I once used candy corn as a practical joke on my mother. I cut off the white tips from several of them, put them in my mouth, pretended to hit a door hard, and spit them out. Mom thought they were my teeth. It was hilarious. She was not amused.
@debrabertelli50762 жыл бұрын
Lol when my brother-in-law were little 7, 8 years old, we put ketchup on our hands screaming to our mother that we cut ourselves. Just like yours, she was not amused.
@PoM-MoM2 жыл бұрын
LOL I used to put the oral thermometer under the hot tap water to get out of going to school. It worked until one time I got caught doing so " OHHHH YOU LITTLE DEVIL" and from then on my mom would endure the full 3 minutes of her already VERY busy morning standing over me to get my accurate temperature.
@JohnLeePettimoreIII2 жыл бұрын
you're my kind of bastard. 😂🤣
@DavidWsTrainVideos2 жыл бұрын
LOL Nice
@stormy4392 жыл бұрын
BWAHAHAHAHA! 😃👍🤣
@one-eyedsam21862 жыл бұрын
Candy cigarettes were a staple of my childhood Halloween plunder. Pell Mell, Kamel, Lucky Lights. They probably deserve an honorable mention for divisive Halloween treats.
@vbscript22 жыл бұрын
Yeah... those would be divisive for a different reason. And, frankly, unlike the other three, most of us in the millennial generation and below have probably never eaten one. I'm in the older half of millennials and I'm trying to remember if I've ever even seen one in person, though I have heard of them from older generations. Thankfully, I think we've reached the point in society where most people agree that marketing cigarettes to children isn't the best of ideas.
@one-eyedsam21862 жыл бұрын
@@vbscript2 There were two kinds of candy cigarettes, hard chalky candy sticks with a red colored tip, which you can still buy rebranded as "candy sticks", and the much cooler cylinder of bubblegum in a paper wrap, with powder between the wrap and gum. Those actually looked like, and were the same size as, cigarettes, and you could blow "smoke" out of them. I'm pretty sure they're not made any more at all.
@lelandframe10292 жыл бұрын
I LOVED candy cigarettes! But my folks would rarely let me have them, apparently because they were afraid they would get me started on the real thing! Well, I started smoking, anyway--not because of them, but because of peer pressure in my second year of college!
@russlehman20702 жыл бұрын
@@vbscript2 Well, I'm a boomer (born 1955) and I do remember eating candy cigarettes in my childhood. They were kind of chalky and, IIRC, a bit minty. They were made of a white candy with a red tip intended to look like the burning end of the cigarette. Fortunately, in spite of the best efforts of that unholy alliance between Big Tobacco and Big Candy, I never took up tobacco smoking. My paternal grandfather dying of emphysema (he was a heavy smoker) when I was maybe 10 or 11 was a major factor in that.
@HootOwl5132 жыл бұрын
@@one-eyedsam2186 I also recall long cylinders of chocolate inside a real rolled cigarette paper. You slipped the chocolate out of the papers to eat it.Just don't leave them in the sun. If the chocolate melted into the paper they were trashed.
@rom655362 жыл бұрын
When I was about 15 years old, my dad got me a "bucket of coal" for christmas. It was a little metal bucket with several lumps of black licorice and a little hammer to break it up. All in all, about 5 pounds of black licorice. Just to be a contrarian, I ate it all. By the time I finished the "coal", I ended up liking black licorice. Can't say it's my favorite, but I do like it.
@pamostman5162 жыл бұрын
Great story.
@NickFrom12282 жыл бұрын
I live in an area where coal mining is in its history and the local museum includes a mining area and they sell this "coal" in a similar way. Kids love it.
@thebestblainejohnson2 жыл бұрын
My family sold them in our sweets store.
@spokanetomcat12 жыл бұрын
You can still find bags and buckets of coal candy around. A fun treat for and from friends
@brianmorger21742 жыл бұрын
I remember that exact " coal licorice " . I ate some and could taste it for hours afterward .
@anniebodyhome1000 Жыл бұрын
Brought back a memory of my grandma calling candy corn, “chicken corn.” She was born in 1910.
@annewandering11 ай бұрын
I had forgotten my grandmother called them that too!
@judahofjudea46014 ай бұрын
My grandmother was born in 1912, year the Titanic went down I think. I would always be going into her room and getting circus peanut candy, orange slice candy and spearmint or big red gum from her.
@jeanmeslier94912 жыл бұрын
I am 83 years old. When I was a kid in rural Arkansas and Texas, there were no close neighbors or anywhere to go 'trick or treating'. Sometimes there would be a Halloween party at school. Usually a fund raiser of some sort. I know we bought candy corn and licorice a few times, but no one like either one. I didn't know what the Circus Peanuts were called. I think I recall tasting them sometime. Our spending money was usually hard won, so we learned early on to spend it on necessities, caps for our cap pistols, then later BBs for our BB guns. Usually the picture show on Saturday night was a necessity. It cost .10 cents to get in. A large box of popcorn was .10 cents and a paper cup of Coke was .05 cents. With little brothers and sisters older kids had to make sure we made enough during the week for everyone to go. I was surprised to know that licorice is still being made. I thought something had happened where it was no longer made.I still don't eat candy. I don't like the taste 'sweet'. I think some 5 percent of the world's population don't like the taste. Just plain sugar has a bitter after taste. I don't like pie or cake, either On December 10th, in 1943, my 5th birthday, my new Dad, (no step involved, had adopted me), but I digress In the mess hall at Camp Chaffee, Arkansas, he made me a real, honest to gawd jelly roll. The raspberry filling was a bright red against the white cake. I thought that was to most beautiful thing I ever saw. Still do. He cut it with a sewing thread. I didn't think it was right somehow, to eat something that beautiful.' Dammit I' m a sentimental old fool, crying over a jelly roll that's been gone 3/4 of a Century. Ok, my keeper is here with my meds. Gotta hide this website. She thinks I'm looking at porn.
@slackmeister772 жыл бұрын
Looooooooool, that was great!
@anonnyanonymous48002 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@laurabarber66972 жыл бұрын
It is also our sweet memories that make us cry.💝💝🙏💝💝
@birdnird2 жыл бұрын
Food porn
@hollerinwoman2 жыл бұрын
What a lovely story about your life, Jean! My dad is 85, and we kids and grandkids love to sit around him and let him unspool glorious stories about his football days, wearing shirts handmade by his mom, gathering scrap metal for the war, and milking the cows at his dad's dairy farm. Older folks are such a treasure in our world. Good health to you!
@Johnny.f.face12 жыл бұрын
My grandfather used black licorice flavoring to spray on his fishing lures. He swore by it for catching bass and crappie. He passed more than 30 years ago. His tackle-box still smells of it.
@damonroberts73722 жыл бұрын
It's true, fish are strongly attracted to the anise flavor. A lot of commercial berley pellets include aniseed.
@matthewdove55282 жыл бұрын
Fish must be attracted to the smell, because I've noticed that a lot of rubber fishing lures absolutely REEK of black licorice!
@whyisblue923taken2 жыл бұрын
Crack works too. It just disrupts the ecosystem.
@JohnnyArtPavlou2 жыл бұрын
Love that,
@montgomeryfitzpatrick473Ай бұрын
Great grandpa did the same
@chuckvt51962 жыл бұрын
I'm 70 and love all three. Candy Corn and Circus Peanuts were Halloween staples when I was a child. It is not just a tasty treat, but a good memory!
@navret17072 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I’m 76 and I too grew up with all three.
@goodun29742 жыл бұрын
Candy Corn don't taste the same as they did when I was a kid in the Sixties. Probably made with fructose and fillers now..... and I never liked candy "peanuts".
@samanthab19232 жыл бұрын
I only know one person who loves circus peanuts, my older cousin. She had a bag of them on vaca & I didn’t know they still made them
@sparky60862 жыл бұрын
Dad, born in 1927, loved circus peanuts. I didn't really like them, when I was a child, but as an older guy, I kind of like them now. I previously thought, that Dad liked them, because it reminded him of his childhood, or they were the only candy available then, so he'd developed a taste for it, but maybe, as we get older, our tastes change? For instance, as a kid, I didn't like licorice or even coconut, but as a grown up, I like them both. Perhaps these candies survive, because adults are projecting, what they like as adults, onto children?
@chuckvt51962 жыл бұрын
@@sparky6086 I think you are right about that. Nostalgia tastes sweet, indeed!
@tedthetowerdoucette1933 Жыл бұрын
We LOVE circus peanuts, and candy corn!!!! Keep them coming. We go to certain stores just to get circus peanuts.
