Candy...Then and Now?

I'm eating Jelly Beans right now and they are so good with many different flavors 😋
When I was a little kid Jelly Beans had almost no flavor and it was like eating wax.
Nice improvement Mr. Jelly Bean! A+

Bubble gum used to be loaded with sugar and flavor and you could blow bubbles with it.
Now it tastes like your chewing a menthol cigarette butt and don't even think about blowing a bubble with it. You're only going to accidentally spit it out if you try.
You fail Mr. Bubble Gum! F.

@Contenchess
I remember 'Space Dust' a powder that crackles on the tong, rather bitter sweet after taste.

I remember 'Angel Dust' Trading Places.

Now we have 'Rainbow Dust' LBGTQ+//_hellosailor#shinehelment.php?

@contenchess said
I'm eating Jelly Beans right now and they are so good with many different flavors 😋
When I was a little kid Jelly Beans had almost no flavor and it was like eating wax.
Nice improvement Mr. Jelly Bean! A+

Bubble gum used to be loaded with sugar and flavor and you could blow bubbles with it.
Now it tastes like your chewing a menthol cigarette butt and don't even thi ...[text shortened]... ble with it. You're only going to accidentally spit it out if you try.
You fail Mr. Bubble Gum! F.

@badradger said
Candy came from off of the Island.

@divegeester said
Candy Staten Island

What the hell are you guys talking about? 🤨

The thread is about candy and how it has changed for better or for worse since your childhood.

You know what?...Just forget it!

I ate 2 bags of those gourmet Jelly Beans and my tummy hurts 😔

All I know is when I was a kid Hershey bars were a nickel and now they are almost two bucks.

@cliff-mashburn said
All I know is when I was a kid Hershey bars were a nickel and now they are almost two bucks.

@cliff-mashburn said
All I know is when I was a kid Hershey bars were a nickel and now they are almost two bucks.

@cliff-mashburn said
All I know is when I was a kid Hershey bars were a nickel and now they are almost two bucks.

@the-gravedigger said
And they are smaller 😢

Then (the early 50s...1950s 👍) I remember spending a nickel and getting a grab bag full of “Jaw Breakers” and “Blackballs”, both of which, I’m sure were invented and peddled, wholesale, by dentists. I haven’t seen either of them in decades.😥😲

@ponderable said
And how did wages develop in the same time?