Candies from your childhood that were awesome
Okay shit, I miss the Jamin
“How much did you get from your mom?” “20 cents,” I reply proudly. “Wow, we can buy four little lemons with that. Or two Fireballs!” “Shall we also stop by grandpa? Last time we got a rijksdaalder, remember?”
I can still remember it so well: buying candy as the highlight of your day. In 2018, where sugar is called the ‘new coke’, it’s almost unimaginable. And yet I miss it. Candy Crush on the iPad? Just give me Candy Crush in the store. Time for a sugar trip down memory lane. This is what we ate in the ‘90s…
Box of mini hamburgers
With a green disc for the lettuce and a red one for the tomato. If you got this, you were Really. Very. Happy. Including grabbing the thing with four fingers and taking ‘real’ little bites. You saved the box.
Smurf crackling sticks
And then extensively hearing with your ear in each other's mouth whether it really crackled. Which it always did, but the check was nice.
Tubble Gum
A kind of tube of toothpaste that contained liquid chewing gum and ugh, it was not chewable at all but we ate it anyway because the packaging looked so nice.
Smiley faces
A small bag with various smileys in speculaas flavor. If you had this in your lunchbox at noon, you were really a boss.
Cheesestrings
The cheese that you can peel. And the head consists of all kinds of strands. HOW THEN. In the end, it just tasted like plastic but hey, it was fun.
Jawbreakers
With which your mouth was just on fire within five seconds and you drove all the teachers crazy with the super sweet/spicy smell. Love it.
Prince Mini Stars
You didn’t get these at the Jamin but your mom at the supermarket if you were nice. And then you first ate the cookie and then the chocolate star. Duh.
Salmiak powder
Delicious, but especially disgusting when the jar eventually became completely hard on the inside from all those wet fingers.
Napoleon
The Napoleon ball was definitely the tastiest sour candy. Lemon was the favorite, although the wine ball and apple flavor came close.
Shells
Mind at zero and fully devoted licking smacks in the plastic shell.
Big Baby Pops
Big baby pop, biiiiiig baby pop, you lick the pop, dip, shake and suck! Wokeee. Best awkward that commercial. But honestly, that pacifier with that powder was the shit.
In the same category: Push Pops
Hours of sucking on those things. And that clip to hang it on your belt was also quite handy.
Long John
Strawberry, lemon or orange. Which was your favorite?
Tattoo chewing gum
Actually, it was more about the tattoo, you understand. Bring it on with that wet washcloth on that upper arm.
Treasure chests
Like a real pirate grabbing for the colored tumtums. Of course from Red Baaaaand (if you were into fun).
UFOs
Okay, this is a story apart. We don’t miss these candies. In fact, these always remained because no one wanted them. Those kinds of paper plates with, yes, what was actually in them, powder? Bleh.
Fruit powder
Holy moly, do we still know this? (still, still, still?). Plastic tubes in the shape of a lemon, strawberry or raspberry, containing powder with a fruit flavor. Heavily chemical. Heavily delicious.
The candy pizza from Look-O-Look
Maybe even better than the hamburger.
Chocolate cigarettes
I think that’s where it all went completely wrong with me, to be honest.
Bubblicious
Three blocks at once in your mouth was the ultimate double chin training.
Diamond rings
Of course slipped onto your index finger. With every lick, you felt like a princess.