@gregrak938911 ай бұрын
Sounds like you'd sell your first born just to buy some, GET HELP!!
@pamelanadel378711 ай бұрын
Bob Evan’s sell those nasty peanuts. I’m 61. The only candies my grandmother ever had were those nasty peanuts and root beer barrels 🤢
@monicascott235411 ай бұрын
My hubby 'bout barfs over the smell of Circus Peanuts, but I love them. I hate black licorice, but it's his favorite. 😂 Go figure.
@LindaMerchant-bq2hp11 ай бұрын
Circus popcorn ❤
@Akutukananu11 ай бұрын
@@pamelanadel3787i loved them both!
@zandernator2 жыл бұрын
So I have a peanut allergy. I fondly remember finding circus peanuts when I was little and thinking “wow, I can eat these!” and so I loved them from then on. It’s still a favorite of mine today.
@ShadowsandCityLights2 жыл бұрын
Awh how cute! 😊
@boomer31502 жыл бұрын
An excellent taste treat!
@edamnaf92652 жыл бұрын
If you love it, love it! Does NOT matter what others think!
@boomer31502 жыл бұрын
@@edamnaf9265 That's the bottom line regarding most things (music, art, etc.).
@TheQuota20012 жыл бұрын
yea I like them too, but only fresh. The pharmacy used to get them fresh back in 2019 that was the last time I had a bag.
@russellshackleford93352 жыл бұрын
I love all those! Necco wafers need to be added to the list. I think by law, every grandmother must carry lint-covered Necco wafers in her purse.
@francestomic27722 жыл бұрын
You're cracking me up.
@leszekwolkowski98562 жыл бұрын
don't forget Bit O Honey
@ginnyjollykidd2 жыл бұрын
Not lint-covered so much. I found them in my Dollar Tree or Big Lots. I saw them, yipped in delight and bought five of these 6" long rolls of Necco wafers. They were fresh, too. (I'm pretty sure it was Dollar Tree.)
@NeptunesHorses59092 жыл бұрын
Necco is a local product for us; my vivid memory of it is as ammo/shrapnel as the guys in our graphics/drafting bullpen fired it around the room at each other with rubber bands.
@roachmorphine80182 жыл бұрын
@@leszekwolkowski9856 Bit O Broken Teeth
@richardklug8222 жыл бұрын
My beloved grandfather was a merchant seaman who always smoked a pipe. A favorite childhood memory was my imitating him with a candy pipe made of black licorice...two "old salts" together. RIP, Pop-Pop!
@MyPhobo2 жыл бұрын
Did he ever get that white whale?
@VikingTeddy2 жыл бұрын
Liquorice pipes were a childhood staple for me. But salmiak (salty Liquorice) was always a favorite. For Finns it's pretty common to pack a lot of salmiak when going abroad since it's difficult to find outside northern Europe.
@sped69542 жыл бұрын
I used to love licorice pipes... It's been many many years since I've had one, but yeah, those were a staple for me, along with Swedish Fish, candy corn, circus peanuts and marshmallow peeps.
@JOHNSTIER232 жыл бұрын
No
@amandahodgin93162 жыл бұрын
My mom, dad, brother and I used to sit back after Sunday dinner and “smoke” our licorice cigars. We had a contest every week to see who could make their cigar last the longest.
@jerryengland502210 ай бұрын
I was raised on Candy Corn, Circus Peanuts, and another candy not featured here - Orange Slices. I have always loved them and I always will!
@LaurieAnnCurry10 ай бұрын
Let’s not forget the required Christmas ribbon candy
@gloriascott64912 ай бұрын
Orange Slices, reminded by of Chuckles 5 cents for assorted sugar coated jellies. Orange Lemon Lime Cherry and a purple?
@hollybearyАй бұрын
My Grandma always had a candy jar full of orange slices when i was little. I sure miss her!
@minemoore6972 жыл бұрын
First off I eat candy corn one color at a time and have since early childhood. Now to the nitty gritty. I think the reason we keep these around is it brings us back to a simpler life. It reminds us of going polliwoging, lightning bug hunting. Simple times where the only thing to worry about is getting home before the street lights came on. A time where an empty box today is a fort and tomorrow it's a rocketship. A time when a broom handle was a horse named Silver or Champion. Where an empty lot was a football field or a baseball diamond.
@mauricewascom6582 жыл бұрын
Yeayaright ❗😋☺️
@mundanestuff2 жыл бұрын
There's dozens of comments on here about grandparents having these candies in a drawer somewhere. I think you nailed it in your description.
@j.75302 жыл бұрын
Exactly🥰🙏
@brokenbravo832 жыл бұрын
Lightning bugs are gone, being unsupervised until the streetlights come on is enough to justify a visit from CPS with neglect, empty boxes are now covered in ads and suffocation warnings, broom handles are now roombas, and an empty lot we played football in is now trespassing signs... It truly is a different time
@jamesrogalski20852 жыл бұрын
And a month before school would let out for the summer your hands began to ache to be string burned from kite flying. I so loved flying box kites.
@Santor-2 жыл бұрын
The CEO of circus peanut company on a TV interview said; "I have no idea why anyone would want to buy and eat these (wtf), but they do, we just make them". That says it all right there.
@schmingbeefin44732 жыл бұрын
I mean yeah they feel, taste, and smell exactly like erasers.
@maryjackson11942 ай бұрын
@@schmingbeefin4473 But very tasty erasers.
@annaqsmith2 ай бұрын
I liked circus peanuts as a child. I hadn’t had them in many years. Then 1day I saw them n I bought them. Boy were they nastyyy! Never again!
@BrianFM792 ай бұрын
I love circus peanuts! They are my guilty pleasure
@Highlander.72 ай бұрын
candy pumpkins > candy corn fight me
@wisecoconut52 жыл бұрын
I think my chilhood was fueled by "devisive" candy. I still buy black licorice by the case. Thankfully no one else will eat it, so my stash is safe!
@zenjon78922 жыл бұрын
I also like black licorice and I'm thinking about starting a support group
@strongjohn109562 жыл бұрын
Exactly!
@petersurdo49842 жыл бұрын
Black licorice, black jelly beans, black JuJu's, Black Jack gum. Either you get it or you don't.
@nejm6122 жыл бұрын
And we get everyone's black jelly beans
@goodun29742 жыл бұрын
I used to buy actual licorice *sticks* to chew as a kid, from an old fashioned pharmacy (with a sandwich counter and soda jerk!). Yes, actual sticks/roots from the licorice shrub; the original "no sugar added" confection!
@charliesgrumma5388 Жыл бұрын
"NECCO WAFERS" Were always the most hated candy in these parts. Little discs of blackboard chalk, YUM! YUM!
@steveaustin2686 Жыл бұрын
LOL. I like them tho.
@littlelambs704411 ай бұрын
I love them too!!
@steveaustin268611 ай бұрын
@@littlelambs7044 They are great. CVS and Dollar Tree usually have them.
@ReggieArford11 ай бұрын
Bit-O-Honey.
@josephhaas763610 ай бұрын
Love necco wafers too . I didn't like the pink ones so I would put them in the change return in the snack machine at work just before lunch time, watching co-workers reactions when taking their change. Most took it well with a, what the .... and then you had the Karen's. Oh well .... 😂 .
@hunnybee9712 жыл бұрын
I have such fond memories of the Circus Peanut. Next to chocolate, it was my favorite candy as a kid in the Fifties. I didn't eat it so much as a young adult, but now as an Senior Citizen, it is even better. For a Winter afternoon snack, a cup of hot coffee filled with cream, and a couple of the Circus Peanuts, I couldn't ask for a better treat. Thank you for sharing this oddball bit of candy mystery/history.
@boomer31502 жыл бұрын
Agreed.
@rihardsrozans69202 жыл бұрын
Ok @@boomer3150
@rihardsrozans69202 жыл бұрын
@@Noneofyourbyisness what
@benbrownlee61122 жыл бұрын
No it was a horrible movie
@marshawargo72382 жыл бұрын
I have a love/hate relationship with them! I love the taste but hate the texture! (I'm 65) Also they were my mom's favorite as well as black licorice(that I also love)
@Hupernike452 жыл бұрын
I'm 63 years old, and those are 3 of my favorite candies from childhood, and I love them still. They're just a few of those little things in life that bring us as close as we'll ever get to time travel.
@cherylchamlies16952 жыл бұрын
Orange slices a close second to circus peanuts for me...Though Chocolate won me once was available.
@sunnyztmoney2 жыл бұрын
Boomers eat the nastiest shit. Do you also like ham and spinach in gelatin?
