You find yourself standing in front of a Brach’s pick-a-mix, what is your go to candy?

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hedibet@reddit

Didn’t brachs get sold? I bought some Jelly beans from them. Those used to be the good kind. The formula had changed. Blech. Especially the pink ones. Ruined.

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Brach’s got sold to a European company called Jacob’s Suchard (maker of Milka chocolate and Toblerone) back in the mid 80s, which then in turn got sold to Philip Morris in 1990 or thereabouts. Brach’s was excluded from that sale and was eventually sold to or merged with Brock’s Candy, based in Chattanooga, and became Brach & Brock’s Confections, which in turn was acquired by Farley & Sathers in 2007. In 2012 Farley merged with Ferrara Pan Candy Co. to become Ferrara Candy Company.

Fun fact: Gotham Hospital in “The Dark Knight” was actually the old Brach’s factory and administrative building in Chicago, which was closed in 2001. They blew it up for real when they made that movie (watch clips on YouTube). It’s always fun when I point at a window in the third floor and show my daughter where I used to work… 🙂

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hedibet@reddit

Wow! That’s quite the candyland adventure! How do you know such wonderful and interesting facts?

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Singular_Plurality@reddit

My first job after college was at Brach’s. First at their Oakbrook Terrace office and then at the factory on Cicero Ave in Chicago. Hence why they blew up my office for the movie.

It was fun while it lasted…

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AveryRedlance@reddit

I wondered why the jelly beans disappeared. For a while I was able to get them at Easter, but now I can't find them at all.

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Away-Equipment4869@reddit

Yeah and then the company it was sold to got rid of the best ones! Dumb!

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thatsmypurseidku@reddit

IDK what they were called, but they were perfectly round suck on candies.

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BattleSwallow@reddit

Red? Gum inside?

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thatsmypurseidku@reddit

No, just a solid ball like a small sucker without a stick. Very basic, but the flavors were good. 😊

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thatsmypurseidku@reddit

I think these are the ones I'm thinking of.

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pchandler45@reddit

The neopolitons

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esoteric_vagabond@reddit

Neapolitan Coconut!

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Arkhamina@reddit

I love Sees, as weirdly they're ALSO the best choice if you have a celiac who loves chocolate. I grew up with Whitmans, but Sees is my go-to know. Order your mom some bridge mix 😄

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esoteric_vagabond@reddit

Sees is AMAZING.❤️

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AlmaMonarca11@reddit

The nougat with the colorful "fruit" pieces throughout.

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Carachama91@reddit

They are very easy to make if you are feeling nostalgic. Search google for fruit nougat and you will find recipes. I recommend chopping up the candy fruit slices instead of using dots.

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thewiremother@reddit (OP)

These are surprisingly popular. I don't think I ever tried one. Looked too much like fruitcake.

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makeupandchocolate1@reddit

My dad always has Brachs peppermints on him. My grandma always had those chocolate stars.

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pomegranatepants99@reddit

Chocolate star?

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LizinDC@reddit

Sees is still around and you still get a free piece when you come in, but boy is it expensive

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adelec123@reddit

But so much better and more satisfying than most of what you can get at a store 😋😋

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PM_meyourGradyWhite@reddit

Raspberry and or caramel.

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DoveOnTheInternet@reddit

My girlfriend gets us Sees candy for holidays. Their jelly beans are fantastic! I would go straight for the mallowcreams and the starlight mints (her favorite).

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Intermountain-Gal@reddit

I don’t pay attention to the brand, so I’m not 100% certain if these are Brach’s, but I like the butterscotch and the cinnamon discs. I’m not a huge candy eater.

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atbowe@reddit

Bridge mix!

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worrymon@reddit

Brach's has anything other than caramel? I'm sure you're right, but I never bothered to look because why bother when you can get caramel.

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Mistervimes65@reddit

💯

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scottliddell@reddit

Bridge Mix

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Sea-Buy-9853@reddit

YESSSSSS

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harriedteacher@reddit

Stars

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Sea-Buy-9853@reddit

Oh heck yesssssss

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_Anon_E_Moose@reddit

Chocolate stars mmmm

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Photobuff42@reddit

The Neapolitan, followed by toffee.

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jenorama_CA@reddit

The neoplitan doesn’t exist anymore. It would be my go-to as well. Much sadness.

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formerretailwhore@reddit

as close as I can find

These taste pretty similar

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jenorama_CA@reddit

I’ve seen those, but they’re so big. I just want the little bite-sized cube. I wonder why Brach’s discontinued them?

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formerretailwhore@reddit

Because they take away everything good we love.

They are big, i buy one once every few years, I'll spend a couple days nibbling on one. I'm not a coconut fan, except for these and those girl scout cookies

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Photobuff42@reddit

I have to stay away from sugar anyway.

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jenorama_CA@reddit

Respect.

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NefariousnessNo5536@reddit

Jelly nougats. I made my own a year or so ago & need to find the recipe again because it was close enough to quiet the craving!

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onehundredpetunias@reddit

Here you go! I use ju-ju bees and a pinch of salt.

Gumdrop Nougat Chewy Candies - Bonita's Kitchen

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Embarrassed-Theme996@reddit

Cinnamon bears

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Super_Ad4363@reddit

Maple Nut Goodies

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Kanya_Mkavry@reddit

I do love bridge mix. I make my own mix every now and then, it's even better because I get to add the cooler chocolate covered things that are available now. It gets expensive fast, though.

