We seem to always get asked about what candies were available during a specific era.  Below we have compiled a list of candies that someone growing up in each of these eras might have favored. At Blooms we carry most of these in-store.  Please contact us at 972-416-5230 if you are seeking something that isn't mentioned here.

 

1900’s–1920’s

Candy From The
1900’s–1920’s
Candy From The
1930's
    In addition to the candy from the prior decades, someone born in the1930’s would also remember these:
Abba Zaba Life Savers 3 Musketeers
Baby Ruth Mary Janes 5th Avenue
BB Bat Suckers Milk Duds Big Cherry
Beeman’s Gum Milky Way Boston Baked Beans
Bit-O-Honey Mounds Candy Buttons
Black Jack Gum Moon Pie Chick-O-Stick
Black Licorice Mountain Bar Chunky
Butterfi­nger Mr. Goodbar C. Howard Gum
Candy Cigarettes Necco Wafers C. Howard Mints
Candy Corn Snow Caps Clove Gum
Caramel Creams Nut Goodie Kit Kat
Cella Cherries Oh Henry! Life Saver 5 Flavor
Charms Old Faithful Life Saver Butter Rum
Charms Sour Balls Peanut Chews Licorice Snaps
Charleston Chew Pearson’s Bun Mallo Cup
Cherry Cocktail Pez Nestle Crunch
Cherry Mash Raisinets Nik-L-Nips
Chicken Bones Reese’s P/B Cups Pay Day
Chiclets Rock Candy Pearson’s Nut Roll
Chuckles Rocky Road Red Hots
Clark Bar Salt Water Tafy Sky Bar
Convers. Hearts Squirrel Nut Zipper Snickers
Cracker Jacks Tootsie Rolls Sugar Babies
Crows Twin Bing Sugar Daddy
Dubble Bubble Uno Tootsie Roll Pops
Flicks Walnettos Valomilk
Goobers Wrigley’s Spearmint Wax Lips
Goo Goo Cluster Wrigley’s Wintergreen Whoppers
Good & Plenty Wrigley’s Doublemint Zagnut
Gummy Bears Zero  
Heath Bar    
Hershey’s Bar    
Hershey’s Kisses    
Hubba Bubba    
Idaho Spud    
Jawbreakers    
Juicy Fruit Gum    
Jujubees    
Jujyfruits    
     
Candy From The

1940's

Candy From The

1950's

Candy From The

1960's

In addition to the candy from the prior decades, someone born in the1940’s would also remember these: In addition to the candy from the prior decades, someone born in the1950’s would also remember these: In addition to the candy from the prior decades, someone born in the1960’s would also remember these:
Almond Joy 100 Grand Bar Banana Splits
Bazooka Gum Atomic Fireballs Candy Watches
Choc. Cigarettes Big Hunk Lemonheads
El Bubble Cigars Black Licorice Pipe Fruit Stripe Gum
French Taffy Black Taffy Cinn. Toothpick
Fun Dip Candy Necklaces Hot Tamales
Jolly Ranchers Cigarette Bub. Gum Mint Julep
Junior Mints Coconut Neapol. Now and Later
Mike & Ike Cup-O-Gold Razzles
M&M’s – Plain Dum Dum Pops Rolo’s
Rainblo Gum Fizzies Slap Stix
Red & Blk Licorice Hot Dog Gum Starburst Chews
Twists Hot Tamales SweeTarts
Smarties Candy Long Boys Choc. Swedish Fish
Boyer’s Butterscotch Long Boys Coconut Twizzlers
P/B Cup Look Bar Wacky Packages
Teaberry Gum Marshmallow Peeps  
York Pepp. Pattie Mentos  
  M&M’s – Peanut  
  Pixy Stix  
  Root beer Barrels  
  Saf-T-Pops  
  Satellite Wafers  
  Whistle Pops  
   
     
Candy From The 1970's Candy From The
1980's
 
In addition to the candy from the prior decades, someone born in the1970’s would also remember these: In addition to the candy from the prior decades, someone born in the 1980’s would also remember these:  
Big Red Gum Big League Chew  
Botan Rice Candy Nerds  
Bottlecaps Warheads  
Bubble Yum    
Bubblicious    
Charms Blow Pops    
Freshen Up Gum    
Gobstoppers    
Gold Mine Gum    
Hershey’s Special Dark    
Jelly Belly Jelly Beans    
Laffy Taffy    
Pop Rocks    
Ring Pops    
Reese’s Pieces    
Skittles    
Twix    
Whatchamacallit    
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