Old Fashioned Candy

[Mr. DS]

I was at the local super market today and noticed candies from this company...
http://www.claeyscandy.com/
I bought a bag of the watermelon flavor and I have to say I enjoy the simple taste of old fashioned candy.  It kind of reminds me of this candy my father used to get from a local store.  It was a hard candy with honey in the middle. 

How about you?  Do you know of any places or brands you can get old fashioned candy?  Then again some people may consider old fashioned candy different things.  If so, what constitutes "old fashioned candy"?

[ghouck]

http://www.insiderpages.com/b/3719672420

This place is in the town I grew up in. They make this chocolate called "Canal Mud" (The Erie Canal goes right through town). The best part is there is a sticker that holds the box closed, and the sticker says "canal mud", , if you're lucky, when the sticker tears from opening the box, it will tear in a way that makes it read "anal Mud".

Anyways, the best chocolate I've ever eaten, and they have really good turtles and fudge.

[Captain Tars Tarkas]

A lot of good candy was found at fairs and places when I was growing up in Illinois and Iowa.  In San Francisco, they have many candy stores at the Pier 39 tourist trap that have old-style candy.

[Mr. DS]

Arguably a lot of popular brands today could past as "old fashioned".  Prime example, Necco Wafers est 1912...

I love those damn things.     My wife doesn't quite get why I like them but thats ok, more for me. 

[meQal]

There is several stores that sell old fashion candy around where I live. Guess that's a benefit of living in the rural South. One of my favorites is rock candy which several places here still carry. Sure it's just giant sugar crystals but they are fun to eat. And my wife is hooked on Necco wafers. Several places here sell them as well. Then there is the candy sticks which come in a wide range of flavors from Blackberry to Horehound. I love those as well, well except for the horehound flavor.

[Newt]

A new store opened up in our small town last year: it is called "Sweet Retrospect" and all they sell is old-fashioned candy.  If they don't have it, they will move heaven and earth to get it in.  They even make some of the treats on the premises - the whole town knows when a fresh batch of caramel corn is up!  The aromas coming out of that place are very nostalgic.    It has really caught on with the kids: very popular.  Something to share with their parents - who find it hard to resist.  In a town where businesses are struggling, I am thinking they will do just fine. 

[Jim H]

Arguably a lot of popular brands today could past as "old fashioned".  Prime example, Necco Wafers est 1912...

I love those damn things.     My wife doesn't quite get why I like them but thats ok, more for me. 

Actually, Necco Wafers are even older than 1912.  You'll see them in western movies some times for a reason. 

According to their website, they've been around since 1847.  Evidently, they just changed the name in 1912.

http://www.necco.com/OurBrands/Default.asp?BrandID=7

I still like 'em, still get them once in a while.  They're definitely old-fashioned. 

Other old candies I like are traditional hard candies like butterscotch, and various flavors of peppermint type sticks.

Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate is another older.  Put out in 1905.

[Ed, Ego and Superego]

I like Mary Janes


and also Walnetto's



In England Woolworth's used to have lots of hard candies that I loved as a kid...shervert lemons, and iother hard candies.  Now they are closed I do't know where to get them when I travel! 
-Ed

[JJ80]

A lot of smaller British shops like Spar, R.S McColls and many off-licences and newsagents sell most old-fashioned varieties of sweets. They're still very popular here as well.

[Fishasaurus]

The Vermont Country Store has lots of old-fashioned teeth-rotting delights, even horehound candies.  They will look for more kinds and offer them through the catalogue if you make suggestions and they can find the stuff.  They are not cheap, however.

Meijer's has recently started carrying re-issued vintage candy, like French Chew taffy, Razzles, Teaberry gum and Dots.

Does anyone remember the webvsite of that retro candy mogul Steve Almond mentioned in his book, Candyfreak, which you really ought to read by the way?

[Fishasaurus]

One candy source in continuous production for a hundred years or more:The Mackinac Fudge Shop.

And right next to them is Ryba's.

[Fishasaurus]

And here's a place you can buy more retro candy, even the infamous Cherry Mash (made of chopped maraschinos for maximum lethality)!

[Jim H]

One candy source in continuous production for a hundred years or more:The Mackinac Fudge Shop.

And right next to them is Ryba's.

As a former Michigan resident, I can tell you that place has some damn delicious stuff.