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Euphoric-Winter-3019@reddit

Neapolitan

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onehundredpetunias@reddit

The only answer here is Jelly Nougats.

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Kanya_Mkavry@reddit

Yes, jelly nougats, then the royals.

As a kid who didn't know what Turkish Delight was, I envisioned Edmund to have betrayed his siblings over jelly nougats.

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StephDeSwasson@reddit

Yesssss!

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Singletracksamurai@reddit

The ONLY answer!

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therealcookaine@reddit

The red ball thing

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Surprise_Fragrant@reddit

Atomic Fireballs?

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PilotDragon214@reddit

Abra Cabubble? Cherry candy shell, gum inside? Those were my favorite

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b_o_m@reddit

Those are my wife's favorite Brachs candy of all time.

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Surprise_Fragrant@reddit

First choice is always rooting around the Royals to pull out the Maple, Butter Rum, and Vanilla Royals. Then square caramels. Cinnamon bears, if they have them. Cinnamon disks and butterscotch disks to top off the bag.

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Loadtapchanger@reddit

That Neapolitan coconut chew thing 🤤

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AndyWSea@reddit

I make a coffee drink like this. Coconut, strawberry and chocolate. It's delicious.

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Pristine-Lawyer-3260@reddit

Recipe?????

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AndyWSea@reddit

I just use equal pumps strawberry and coconut syrup and whisk in some cocoa powder to make a sauce and then add espresso shots and milk.

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Pristine-Lawyer-3260@reddit

So...I could do this... To make the sauce, thicken a little with confectioners sugar, lol and put over vanilla or 🍫 ice cream!

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Holiday-Window2889@reddit

But the fourth segment was caramel, which I would pitch.

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FriedaClaxton22@reddit

These were the absolute best.

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Helpful_Heron4099@reddit

Oh my gosh, I loved those! 3 treats in one

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beaujolais98@reddit

Yaaaasssss

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ArtPersonal4519@reddit

See’s polar bear paws are the best.

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TXtogo@reddit

Carmel’s for sure and those three color coconut things I don’t even know what they’re called, they were like white, brown and pink and soft and chewy and coconut

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kninjapirate-z@reddit

This is my pick.

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KC_experience@reddit

Neapolitan Coconut Sundaes is the name you’re looking for there, fellow man of culture…

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TheBugHouse@reddit

Royals

5.1

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Chilly-Willy252@reddit

Oh man you dragged up a memory thank you!

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hi_sarah98@reddit

Royals all day long! RIP to my favorite

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HMW347@reddit

They are kind of gross - but I have always loved those white nougat things with the jellies in them.

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Chilly-Willy252@reddit

Loved them.

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absherlock@reddit

Seconded!

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OLovah@reddit

Chocolate covered peanuts or peanut clusters. They're my favorite and I've rarely found any as good as Brach's.

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Chilly-Willy252@reddit

Yes!

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lilacdrinkwater@reddit

cinnamon discs!

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Chilly-Willy252@reddit

Oh those were so good I forgot about them.

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Chilly-Willy252@reddit

Root beer barrels, AbraCabubbles, caramels

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KC_experience@reddit

Carmels, Royals (chocolate were my favorite), and the nougats that had the strawberry or peach flavors (with the chewy jelly pieces embedded in them.)

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Temporary_Cow_8486@reddit

Butterscotch.

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EmberandGer@reddit

Horehound. I absolutely abhor it, but my grandfather Loved it. I can’t think of old style hard candies w/o thinking about him. He is my sweet memory.

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micropterus_dolomieu@reddit

The flavor that always got a laugh from middle school me. If I’m being totally honest, it still makes me smile a little.

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squeaktooth@reddit

My nana kept ricola cough drops in a candy dish and made molasses taffy with us. We pitied/were horrified by her notion of CANDY.

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SageObserver@reddit

That’s what I called my ex-girlfriend

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cgoldberg@reddit

I ordered a bag of the caramels from Amazon recently. The ratio of time spent trying to unwrap them vs. enjoyment is just too high at this age.

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Merle-Hay@reddit

Caramels and Royals! Also love those Christmas peppermint nougat.

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HemlockGrv@reddit

Nougats, caramels, striped coconut things (Neapolitans?) and I don’t mind a few of the butterscotch.

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Inattendue@reddit

Neapolitans!! 🙌🏻

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AmeliaBitchLady@reddit

Yes came here to say the Neopolitans. My A1C is on the high side of normal but it’s hanging in there!

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qriousqestioner@reddit

See's!

Gimme all the toffee ones with dark chocolate!

Please don't tell me See's is gone 😱

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TeaTimeBanjo@reddit

See's is definitely still around. They started in southern California and I still see shops around all over CA. No idea about other states for in-person stores.

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PoisonPizza24@reddit

There’s a big See’s factory in my town in the Bay Area

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Iggipolka@reddit

Shout out San Leandro! Gotta love the discounts at that factory.

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PoisonPizza24@reddit

Nope - I’m in South San Francisco!

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AveryRedlance@reddit

They're still going! There's a store locator on their website (not sure if I'm allowed to post a link). chocolateshops . sees . com

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Fritz5678@reddit

See's is definitely still around. I grew up in the bay area. There was always a box of See's assorted at Christmas. On the east coast now, my parents always bring a box when they come to visit. It tastes exactly how I remember it from childhood.

