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Old Time Candy
Old Time Candy is located in LaGrange, Ohio and owned by Karen and Donny Ray. They grew up in the late fifties and early sixties. Back in 1999 they walked into a large candy store in Cleveland, Ohio, that's when this all started. This store specialized in old time candy, Karen and Donny had no idea that many of their old time favorites still existed. They went online in early 2000 with their first candy assortment and began to grown. In 2003, they moved into a larger facility and expanded at the beginning of 2004. Then again in 2006 they moved into a much larger facility and this is where they've been located since. 2015 marks the 15th Anniversary for their candy business.
1970's Decades Box (4lbs)
I was so excited when I was presented the opportunity to choose and review a Decade's Box from Old Time Candy Co. They offer Decade's Boxes from 1990 all the way back to 1920! I knew right away which decade I wanted, I chose 1970's. My mom isn't a huge chocolate fan and after receiving this box of candies from her childhood I can see why, there wasn't nearly as much chocolate in this box as we have today. I'm also not big on chocolate so it was a win win for us. My mom was pretty excited when I received the box and went to share with her. There were definitely some candies that she hadn't seen in years and didn't know they were still being made. My grandma also loved the candies in this box, she's always had a sweet tooth.
Our 1970's Decades Box included;
100 Grand Bar, Atomic Fire Balls, BB Bats, Bit-O-Honey, Blow Pops,
Boston Baked Beans, Bottle Caps, Bubble Gum Cigars, Butterscotch Disks,
Candy Buttons on paper tape, Candy Cigarettes, Candy Necklace, Candy
Ring, Caramel Creams (Bull's Eyes), Charleston Chew, Charms Assorted
Squares, Charms Sweet Pops, Chick-o-Stick, Cinnamon Disks, Dubble Bubble
Gum, French Chew Taffy, Fruit Stripe Gum, Gobstoppers, Good &
Plenty, Home Run Baseball Gum, Hershey Special Dark Bar, Hot Dog Bubble
Gum, Hot Tamales, Jawbreakers, Kit Kat, Kits Taffy, Laffy Taffy,
Lemonheads, Lik-M-Aid Fun Dip, Lollies, Marshmallow Ice Cream Cones,
Mike & Ike, Necco Wafers, Now & Laters, Peanut Butter Bars, Pixy
Stix, Pop Rocks, Razzles, Red Hots, Reese's Pieces, Ring Pops, Rolo,
Sixlets, Smarties, Peppermint Sticks, Sugar Daddy, Swedish Fish, Tootsie
Pop Drops, Tootsie Pops, Tootsie Roll, Wax Bottles (Nik-L-Nips), Wax
Lips, Whatchamacallit, York Peppermint Patties and Zotz Sours.
For a detailed candy list for all decades please visit Old Time Candy's Typical Decade Candy List.
For a detailed candy list for all decades please visit Old Time Candy's Typical Decade Candy List.
Every devoured the candies in this box. It was quite funny watching my 9 year old and 5 year old asking, "What is this?" about so many candies. My daughter tried Wax Bottles for the first time, my grandma and my boys enjoyed the Marshmallow Ice Cream Cones and so much more. I couldn't believe how quick this candy disappeared. As you can see above, I was left with lots of empty wrappers.
A decade's box would be a wonderful surprise for your parents or grandparents. It would also be fun to share old memories of old time candies with your own children, they probably haven't seen, tasted or even heard of about half the candies from your childhood.
Another thing I loved from my 9 year old daughter, "These candies are that old?!". Yes honey, most candies have been around at least as long as I've been alive and I'm only 26 years old.
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Which decade would choose? What was your favorite childhood candy that you have a hard time finding or haven't been able to find?
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Which decade would choose? What was your favorite childhood candy that you have a hard time finding or haven't been able to find?
I would pick the 1950's box because of so many many great memories and fun candy
ReplyDeleteI would pick the 1960 box it has a lot of candy their that i gre up on
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I think I would go with a 1970s box. That was my & my little brother's childhood decade, & I've been tempted to get him one of these for Christmas! They have so many candies I haven't seen in years!
ReplyDeleteI would pick an all decades box because I want to try the candies from each decade. It would be fun to see what kinds of candy there are.
