"THOSE WERE THE DAYS"

[Yvonne Smith]

Yeah, we had penny candy as well. I don't recall any of it bagged though. You chose your items and they went into a small paper bag. We often "paid" by bringing in one or two pop bottles. Most of these were 2 cents, but the occasional bigger root beer bottle got you 5 cents back.

I remember that pop bottles were worth 3 cents deposit, and kids used to look along the side of the road in case anyone had thrown out their pop bottle, and they could turn it in and get penny candy.
My mom used sawdust (or maybe it was shavings?) on her garden path, and kids would haul a load of sawdust in the garden cart for her and earn 10 cents per load, so they could have candy bars.
It worked good for my mom and for the kids. A bottle of pop was 10 cents back then, too, so they could haul a couple carts of sawdust and earn enough for both a candy bar (or 2) and a bottle of pop.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

My mom used sawdust (or maybe it was shavings?) on her garden path, and kids would haul a load of sawdust in the garden cart for her and earn 10 cents per load...

No chance of that from my Mom. I had to work in her half acre garden (it was like a mini farm) for free. To make money I used my Dad's John Deere mini tractor lawn mower and for $1 I usually would mow about an acre. Some people with larger lawns would pay me $5 a month to keep their lawns "well manicured"...

 

[Mary Stetler]

Yesterday, I had an urge for a Clark Bar, one of my favorite candies going back to the fifties. I started thinking about all the popular candies back then. Can you believe we actually had candies we called Penny candies.
Here's a photo of some of the candies like Turkish Taffy, candy buttons, cigarette sticks, waxed bottles, see how many you can remember.
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Part of what I like about Cracker Barrel restaurant is that they still sell these.

 

[Tony Page]

I don't know if I have a Cracker Barrel in my area, I'll check it out.
I been inhaling Butterfingers as a substitute, not the same but close.

 

[Tony Page]

¹I don't know if I have a Cracker Barrel in my area, I'll check it out.
I been inhaling Butterfingers as a substitute, not the same but close.

I checked the closest one is over 88 miles.

 

[Axel Slingerland]

My favorites, Hostess Cakes, were 10¢ for two. I liked Suzy-Q's, Twinkies, and specially Chocodiles, which were chocolate covered Twinkies. You had to buy those by in boxes of 10, usually for about 80¢ a box.

 

[Tony Page]

My favorites, Hostess Cakes, were 10¢ for two. I liked Suzy-Q's, Twinkies, and specially Chocodiles, which were chocolate covered Twinkies. You had to buy those by in boxes of 10, usually for about 80¢ a box.

My favorite were Devil Dogs by Drake, I still consume them.