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FBS351@reddit

See's had a whole large kiosk at the King of Prussia mall outside Philly at Christmas.

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Fritz5678@reddit

They have the holiday kiosks in VA, too. Just not the same, though. Typically, they stock the kiosks with candy from the LA plant. The South San Francisco plant has a whole different taste and IMHO so much better than the stuff from LA. Especially if you do the mail order. It really doesn't ship well.

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KeyProfessional8432@reddit

Candy corn

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skarekroh@reddit

Root beer barrels.

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ThisWorldIsOnFire@reddit

Coconut Neapolitan all day long!!

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freeloeder@reddit

Same

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TrainingLow9079@reddit

Nougets. I appreciate that they're different from what you can get elsewhere.

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culady@reddit

Maple nut chews. I can’t find them in stores now. 😩

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appcherry@reddit

Brach's discontinued them. The bastards.

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JustAGreenDreamer@reddit

Royals!!

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rosesforthemonsters@reddit

Brach's Royals were the best.

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stefanica@reddit

Yes! The flavored caramels in a roll shape, right?

I found a decent knockoff on Amazon a few years back, and now they're gone too. :(

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KeKeFanChick@reddit

The Coconut Neapolitans. I hated them at first but came to love them.

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makeup1508@reddit

Butterscotch discs, cinnamon discs & the blue mint discs

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Hepkat98@reddit

Brach's Jelly Nougats. Loved those little jelly pieces.

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nursingintheshadows@reddit

These are pretty easy to make.

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ImaPhillyGirl@reddit

I don't think they're Brach's but I just found the jelly nougats yesterday at Horrock's Farm Market in Lansing, MI

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orange-butter-cat@reddit

Maple nut goodies. We called them policeman’s caps.

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Zealousideal-Ice-814@reddit

Sundaes! I would stuff 3 or 4 in my mouth then a handful in my pockets!!!!

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TeaTimeBanjo@reddit

It's less about my A1C and more about all the dental work it'd stick too. Crowns are $2k a pop these days where I live!

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Capricorn75@reddit

I used to have a serious wintergreen lifesaver addiction. I would go through a couple of bags of the individually wrapped large ones a week. After a year or so my teeth started chipping, the crown work began, my bank account rebelled, and I had to give up my precious.

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thewiremother@reddit (OP)

Dentists make it hard to trust dentists.

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Prairie_Mermaid@reddit

The nougats!

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wdatkinson@reddit

Neolitan Coconut Squares, back when they had caramel.... Yeah, I'm one of those freaks.

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glass_papaya@reddit

Totally my favorite as well!

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shooflypie@reddit

Neoplotin was the bast!!!

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Singular_Plurality@reddit

Smart choice. Those were the most expensive to manufacture, so you got your money’s worth. 🙂

Source: Used to work for the company.

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Historical_Bath_9854@reddit

Me too 😄

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wifeofpsy@reddit

Caramels, even better cow tails, and Turkish delight

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Capricorn75@reddit

The individually wrapped caramels. As a six year old I would casually browse in front of the Brachs display while my mom shopped in Walgreens, and pocketed a bunch of those bad boys. It was very clearly in sight of the cashier. I had a crappy home life, and my mom was not someone whose bad side you wanted to be on. But those caramels were worth every risk. Did this about 2-3 times and never got caught.

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CommitteeOfOne@reddit

Gum dingers if they have them.

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Adorableviolet@reddit

I am not sure if this was in Brach's but I recently lost half a tooth on a Mary Jane.

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Fun-Position7750@reddit

I bought my 20 year old some butterscotch candies simply because she mentioned she never had any. She calls them her ‘old lady candies’ 😒

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CommitteeOfOne@reddit

My 20-year old daughter call them "old man candy." LOL

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Swimming_Ad_8856@reddit

Royals and coconut squares

Those white things with the fruit pieces up there too

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Grouchy-Poetry-7927@reddit

OMG yes, those white things

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Pristine-Lawyer-3260@reddit

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jujioux@reddit

I loved the Neapolitan coconut sundaes.

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Grouchy-Poetry-7927@reddit

Same

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PiggyBear6667@reddit

Just thinking about those candies makes me miss my grandpa so much.

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Sufficient_Stop8381@reddit

Nougats. But all we ever got was peppermints.

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Significant-Way-7893@reddit

They quit making Nougats except peppermint ones around the holidays.

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Genn8130@reddit

Royals first, obviously, leaning heavy on raspberry and maple. Then some Sparkles (watermelon wherever possible) and Butterscotches.

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SugarsBoogers@reddit

Sparkles were the best. Such a great texture!

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carmineragu@reddit

Cinnamon disks, sour balls, root beer barrels.

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Pristine-Lawyer-3260@reddit

I pick these up all the time for the candy dish in my office at Dollar general.

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ughiforgetmyname@reddit

Pink white and brown coconut things!!

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NDT03076@reddit

Aka BACONS in my family

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ughiforgetmyname@reddit

lol that’s hilarious!

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blondydog@reddit

Butterscotch but honestly not at all tempted by sweets. Salt on the other hand

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Boomslang505@reddit

Chocolate non pariel thingys

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Correct_Security_742@reddit

Golden bonbon Fruity Jujube chews. They were like a taffy.

