Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoWhy do you suppose sour candies are so popular these days? It wasn't a market when I was a kid.message-squaremessage-square75fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down117
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 · 1 month agomessage-square75fedilink
minus-squareBCsvenlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month 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-down1·1 month agoBut almost non-existent by the 60s-70s. Now, ubiquitous.
minus-squareBCsvenlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month agoJaw breakers and sour tarts were big in the 80s when I grew up
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoSweettarts. Kinda sour, not bad. Jawbreakers weren’t sour.
minus-squareBCsvenlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month 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-squareBCsvenlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 month agoHeh. Only reason I knew this they were my sister’s frequent buy in the 80s
minus-squareMelatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 month agoI loved jawbreakers, the little ones you could shatter teeth on
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 this they were my sister’s frequent buy in the 80s
I loved jawbreakers, the little ones you could shatter teeth on