NAME a guilty pleasure that reminds U of your childhood...

[Mikekoz13]

bill....i definitely remember the candy cigarettes.   anyone remember..."big league chew".  it was this very tasty, juicy pink bubble gum that was in a " chewing-tobacco package".  i remember one day as a kid i chewed the entire package and became sick 2 my stomache.

WARHAWK

                     I mentioned Big League chew above. Mel..... tell me why chewing that stuff actually made you feel cool..... I can't figure it out.

[PigPen]

Cause it came in a pouch, like actual chewing tobacco, I think.

[warhawk]

bill....i definitely remember the candy cigarettes.   anyone remember..."big league chew".  it was this very tasty, juicy pink bubble gum that was in a " chewing-tobacco package".  i remember one day as a kid i chewed the entire package and became sick 2 my stomache.

WARHAWK

                     I mentioned Big League chew above. Mel..... tell me why chewing that stuff actually made you feel cool..... I can't figure it out.

mikekoz...my bad, buddy.  i didn't realize u mentioned the "big league chew".  however, i didn't say it made me feel kool.  i just simply stated that it was a very, tasty bubble gum and that it was one of my guilty pleasures as a kid.  anyways...i'm enjoying everyone's responses.  keep 'em coming.

WARHAWK

[Mikekoz13]

All's cool Mel.You know great minds think alike ......... i know I thought I was cool............. how dumb was that?

[warhawk]

All's cool Mel.You know great minds think alike ......... i know I thought I was cool............. how dumb was that?

WARHAWK

[xnewyawka]

How about those wax tubes and shapes with the juice inside?, or the little wafers with the little round candy inside? we used to call em flying saucers, lol

We had the coolest penny candy store in my Grandmothers neighborhood, where I pretty much grew up. All my friends were there. It was a small store but it was just packed with all kinds of toys, gadgets and candy. The coolest place for kids. They had one of those curved glass display cases with all the penny candies inside. You could go there with fifty cents, hell  even a quarter and have yourself a feast.

What a great store and a great time. You don't see things like that anymore.   
(funny, as I write this, Don Henleys' " End of the Innocence" is playing, kinda fitting in a way.) 

[RodgerDodger]

We had the candy store in my Grandmothers neighborhood, where I pretty much grew up. What a great store and a great time. You don't see things like that anymore.   

xnewyawka,
Could you get a "Chocolate Egg Cream" soda at that candy store?

I had a similar place, Sol & Jean's, in my neighborhood.

Do you remember Fox's U-Bet Syrup? Had that stuff by the heap on ice cream sundaes. What about that cake covered in whipped cream. I think it was called a Charlotte Russe. That takes me back.

You must of heard of Jahn's Ice Cream. There were several stores
throughout the boroughs. Sad to report their last store in Richmond Hill just closed up shop this January. Another victim of high rent.

Rodger, Over & Out

[Timmay]

peeing my name in snow! LOL

[RodgerDodger]

peeing my name in snow! LOL

Thats's shameful. 

What do you have to say for youself, Timmmay?

Throwing rocks at..... the widow Jenkin's house.

[DAT Boy]

OK, back on subject-
Bazooka Bubblegum
Hostess Snowballs 
yes, and all that other stuff mentioned, like the flavored liquid in the wax bottles that you'd chew on for hours and get all the wax stuck between your teeth.
Don't forget wax lips too     and all that penny candy

[Adam]

Sour patch kids.  As many of us had, there was a great store in my granparents' neighborhood that sold all sorts of it.  The sour patch kids were my favorite, along with tootsie rolls, sweedish fish, circus peanuts, baseball cards with the gum inside, Garbage Pail kids cards, blow pops, tootsie roll pops, red hot dollars, oh, the list goes on and on...

[Timmay]

Well.....well.......well....damnit....just dont eat yella snow! 

[Nick912]

bill....i definitely remember the candy cigarettes.   anyone remember..."big league chew".  it was this very tasty, juicy pink bubble gum that was in a " chewing-tobacco package".  i remember one day as a kid i chewed the entire package and became sick 2 my stomache.

WARHAWK

                     I mentioned Big League chew above. Mel..... tell me why chewing that stuff actually made you feel cool..... I can't figure it out.

I liked Grape Big League Chew. It rocked!

[Stu]

Boy, I'm glad I'm not the only who actually experienced penny candy.  There was a local store in my neighborhood owned by an old gentleman that had penny licorice, Bazooka, Tootsie Rolls, etc.  He also sold flat taffy that measured about a foot by 3 inches and popsicles, including banana flavored.  He also had 'expensive' plastic models in his sidewalk display windows which you had to put together -- I think they were around 65 whole cents.

I also used to love Sweet Tarts, especially the giant ones, Wacky Wafers which were kind of like Sweet Tarts only with flavors like watermelon and peach, large squares of sour apple bubble gum which seemed to always have silly 70's smiley face stickers, and Dairy Queen Mister Misties, very finely ground ice in a sickingly-sweet syrup.  I don't know how I could eat such disgusting stuff!

[jusbnme]

A good 'ol grilled cheese sandwich.  Man!  I ate tons of these as a kid and I still do now.  Every time I eat one I think of when I was growing up.