• True Treats Penny Candy Fun gift box with keepsake history cards, nostalgic wrapped candies, Black Jack gum, wax bottles and circus peanuts
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Retro Penny Candy Store in a Box

Retro Penny Candy Store in a Box

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Retro Candy Box – A Kid's Favorite Gift - A Grown-Up's Treasure

RETRO all RETO and nothing but Retro! This penny candy box contains the best and brightest of retro candy PLUS a keepsake card telling the story of each. You’ll find candies you remember, candies you forgot and candy you never knew existed. There are the pulled creams and NECCO Wafers (mid-1800s); traditional jellybeans, big and fat; circus peanuts and molasses pull (late 1800s); and hard candies made to cleanse the breath. The perfect pick-me-up. Giving to a kid? Why not share your memories as you go. So – why call it “penny candy”? Because all these retro candies had a store all to themselves – and the prices for most were only a penny. That’s why we call then Penny Candy Stores.

Products may vary depending on availability. All are in keeping with the time period and place in penny candy stores.

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100% Authentic Historic Candy

100% Authentic Historic Candy

Product Details

Size: A pound of retro favorites in a 10x7x2" box

root beer barrels (Sugar, Corn Syrup, Natural Flavor, Citric Acid, Artificial Color (Red 40, Yellow 5, Blue 1), caramel cubes (Sugar, Corn Syrup, Skim Milk, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil (Soybean, Cottonseed and/or Palm Kernel Oil), Whey Powder, Milk Cream, Salt, Soy Lecithin, Mono and Diglycerides, Artificial Flavor), Fireballs (Sugar, Contains Less Than 2% of the Following: Modified Food Starch (Corn), Artificial Flavor, Carnauba Wax, Acacia (Gum Arabic), Titanium Dioxide (Color), Red 40 Lake), candy buttons (Corn syrup, sugar, food starch-modified, malic acid, natural and artificial flavors, sodium citrate, and artificial colors), Cream Caramels (Wheat flour, corn syrup, dextrose, sugar, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, high fructose corn syrup, modified whey, skim milk, cream, mono & diglycerides, salt, soy lecithin, corn starch, and artificial flavors) Dubble Bubble(Sugar, Dextrose, Corn Syrup (Glucose), Gum Base, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Artificial Flavors, Artificial Color (FD&C Red 3), Corn Starch, BHT (to maintain freshness), Pixy Stix ('DEXTROSE, MALTODEXTRIN, CITRIC ACID, AND LESS THAN 2% OF NATURAL FLAVORS, BLUE 1 LAKE, BLUE 2 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE, YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 6 LAKE), Charleston Chews (Corn Syrup, Sugar, Palm Kernel and Palm Oil, Nonfat Dry Milk, Cocoa, Lactose, Milk Protein Concentrate, Egg Albumen, Artificial Flavor, Soy Lecithin, Soy Protein, Salt, Sodium Citrate), Nik L Nips (Refined Wax, Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Artificial Flavors, Citric Acid, Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Sorbate (preservatives), Artificial Colors (FD&C red 40, blue 1, yellow 5, yellow 6), BHT (to maintain freshness). Soy may be present)Dum-Dums (Sugar, Corn Syrup, Citric Acid, Malic Acid, Salt, Artificial Flavor, Color Added (Includes Red 40, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Blue 1), Bit O’ Honey (Corn Syrup, Sugar, Nonfat Milk, Hydrogeneted Coconut Oil, Almonds (Almonds,Safflower and/or Cottonseed and/or Canola Oil), Honey, Salt, Egg Whites, Modified Soy Protein, Natural Flavor), pulled creams (Sugar, Real Dairy Cream , Real Dairy Butter, Chocolate, Salt, Baking Soda, Vinegar, Glycerine, Potassium Sorbate, a preservative, Tenox (an anti-oxidant to prevent rancidity.), candy sticks (Sugar, Citrus Acid, Peppermint Oil, Artificial Food Coloring), jelly beans (Sugar, Corn Syrup, Cornstarch, Modified Cornstarch, Maltodextrin, FD&C Red 40, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Titanium Dioxide, Blue 1, Red 3, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Carnauba Wax, Beeswax, Confectioner's Glaze), Circus Peanuts (Sugar, Corn Syrup, Gelatin, Pectin, Artificial Flavor, Color Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Red 40), Taffy (CORN SYRUP, SUGAR, COCONUT OIL, SEA SALT, EGG WHITES, EVAPORATED MILK, COCOA, MALIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ARTIFICIAL COLORS (INCLUDING FD&C BLUE 1, RED 3, RED 40, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6), Tootsie Rolls (sugar, corn syrup, palm oil, condensed skim milk, cocoa, whey, soy lecithin, and artificial and natural flavors.)Lifesavers (Sugar, Corn Syrup, Artificial Flavor, Stearic Acid), Jaw Busters (sucrose, contains less than 2% of the following: modified food starch, natural and artificial flavor, carnauba wax, gum acacia, color added, red 40 lake, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, yellow 6, blue 1 lake, and blue 2 lake), gummy bears (Gelatin, sugar, glucose syrup, starch, flavoring, food coloring, citric acid)

Allergen Disclaimer: Please note that our products are made in a facility that processes peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, soy, and wheat. While we take precautions to prevent cross-contamination, we cannot guarantee that our products are allergen-free.

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Who Invented Penny Candy

One of the best things wasn’t just the candy. Sure it was made in the mid-1800s by pharmacists who used sugar in medicines. Sure they were made especially for working class kids; for most a chance to purchase something in a store. And yes, the candy chewy, spicey, sweet and delicious. But the best parts was that kids could buy those marvelous treats in a penny candy store. One of the beauties of the penny candy store was how you collected the stash....
One of the best things wasn’t just the candy. Sure it was made in the mid-1800s by pharmacists who used sugar in medicines. Sure they were made especially for working class kids; for most a chance to purchase something in a store. And yes, the candy chewy, spicey, sweet and delicious. But the best parts was that kids could buy those marvelous treats in a penny candy store. One of the beauties of the penny candy store was how you collected the stash. Some were unwrapped and you picked these up with a small scoop, set of prongs, or at the beach-side shops when no one was looking, your bare hands. Others were individually wrapped and ready, labeled, sanitary, and above all, self-contained… So who invented penny candy in the first place? Susan Benjamin - true penny candy connoisseur - will explain.

The Sweet Journey Through Time Starts Here!

True Treats is the only historically accurate candy store in the world — every product personally researched by candy historian Susan Benjamin. The story of each item comes right on the tag.