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Immediate_Owl5910@reddit

I liked the carmels and also the chocolate stars

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small-gestures@reddit

Hoarhound

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RealCrazySwordGirl@reddit

Seriously why does this question keep coming up? You can search this sub for "brachs" and find that it's been discussed as infinitum

Some subs have moderators that remove repetitive posts, but i guess the mods over here are just uber nostalgic or something sigh

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GenX-ModTeam@reddit

If you have a question or concern, contact the mod team directly and do not post in the sub.

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qriousqestioner@reddit

It's always more efficient to complain than to scroll by...

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RealCrazySwordGirl@reddit

I mention it because you'd think that if anyone has been reading this sub for more than a month or two, they've seen this question asked, and i might suggest that the people who are actually contributing members of a supposed community might have something to say about the community content and not be told to stfu.

But hey, i see, all the gen x people downvoting me here are so busy being stuck in the past (you know, when they were the mean girls in junior high) that they haven't yet grokked that in 2026, everyone is entitled to express a thought on a public forum.

It wasn't even an opinion. It was an actual fact. If you really want to know what everyone's favorite brachs picamix was back in the day, well, dude, you can look it the fuck up. You don't have to ask again and again and again (and again) 🤷🏼‍♀️

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short_and_floofy@reddit

i believe the first two words in your name are spot on

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Ok-Independent-6591@reddit

Carmel creams and cinnamon disks. Oh and I might throw in some butterscotch discs and ice blue mint discs too.

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NeverEnoughGalbi@reddit

Jelly nougats and the royal caramels

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Busy_Raisin_6723@reddit

Yes!

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LizTruth@reddit

You have excellent taste!

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Bossyboots37@reddit

Caramels, always. It could be s flavored caramel but still a caramel

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WinifredsMom@reddit

Butterscotch disks. Nobody did them better than Brachs

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Jealous-Lychee-5084@reddit

We weren’t allowed sugar but as an adult: jelly nougats!

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WritingRidingRunner@reddit

Those strawberry, maple, or cream-filled chocolates!

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Historical_Bath_9854@reddit

Omg, just had Blue Bell's black raspberry fudge and for the life of me couldn't remember where I remembered that flavor from! Thank you 🫂

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WritingRidingRunner@reddit

I miss those creams so much! It's hard to even find the images of them online!

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MrsJ_Lee@reddit

Nougat with the jellybeans inside. I love all penny candy!

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sanityjanity@reddit

Neopolitan coconut candies
a combination of cinnamon disks, root beer barrels, and butterscotch buttons

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la_winky@reddit

This is the way.

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Status-Effort-9380@reddit

Peppermint nougats! Not the ones with the Christmas Tree but big fluffy squares of nougat.

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TitleAvailable1719@reddit

YASSSSSSSSSSS

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Oh-No-RootCanal@reddit

The original soft (dare I say fluffy-like) Black Jack taffy, not the crap stiff almost sickly pink/grey color ones that are made today.

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Robviously-duh@reddit

root beer barrels

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Odd_Effort4847@reddit

Don’t send me links. It won’t work. I know you might try to help. I can’t find red cinnamon discs to save my life. And we made the hell out of candy wreaths in the 80s. Holiday gift crafting that was really fun. We used WIRE HANGERS! Calm down everyone. 😂😘 fashioned into a wreath shape. Ngl, I had one used on my behind when I was a child. It was no fun punishment.

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lalacourtney@reddit

If I ever find them I will find you and share. I miss those discs a lot

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aprilmoonflower@reddit

Dollar Tree everywhere sell them.

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Taranchulla@reddit

Those round hard candies that tased like cherry and had bubble gum on the inside. There was a grocery store along my walk to Jr High and I’d stop on tht way to school and buy a bunch and sell them at school for $.25 each. It was 1986 so I made a good bit each day, they cost me about 5 cents each.

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ljlkm@reddit

I'd kill for a butterscotch right now.

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dizkid@reddit

Tri colored coconut squares!

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GarmieTurtel@reddit

Absolutely!

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FrankenGretchen@reddit

Coconut and caramel for me.

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Ok-Sprinklez@reddit

Yes!!

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DrumsKing@reddit

Candy Corn

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Mirenithil@reddit

oh this makes me think of a candy I haven't thought about in decades. I'm not sure it was Brach's. It had a caramel layer on the outside, and a center of white cream. They were shaped basically like your standard mints, and the white cream was visible as a seperate center.

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WritingRidingRunner@reddit

Oh, I loved those! I saw them at my grocery store all the time until few years ago.

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AveryRedlance@reddit

I had these for the first time just a few years ago. I wish I knew where I got them because I want more. They were SO good!

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Outrageous-Back-5980@reddit

I'm not sure what grocery stores you have where you are, but if there is a Publix these might be in the International Foods area-I buy them occasionally. Also, at least in my area, they can occasionally be found in vending machines.

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Mirenithil@reddit

I wish we had Publix. I really love their international food section, and the subs (and chicken tenders) can't be beat. Here in Hawaii, we've got Foodland, Safeway, and Times, aka Don Quijote, aka DonKi. XD At least DonKi has a kickass Japanese food specialty section, and all of them sell poke.

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Ancient-Hawk3698@reddit

Was it Goetze's caramel creams?

