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35 Childhood Candies You Forgot You Were Obsessed With

The real question is: Can you pick a favorite?

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The real question is: Can you pick a favorite?

1

Harry Potter Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Beans

Food, Ingredient, Cuisine, Snack, Produce,
Amazon

Living on the edge as a kid meant not knowing if you were about to eat a booger or green apple flavored jelly bean.

BUY NOW $15, amazon.com

2

Wonder Ball

Toy, Food, Easter egg, Animal figure, Egg, Games,
Amazon

What's better than a chocolate ball hiding even more sugar inside?

BUY NOW $8, amazon.com

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3

Tiny Size Chiclets

Snack,

Nothing could demystify these small bites of gum when you were kid—not even the fact that they lost their flavor in about 30 seconds.

BUY NOW $9, amazon.com

4

Sixlets

Hard candy, Jelly bean, Candy, Confectionery, Food, Snack, Vegetarian food, Chewing gum, Fruit snack,

The only trouble with these candy-coated chocolates is that you wanted about 10 sleeves of them.

BUY NOW $12, amazon.com

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5

Hershey's Hugs

Footwear, Leaf, Fashion accessory, Feather, Jewellery, Metal, Shoe, Earrings, Turquoise,
Amazon

Kisses get all the attention, but Hugs were in just as many candy bowls.

BUY NOW $15, amazon.com

6

Sour Pour Straws

Bird supply, Textile, Snack, Animal figure, Wrapping paper, Aquarium fish feed, Vegetarian food, Cat supply,

Did anyone even try to use these as real straws? Because they were sour AF.

BUY NOW $20, Candy Warehouse

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7

Butterfinger BB's

Cartoon, Games, Play, Recreation, Indoor games and sports, Art,
Amazon

Nestle giveth and Nestle taketh away. These were like an entire Butterfinger bar in one bite, and they were discontinued in 2006.

8

Laffy Taffy

Snack, Junk food, Food, Cuisine, Convenience food,
Candy Nation

This sweet and stretchy candy is so great there was a song written about it.

BUY NOW $19, amazon.com

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9

Atomic FireBall

Snack, Food, Fruit, Confectionery,

We commend any and all brave souls who enjoyed these burning candies of death.

BUY NOW $14, amazon.com

10

Circus Peanuts

Food, Snack, Junk food, Cuisine, Ingredient, Dish, Fast food, Fried food, Produce, Kids' meal,

These neon orange, pillowy treats blew plain old peanuts out of the water because obviously.

BUY NOW $20, amazon.com

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11

Giant Pixy Stix

Party supply, Confetti,

The only thing better than refined sugar-filled Pixy Stix is the super-size version.

BUY NOW $25, amazon.com

12

Nerds

Snack, Food, Chewing gum, Hard candy, Jelly bean,

Two different flavors of crunchy sugar is one adorable box—it doesn't get much better than that.

BUY NOW $17, amazon.com

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13

Fun Dip

Paper, Paper product, Font, Snack,

I think we all know which was the superior flavor. Because it *cough* changed colors *cough* tasted best. Plus, it tastes great in shots.

BUY NOW $14, amazon.com

14

Ring Pops

Hard candy, Confectionery, Candy, Snack, Food, Gummi candy, Chewing gum, Fruit snack, Toffee, Taffy,

Usually wearing just one wasn't enough. Gimme 10 or all my digits or nothing at all.

BUY NOW $14, amazon.com

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15

Necco

Snack, Pharmaceutical drug, Food coloring, Pill,

These are the epitome of classic candy.

BUY NOW $18, amazon.com

16

Ouch! Bubble Gum

Ouch Bubble Gum
Ouch Bubble Gum

If only all Band-Aids looked (and tasted? nah, that might be weird) this cute.

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17

Nik-L-Nips

Birthday candle, Toy,
Oh Nuts

Little bottles of sweet, sweet syrup inside a wax bottle you could bite open. Wow, kids are weird.

BUY NOW $20, amazon.com

18

Now and Later

Product, Packaging and labeling, Games,

Simultaneously super tough and chewy, the punchy flavors were insanely addictive.

BUY NOW $14, amazon.com

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19

Whistle Pops

Snack, Chewing gum, Food,

It was a sad day when your pop no longer whistled. But not really because that means you ate it.

BUY NOW $20, Candy Machines

20

Candy Lipstick

Plastic bottle, Frozen dessert,
Candy Warehouse

You probably collected all the cap colors and then got disappointed when the candy flavors were basically all the same.

BUY NOW $57, amazon.com

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