Gen Z Tries Boomer Candy For The First Time!

From Charleston Chews to Raisinets, watch as Gen Z tries retro candies of yesteryears. Will these classic treats stand the test of time across generations?
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Gen Z vs Boomer Candy (Circus Peanuts, Boston Baked Beans, Charleston Chew) | React
0:00 Intro
0:07 Circus Peanuts
2:06 Charleston Chew
4:10 Tea Berry Gum
6:14 Boston Baked Beans
7:55 Raisinets
10:08 Salt Water Taffy
12:06 Gum/Candy Cigarettes
14:10 Atomic Fireballs
16:16 Violet Mints
18:06 Pez
20:54 Thrills Gum
22:48 Final Thoughts
23:27 Outro

[@seakc87]

Dani and Jair are the two kids in class that the teacher can't have sitting next to each other because they're going to do nothing but talk all class.

[@skidYYYY]

Fr 😂

[@raphaelsolo]

"Boomer candy" *immediately shows 80's commercial aimed at Gen Xers*

[@joygernautm6641]

Fun fact, some of the candy cigarettes that came out, actually had a flour coating between the wax paper in the candy, so if you blew on the end of the cigarette, it looked like smoke

[@LifeWithAlbany]

i’m not a boomer i’m 16 but i definitely remember this

[@lifewuzonceezr]

Icing sugar

[@EngineersQuest]

I forgot about the jerky! Lol! Thank you! 🙂

[@laurabailey1054]

The ones we had where I grew up in Canada were called Popeye cigarettes

[@PurpleCinnamon-Land-Of-Misfits]

The Popeye ones 🤣🤣💨💨

[@TiffYG2133]

The candy cigarettes are not the same, they were not gum back in the day, it was more like eating creamy chalk!

[@countryrose93]

They still make those ones, they’re just not as common

[@malorysukosd550]

I’ve had both! The chalky ones definitely better 😆

[@script_0529]

My mom loves the charleston chew candy. She usually keeps it in the fridge or freezer. Also 2000's kid here, salt water taffy is a must anytime we go to the coast.

[@SpinX522]

Saltwater Taffy is good. It’s basically softer Starburst or Laffy Taffy so you don’t break your teeth on them.

[@SanosukeSagara09]

The blond girl (I don't know her name) I am amazed she knew what Necco wafers were. That shocked me for someone her age. That's a very very old school candy that to this day I still enjoy. It also seems her pallet was more aligned with people of older generations then the younger generation she belongs to.

[@colobi1818]

Juliana

[@nhf7170]

The blonde girl must be an old soul if she recognized the taste of Necco wafers.

[@carissaa8411]

You can still buy those and most of these candies actually. Especially pez. They are sold everywhere with updated characters.

[@Frankiigii]

@@carissaa8411 I haven't seen PEZ outside of a candy store for at least a decade

[@carissaa8411]

@@Frankiigii idk where you live, but they are definitely sold in Michael’s and I see them in grocery stores a lot.

[@robinloveman4251]

I'm 62 and we didn't eat most of these. They were more like my parents' (born in the '20s) candy. Except Pez and candy cigarettes (but I never liked those). We ate Goobers, Sno Caps, Baby Ruths, $100,000 bars, Pixy Stix, Hershey's, Nestle Crunch, etc.

[@falsenostalgia-shannon]

I’m just 46 and was thinking the opposite- my (gen x) peers and I loved a lot of these, while my Boomer parents weren’t into them or would never have even tried them (big example: Atomic Fireballs). My parents were 10+ years older than you though, which probably makes a difference.

[@JulianaBlewett]

I'm 6 years younger than you and I ate all these things so I guess it's your location rather than your age. My grandma who was born in 1901, loved pie. Pie pie pie. She was a pie fiend. She loves something called raisin pie. I'm sure she would have eaten prune pie.

[@JulianaBlewett]

​@@falsenostalgia-shannonword girl!

[@saraheart2804]

I'm 61, and we ate all of these.

[@thefoxmoonlight]

Im 18 and ate most of these

[@corpse2944]

I'm Gen X and the candy cigarettes that we had in those packs weren't the gum version, they were like chalk sticks.