@revelationakagoldeneagle80452 жыл бұрын
Mine as well! '55 model here 😂 Memories of my youth ✌️😎 🪶 👆
@nalleinsowilo62682 жыл бұрын
Mine also
@revelationakagoldeneagle80452 жыл бұрын
@@JohnZombi88 😁 ✌️
@privacyvalued4134 Жыл бұрын
The banana flavor in circus peanuts is mimicking an extinct banana known as the Gros Michel. What you buy at the grocery store is the Cavendish banana, which has a completely different flavor profile. That's why people don't think that banana-flavored things don't taste like banana. What they are tasting is a fascinating aspect of history! I don't think anyone has attempted to or successfully replicated the Cavendish banana flavor.
@rionthemagnificent2971 Жыл бұрын
Its not nessicarally extinct, they just don't grow it on a scale like they used to. Its Industrially extinct. The cavendish is next as there's fears that the monoculture of Cavendish is going to do itself in similar to the Gros Michel.
@j.d.e.7416 Жыл бұрын
That's what a friend of mine told me...that they taste like bananas did before the Cavendish banana became the standard eating banana.
@asc107011 ай бұрын
That’s pretty cool!! Thanks for sharing. 👍
@timcarter11645 ай бұрын
Also referred to as a Big Mike. I believe that strain is available, but it is a very limited amount produced.
@ntamny3 ай бұрын
Maybe that explains the odd taste of the ChicFilA Banana Pudding Milkshakes. They were brought back just last week after being off the menu for 13 years. They used to have real banana in them and the new ones taste like imitation banana flavor. If the Gros Michel (Big Mike) is the flavor they’re using it really tastes off to me. I’ll have to buy some Circus peanuts and compare the taste to the milkshakes.
@johnchandler168710 ай бұрын
I was born March 9, 1952. My sister, December 2, 1954. When they brought her home from the hospital I was exited and wanted to share my Halloween candy with her. Parents were in kitchen and heard her choking. I'd shared my favorite, candy corn, with her. Parents weren't thrilled even though they always taught me to share. For her 30th birthday I found a throw pillow shaped and colored like a piece of candy corn. I wrote in the card, " I tried to be an only child, but it didn't work out." She laughed and had to explain it to her husband and kids.😊😅😅
@katharina...10 ай бұрын
That's some good black humour 😁
@joyoung24832 жыл бұрын
Circus Peanuts bring back memories of my Grandmother's pantry. Whenever we visited there was always a bag of circus peanuts on the shelf. Candy corn was always in candy dishes in everyone's house during the autumn, along with candies shaped like cats, bats and small pumpkins (and those were VERY special! LOL!).
@LynxSouth2 жыл бұрын
I don't remember the cats and bats, but I've missed the little pumpkins for a long time.
@dev-debug2 жыл бұрын
@@LynxSouth The small pumpkins should be at Wal Mart in a round plastic container along with candy corn, they call it Autumn Mix now. They sell out pretty fast but usually keep restocking it. At least they do in NE, we get them there every year.
@LynxSouth2 жыл бұрын
@@dev-debug Thank you! 🎃
@davidstill43212 жыл бұрын
My granny Bessie Jane Mannon who was born as she said"19 and three used to buy the peanuts.I remember not eating much of it.It was way too sweet.She was originally from Wagoner Oklahoma.I remember she came to visit when I was 3 or 4.I heard she was making a store run and I got all excited bc I knew she would bring me some candy.Ok I was born in 59 and maybe some of u people my age might remember the wax like candy we called lips and teeth?A kid could put these in his or hers mouth and have fun bc u had these giant red lips or big white teeth hanging out your mouth.Well she was gone for about an HR and what does she bring me back? A box of good old Lipton Tea.I was mad as hell and I think I threw it on the floor!And she just laughed.It is quite funny now but it wasn't then.Thanks
@davidstill43212 жыл бұрын
P.S.Does any body remember the candy known as"Mexican Hats"?I can't find it anywhere.I wish they would start making it again it was quite delicious!
@chadjenkins48462 жыл бұрын
This guy could make a 30 minute video of the history of LITERALLY anything and I'm gonna watch the whole thing everytime. 👏 bravo sir
@applewoodcourt2 жыл бұрын
Same! I unplugged my laptop to take it into another room to do some quick chores so that I could listen to the video uninterrupted.
@captaintimcurry17132 жыл бұрын
a good historian can take anything and make it the most interesting and attention grabbing story you've ever heard! thank you again, history guy!
@MonkeyJedi992 жыл бұрын
The lack of evidence for the origin of circus peanut can only mean one thing. Aliens did it.
@RangerMelB2 жыл бұрын
True THAT..... I owe my love of History to a really great freshman HS history teacher.
@dorarolfzen41322 жыл бұрын
@@MonkeyJedi99 do the monkey's have anything to do with that❓❓❓ 🙈🙉🙊
@lelandframe10292 жыл бұрын
@@MonkeyJedi99 👽
@williamchamberlain22632 жыл бұрын
History is fractal - the deeper you look the more questions there are
@markransom08 Жыл бұрын
Black licorice and "circus peanuts" are the stuff of life ❤
@marycarson292311 ай бұрын
I love both
@judithsixkiller558610 ай бұрын
Circus peanuts have GOT to be fresh,and a good brand. The stale ones are gross,that's probably why so many people don't like them. Licorice quality really depends on it being at least a decent brand. Good and plenty are better than most Licorice sticks and whips,but the All Sorts mix are especially good.
@BlackheartCharlie2 жыл бұрын
The mention of Necco wafers (from the New England Candy Company) will always stir up a lively discussion in my home state of Connecticut. I, for one, like them and find them nostalgic. Also, growing up in the 1960's, I saw the shift from full-sized candy bars given out as treats to the diminutive "fun sized" bars. I remember thinking to myself "Who's idea of 'fun' is this?!!!" Now, half a century later, I can still remember the houses in my neighborhood who gave out the treasured, full-sized Hershey bars for Trick-or-treat. Best regards from Key West, Capt. Blackheart Charlie
@InflatablePlane2 жыл бұрын
I loved Necco wafers too and looked forward to that neighbor that dished out a full sized roll of them for Halloween
@katleman2 жыл бұрын
Especially the licorice flavored Necco wafer.
@416632 ай бұрын
Those are the nastiest candies I've ever had. And it was just one and I didn't eat it all. No offense
@fennecfoxfanaticАй бұрын
I miss fun sized candy. Now everything seems to me bite sized
@greatboniwanker2 жыл бұрын
I love circus peanuts, but never realized the banana flavor was there until you pointed it out.
@jasonflay88182 жыл бұрын
I just learned that a few months ago from my wife, it never seemed banana to me. I usually hate synthetic banana flavoring, but I love circus peanuts
@guppy05362 жыл бұрын
Might be why like it so much love banana its not very strong think they are trying to make it vanilla flavor now
@jhonwask2 жыл бұрын
That is the reason i don't like them; the imitation banana flavour.
@markdodd11522 жыл бұрын
I like them . But I never knew there was a banana flavor. Or noticed
@spooky31202 жыл бұрын
THEY'RE THE WORST.
@hkneale2 жыл бұрын
A sister to circus peanuts persists in Australia. Same texture, same flavour, but in the shape of bananas to match their taste. Candy bananas are quite popular here.
@mattboggs63042 жыл бұрын
I love them. Grew up in the US eating circus peanuts occasionally, never realized they were banana flavored. Moved to Australia later and really liked the bananas, especially the ones from IGA. I forget the current brand name, but they used to be Black and Gold brand. I still try and find a bag of circus peanuts whenever I go back to the USA.
@kaybee15672 жыл бұрын
We have the bananas in Canada too!
@317susan2 жыл бұрын
@@mattboggs6304 I was shocked years ago when someone mentioned they were banana flavored. I don't care for them, and could never get a grip on the flavor. If someone does love them, I say have at it. 🙂
@mundanestuff2 жыл бұрын
In 50 years of eating that candy, it never dawned on me that it was supposed to be banana flavored until a few years ago when someone made that claim. I argued, intending to die on that hill, when I heard someone made them banana shaped in other countries, and ordered a plastic pail of them off Amazon! Sure enough, banana. I recanted my argument on the Internet (it may have been the first time that's ever happened). But I will claim they taste different, and it could be entirely mental, but the banana shaped ones smelled and tasted more like banana. And as the last part of the video here today shows, even The History Guy doubts the banana flavor, LOL.
@mariegardiner70342 жыл бұрын
We have those in Canada too!
@puppypoet Жыл бұрын
I am a very picky eater but I absolutely love candy corn and their pumpkin cohorts. I can and will eat an entire bag happily.
