[Pohemi]

Bit-o-Honey.

They're good IMO but to a lot of kids, the hassle of eating them isn't worth the reward.

Bring back Charleston Chews to help another generation of children remove their baby teeth.

They still make them, and they're along the same lines as mentioned above. Not a lot of kids like them for how sticky they are in your teeth.

 

[soulcougher73]

I remember Now & Laters ripping out teeth or fillings as a kid. Haven’t seen them in forever.

 

[dank69]

I remember Now & Laters ripping out teeth or fillings as a kid. Haven’t seen them in forever.

They're still around, as are Mambas