Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 22 hours agoWhy do you suppose sour candies are so popular these days? It wasn't a market when I was a kid.message-squaremessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down113
arrow-up121arrow-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 · 22 hours agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·18 hours agoLots of sour candies from early 1900s till the year you mentioned. Lifesavers had sour since the 20s. Jawbreakers and toxic waste brand since the 70s. Lick-a-Stick, Sherbert Sour Powder, etc
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·18 hours agoBut almost non-existent by the 60s-70s. Now, ubiquitous.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·13 hours agoJaw breakers and sour tarts were big in the 80s when I grew up
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoSweettarts. Kinda sour, not bad. Jawbreakers weren’t sour.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 hours 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-up1·6 minutes agoHeh. Only reason I knew slis they were my sister’s frequent buy in the 80s
Lots of sour candies from early 1900s till the year you mentioned. Lifesavers had sour since the 20s. Jawbreakers and toxic waste brand since the 70s. Lick-a-Stick, Sherbert Sour Powder, etc
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