@virginiaconnor835010 ай бұрын
I know. Liked the Fall mixture that had the banana and chocolate pieces. The new mixtures don't seem to include them anymore.
@ProjectKhopesh10 ай бұрын
The pumpkins are great. The local grocery stores used to have generic "mallocreme" oddball shapes for each holiday, a bit like the pumpkins. They have disappeared over the years, sadly.
@DemnRaig808 ай бұрын
Gross
@lucialamprey26902 ай бұрын
I love all the candy-corn type of candy: the pumpkins and the walnuts that taste like maple and the heads of corn that taste like lemon.
@SirenaSpades Жыл бұрын
I just had some circus peanuts last week. I had no idea they were banana flavored. It is interesting what happens when you colorize things a different color, than the flavor!
@matildagreene1744 Жыл бұрын
🤣 I eat them sometimes. Not been 'banana' flavored for decades...unless it's some rare banana we aren't familiar with ☺
@briantaulbee6452 Жыл бұрын
Strawberry gummy bears are green
@betsybattles2696 Жыл бұрын
I like them because I can't eat bananas so they are my substitute. And yes, they still do taste like bananas.
@j.d.e.7416 Жыл бұрын
@@matildagreene1744 , According to a friend of mine who went to culinary school, they're supposed to taste like what bananas used to take like before the Cavendish banana became the standard eating banana.
@mickikindley7821 Жыл бұрын
My mom loved circus peanuts stale
@jc-pj3nh2 жыл бұрын
My grandfather loaned the two guys who started Peter Paul candy company when the bank would not loan them the money because the bank thought a candy company was a bad risk. Shows you how shortsighted bank loan officers can be. We the family got free boxes of candy every Christmas for years after as gratitude for my grandfather's belief in someone's dream.
@lauriesmith3443 Жыл бұрын
That's awesome
@wmden1 Жыл бұрын
Great story.
@shhwinner6663 Жыл бұрын
beautiful story
@busterhikney6936 Жыл бұрын
My great great grandfather started the organization that we now know as the American Dental Association. He also thought that a candy company was a bad risk. For children.
@ColinTimmins Жыл бұрын
What a cool story. =]
@mewimi2 жыл бұрын
Weird... up until now I didn't really identify circus peanuts as having a banana flavor hahahaha.
@chuckvt51962 жыл бұрын
I was thinking the same thing!
@randybabin24982 жыл бұрын
Yes makes sense because I hate anything "banana flavor" which doesn't taste anything like banana to me. Circus peanuts are one of my most hated candies
@samiam6192 жыл бұрын
My Wife and I like them but neither of us noticed the banana flavoring. Can still get them at Dollar stores and Farm and Fleet type stores…
@pothospathic2 жыл бұрын
I always thought they tasted like less-delicious Juicy Fruit gum but I never pinned down artificial banana as the common flavor til today. They're two of my favorite sweets, so I guess I super like fake banana and never thought about it hard enough to realize.
@johngoldsberry39762 жыл бұрын
I once gave a circus peanut to a barista she thought I was trying to poison her
@PetesProjects011 ай бұрын
My grandmother often had a bag of circus peanuts hidden in the bread drawer at their home. I liked them and have very fond memories. Candy corn are one of my favorite candies.
@TalkingGIJoe10 ай бұрын
My gram used to stash those coconut covered marshmallows in her cubby... grammas are funny like that!
@samhodge74602 жыл бұрын
You should cover the chalky Valentine's Day Hearts in next year's edition. I absolutely love them. People used to give theirs to me because I was the only person who wanted them. I also love Necco Wafers, which are basically the same.
@SamChaneyProductions2 жыл бұрын
Wow I thought nobody liked those Necco wafers
@anniesama57292 жыл бұрын
Those are good! Especially the pink ones.
@cherriberri71612 жыл бұрын
Both conversation hearts & Necco wafer were made here in New England by the Necco Company that sadly got bought out by Spanglers and the Necco Factory closed down 🙁 they also made Squirrel Nuts & MaryJane bars which can’t be found now a days. But I do think Spanglers continues to produce Candy Buttons (dots of colored sugar candy on paper strips) Necco used to make them also.
@cherriberri71612 жыл бұрын
@@SamChaneyProductions the chocolate Necco wafers are my favorite but I like them all, specially the licorice ones
@anniesama57292 жыл бұрын
@@cherriberri7161 oh I remember those candy dots! I used to eat those when I was a kid ('90s), and the bit of paper that inevitably came with them lol.
@Automedon22 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, back in the 70s, we lived behind a Kmart. I loved dumpster diving in their dumpsters. One day I discovered cases and cases of candy corn in the dumpster and brought them home. I secretly gorged on candy corn for weeks. That was the last time I've eaten it. Cured me for good.
@BenDaresAll2 жыл бұрын
Aw :(
@biggestastiest2 жыл бұрын
candy corn conversion therapy 😭😭😭
@enough27152 жыл бұрын
@Senkaw'naowis'nebpher the antifurry you're Jewish
@shirleytyler-szkolny69812 жыл бұрын
OD'd on candy corn, LOL!
@Fred-rv2tu2 жыл бұрын
Side note. I spent a year on a ship operated by a developing nation. There was no sugar whatsoever on that ship. I had never had a sweet tooth and especially was never impressed with cake. But after that year the first sweet thing I had was a piece of cake and it was mind blowing. It completely changed my perspective on why sweets like cake or your examples were such a big deal in a time before sugar and high fructose corn syrup had worked it’s way into everything we eat.
@Emppu_T.2 жыл бұрын
I'd agrue sugar tastes better than corn syrup. I think the syrup makes things a bit too sweet and overpowers the other flavors of which it is put into. Know what i mean?
@cpfs936 Жыл бұрын
It's wild that some of the candy corn shapes we think of as seasonal now (i.e. pumpkins), might be closer to some of the original shapes. I never knew that. Thanks for another good one!
@nokomarie19632 жыл бұрын
Throughout the sixties and seventies, my family traveled from wherever we were to meet at our grandmother's house before spending a month at the beach. Every year she set out the same spread to greet us kids. Canada Dry ginger ale served warm in the can with paper straws, Wise potato chips, and circus peanuts. Not refreshing, exactly, but unforgettable.
@BOOMER-rs5qn2 жыл бұрын
I very seldom eat candy, but when October rolls around, I usually buy a few bags of candy corn. The mix with the pumpkins is the best.
@zeedub85602 жыл бұрын
Same here, in fact I'm out of it at the moment and need to stop by a drugstore on the way home. The disappointment of opening your candy bowl and realizing you'd already eaten it all and your plan to "make it last" had failed. Again.
@KwazyKupkakes17 күн бұрын
I didn’t realize candy corn is honey flavored until I was an adult
@susanaltman51342 жыл бұрын
I haven't heard the term "chicken feed" applied to candy corn in many decades. Thanks for reminding me of my childhood!
@KKIcons2 жыл бұрын
Wow I just remember older people in my life calling them by that name, and all they got from me was a blank stare lol.
@MaverickGrabber712 жыл бұрын
I've never heard it before watching this. Pretty funny to me.
@SamEllington-p2b Жыл бұрын
your channel makes me so happy :) it's like having my grandfather tell me about the good old days, a lovely cup of chicken noodle soup but in video form
@mattd11882 жыл бұрын
When my wife (from Kansas) was pregnant, 14 years ago we were visiting some family in Texas and she had a craving for circus peanuts - enjoying them myself I went in search. My odyssey took me to at least 10 stores and asking numerous people and nobody seemed to even know what I was talking about. It was as if I had traveled to a parallel timeline where the banana oil mistake batch was dumped rather then batched and sold; and I didn't like it one bit. Driving back home, as soon as we made it closer to the Oklahoma border I found 3 bags and we leisurely snacked to the collective dismay of our pancreases. I actually never was able to figure out what the flavor was until watching this video and you're absolutely right, they are indeed banana flavored!
@loading...85122 жыл бұрын
You can buy them at dollar general her in Oklahoma...
@mattd11882 жыл бұрын
@@loading...8512 You should probably read the whole comment. lol
@U_N_Owen2 жыл бұрын
The secret of candy corn is that you have to buy the Brach's Autumn Mix that only comes out in September. It's soft and fresh with real honey and cocoa mixed in and make sure you just buy a little bag if you don't have anybody to share it with because you will inhale it all overnight. Most people buy the stale generic stuff from the drug store that's fifty cents for a pound. That stuff is pure corn syrup and tastes like "ow, my teeth hurt.''
@ksmith962 жыл бұрын
Is that the one with pumpkin shaped pieces?