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Mirenithil@reddit

Goetze's caramel creams

YES, that's it exactly. Thank you :3

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Iggipolka@reddit

Made in Baltimore Maryland. My elementary school got to go on a factory tour there and everyone got a giant bag to take home. Love that candy so much.

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Mirenithil@reddit

That sounds like one of the best possible field trips in the world to me. Jelly :)

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CrazyMinute69@reddit

JAW BREAKER

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katiekat214@reddit

Cinnamon disks and Sparkles, especially the watermelon and the green apple ones.

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rockin_robin420@reddit

Jelly nougats and caramels.

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Beginning_Welder_540@reddit

See's is definitely still around, at least in Calif.

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AveryRedlance@reddit

There's one in downtown Salem, Oregon too.

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Professional-Lack-36@reddit

Royals

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drakee@reddit

Damn this post makes me feel old 😂

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Puzzleheaded-Ad7606@reddit

Cherry gummy slices with the sugar dusting on them.

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BaldBombshell@reddit

Butterscotch hard candy until the day I die.

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whiskers_biskers@reddit

These! And then the Cinnamon Bears 😋

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Away-Equipment4869@reddit

I think about Royals a lot. My grandmothers favorites!

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thewiremother@reddit (OP)

The cinnamon bears were dope.

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CestBon_CestBon@reddit

These were my pick. My great grandmother had a bowl of these on her coffee table my whole life.

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Terrible-Horse-6200@reddit

Oh, those caramels are nice. It's been a long time since I've seen them.

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Adept_Yesterday6917@reddit

Butterscotch

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MienaLovesCats@reddit

Don't know; never even heard of it

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squirtloaf@reddit

The white noughaty things with fruit gummies in them.

My grandpa used to get me those IN THE SEVENTIES.

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Trolkarlen@reddit

Jelly nougat

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Miserable_Effort_940@reddit

I loved these. My absolute favorite.

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Trolkarlen@reddit

Jelly nougats

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PlayfulMoose9665@reddit

Those rectangular tri colored coconut candies.

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Dramatic_Net1706@reddit

Candy corn, always

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ZTwilight@reddit

The chocolate covered mints. I used to work in a produce dept of a local grocery store. The Brachs pick-mix cart was right at the edge of the produce dept. there was a coin box where you could pay for one piece at a time. I would pay for one, and take two! I want to say it was a nickle? This was in the 80’s.

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thewiremother@reddit (OP)

This made me think of the penny gumball machines. With the tiny ass piece of gum. You’d have to buy like 10 pieces to get a decent chewing wad, lol.

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monkey_monkey_monkey@reddit

I remember those!! I totally forgot about that until I read you comment.

I think we were supposed to put in a dime or a quarter. My friend and I would put in a penny and take a candy. We were such rebels. Not brave enough to take two though

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MrChristopher23@reddit

Yeah it was a nickel

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KurtStation68@reddit

I was a caramel thief, but also attracted to the coconut brown, white, pink

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tez_zer55@reddit

Caramel or cinnamon disks

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j_mcr1@reddit

Are Spicettes not cool anymore?

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StOnEy333@reddit

My 80 year old mom just gave me a tub of butterscotch and cinnamon candies with root beer barrels too.

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thewiremother@reddit (OP)

Score.

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BSier01@reddit

Fireballs or sour balls

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thewiremother@reddit (OP)

I like your style, these are quality choices.

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mom2ajs5@reddit

For me, it’s Russell Stovers. My mom grew up in Kansas City and went trick or treating at his actual house! They are not the same any more, of course. Back in the day, we could identify the type by the markings on the top.

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thewiremother@reddit (OP)

I feel like I still stovers boxes around the holidays, yeah?

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DaBeachBabe@reddit

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short_and_floofy@reddit

i’d have try really hard to not eat the whole bag in one sitting

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CapitalRadioOne@reddit

YES

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Spanktron9@reddit

The fact that we were the last humans to experience this is strange. Like drive-ins.

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short_and_floofy@reddit

drive-in’s need to be a thing again. there’s one about an hour from me but not sure it didn’t go out of business during covid.

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adkSafyre@reddit

The chocolate cream drops. Sweet white filling covered in chocolate, yum!

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Edward_T_Head@reddit

Never paid at all

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thewiremother@reddit (OP)

I may have taken the occasional sample item myself.

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Silvermouse5150@reddit

I was also one of those kids that just grabbed one and popped it in my mouth. Then would walk by again 5 minutes later and do it again.

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Edward_T_Head@reddit

Welcome to the party pal, besides, that candy was terrible, jolly ranchers were worth their weight in gold!

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No_Royal8268@reddit

Nougats (white with colored chunks), coconut (neopolitan look), and flavored caramels (little rolls)

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Substantial_Layer_79@reddit

The Neapolitan coconut candies and the Royals butter rum caramels.

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chicadearizona@reddit

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tarac73@reddit

Caramel squares

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No-Temperature-5944@reddit

Root beer barrels, come on now.

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thewiremother@reddit (OP)

My brother’s favorite as I recall.

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Equivalent_Gap_805@reddit

Royals. Those things were awesome.

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thewiremother@reddit (OP)

Royals, hell yeah, those were good.

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1questions@reddit

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soleiles1@reddit

😂 Nice plug!

