Comments on: CONCESSION CANDY REDUX

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:57:42 +0000

Bring back the original FLAVORS of JuJuBes!

By: industrial strength

industrial strength — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 20:34:14 +0000

this THE STRANGLERS OF BOMBAY is really scary

By: Molo

Molo — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:00:48 +0000

I liked the Dots and Jujy Fruits. They lasted a long time. Snowcaps were actually considered a luxury item in my circle. The trick was to get something that would last. The Nik-L-Nip bottles held a strange fascination for me. It was that sudden rush of sugar water. You described them perfectly. After the liquid rush, it was exactly like chewing candle wax.

I smiled at your reference to the old Capitol Theatre in Richmond. It was torn down years ago in hopes the property would lure development. I stil get a twinge of pain every time I drive by that still vacant lot.

By: Walt Watson

Walt Watson — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:52:01 +0000

A great trip back. I remeber spraining my tongue trying to dislodge a milkdud from the roof of my mouth, during “On her Magesty’s Secret Service” And since were putting the bad candy on the list. Where are the (Flicks)? A delightful cross between Wax and milk chocolate.

By: Johnny Acc, Yonkers

Johnny Acc, Yonkers — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:18:36 +0000

Bring Back BONOMO TURKISH TAFFY. Never cracked it, but loved that chocolate. Besides all those great candies, and popcorn with tons of butter on it, if you had enough money, you had to get some Bon Bons. Loved those things.

By: john august smith

john august smith — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:42:52 +0000

When I first went(alone) to the movies it was 1940. THe cost 10 cents, the show was a western and a mystery plus a cartoon, a serial, newsreel, short subject and previews. It was the old ATLAS in Wash D.C.(still standing but a church now).From time to time they threw in a comic book with cover torn off.This was the depression and I could not afford candy even at 5 cents! That was 67 years ago and I remember it as if it yesterday. I still go to the movies and the IMAX version of the DARK KNIGHT knocked me out of my seat. Thank you gene and roy and clark and lana and spencer and all the rest for those hundreds of nights at the movies!

By: Richard Harland Smith

Richard Harland Smith — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:03:50 +0000

There are a lot of things I miss about the moviegoing experiences of my youth

… such as flipping your hair out of your eyes so you can see the picture! Am I right?! Don’t leave me hanging, Jeff.

I can’t tell if you’re laughing.

Box of Dots, please.

By: deslily

deslily — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:36:57 +0000

OMG! how pathetic that I remember all of those! loved the turkish taffy (it lasted long ) and Skybars! that one blew me away! I never would have remembered that one on my own! Necco’s are still sold.

wow all this and TCM is running great Cary Grant movies this morning! Just got thru with Arsenic and Old Lace!

thanks for the trip to the OLD OLD candy store! lol

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:24:18 +0000

Thanks Fred. So I wasn’t crazy. Jujubees tasted worse than soap so why did movie concessions keep stocking them and why did I keep eating them? And yes, I meant to mention Snow Caps which were way down on the list. I only ate them once and after that only observed others consuming them at a dispassionate distance.

By: Fred

Fred — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 02:03:04 +0000

Many of those candies are still manufactured, but you have to look around for them. Sadly, Bonomo Turkish Taffey is long gone (I loved the vanilla, and the silly commercials featuring the brothers Bo, No and Mo). As for JuJu Bees, those were just plain awful. I think you give them too much credit by describing the flavor like soap. You didn’t mention one of my favorites, the ice cream bon bons (not really a candy, but I still find it funny that they would sell ice cream at a freezing, air conditioned movie theater). You also didn’t mention my brother’s favorite Snow Caps, those weird (imitation) chocolate “non pariels” with the barely edible white sprinkles. They were made by the same folks who unleashed Goobers and Raisenets on the world.