@owen83292 жыл бұрын
@@ksmith96 yes w the brown corn pieces too, shit smacks
@Angelina65182 жыл бұрын
Good to know.
@piscinaiv79372 жыл бұрын
Sounds as difficult as trying to get the correct 'Conversation Hearts' during Valentine season.
@kinser919 Жыл бұрын
The mellocreme pumpkins are my favorite candy ever.
@pikupstiks Жыл бұрын
I have loved black licorice since I was a child. I especially loved licorice pipes and cigars; they were my favourites. I can't find them anymore…or maybe I just haven't looked for them hard enough. Thank you for the memories!
@gabrielmariekingsley11722 жыл бұрын
I grew up eating Black Licorice because my grandfather loved it. I grew up eating Circus Peanuts and candy corn because my father loved it. I as a child LOVED Good and Plenty and still do!
@tastx31422 жыл бұрын
I am 65 and like all the candies that you listed. Growing up we were never treated to candy and in a moment of weakness as I was staring at a bag of the circus peanuts the cashier saw me staring at them so intently that she asked if I wanted them. I nodded yes and somehow ended up with them, I am not sure who paid as I was 7 or 8. We knew better than to ask for anything and remained the only item that my mom ever bought specifically for me. Oddly, my husband and I saw them and bought a bag recently but regularly buy good and plenty as well as real licorice candy. We also buy candy corn at least once a year. We must be 83 according to the expert😁
@SergioLeonardoCornejo2 жыл бұрын
32. Love black licorice since I tasted it for the first time at 20. I'm not European or Anglo. I'm Mexican. They're hard to find here. I need more!
@mehchocolate1257 Жыл бұрын
@@SergioLeonardoCornejo I hate black licorice it tastes like dirty socks 😜😜😜😜
@madleykool8968 Жыл бұрын
Lol. So you can say candies. I came here to finally understand when you use candy and when candies. This is insane. I read stuff like this in comments - They are my favorite CANDY. but at the same time - These candies ..... Lol
@Una_Ridlow Жыл бұрын
@@madleykool8968 candies is plural, candy is singular. "these candies" refers to a group of candy
@madleykool8968 Жыл бұрын
@@Una_Ridlow "to a group of candy" you say.... Insane. A group of something always means a lot of things. A group of people, a group of players, a group of galaxies.... But in your own sentence you write "to a group of candy".... Why didn't you write "to a group of candies"? Why?
@jimmymcclosky37862 жыл бұрын
During my childhood, we ate all 3 of these candies. Thank You for the very fond memories.
@waawhaaa4 ай бұрын
I would like an episode all about the history of the history guy. He deserves to be remembered.
@kaw84732 жыл бұрын
I actually saw a box of Boston Baked Beans yesterday and I was shocked they still existed. These candies are true survivors.
@SputnikDeb Жыл бұрын
I love Boston Baked Beans, too!
@Edward.Rippett. Жыл бұрын
I haven't had those since I was a kid, would like to get some!
@jeffhowland8677 күн бұрын
BBB is church dawg
@mikeklaene43592 жыл бұрын
As a kid in the '50s, whenever I would go to see a movie I would stop at the candy counter and buy a box of Good and Plenty. I still love licorice.
@duaneafields2 жыл бұрын
with your name, i would think Mike and Ikes would win
@marianne30242 жыл бұрын
I always chose Sno-Caps. Or Junior Mints!
@RichardCharbonnier2 ай бұрын
Raisinets and Goobers.
@hoosierpete2 жыл бұрын
Circus Peanuts were one of my grandmothers favorite treats so I developed a taste for them myself, because when you stay over at grandmas on the weekend as a kid and all she has is divinity and circus peanuts you're going to eat them.
@HeirOfNothingInParticular20 күн бұрын
Yeah but divinity is awesome!
@131dyana Жыл бұрын
I did enjoy that bit of history thank you.
@royskuderin2386 Жыл бұрын
Growing up in a large family (7brothers, one sister) in the 60's in Cleveland, Ohio, we ate a lot of these candies because that's what my parents could afford to give use that could be shared so none of us felt left out. Didn't realize how poor we were until I finally got my first job as a teenager. Don't regret it though, taught us thrift and gratefulness.
@rustyshacklefordrefined57562 ай бұрын
Go to B.A Sweeties.
@416632 ай бұрын
I had 8 brothers and sisters so I know exactly what your talking about. I appreciate everything
@ThaisDaRosa-r8o2 ай бұрын
I’m pushing 80 so, I do like black licorice. When I was a child and I could skim off a few cents from my Mother’s groceries change… I went to the variety store and bought black licorice whips… a lot longer that today’s black licorice… it was value for my skimmed off money… 1 cent for 1 whip , about 1 foot long. Since they were not wrapped they got kind of hard and lasted longer. I could get back home while consuming just one whip😂.
@getin39492 ай бұрын
We never had store bought candy when I was growing up, only Mom's homemade desserts. I did get a nickel a week for my cleaning allowance and I would hit the local corner store for 5 penny items and black licorice was one of them. Candy corn and Circus Peanuts came later when I was older because they were in a bag and cost $.99c. They were found in the grocery store.
@magiccheesecube2 жыл бұрын
Should do another video on rootbeer barrels, wax lips, and necco wafers.
@chickennugget62332 жыл бұрын
I thought wax lips were just for fun. Were they not? Did people really eat them??
@melodica_man02162 жыл бұрын
@@chickennugget6233 they do have flavor, and are harmless to ingest. they’re basically just gum but worse
@donnamealy48772 жыл бұрын
OMG! Are you living in my brain!!!
@JosephLedbetter2 жыл бұрын
Wax bottles*
@donnamealy48772 жыл бұрын
@@JosephLedbetter oh yeah!! And cinnamon toothpicks and candy necklaces!
@keithweiss78992 жыл бұрын
Love the wax harmonica from Wowee! But I’ve been told someone hated them so much that he destroyed the molds years ago! He hated their sound! Perhaps the only candy that has been hated because of it’s sound.
@goodun29742 жыл бұрын
What about bubblegum being chewed and popped?
@williamchamberlain22632 жыл бұрын
@@goodun2974 _everyone_ loves that sound
@MyPhobo2 жыл бұрын
@@williamchamberlain2263 The popping isn't bad, but the sound of people chewing loudly is nauseating to me. Even if it's just gum.
@UrMomsChauffer2 жыл бұрын
You just reminded me of a candy called whistle Pops
@williamchamberlain22632 жыл бұрын
@@UrMomsChauffer I'd forgotten those things. Bright red?
@raymondmuench3266 Жыл бұрын
Love all of these, particularly Good & Plenty. Thanks for this video. “Satan’s ear wax!”😂
@gmaureen2 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid candy was a real treat. Consequently, Halloween was not just fun it was also a job. The purpose was to gather as much candy (in a pillow case) as you could. We ran from house to house and hoped we could get enough to make that candy last for months. In our house, the last candy to be plucked from those pillowcases was always the 3 mentioned here.
@speakerroach40152 жыл бұрын
The good days. Now mostly trunk or treat or kids prefer the Halloween skins on games . Might as well buy your child big bags of variety candy now.
@lynnmartz87392 жыл бұрын
Those and Zagnut bars. Yech.
@nehemiahmarcus3082 жыл бұрын
I love zagnut bars! Maybe I am just a weirdo. I also love licorice and "stale" circus peanuts. But candy corn is one of the three I can't stand. Yuck!
@marcblur90552 жыл бұрын
I'll take all three mentioned here before Smarties
@lauraann78162 жыл бұрын
@@marcblur9055 Smarties- yikes 😬
@Rathmun2 жыл бұрын
Arguing about candy satisfies the desire to argue, without engendering any hard feelings. You argue politics and it gets really nasty really quickly, and not only that but whoever loses gets force-fed the option they don't like for years afterwards. Arguing about candy still ends with everyone eating their favorites, no matter how much they make fun of each other.
@raydunakin2 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid I loved all three: Licorice, circus peanuts, and candy corn. Later I began to feel that circus peanuts and candy corn were too sugary and although I might enjoy one or two on rare occasions, that is my limit. I still love licorice though, especially Good & Plenty.
@garyg76472 жыл бұрын
My wife and I love the autumn mix candy corn. When we eat it during the fall and winter, our blood glucose levels drop.
@mage14392 жыл бұрын
You kept a taste for the only one that is undeniably awful. Don't take me too seriously. I just really hate licorice.
@raydunakin2 жыл бұрын
@@mage1439 No worries! It's like cilantro -- both have a strong, unusual flavor that people either love it or hate it.
