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-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·18 hours agoBut almost non-existent by the 60s-70s. Now, ubiquitous.
minus-squareBCsven@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 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-up1·10 minutes agoHeh. Only reason I knew slis they were my sister’s frequent buy in the 80s
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