[@christiannacolbert5603]

We had both, but the chalk sticks were more widespread. I remember preferring the gum ones because they lasted longer, and actually tasted like something for a hot 3 seconds. 😂 (Also Gen X)

[@choccolocco]

@@christiannacolbert5603 And you could blow through the gum ones a poof of “smoke” would come out. Confectionary sugar or corn starch I guess. Edit: lol, they figured it out!

[@wandamontgomery6030]

I loved those. We thought we were soo cool

[@flamingpieherman9822]

I was really hoping to see Chico sticks. Bit of honey and Mary Janes and bullseyes

[@TTGOTBANDZZ]

I'm gen z I loveeeeeee bit o honey and Mary Jane's I would've like that too. Hope they do a pt 2

[@joshuabraman4709]

I need the portion control of the Dollar General $1 bags of Mary Janes and Bit-o-Honey. Just a few pieces at a time.

[@hachirokami]

Dude, Mary Janes are where it's at. During Halloween they'd be Peanut Butter Kisses.

[@ulomaogbonna3674]

I'm a GenX/Millennial and none of these candies have the same taste or texture they had when I was a kid. The ingredients changed and they don't taste as good as they used to😢

[@meganhallman0812]

Agreed

[@MadTracker]

Same with breakfast cereals. Most companies no longer use oat flour so the texture as well as the flavor is different, nothing but sugar shellac’d corn products.

[@monicahyland8641]

I grew up in the 80-90s and these candy's were calling penny candy,we had a little corner store and you could get a little brown bag of candy for.10 cents. Mix and match your favorite. Better candies were a nickel or a dime. Those were the best days to be a kid.

[@JCee8]

Those were the best days to be a kid. And corner stores also usually had at least one arcade game, and sometimes movie rentals! Back when It was worth picking up every penny, nickel and dime you found & and if you got a cpl quarters, you were getting candy AND a surprise bag

[@anthonyldaniel1]

I remember going to school and the bus attendant on Fridays would go to the general store and pick up candy for you while you were in class for over the weekend. If we were good and provided our parents provided the money lol

[@kirstenwatkins4790]

I loved so many of these. My grandparents had a bunch of these in their candy dish.

[@dionshare7103]

Salt water taffy is actually pretty good stuff. Those circus peanuts are a little iffy.

[@Syzygy77]

You should have given them Horehound candy. Or Black Jack gum.

[@theozank853]

What? No Wax Lips, Wax Coke Bottles, Or Necco's

[@ramonaschuler4134]

OMG wax lips and wax coke bottles!!😊😊😊

[@darthcravus]

I unironiclly love circus peanuts

[@shartheheretic]

I think Jair and Dani may have imbibed in a bit of the Devil's Lettuce before this shoot. 😂😂😂

[@juliblued]

The teaberry gum is not supposed to be hard. It very very old if it's doing that.

[@ramonaschuler4134]

That commercial for teaberry gum brings back good memories from the 1960's

[@deborahmichalak8991]

I am 70 and chewed a lot of Teaberry gum in my day, and it was NOT crunchy when I was young!!

[@t.amorahicks6790]

That’s actually very helpful information cause I was like what were they eating back then!! lol what a huge texture change that would have been

[@vapoet]

They don't make or sell enough of them to get them fresh. They aren't in the supermarkets anymore. They are in specialty shops.

[@danieldaniels7571]

Theirs was clearly stale

[@croytswrath1292]

So we not gonna acknowledge that they put a gif of Drake when Dani was swinging that Charleston Chew around😂😂😂

[@colobi1818]

fr

[@isone145]

Have you ever frozen a Charleston Chew? It's amazing!

[@kristensilber1522]

I’m pretty sure the saltwater taffy story is that they left the window’s open in the shop on the boardwalk letting the ocean air in and the taffy was better.

[@mike91mdk45]

They forgot the iconic strawberry candies that grandmothers and aunts always kept in their purse. Those and butterscotch.

[@benjaminlee2522]

The strawberry candy with the wrapper that makes it look like a strawberry? Love those. Very nostalgic

[@lucys3408]

I am so sad about whatever went down between Jair, Sharon, and React. I loved them both. :(

[@Analsole]

huh?? what went down? 😮

[@its_maddison]

what happened?

[@stephaniephillips2643]

Explain, please.

[@naomimurtty]

what happened??