@claudeyaz2 жыл бұрын
@@mage1439 likely because we are all used to ungodly amounts of sugar. We would all like it more if we weren't So USED to hard candy that is LITERALLY full sugar
@Psychol-Snooper2 жыл бұрын
And then you had chocolate confections... The industries market the most addictive products. Old fashioned sweets cannot compete. One candy corn and you are done for hours... or days!
@yuvgotubekidding2 ай бұрын
3:36 you can see how black licorice is actually green. I once found this out a day after I ate half a bag of it.
@notquitecopacetic2 жыл бұрын
I did not realize circus peanuts were considered bad. I love all three of these candies. Great video!
@mundanestuff2 жыл бұрын
people like to hate on them, but those people secretly love candy corn, so you can't trust their opinions :)
@BlackSeranna2 жыл бұрын
I liked circus peanuts, but even as a kid a little went a long way. It had so much sugar it would make me dizzy! Black licorice was my mom’s favorite, but I didn’t like it so much unless she bought anise-flavored gum, I think it’s called Black Jack gum and you can still find it in farm supply stores with other old fashioned candies like the circus peanuts, candy corn, and the burnt peanuts (Rural King stores).
@Die_Oile Жыл бұрын
I am from Germany and had my first Candy corn when I visited Canada nearly 30 years ago. I love it, and whenever a friend goes to north america, I ask them to bring me some. I think it’s delicious - but I also love black liquorice, especially the salty variety.
@MSJARELA11 ай бұрын
I absolutely love black licorice. Salmiakki being my favorite. I'm the oddball in my family. Nobody else likes it, but I have since I was a child!
@virginiaconnor835010 ай бұрын
Salty? Ick.
@4955820110 ай бұрын
A Root Beer is Not a Beer !
@LittleBlueOwl318 Жыл бұрын
When I was really little, maybe 2 or 3, I saw a picture in a coloring book of a circus elephant holding a peanut in his trunk about to eat it. My grandmother had given me these treats, too, so naturally I concluded that they must be elephant food as well as candy. LOL 🤷🏽♀
@ajmacphoto2 ай бұрын
I like that the ad for the summer candies goes out of its way to not recommend the circus peanuts. (Butterscotch waffles sell themselves)
@PhillipH-san2 жыл бұрын
I've never known that circus peanuts were banana flavored, but looking back at it it's so obvious. How did I never realize that?
@austinbevis42662 жыл бұрын
I have never eaten one. They just look dusty and unpleasant
@chrismemphis80622 жыл бұрын
@@austinbevis4266 they always seemed stale, even right out of the bag
@ethanlamoureux53062 жыл бұрын
@@chrismemphis8062 I actually bought a bag of circus peanuts a while ago that were genuinely stale. They were past the “best by” date and were so hard I thought I would break a tooth! I took them back to the store and exchanged them for a fresh bag of the same thing. The lady at the store looked at me like I was crazy for buying them in the first place!
@treefittyforall2 жыл бұрын
@@chrismemphis8062 I like the candy and so does my sister. We can enjoy them when they're older and firmer, but if they're super hard they are really old and we won't buy them. We only buy them if they're fresher. They don't usually sell well, so if they're somewhat soft we'll go for it. If we're really lucky and they are actually soft like marshmallow not exactly like regular marshmallows, they melt in your mouth and are the best that way.
@J.C.732 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize it & I've always loved them as long as they were not stale
@jnerdsblog2 жыл бұрын
Man, candy corn became awesome once I stopped getting swamped by it during Halloween: circus peanuts are awesome; and licorice...well, it was an acquired taste, but I did acquire it eventually. May they never die!
@davidr16762 жыл бұрын
Candy corn, oh my, we used to go to a mall every so often and the Sears had bulk candy and my parents might buy us our candy of choice and mine was candy corn and the pumpkins. By the time we'd be halfway home I'd have eaten half a pound or more and was so sick. Every time I'd eat too much of it because it was such a rarity for me.
@spencers41212 жыл бұрын
I never hated licorice, and I have no issue eating it. But it's one of those things, so much better stuff if I'm going t have sugar.
@richardtibbitts38412 жыл бұрын
Everybody likes candy corn, but you are one of the few, the proud, the independent-I say, CIRCUS PEANUTS FOREVER!!!
@melz47662 жыл бұрын
@@richardtibbitts3841 YES circus peanuts are delicious!!! I also had no idea the marshmallows in lucky charms were also circus peanuts!!! and I never realized they were banana flavored too! 😂
@shalomsister2 жыл бұрын
I love allsorts licorice but I hate black licorice. Candy corn is okay in small amounts. How about those root beer barrels hard candies? I always remember them only at Halloween. 🤮 to me!😄
@philpaine30682 жыл бұрын
I must have been a weird little kid. I loved black licorice, circus peanuts, super-sour jawbreakers, sponge toffee, horehound candy, and that weirdest of Canadian candies "Thrills", which still sports its proud slogan on the box: "IT STILL TASTES LIKE SOAP!"
@reneeturcottecicigoi94352 жыл бұрын
Thrills are a Christmas tradition in my family. We use them as stocking stuffers. And they do still taste like soap. Lol
@Arcanist_Gaming2 жыл бұрын
I feel like a bad Canadian for never hearing of this soap-flavored confectionery. Then again, it's probably more my parents' faults for sucking lol
@philpaine30682 жыл бұрын
@@Arcanist_Gaming You'll run across it in stores, occasionally --- especially old corner stores --- if you look for it. But there are never ads for it anywhere. It's like it's in some twilight zone that you blunder into by chance. The O-Pee-Chee Company in London, Ontario --- a company much more famous for hockey and baseball cards ---- has made Thrills since the 1930s. During World War 2, they switched to producing food supplies for the war effort, but they continued making Thrills as their only confection product. Apparently it was necessary to keep up national morale. The company suffered the only military attack on Canadian soil when a Nazi submarine entered the St. Lawrence River and sank one of their cargoes. I guess Hitler was well aware how much the Allies depended on O-Pee-Chee to win the war. The original factory building still stands in London, as does the newer factory they moved to in 1989. A part of our heritage that the "Heritage Minute" series on TV never gave us.
@Arcanist_Gaming2 жыл бұрын
@@philpaine3068 Neat! Thanks for the impromptu history lesson; that's a bunch of interesting info you've got there.
@philpaine30682 жыл бұрын
@@Arcanist_Gaming I'm a historian, so it's a habit. Easy stuff to look up, and I found the factories on Google Earth. I already knew about the sub from reading about the old film "The 49th Parallel". I had O-PEE-CHEE hockey cards when I was a kid.
@abrahamdraper1911 Жыл бұрын
England here. Never seen candy corn before 🤩 However, I can confirm that we had those marshmallow peanuts in the 1970s. I recall thinking they were weird at the time (and not really noticing they were supposed to taste like bananas).
@ferretyluv2 жыл бұрын
I’ve always loved candy corn. I didn’t realize people hated it until I was an adult. Seriously, I always looked forward to it. It was one of if not my favorite Halloween candy. Circus peanuts are definitely not my favorite. They taste like if peeps were made out of foam, and I hate peeps.
@carlabythelake81622 жыл бұрын
@ferretyluv I was waiting for him to mention mixing candy corn with dry roasted peanuts. That's what my mom always did. It sorta tastes like a Payday candy bar.
@ferretyluv2 жыл бұрын
@@carlabythelake8162 We must just be weirdos. Most people don’t like Payday.
@alphagt622 жыл бұрын
I love candy corn, and I can say that different brands have different tastes. Brocks is Ok, but a company called NICE i discovered at Walgreens is much better! Creamier taste. People today have become so darn picky, it’s candy for heaven’s sake, it’s just sugar, what’s not to like?
@carlabythelake81622 жыл бұрын
@@ferretyluv Not only do I like candy corn and paydays, but, gasp! I like quality black licorice too. And I'm not 80 lol
@Avoidiac2 жыл бұрын
Also taste exactly like candy corn: pumpkins. and these valentine candies that come in arrows, angels, and hearts, red, white, and pink.
@mr.matthews672 жыл бұрын
Those fluffy orange circus peanuts are definitely something a lot of people dislike. My great grandma always had a bag of them in her drawer. I remember grabbing one or two every now and then, brings back memories.
@chuckleberryfinn19922 жыл бұрын
My grandmother kept a bag in a metal breadbox next to where she sat. Honestly can't say whether she ate them or not, but, i do know she never had to chase her rambunctious grandson down for hugs and kisses.
@suzk18042 жыл бұрын
Circus peanuts I remember tasted so nasty and stale,
@bennyboogenheimer45532 жыл бұрын
A radio station here in Philly, asked everyone to bring down all their unused/unwanted Halloween candies back in the 1960's. They filled 46 trashcans with different bands of crap candies. I won the one filled to the rim with Good & Plenty. I still think that's why I made it into my folk's will. lol!