ReplyDeleteI would pick the 1950's Decade Box. That is my Era and I would love to have my Grandchildren see and taste the Candy that me and Grandpa grew up with! I only remember a few Candies back then..I couldn't find anywhere on the site where it actually showed you what was inside the different Decade boxes! A Little disappointing! Would love to win!
ReplyDeleteHi Cathy, I'm sorry. I know it's a bit difficult to find the candy list, I definitely should have included that in my review, I will add it now. You can find what candies are included in each decade box through the link above below the section where I stated what was in the 1970's box that I reviewed. Good luck!
DeleteI would pick 1970 decade box. I like the candy. Getting into the 80's you get lots of sour candy.
DeleteI would pick 1970 decade box. I like the candy. Getting into the 80's you get lots of sour candy.
DeleteI would love to choose the 90's decade gift box. I love the candy that comes in this box. Yumm!
ReplyDeleteI would love the Pre 1920s Candy! I am curious what it would be like!
ReplyDeleteI would pick the 70's from when I was a kid.
ReplyDeleteI'd probably love to try the 50's box, because that's the stuff my mom grew up with!
ReplyDeleteI grew up in the 1960's so I would love to try the box from that decade. I remember loving most of the candy in that box.
ReplyDeleteI would enjoy the 60's decade box lots of familiar goodies.Also the 70's decade was filled with many candies I would like to try again..Thanks....
ReplyDeleteI would pick the 1960's box for nostalgia's sake, as that is when I was a child.
ReplyDeleteI think I would pick the 1980s box just because that's the decade I was born in. I think my favorite things in there would be Sour Patch Kids and Caramello Bars.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the Wonderful Review on Old Time Candy Company: 1970's Decades 4lb Box Review! I think it's so funny how our kids don't know about some of the candies we had growing up! I know that my kids will be asking the same questions! I love the 1970's box! It's a trip down memory lane! We do not get much candy in our home because I just can't afford it when I grocery shop! I'm on such a tight budget that purchasing something, as my husband calls it, not what we really need!, it's hard to slip it in! Every now and then I'll slip in something for the kids, candy wise! Both myself and my husband are disabled from a hit and run auto accident and I have my 2 children and my 2 grandchildren here with us! It's been difficult to say the least and I haven't even gotten the ok to do any Christmas shopping! I would love to receive this boxed candy! Thanks so much for sharing your review and for the wonderful giveaway! I truly honestly do appreciate it! Thanks again so very much! Michele :)
ReplyDeleteSo hard to decide! I am not sure which box I'd want. Either the 1950's so I could see what was available when my mom and dad were growing up or the 70's to revisit mine.
ReplyDeleteLove all the decade boxes, because I have a sweet tooth. I think I would choose the 1980s box. It has some of my favorite candies in that one :)
ReplyDeleteI would pick the 1980's box/
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I like the 70s box - my favorite candy is actually gum, and it looks like that is the box with the most.
ReplyDeleteI would pick the 1980s box just because I like the candy in that box the most.. My favorite candies are Skittles and Skor.
ReplyDeleteI would pick the 70's box. I have always loved Charleston Chews and Charms.
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I would love to have the 1980's Decade box as I grew up on that candy, I have many memories of going to the baseball card shop and buying some of this candy for 5 cents a piece!
ReplyDeleteThese boxes look so fun. While the 80's was my decade box based on their selection criteria of being 10 during that decade, I think I would love to try the 60's box because fruit strip gum is awesome and I love Now & Laters!
ReplyDeleteI would pick the 1970s decade candy box because it was the decade I was born and I love all the sweet tart type candies that were so popular then like Wonka Gobstoppers and Bottlecaps.
ReplyDeleteI would choose the 70s . It was an interesting decade and candy was strangely wierd and interesting.
ReplyDeleteI would choose from the 70's or 80's. I'm thinking I would pick Bubble Tape original flavor. Or even bananaramas. So many fun choices!
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ReplyDeleteI would choose the 1980s box because I like that decade. This candy looks very tasty!
ReplyDeleteI would pick 1960's because of so many many great candies I love eating while growing up.
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