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1questions@reddit

Thanks! Couldn’t help myself. 🤪

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Apart-Cream-4940@reddit

They're my favorite too! I actually found them a couple of years ago at this little shop on the way to somewhere else. Soo good

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bikardi01@reddit

Maple nut goodies - never got tired of them.

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The_Curvy_Unicorn@reddit

I hate that these are gone! They were my favorite for a lot of years.

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Nervous_Diver9522@reddit

The fruity sparkles!

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KP-RNMSN@reddit

The white ones with the colored gumdrops inside 😍

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KittenFace25@reddit

I don't know what they're called, but I know what you're talking about. I never liked them, but I always thought they look neat. They were pretty!

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Feoygordo@reddit

Jelly nougats!

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qriousqestioner@reddit

Nougat

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KittenFace25@reddit

Coffee candy.
Then the blue clear hard candy.
Then the "Neapolitan" coconut squares.

I can not state enough how much I miss that coffee candy. I know there are similar ones out there, I've tried them...but nothing comes close to the OG ones. 🥺

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j_jilly69420@reddit

Strawberry bonbons for LIFE!

I still buy them at Winco in the bulk section, occasionally toss in a few root beer barrels.

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Away-Equipment4869@reddit

I forget what they were called but the ones with different flavors on the middle!

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Any_Version6722@reddit

I think those were the royals. Yum!

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qriousqestioner@reddit

Yes !

They were delicious. I remember the blue with a white candy inside that tasted vanilla. Like Tootsie roll but not chocolate-flavored.

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Away-Equipment4869@reddit

Yes!

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Accomplished_Exit_30@reddit

The coconut neopolitan candies.

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Bauniculla@reddit

Ditto. I used to bite them in sections

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qriousqestioner@reddit

This reminds me of how they were literally mouth-wateringly good!

I feel like the sweetness of the flavors made the texture of the coconut like orgasmic.

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Southern_Tailgater@reddit

I used to adore Brach's Bridge Mix. If they don't make it any longer, I would try to recreate it, maybe without the Brazil nuts.

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contactcapybara@reddit

See’s bridge mix is even better

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Southern_Tailgater@reddit

I'll try it. Does it have candies as well as nuts and fruits?

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contactcapybara@reddit

Yes, Carmel, brittle bits, and a brown sugar things

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Katiesbigsister@reddit

Our mom would keep a few bags of those around, so if the neighbor ladies came around to play cards, she had something to put out for them while she made the coffee.

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Interesting-Long-534@reddit

You have to have a few Brazil nuts so you know what to leave to last to eat.

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HildaTheChickenGirl@reddit

Sees is definitely still around. Still as good and as expensive as ever 😂

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send_it_431@reddit

Where? Id kill to know

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HildaTheChickenGirl@reddit

They're Seattle based. So there's still stores in Washington. I know they ship too.

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ExquisitePreamble@reddit

They are based in LA, I believe

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9trystan9@reddit

Sees is Chicago based. And most candy is Chicago based

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HildaTheChickenGirl@reddit

Definitely not

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HildaTheChickenGirl@reddit

You're probably right. We were always told they were local 🤷‍♀️

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ExquisitePreamble@reddit

The best!

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HildaTheChickenGirl@reddit

https://www.sees.com/?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=13894716&gbraid=0AAAAAD9RxMzGB2oTG9Zj-mqpyQBTeKPHZ&gclid=Cj0KCQjwlerQBhDMARIsAB16H-U9rHrX8Gv5Q2WsHL1q_hAMzmnvlz5xJ-I5KWIqHTSVBKSw714OatUaAl7iEALw_wcB

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Ok-Cap-204@reddit

The Royals in the multicolored wrappers. My favorite was the maple.

The caramel squares

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ScarInternational161@reddit

Those caramel royals, raspberry

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Ok-Change2292@reddit

The chocolate creams.

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BooksNReading@reddit

Does anyone remember the blue mint candies that were the same shape as the butterscotch candies? Either those or the Neapolitans for me.

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BooksNReading@reddit

These:

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DrebinofPoliceSquad@reddit

These made water better

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youngkpepper@reddit

Sourballs

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qriousqestioner@reddit

Solid.

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FurBabyAuntie@reddit

Caramwls, starburst mints (the round whute mints wirh the red stripes around the edges) and the Royales

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SincerelyDuffy@reddit

I loved those white nougat with fruity blobs scattered through it.

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twiggyrox@reddit

I just saw some on Temu, don't know what brand though

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qriousqestioner@reddit

The brand is poison. Temu. It's in the name.

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Green_Machine_6719@reddit

Yup, marshmallow nougat w/jelly candy

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send_it_431@reddit

Omg completely forgot about those

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OkAd8714@reddit

Yes! These are exactly what came to my mind. I used to cut them up and use them as “food” for my Barbies. God, those things were so delicious.

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ClassicOutrageous447@reddit

They are very easy to make. Made some at Christmas for my niece. She said they were spot on.

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swainslanders@reddit

Oh! The three tier rectangles - white, pink & brown. They’re coconutty. I don’t know what they’re called.

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already_someone@reddit

I loved those!!!

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Designer_Fault_3942@reddit

🤤

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falsifiable1@reddit

Neapolitan, I believe, that is my favorite too.

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TheRPM3@reddit

👆

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travis-1@reddit

Butterscotch disks, cinnamon disks or cinnamon bears !