@filanfyretracker2 жыл бұрын
sounds like something current era WMMR would do on the morning show.
@thetruthisonlyperspective48722 жыл бұрын
Can never find good and plenty anymore in stores.
@alpyki25882 жыл бұрын
Did they happen to have any Mary Janes? Those were always my least favorite. I ate them out of obligation and love for my aunt rather than the taste.
@patriotrising62142 ай бұрын
Every time we went to the zoo, Grandpa bought black licorice and circus peanuts. He said he had been eating both since he was a child .He was born in 1894 . I'm still enjoying both the candies and the memories of the zoo and PA 🙂
@TheyForgotMySalad2 жыл бұрын
My mother introduced me to circus peanuts as a little girl. She told me that when she was a little girl, there was an old man that lived on her block who would pass out candy to the neighborhood kids on Saturday mornings, and he had circus peanuts and Smarties, the rolls of small circular pastel colored candies that tasted faintly like SweeTarts but not as strong and with a more chalky texture. She would also choose the circus peanuts because she liked the way they melt in your mouth. I still buy them on occasion and I always let the first peanut I eat melt in my mouth completely before I take a second one.
@chainsawtotheheart2 жыл бұрын
Are the chalky candies Neco Wafers?
@miapdx5032 жыл бұрын
Smarties! I cannot stop once I start eating them. I know it's just sugar but I love them melting in my mouth...I can eat a truckload of them.😏🍬🍭
@super_nova_1 Жыл бұрын
@@chainsawtotheheart no they’re called smarties. But the US version. Smarties are kind of like m&ms in Europe
@dianakile8602 Жыл бұрын
Many of the candies that are hard to find, are sold at Cracker Barrel in their gift shop like area. I made a nostalgia basket for my brother's 50th birthday and bought many of the old favorites there.
@4955820110 ай бұрын
thanks
@robochelle2 жыл бұрын
I always thought that the reason many people hated black licorice was the tingling sensation you get, and after a few candies your tongue would go numb. I lived for 39 years unaware I'm probably allergic and it's the allergic reaction that attracts me to the flavor.
@stigmaoftherose2 жыл бұрын
Wow thats insane, I'm really allergic to many foods and they would make me very nauseous or make my mouth being to turn my saliva very very sticky to the point I couldn't swallow as anything and everything just got stuck I'm my throat and mouth until I took a drink of liquid to force it down. Luckily I've never been anaphylatic to anything besides peanuts. The reason I tell my life story is I've never heard of someone's mouth going numb from an allergic reaction to foodstuffs that's cool to hear about as another possible food allergy symptom.
@SebastianTheCrab2 жыл бұрын
I get a very slight tingly feeling from some licorice. I never thought about that meaning perhaps I'm allergic. Which is odd, as I know that's a possible allergic reaction
@Grimmistired2 жыл бұрын
@@stigmaoftherose hey just fyi, ingesting or being exposed to something you allergic to multiple times can lead to anaphylaxis
@sabrinacopas163611 ай бұрын
My grandmother was born in 1919 and circus peanuts were her favorite candy. Interesting side note that connects to this, my grandma was the Spider Girl for a very short time in the Hagenbeck and Wallace Circus, so more than likely, traveling circuses did indeed have them.
@uhitskyle Жыл бұрын
The quality of this video is amazing for being just a regular KZbin video. It takes me back to when me and Mom used to watch Unwrapped or Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives! Hope you can keep making videos like this. I'd love to be able to flick it on, sit back and reminisce!
@bland98762 жыл бұрын
Imagine if this was the only three candies that your household gave out for Halloween.
@victorconway4442 жыл бұрын
I would just eat the candy corn.
@DedodTwo2 жыл бұрын
Your house would forsure be tp’d by the following morning.
@YourWifesBoyfriend2 жыл бұрын
OH NO! IMAGINE GIVING OUT FREE CANDY THAT SOME PEOPLE ON THE INTERNET PRETEND TO HATE! THE HORROR!!!
@Xetan1232 жыл бұрын
@@victorconway444 I actually like candy corn.
@dannygreen54772 жыл бұрын
Then your house better get Tp'd
@knightfenrirwulfhart28662 жыл бұрын
I've always been considered to have "old man tastes" thanks to the fact that I love all these candies! Also those strawberry hard candies, butterscotch candies, caramel cubes, root beer barrel candies, and a bunch of other "Old man" candies.
@hamburger7243 Жыл бұрын
Root beer’a my favorite soda, dude.
@grimone1213 Жыл бұрын
I’d die for some original Necco’s right now
@deniseouillette6995 Жыл бұрын
I love that!! I love old man candy!
@fryode Жыл бұрын
Those jelly filled strawberry candies are always epic
@EpicSOB_2 ай бұрын
Candy corn is unironically one of the best old school candies
@batTorah2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this. All 3 were my mom’s favorite. She passed in 2012. Thanks for the smiles
@steverennie57872 жыл бұрын
my condolences... and she sounds like she was a fantastic lady!
@goodun29742 жыл бұрын
Hershey's kisses were my mother's favorite, and she always kept some kind of candy, usually M&M'S, semi- hidden underneath her nightstand.
@glowormrdr61832 жыл бұрын
Circus peanuts remind me of my grandfather, who spoke no English but shared candy and sweet wine with us kids. We never told my parents! It was my mother who liked black jelly beans, so I learned that from her. And we got candy corn, especially the little pumpkins, with school lunch for Halloween. So it's all really nostalgia.
@ROACHRAGE22 жыл бұрын
Very cool! I have a horrible haunting sweet tooth and have always liked candy corn and circus peanuts, but not so much licorice. But I have always been a huge fan of Necco wafers and would love to see the history of them!
@steveoh90252 жыл бұрын
Yes! our preferences align. I agree with all of this :)
@navret17072 жыл бұрын
James - have you seen NECCO wafers lately? They are only about the size of a dime.
@floydvaughn96662 жыл бұрын
@@navret1707 WRONG. I have a roll right now. Closer to a quarter. Of
@monkeygraborange2 жыл бұрын
As a kid we used to drive past the Necco factory in Cambridge Mass every Sunday on the way to visit our grandparents. The smell of Necco Wafers used to permeate the air so strongly that we’d always roll down the windows, no matter what the weather and breath deeply. The building alas is no more.
@ROACHRAGE22 жыл бұрын
@@navret1707 I haven't seen any that are smaller. Still the same size here in NC, USA
@j.d.e.7416 Жыл бұрын
The Danes have a huge affinity for licorice. When I was in Denmark, I went to a local grocery and was simply astounded to see how many varieties of licorice they had. My black licorice-loving father would have been so pleased. Although even he drew the line at triple-salt black licorice. That, he stated, simply tasted like a salt lick.
@Green.Country.Agroforestry2 жыл бұрын
Picking up bottles and cans to turn in for pocket change along the roads that led to service stations was how I financed my candy purchasing forays during my youth. Circus peanuts provided a great return on investment due to the amount of sheer volume that one could get for one's hard earned money.
@emmitstewart19212 жыл бұрын
Does anyone remember the penny candy counter? The store owner would buy many kinds of wrapped bulk candy. Then he or she would have a counter divided into little compartments with a different candy in each compartment. Usually the candy counter would be covered with glass so the kids couldn't handle (or steal) the candy. The child would point to what he wanted, and the storekeeper would place it in a little paper bag. when he had finished his/her selections,he would pay and get his little bag of candy. It must have taken infinite patience to work in one of those stores, especially when school let out and ten to twenty kids stopped by on the way home from school to get their nickel or dimes worth of candy. To a kid, picking candy was a major decision and we were not going to be hustled into making a hasty choice. Back in those days, for kids, money came in pennies, nickels and dimes.If you collected a six pack of pop bottles and turned them in for twelve cents, that was a good day. You could buy a nickel candy bar and seven cents worth of penny candy. If you did a special chore and earned a quarter, that was a special day. If you earned a dollar mowing someone's lawn,that was a major holiday.
@rebeccamartin23992 жыл бұрын
Those were the days, and I could buy a pretzel for a quarter.😊
@emmitstewart19212 жыл бұрын
@@rebeccamartin2399 Remember the straight pretzels in the jar by the register? eight inches long and as thick as your thumb. (At least, a kid's thumb.)
@virginias.poston4308 Жыл бұрын
My grandmother, born in 1894, loved candy corn so much that one year when very young, she saved her portion and tried to plant it the next spring.
@dorydiavelone3531 Жыл бұрын
Oh that is such a sweet story !!
