I've seen a few of those type of site before...pretty
cool.
David L.
Ben Franklin: "Only a
virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt, they have
more need of masters."
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Nostalgic Candy
I have 2 websites where you
can get really good old candy like flying saucers, Zotz, etc...
Subject: [Sndbox] Nostalgic Candy Gives
Fix to Baby Boomers
Nostalgic Candy Gives Fix to Baby Boomers
By Associated Press
October 30,
2003, 10:40 AM EST
CLEVELAND -- Baby Boomers can't seem to grow up,
at least when comes to their taste in candy. The Woodstock Candy company is
doing a booming business, catering to the boomers' sweet-tooth.
"People are usually thrilled to know that a lot of candy from their
childhood is still available," according to Bridget Sweeney-Bell of the
Woodstock, N.Y., confections company.
What's big for Halloween for
Baby Boomers? "Wax lips are very popular," says Sweeney-Bell, who also
listed favorites including candy buttons on paper, Gold Mine Gum, candy
cigarettes and Nik-L-Nips.
In the politically correct present, candy
that looks like cigarettes often is marketed as "candy sticks," but some
old-time favorites still provide a puff of sugar when you blow through a
hole in the middle.
Nostalgic candy has become a niche in the $24
billion U.S. candy business, in part because the biggest candy makers have
concentrated on fewer items, especially chocolate.
Outfits
specializing in nostalgic candies have moved into that retail void, often
via the Internet.
Tom Scheiman has 2,500 items in his Cleveland
candy store, 200 of which he classifies as "nostalgic," and are hard to find
or have limited regional distribution.
"We ship a lot to Florida and
Atlanta," he said. "They're transplants."
His top Halloween
nostalgic item: wax fangs.
"They're cool. There's nothing like
them," he said.