[@ryanmrh4006]

Kinda can’t stand Jair anymore.

[@beckybennight1564]

They must have had different candy cigarettes than I did. Chalk, anyone? 😂

[@theashenogre8948]

That's the one I remember. They never looked like actual cigarettes.

[@lunchboxt6502]

Ace hardware here has both kinds. The chalk ones had a red tip when i was a kid

[@rainbowmeowmix]

Never understood why people hate raisins, like my favorite cookies have been oatmeal raisin since I was 6 😂

[@metalpunkergrrrl]

reall

[@katstorm13]

Because people like different things. I like craisins and dried cherries, but not raisins or prunes.

[@dabeage]

You should have these kids try Zotz, wax bottles, pixie stix, bit-o-honey, razzles, and bottle caps.

[@danakissmgrits2624]

The Charleston Chews were best when they were FROZEN... smack 'em on the counter to shatter them... YUM!

[@Corntassels]

Yes! I had to scroll too far before I found this comment. I loved them frozen, plus you got to whack them lol. I'm a GenXer if that matters.

[@chirese387]

Hell he said grandparents…I was born in 92’ and a lot of these are what I grew up on 😂

[@kjsmrtalc8558]

You have to freeze the Charleston Chews.

[@CrayzMark]

Facts

[@reebee9851]

Most of those candies were before boomers. As a boomer we ate M&Ms, Heath bars, sugar daddys, Hersey, Nestle, Mars, Snickers, blow pops, and every now and then those candies. We ate a lot of candy bars that were 5 cents, we hardly ate the candy in the video accept, the candy cigarettes, fireballs and Pez. Most of that candy was eaten by our parents.

[@mikeh8416]

Grew up in the 60's/70's and had ALL of them, INCLUDING Horehound hard candies, Zotz, Divinity, and several others not even mentioned here.

[@RLucas3000]

Mary Janes, Pixie Sticks, Root Beer Barrels, Lemon Drops, Caramel Creams, Chick O Sticks, Sugar Daddy, creme drops, Jelly Nougats, Spearmint Leaves, Wax Bottles, Zero Bars There is your next episode

[@MOONSIP2]

I loved Sugar Daddys. They came with those little animal cards.

[@lockejessup]

Great-grandparents candy. Saying it is their grand-parents candy is like saying it is their parents as things like Charleston Chews were avalable and were part of assorted Halloween candy when Gen X were kids.

[@chrisjarvis2287]

We ate all of these in the 80's and 90's as well. was very popular in the 80's You can not been have to a movie theatre and never seen Raisinets, No Matter What Age You Are!

[@crayzee8400]

I put out an "old school candy bowl" for my hub's bday ea yr. Chico sticks, caramel chews, lemonheads, fireballs, bottlecaps, cow tales, Mary Jane's, bit'o' honey to name a few.. ppl look fwd to it🤣. Only have a problem getting my old favorite.. Squirrel Nuts 😮‍💨😩. But it's certainly nostalgic & ppl love filling their candy bags to take. ☺️

[@kathrynejones2590]

YOU NAMED EVERY ONE OF MY FAV CANDIES FROM CHILDHOOD, 64 YEARS AGO...ALSO BOSTON BAKED BEANS...

[@bobimboden3406]

Should have had wax lips or wax bottles filled with the different flavors I don't know how they stayed around so long they were the worst

[@Hephzibah16]

The store where I work still sells the wax "juice" bottles! 😂

[@M.Campbell-Sherwood]

@@Hephzibah16Gen X had those too.

[@gothimaya2776]

If you haven’t done them yet, in a “niche” candy episode I request chiclets tiny size gum. For all my adhd and ocd brethren out there.

[@DonaldTubbs]

Raisinettes but not Goobers? And Boston Baked Beans but not Burnt Peanuts?

[@Jaserocks2]

I love circus peanuts if they are soft and fresh, not hardened. Candy cigarettes were fun to pretend, but I never had an inclination to smoke.

[@blainepadgett508]

When I saw the Teaberry gum, it made me want some Blackjack gum

[@ramonaschuler4134]

I have some Black Jack gum and Clove gum!!!😊😊😊😂

[@billiefogle1497]

Zotz! My mom used to keep a supply of them in her gargantuan purse. Hard candy on the outside and fizzy in the middle

[@williambellows7123]

One of the reasons you don't like most of this candy is because it is not the same candy I was eating in 1954 as a child. The old time candy was made with real natural ingredients and the new old time candy is made with ARTIFICIAL ingredients.