@beaglenash4317 Жыл бұрын
Aww I love that story!
@gregrak938911 ай бұрын
sounds like the old gal should have spent time modeling straight jackets!!
@ladyvincenza11 ай бұрын
that's adorable:)
@virginias.poston430811 ай бұрын
You might note that I said she was very young. She was probably only 3 or 4 years old when it happened. She got a kick out of recounting the story years later.@@gregrak9389
@maryfresquez99422 жыл бұрын
Obviously they’re still around because people love them, I am one of them. I grew up with these, there’s something nostalgic about them that brings warmth and joy.
@vids595 Жыл бұрын
I grew up with them and hated them. How old are you?
@cowboykelly6590 Жыл бұрын
😏Yep. 👍
@macgrad1 Жыл бұрын
@@vids595, 😂 I am in my seventies and I hate the candies like circus peanuts, candy corn, and milk chocolate. I love liquorice, though, and real chocolate- dark chocolate.
@stevespoor-eb4uw11 ай бұрын
Circus peanuts have always been my favorite candy. Fresh, stale, I don't care. I really like candy corn too especially if mixed with salted peanuts.
@kathrynmetcalf13742 жыл бұрын
Love all three, and Neccos. Never noticed that the circus peanuts were banana flavored, will have to buy some now and check it out.😂
@MelodyInTheChaos2 жыл бұрын
Same the circus peanuts were my favorite as a kid but I never knew they were banana flavor!
@wumps-gaming2 жыл бұрын
@@MelodyInTheChaos I used to work at spanglers, they do make alot of those.
@studa682 жыл бұрын
Lol, I heard they were banana flavored and I was like, “that’s probably why I like them!”
@badlandskid2 жыл бұрын
Banana? That’s what it’s called?
@josiealvarado2296 Жыл бұрын
Same here
@davidadam69972 жыл бұрын
I first learned about licorice root as a young boy in the late 1960s when my family would go to Atlantic City on vacation. The candy stores on the boardwalk would sell bundles of 6 sticks about 4 to 6 inches long. As you chew on it, it becomes very fibrous, and you get the flavor. Every so often you would cut the used part off and start over. I gave 'samples' to my friends at home and every time we went to A. C. after that I had orders to fill!
@robinkuruda52492 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂👍
@Johnem-Love Жыл бұрын
In Wales, colloquially we referred to a candy, quite similar to ‘Good & Plenty’ (sold loosely from jars by the quarter) as ‘rats droppings’, owing much to their shape, and some gruff humor thrown in 😊
@spvillano Жыл бұрын
Interesting, the arguments over the candies reflecting the arguments over Marmite. Which reminds me, gotta order a jar of Marmite. Great on pot roasts... Tip of the hat from across the pond!
@spoonbendingspacemonkey Жыл бұрын
I might be one of the last people in the US who enjoys Necco Wafers. ❤❤
@steveaustin2686 Жыл бұрын
My son and I like them.
@writerpatrick2 жыл бұрын
I tend to consider the peanuts as summer candy since they show up during the summer along with marshmallow bananas and strawberries. People may not like them because they find them too sweet, just like the candy corn. Candy corn is a type of mellocreme, and there's a lot of mediocre mellocreme around. If you can find it fresh and of good quality it has a very creamy, fudge-like quality to it that just melts in your mouth.
@LessThanPeachy2 жыл бұрын
It amazes me how apparently hated circus peanuts are. I personally think they're quite good and I definitely see why they've stuck around. And keep in mind I just turned 21.
@WASTEPAW2 жыл бұрын
im 19 and i personally like them! something about theit texture is so satisfying to me
@Lilboozibert2 жыл бұрын
Yes. The texture is very satisfying. The soft, almost melony taste. I also like the soft color, not this BLOW YOUR EYEBALLS OUT neon color that candies are nowadays.
@kylesty67282 жыл бұрын
I really like then too, I’m 33. I like marshmallow everything, so why not banana marshmallows?
@TheQuota20012 жыл бұрын
@@WASTEPAW yea when their fresh they taste good! like a dried Peep from Easter. But they get stale so fast, and the flavor is very differet from 25 years ago when I remember eating them all summer once time.
@cb.on.yt222 жыл бұрын
@@TheQuota2001 very true, the fresh ones are the best, but this video explains why i never find fresh ones in the store :/ they just aren’t stocked often enough i guess
@cerealchild1662 жыл бұрын
Circus Peanuts and Candy Corn were my absolute favorites when I was a child!!!!! This video brought back some great memories!!! Thank you sir!!!
@jpaluh25 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@TheHistoryGuyChannel24 күн бұрын
@@jpaluh thank you!
@papaquonis2 жыл бұрын
As all Scandinavians, I'm a massive fan of salty black licorice. The only controversial thing about it is apparently being somehow tied to Halloween? We're not really big on that holiday around here (yet), but black licorice on the other hand is huge all year round. I've never tried the other two. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen either candy corn or circus peanuts for sale here.
@robbygaume6002 жыл бұрын
You should lobby government officials to never allow the import of candy corn or circus peanuts.
@johngoldsberry39762 жыл бұрын
@@robbygaume600 Once you do you would have ruined all of Scandinavia
@joshkleifgen65252 жыл бұрын
I tried that stuff, its REALLY salty!
@shinnam2 жыл бұрын
Tasty America store in Farsta and on line has candy corn, haven't ever seen circus peanuts. Bilen godis are fairly close to circus peanuts. I don't care for either candy, they were always the last candy left in my trick or treat bag.
@shinnam2 жыл бұрын
@@robbygaume600 Sweden has a car shaped candy that is pretty close to circus peanuts. Thank heavens no candy corn, those were the last thing in my bag.
@jimf44922 жыл бұрын
Necco wafers is one of my favorites, and I also still like Circus Peanuts - it's probably nostalgia. It was disappointing when the Necco wafers stopped being sold, but they have come back! Recently, the young lady at the counter referred to them as "old people's candy", and asked me why I like them because "they taste like sheetrock". I asked her how she knew.
@JohnThomas-lq5qp2 жыл бұрын
NECCO waggers now made in dirty Mexico. No thanks for anything made there. Scum bag Hershey took over 2,000 jobs from Canada & USA to dirty Mexico.
@patrickdurham83932 жыл бұрын
I still like NECCO wafers and actually order them regularly. You use to be able to order rolls of just the individual flavors but I haven't found anywhere selling them that way lately. Always loved the wintergreen, chocolate and licorice the best!
@elainesutherland69032 жыл бұрын
@@patrickdurham8393 I used to sort the roll and eat the ones I liked least first, the black , brown, green and then savoring the white ones.
@wmluna381 Жыл бұрын
I saw them the other day at Tractor Supply. They sell a selection of old timey candy.
@maryperricelli63632 ай бұрын
Ml pl@@patrickdurham8393
@PGar582 жыл бұрын
Black licorice is excellent. Very underrated. Very underappreciated.
@Namratiug2 жыл бұрын
And is highly toxic to humans
@benrositas80682 жыл бұрын
I honestly have no opinion on black licorice, but for the sake of being American, let's argue about it! 😠
@aleisterlavey97162 жыл бұрын
If you do drink alcohol and love licorice, try " Motor Oil" : add your favourite licorice to Vodka till the consistency is thick like molasses. I takes some days to fully dissolve.
@weirdshibainu2 жыл бұрын
@@aleisterlavey9716 sounds good
@exorbis98802 жыл бұрын
@@aleisterlavey9716 In Netherland, we have something alike, called 'Dropshot' , although less viscous
@philsteele31582 жыл бұрын
My grandparents always had circus peanuts and candy corn at there home. The peanuts where my granddad's favorite candy. Man this brought back many a memory.
@Jjrmtv2 жыл бұрын
same here
@johnh.tuomala43792 жыл бұрын
I never liked any of those three candies.
@SlapthePissouttayew2 жыл бұрын
Here too and I recall my dad telling us not to eat them because he thought they'd been there since he was a kid..lol
@glennroberts54662 жыл бұрын
I eat it sometimes just to remember my grandfather
@mrbyamile69732 жыл бұрын
@@glennroberts5466 I actually like them, for some reason I like fake banana flavoring. But I realize most people don't like them, I think people buying them once a year for nostalgic reasons is the only reason they keep making them.
@marklynch8781 Жыл бұрын
Candy corn and peanut butter taffy in orange and black wrappers are classic Halloween candies, somehow without them Halloween wouldn't be the same. Mom always wanted the candy corn in small packets to give out on Halloween, yet I have never seen it packed this way. The candy companies don't seem to know that this would increase sales.