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qriousqestioner@reddit

I'm with you on the discs. Butterscotch, cinnamon, COFFEE!

The bears I don't recall at all. You must be younger.

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iwantmy-2dollars@reddit

We still have plenty of Sees in California, just down the street actually. They no longer sell bonbons which is sad, but a Bordeaux bar will do.

Neapolitans all day from Brach tho.

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theodorathecat@reddit

No Tipperary Bonbons???

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Remote_Hour_841@reddit

Yeah it’s always gonna be Sees for my family too. Also, great user name! 😂

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shuasensei@reddit

The caramels and the white jelly nougats.

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momto4inOR@reddit

See’s is definitely still around. My Dad buys me a 2lb box every year for my Bday. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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qriousqestioner@reddit

I went to outpatient rehab in Oakland when I lived in San Francisco in the aughts. First stop out of BART home from rehab was right by a See's. My sugar cravings caused me to stop by and leave with the big, white, plastic shipping bags full of delights.

Toffee and chocolate can make beer seem quaint. Oh how I love See's candy!

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CrazyBitchCatLady@reddit

Caramels. All day, every day.

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Hot_messed@reddit

I’d want those three layer coconut squares. I think they were Neapolitan??

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qriousqestioner@reddit

Yum. Thanks for the memory!

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No-Temperature-5944@reddit

So good!

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Unique-Fan-3042@reddit

Same!

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Feoygordo@reddit

Jelly nougats!

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tabicat1874@reddit

I want those strawberry candies but I'm not old enough, you can't buy them they just appear in your bag after 60.

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qriousqestioner@reddit

Those strawberry ones were so good!

I liked the white and brown striated ones a lot.

I feel like the social contract was broken when I could no longer grab the Brach's assortment as I wish. (When did they go away?)

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Cflottisme@reddit

I think they were called Sparklers? It was an assortment of hard fruit candy. At least that’s what my mom called them.

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Pitiful_Palpitation9@reddit

Anything but Brach's.

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the_Snowmannn@reddit

I thought this thread was going to be about mix a six pack of beer. The title didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. at first. But now I rememeber.

My mom would sometimes give me a nickel to pick one. ONLY ONE. And I'd always just get a caramel.. I knew that I liked them. And I could only have ONE.

Mixed six pack of beer is much more interesting these days though. I love trying new beers all the time. And I can have SIX, all different. And, yeah. Sometimes there's still Caramel involved.

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Sh0ckValu3@reddit

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AproposOfDiddly@reddit

All day every day, this.

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DrHoleStuffer@reddit

Thissss^^

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anon2univ@reddit

Caramel squares.

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Terrible-Horse-6200@reddit

I don't think these were sold in the pick-a-mix, but I loved the boxes of Brach's chocolate peanut clusters. I was thinking about them just the other day.

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MiddleKlutzy8211@reddit

Those are good!! Forgot about them!

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MiddleKlutzy8211@reddit

Peppermint! Love them. And? You know with Brachs that they will be good. I ordered a 2 lb bag? 3 lb? I don't remember now back in the winter and they are almost gone. I did give some away, though.

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GlossyBuckslip@reddit

Sparkles walked so Jolly Ranchers could run.

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fraukau@reddit

I couldn’t remember the name but yes! These!

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xannieh666@reddit

I don't usually like coconut....but these were an exception.. I have been craving them for years!

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Hot_messed@reddit

I knew they existed!! My absolute favorites!

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BlackthornLeather@reddit

Yes! Loved those Neapolitans!

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JenniferJuniper6@reddit

The caramels all day. My grandmother always had them (and my mother was always trying to stop us from eating them).

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Pendragenet@reddit

My grandmother kept a bowl of them on the coffee table. Sometimes she would get the Fudgies in the gold wrappers. Yum!

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ExaminationAsleep990@reddit

Royals 100%

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bugabooandtwo@reddit

I miss their Kentucky mints. Iirc, they haven't made them in over a decade now.

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Lower-Constant7727@reddit

I loved those!

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Pristine_Main_1224@reddit

Royals!

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Zargoza1@reddit

The strawberry candies that looked like a strawberry, or werther’s originals.

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Silver_Breakfast7096@reddit

The royals. Every flavor.

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Current_Speaker_2514@reddit

MAPLE CREAM!

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Uranus_Hz@reddit

Butterscotch, caramels, and at least a few root beer barrels.

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bendingoutward@reddit

Abra cabubble.

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Express_Airport131@reddit

Butterscotch.

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fuzzyedges1974@reddit

Jelly Nougats. Man, I miss them.

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Font_Snob@reddit

Same. They never lasted more than a day when I got them.

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TheSwedishEagle@reddit

Whatever those pink, white, and brown things were.

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NDT03076@reddit

Bacons (in my house)

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liveandletlive222@reddit

Cinnamon! Anything cinnamon

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No-Ambition7750@reddit

Cinnamon bears!

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hostess_cupcake@reddit

I remember thinking those were SO spicy…. But but they probably weren’t.

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Sunribbon@reddit

Me too

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Next_Ad_4165@reddit

The root beer candies!

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iwantmy-2dollars@reddit

Root beer barrels!

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165averagebowler@reddit

The cream candies, I might specifically pick out the dark blue (vanilla) ones. Those were my favorite.

