Hello everyone. Today I will be writing about eating my favorite candy while growing up in the 1970s in Chicago. My earliest memories of the candy that I remembered were Good and Plenty and M and M’s. Both are still around, but I still eat M&M’s and the plain ones are my favorites. When I lived in the Roseland and Ashburn neighborhoods in the 1970s, I was introduced to a plethora of candy products that are fondly remembered today. Here is a list of candy products that I remembered that are gone and some are still with us:

M&M’s, Plain and Peanut

Good and Plenty

Chuckles

Chiclets, the fun-size was my favorite

Beech-Nut Gum

Adams Ice Cream Gum. Chocolate, Vanilla, and Strawberry

Milk Shake Candy Bar

Butter Nut Candy Bar

Bun

Charms Lollipops

Charms Blow-up Pops

PowerHouse

Caravelle

Almond Cluster

Bit O’ Honey and Bit O’ Chocolate

Chunky

Life Savers Gum and Lollipops

Charleston Chew

Razzles

Seven-Up

Zagnut

Zero

Payday

Mars Bar

Forever Yours

Bubble Yum

Bubblicious

Clark Teaberry Gum

Clark Fruit Punch Gum

Fruit Strip Gum

Bub’s Daddy Gum

Nestle’s Choco-Lite

Nestle’s Triple Decker Bar

Nestle’s $100,000 Bar

Clark Bar

Hollywood Candy Bar

Summit

Freshen-Up Gum

Velamints

Pom Pom’s

Toffifay

Slo Poke Lollipops

Black Cow Lollipops

Reggie Candy Bar

Snik Snak

Bounty

BlackJack gum

Clove Gum

Beemans Gum

Candy Cigarettes

Mallo Cup

Tootsie Roll. Chocolate and Vanilla Midgees

Good And Fruity

Snickers Munch Peanut Brittle

Bar None

Reeses Peanut Butter Cups

Mounds

Almond Joy

Hershey’s Whatchamacallit Bar

Nestle’s Crunch

Nestle’s Milk Chocolate Bar

Baby Ruth

Butterfinger

Goobers

Raisinetes

Sno-Caps

Jujubes

Dots Candy

Pal Bubble Gum

Gobstoppers

Three Musketeers

Snickers

Milky Way

Starburst

Charms Hard Candy

Skittles

Tootsie Pops

Willy Wonka’s Oompas

Wonka Bar

Willy Wonka’s Skrunch Bar

Sweetarts

Milk Duds

Oh Henry

Junior Mints

Sugar Babies and Sugar Daddy

Whoppers

Star Bar

Hershey’s Krackel and Mr. Goodbar

Life Savers Wild Cherry

Red Hots

Bonomo Turkish Taffy

Gold Rush

5th Avenue

Twix

Hershey’s Special Dark

Bozo Bubble Gum

Bazooka Gum

Dynamites

Pop Rocks

Adams Sour Cherry, Orange, and Grape

Dentyne

Trident

Care Free Sugarless Bubble Gum

Clark Cinnamint Gum

Amurol Sugarless Gum

Hubba Bubba Bubble Gum

Clove Gum

Certs

Dubble Bubble

Orbit

Chum Gum

Heath

Cadbury Chocolate Bars

Kit Kat

Whistle Pops

Rolo

Hershey’s Skor Bar

Clorets

Switzer’s Licorice

Sidekicks Candy Bar

Tootsie Pop Drops

Peanut Butter With No Jelly

Wacky Packages with bubble gum

Tic Tacs

Twizzlers

York Peppermint Pattie

And the all-time favorite that I wish would come back, The Marathon Bar.

I fondly remembered the Marathon Chocolate Bar with its attractive logo, the shape of the candy bar, and how good it tasted. I vividly remembered the commercials with Marathon John. One commercial starred Patrick Wayne, John Wayne’s son. He challenged anyone who was very fast, but when it came down to eating a Marathon bar, they were defeated. The Marathon Bar was introduced in 1973 and was discontinued in 1981. They have a similar product in England called Curly Wurly. The places that I remembered buying candy were, Kresge’s, Woolworth’s, Gately’s People Store, A&P, DeKoven Drug Store, and Walgreens in Roseland. When I moved to Ashburn in September 1974, I bought my candy at Edward’s Drug Store, Crestline Pharmacy, and White Hen Pantry. It was so much fun riding my bicycle, going to those places but having a hard time choosing which ones to buy, because I didn’t have enough money to buy them.

Now and then I will eat some candy. At my age, I should be very cautious. Around Halloween, there is always leftover candy and I end up eating it all sporadically. When you were a kid, it was a beautiful and magical time to see those wonderful treats. So colorful and tasty. It was one of the best times of my life. Thank you. Pete Kastanes, Admin for Vanished Chicagoland Facebook Page.

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