[@harpertracey5532]

The candy cigarettes were not gum. They were like this chalky, chalky candy

[@motherstation]

Both existed. The candy ones you're talking about AND bubblegum cigarettes. The cool thing about the gum ones was that they were coated in powdered sugar, then wrapped in paper, open on the ends, like an actual cigarette, so when you blow into it, a cloud of powdered sugar came out resembling "smoke". It only worked once per "cigarette" though.

[@deborahpetipas9365]

The gum were bubble gum cigars. We gave those out when our kids were born.

[@firebladetenn6633]

Chocolate covered raisins are my favorite. My grand parents would laughingly give my brother and me those candy cigs because we hated the taste of them. Later in life I realized why he did it. My brain was so sold on how nasty the candy was I was less likely to smoke because it would be even worse than the candy. Sneaky, very sneaky. Especially from someone who smoked alot. Thanks.

[@averyroscoe91]

I love the peanut butter taffy you can sometimes get around halloween. They come in those Orange/Black wax paper wrappers.

[@Frankiigii]

Mmm yes, mouth watering

[@jessybee1233]

ugh, they were so hard and nasty like bit o' honeys and Mary Janes. I used to give them to my mom all the time

[@ramonaschuler4134]

Yyyyyeeesss!!!

[@brittnyvancamp785]

My childhood tasted of pecan logs, Werther's caramels, strawberry bonbons, seafoam toffee, chocolate covered orange gels, and mallow cups. Sometimes grandparents have the best candy.

[@JaimeCard]

"They're kinda weird if you eat like 100, 200, 300 of these things, it gets a little much" 😂 Ryker is hilarious

[@Gromit801]

As a boomer kid in the 60’s, it was Snickers, frozen Milky Way, Three Musketeers, Payday, Abba-Zabba, Clark Bar, Butterfinger, Sugar Daddy, Apple Stix, Junior Mints, Mr Goodbar, Krunch or Crackle, Bazooka or Double Bubble gum, Lifesavers, Baby Ruth, Tootsie Pops, Tootsie Roll, M&Ms, and most others still available.

[@sweetoleander9048]

I love abba-zabba in the freezer

[@katharineheppa9160]

You rigged it! Teaberry gum is soft when fresh, even now.

[@donaldwert7137]

I was thinking the same thing. What they found was probably super old.

[@C2Cigars]

Teaberry is another name for Wintergreen. The original Teaberry gum is no longer made. The Teaberry gum you have was made by a company in Morocco and is horrid.

[@Candyliz2003]

Please do a reverse and have Boomers try the newest candies.

[@victoriasmith2630]

That’d be fun!

[@charliemare8363]

Gen X grew up with these candies.

[@raquellecyphers9047]

Speaking of nostalgia, Does anyone remember skittles gum!?!?👀

[@singingkitty02_]

I still have hope they will bring them back one day. I loved those so much!!!

[@fyrekrystaal27]

I think they should try Cow Tails or sugar babies

[@kat.scheer]

I love getting the mini Charleston chews and freezing them.

[@shelly3174]

I’m not a boomer and I’ve had all of these growing up.

[@ssjichigo666]

how could they not like salt water taffy? one of the few things I get excited for from the fair

[@lianabaddley8217]

My kids still Love taffy! I have to get it for my son almost every time he goes to the store with me. And definitely for every holiday. They like it way more than hubby n I ever did.

[@mylois62]

I am the youngest of boomers and most of these candies were old fashioned when I was a kid

[@jericalcote9163]

Charleston Chews and Circus Peanuts are not Boomer Candy -- much earlier than Boomers.

[@shn4zy]

So, they just went shopping in Cracker Barrel?

[@PinkPotatoChip]

Is the guy wearing the blue sweater and his partner high or drunk?

[@stellaartois3881]

They both look high and she is way too sexual

[@primmoore6232]

Julian's dirty mind is leaking out his mouth. Jair... needs a bit of modesty, maybe.

[@chirese387]

I knew what the Boston baked beans were before they even guessed. I love them!!! I’m in Chicago and don’t see them anymore 😭

[@katstorm13]

The only place I've seen them for a long time is Walgreens and Dollar stores.