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mrsfunkyjunk@reddit

This was mine, too. The dark blue. I actually tried to find them not too long ago because I assumed someplace on Earth still had some. I was wrong.

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Independent-Pea5131@reddit

Butterscotch!

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BasketBackground5569@reddit

Neopolitans.

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spinningcolours@reddit

The Neapolitans are gone and I am sad. Found a similar candy at a British import store and realized how much I miss them.

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Powerful-Bug3769@reddit

This.
Or a Caramel

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Opus5911@reddit

I like the cube shaped nougat candy with gel candies in them.

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TeletraanConvoy@reddit

Scrolled too far for this!! Loved these!

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Hogwashswan@reddit

Neapolitans all day.

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No-Estimate999@reddit

Same!

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TicketyB000@reddit

Fuck yeah.

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clk613@reddit

All. Day. Long.

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game_over__man@reddit

Caramels, Royals, Butterscotch Discs

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marshdd@reddit

Did anyone every pay the .5-.10 into tge little box for a candy?

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Photogirlguru@reddit

Hell yeah! My mom would’ve walked me to the police station for stealing. She was hardcore. I miss her everyday.

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marshdd@reddit

I never got to have any cause I didn't have any money; never in a million years would I have stolen any.

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Lily_V_@reddit

I did.

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ITSJUSTMEKT@reddit

I would give anything to stand in front of a Brach’s Pick-A-Mix again! Butterscotch would be my first choice, then the maple caramel.

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Newsman1977@reddit

We have a See’s Candies in Tucson, at least I think it is still open. Maybe two of them. Still some of the best camel treats around.

But for the Brach’s, I am going with a bag of the Neapolitans every single time.

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lewisfairchild@reddit

The soft centered strawberry hard candy in the wrapper designed to look like a strawberry.

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soleiles1@reddit

Those jeweled nougats!

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AlfhildsShieldmaiden@reddit

Me too!

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breakfastBiscuits@reddit

I love caramel, but those red hard candies with gum in the middle. I bought bags at a time

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frose25@reddit

Those were the best!!

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breakfastBiscuits@reddit

Googling around they are called abra cabubble.

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Future-Ruin9770@reddit

They were called Gum Dingers in the 1980s.
There were a couple of enterprising guys in junior high that would buy pounds of them and sell them in class for 25 cents each. The less entrepreneurial among us didn't think to go buy our own in bulk.

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breakfastBiscuits@reddit

That’s a much cooler name!

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sometimes-i-rhyme@reddit

Neapolitans, caramels, and maple Royals.

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izzy_loves_river@reddit

Carmels and the Carmel looking things with cream in the middle

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dannerfofanner@reddit

The swirls?

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Downtown_Anteater_38@reddit

Sundaes Neopolitan Coconut, without hesitation.

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Normal_Hat_8461@reddit

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rrrrrrez@reddit

Royals were my favorite.

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send_it_431@reddit

Brown white and pink coconut for life

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Mattturley@reddit

That’s called candy bacon. And it was my answer. To OP’s question, not even pre-diabetic.

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send_it_431@reddit

Just saw someone else posted. I couldn't remember the name. Neopolitans.

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UKophile@reddit

The Valrhona at the store down the street.

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SilentSerel@reddit

Those fruit hard candies that were flat and oval-shaped and the Royals.

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Designerfrog@reddit

Oh those big cinnamon gummy bears!

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_RLW_@reddit

Neapolitans all day long. I was devastated when they discontinued those things.

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upsidedown-funnel@reddit

I’ve seen a candy that looks like a giant version of these. Has anyone tried them to confirm?

I just googled and by all appearances it seems to indeed, just be a bigger version.

3 color coconut bar or Neapolitan coconut bar. I’ll have to grab some next time and try it out.

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frolicndetour@reddit

Yesss, those and the big wrapped chocolates with different fillings, and the giant gummy bears. Ugh I miss Pik a Mix.

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Mysterious_Soup_1541@reddit

Damn those were delicious.

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93195@reddit

The caramels with the white center.

Yup, See’s is still around. My boomer mother grew up on them and still likes them. Expensive now though.

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street_parking_mama2@reddit

Sees has definitely gotten expensive. It's up to $33 a lb.

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dachshundsocks@reddit

I could definitely go for a Scotchmallow right now.

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street_parking_mama2@reddit

Those are my FAVORITE!!

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UnhurridlyAdjusting@reddit

Just one? 😝

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Alternative-Pin5760@reddit

Peppermints

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itwillmakesenselater@reddit

Sour balls and butterscotches

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raisinghellions@reddit

OMG sour balls!! I forgot about those!! Thanks for that memory. I loved them.

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BrightBlueBauble@reddit

Those sour ones would absolutely destroy my palate and give me ulcers in my mouth for days when I was a kid.

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thewiremother@reddit (OP)

Those red balls, damn, good call. People are coming up with some strong choices.

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itwillmakesenselater@reddit

Were thr root berr barrels Brach's, too? Those were awesome.

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Subject_Doubt_3778@reddit

Neopolitans!

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Girl_with_no_Swag@reddit

Chocolate stars so I can make the peanut butter blossom cookies the right way! The stars can go in the oven on the cookies, still hold their form, but the inside of the chocolate will remain soft even after they cool. Hershey kisses just don’t cut it because the tips burn.

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