Old time hard candies are delicious, long-lasting, and always a treat. Their flavors, from spicey to sweet, are as varied as their shapes!  But they were more than candy treasures! For decades mothers gave their children hard candies to ease their colds. Grandmothers carried hard candies in their purses as breath-fresheners. Hard candies appeared in candy bowls at home and glass jars at the office. Did you know: Old time hard candies were regional! Hard candy lovers enjoyed maple sugar drops and stained glass depending on where they lived. Did you know: The U.S. government sent literally tons of sour balls to troops during World War Two!