[@pearliecole9546]

I'm a boomer and I didn't eat any of that except the atomic fire balls, we actually had some great candy however none of it was shown, some is actually discontinued.

[@deeanna3335]

I didn't like any of that candy. I preferred Nestles Crunch and Tootsie Rolls. None of them taste the same now.

[@pinoyriot15]

Slowly realizing that my parents are basically their grandparents, which means it's only a matter of time before my favorite candies are considered old people candy... bazooka gum, big league chew, pop rocks, nerds... Also, I'm surprised they didn't have Razzles. Candy that turned into gum?? those things were great!!!

[@mikithick8738]

I am only 34 and these are candy’s I ate as a child/still buy 😂😂

[@katstorm13]

I'm in my early 50's. When I was a kid the oldies radio station played 50's 60's and a little 70's. It plays 80's & 90's now 🤣

[@aysiababyyy3664]

My moms in her 50s these, lemonheads, now and laters and mike and Ike’s were her go tos and I was raised on them (born in 98) and my nephew who is 13 definitely won’t buy any of these as a first choice 😂 for sure old people candy to the youngins but still good enough to eat when it’s in the Halloween bucket

[@katstorm13]

@@aysiababyyy3664 I don't know if my taste buds changed or the recipe or maybe both, but I remember Mike and Ike being better in the 80's. Not nearly as big a travesty as the change in Butterfinger recipe a few years ago!

[@katstorm13]

@@aysiababyyy3664 Now & Later...like Starburst but even harder to chew, and that's only when you found them fresh. Which usually you didn't lol

[@h.b16]

These children NOT liking salt water taffy?! One of my favourites!

[@supahbadd33]

Mine too. The cigs and fireballs too. 14:40

[@savannahisherelol]

as a gen z that has a gen x and a millennial parents, i grew up on half of these candies and still eat them

[@joysgirl]

These candies were around long before their grandparents were alive. Teaberry, Charleston Chew, Boston Baked Beans, etc. were popular in the 1920s. Saltwater taffy was developed in the 1800s. I hope there's a do-over with candy that came about when their grandparents were kids.

[@xtlm]

Circus Peanuts are the kinda thing that you say "Eww". Then like for some reason days later you think of the taste and kinda want another lol

[@SkitSkat674]

Grandparents candy? For these young folks wouldn't it be their great grandparents?

[@rebeccagilbert8170]

Most of these candies are pre-Boomer, 1920s and 30s style candies. Atomic Fireballs were more Gen X.

[@samueldotson2809]

I remember the Bach’s candy displays in grocery stores back in the day

[@CMCrockett]

Grab a scoop of this and a scoop of that...

[@leeroyjenkins3391]

Yep. It was Brach's candy. You don't see it anymore in the pick-a-mix tubs, but you can buy it in bags at most grocery stores still.

[@EmoNemo4433]

You should have given them a frozen Charleston Chew. Infinitely better frozen

[@emilyf3722]

The saltwater taffy origin story is true, except it happened in San Francisco.

[@kristenlogan2594]

Millennial here not a boomer and this video made me so nostalgic for all the candy I had as a kid.

[@JamesHowell]

i’ll never understand the appeal of circus peanuts i’m sorry

[@slsslc8207]

Circus peanuts were a favorite as a child. Loved the texture. Now they're just too damn sweet for me

[@camgrrl]

The girl in the green top and the guy in the blue sweater were HILARIOUS!

[@LitVolWashCounty]

Real Teaberry gum was soft!

[@vernhoke7730]

Kids! When I was a kid, we bought the candy, ate the candy, and didn't worry about what was in it. As long as it tasted good. 😁 I live about 2 hours north of Atlantic City, and somehow, I ended up with a big barrel of James Salt water taffy. Plus, I'm just up the street from Criterion Candies, who make salt water taffy and all kinds of chocolate candies supplied to candy shops along the boardwalk up an down the Jersey Shore.

[@theonlylydiayouknow]

omg you didnt let them also try charleston chews frozen!!!

[@dawnsmith3278]

Salt water taffy.I heard that the windows were left open and sea mist came in the windows and dried on the taffy.

