Sweet Nostalgia

Remember Necco Wafers - those chalky, crumbly sugar discs you probably almost died for? Well, thanks to FunDay Times Contest-Winner Josef Brandler, you have now been reconnected to the source.

Josef tells us of two such time-spanning candy connections: Hometown Favorites and Candy You Ate as a Kid. He writes: " I was talking about candy with my daughter during this halloween season and I told her we had great candies when I was a child growing up in the 60"s and 70's.I told her about turkish taffy, sugar daddies, candy buttons, wax lips, little bottles filled with colored syrups, necco wafers, licorice pipes, bubble gum cigars and cigarettes, sensen, tootsie pops, chuckles, and all of the candies I loved as a kid. After the discussion, I went on the Internet to find out if they still produced these candies and if I could purchase them.I found these two sites that specialize in favorite snacks and candies from the past, They not only have the items to purchase individually,but they also sell "decade gift packs "with a whole assortment of candy favorites from the 60's, 70's, 80's, and 90's. It was great to see the old time favorites and to share them with my daughter."

And now he shares them with us.

Thank you Josef. Candy, and in fact most forms of eating, are major sources of fun, and I, who have been blitehly focusing on things like games and sports and weird art forms, stand deliciously corrected.