[@CharleneCTX]

There are lots of made up stories like this. It's called salt water taffy because it was sold at the beach. It was a marketing ploy to imply that it wasn't just any taffy.

[@user-dt3sq7rw3b]

Beech nut gum, nico waffers, horehound hard candy, boston baked beans, chicko sticks, jujubies, hot red cinnamon cubes suckers, wax bottles or lips 💋, chicklets gum, root beer barrels, chlorophyll gum, sugar rock crystal candy, pastel after dinner mints, valomilk chocolate ( like peanut butter cup) with a marshmallow cream filling

[@Denisehoma1111]

Need to freeze the Charleston chew then smack it on the counter to break into small pieces

[@projektaquarius]

Salt water taffy is either really really good or really really bad. I depends 100% on the flavor.

[@marianakloak2319]

I love salt water taffy

[@danieldaniels7571]

Also depends a lot on how fresh it is

[@warriorofultramar1301]

Put the Charleston Chew in a freezer for an hour. Then smack it on the counter and enjoy. 🤤

[@katstorm13]

Charleston chew are best served frozen! They used to have them in the freezer at our community pool & we would get them during the mandatory break

[@katstorm13]

They have little mini ones in a box like Dots come in, when I get them I keep them in the freezer.

[@maryannturton9830]

Do you remember the Marathon bar? It was just as long as a Charlesto Chew,but it was a braid of caramel.

[@katstorm13]

@@maryannturton9830 I 've heard of it. I looked it up and it seems it was discontinued when I was 9.

[@jailr67]

Tea erry gum actually does taste like the teaberry tree. Yes..a tree. People used to brush their teeth with it in the mountains of NC. Its actually not bad at all and the gum yall got was old..teaberry gum is soft like regular gum.

[@henrywilloughby2327]

I used to get Boston Baked Bean candies at the bank out of one of those machines where you put a dime in and turned the knob to get about 15 candies. That was the only place I've ever seen them.

[@Underland76]

is it just me, or does Ryker look like a young Jon Bon Jovi?

[@UnlimitedGrapes]

like the teen version of him HAHAHAHAHAHA!

[@RottenRottys]

Charleston Chews are best frozen.. then you smack them on the table, and they break into pieces.

[@piperbird7193]

I have a box of mini charleston chews in my freezer right now.

[@timisme8360]

Atomic fireballs is how I quit smoking. Every time I wanted a cigarette I had one of them. Until I eventually became addicted to atomic fireballs. Lol

[@IslandRN1970]

I just adore the guy in the white hoodie. So charming , kind, and well mannered!!!! Sign him up for future videos ❤

[@kirisviel]

First time watching this channel - it’s so interesting to me that the blonde girl and the guy with her actually look 60s to me 🤔

[@pepperbreath]

As someone born and raised in New Jersey, the story we were told was that a candy store on the boardwalk left their taffy out overnight, and the sea air coming off the ocean flavored it.

[@kazzellinempanger8998]

There are so many available flavors for salt-water taffy, though. I grew up with them, and even I pick what flavors I actually want at the state fair booth, instead of an all-flavor container. As an aside, Pez dispensers are why eBay exists. :) Also, I need that cat sweater. :D

[@MPhoto04742]

Charleston chew is best if frozen overnight then slam it on the counter to break it

[@SleepyTimeSensation]

I'm not a boomer but I loved many of these candies growing up

[@IslandRN1970]

Gen X here and I ❤ a lot of these🫣

[@christiannacolbert5603]

How weird... they bit into the Boston Baked Beans instead of putting the beans into their mouths whole. Would you eat a Skittle like that? 😂😂😂

[@CaliMel184]

LMAO how have people never had these. All of these were popular in the 80s. But literally no one I know actually likes Circus Peanuts. My mom hates those things.

[@jericalcote9163]

80s kids are not Boomers

[@CaliMel184]

@@jericalcote9163 No kidding. My point was, these candies are well known to many people, not some obscure Boomer Only thing.

[@SkitSkat674]

Out of all of these Chowards Violet candies is my favorite. It's been a family favorite growing up and hard to find so it was a special treat when we got to have one. So yummy.

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

Everybody got saltwater taffy at the fair..the cinnamon seemed to get the most attention as it was twisted on the machine before cut and packaged.the entire area smelled like cinnamon.