A collection of fun and fabulous retro candies! Pixy Stix (1940s) a drink mix turned candy; Sweet Tarts (1960s), made from the Pixy Stix only neater; explosive Pop Rocks (1957 ); Licorice Laces (1925), featured in Charlie Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush”; Rock Candy (1600s), later used as a candy & medicine; Jolly Ranchers (1949); Dubble Bubble (1928), first bubble gum ever; Satellite Wafers (1950’s) & Zotz (1960’s), circa the UFO craze; Hot Tamales (1950s); Caramel Creams (1917), still family-owned; Bubblegum Cigarettes (1940s/50s), for kids playing grown-up; Candy Bars hit the market in 1912, by 1930 around 100,000 were on the market; Jaw Breakers (1901) of the sugar plum family. Retro, fabulous, FUN!
Fabulous Fandango Box… brought to you by the nation’s ONLY researched-based historic candy company. Our founder, Susan Benjamin, is author of numerous articles, even a book on the subject (her tenth) on Smithsonian’s Best Books About Food. Everything you get from True Treats is the best possible, most delicious version of her scholarly research – and Fabulous Fandango Box is no exception. True Treats products are sold in museum gift stores across the county. Enjoyed in homes everywhere!
A delightful boozy walk-through taverns, saloons, and contemporary bars in a candy setting brought to you by award-winning researcher and True Treats’ founder Susan Benjamin. Enjoy authentic bourbon balls made with Woodford Reserve whiskey, plus mint julep balls, bourbon-infused caramels, a variety of alcohol-flavored cordials, perfect Margarita Rimming Sugar, rock candy cocktail stirrer and an historic recipe book for the perfect drink.
A delightful boozy walk-through taverns, saloons, and contemporary bars in a candy setting brought to you by award-winning researcher and True Treats’ founder Susan Benjamin. Enjoy authentic bourbon balls made with Woodford Reserve whiskey, plus mint julep balls, bourbon-infused caramels, a variety of alcohol-flavored cordials, perfect Margarita Rimming Sugar, rock candy cocktail stirrer and a historic recipe book for the perfect drink.
Fun, Fabulous Retro Candies!
Enjoy the 20th century’s finest with this gift box brimming with vintage candies! The early 1900s brought candy cigarettes, wax lips, and Jawbreakers – a descendent of the sugar plum candies of the 1600s! Classic caramels followed, like Goetze’s Caramel Creams (still family owned), the Sugar Daddy – whose original name was the Papa Sucker! Who knew?
The 1920s also saw an explosion of old time toffee candies like the classic Bit O’Honey.
Wait, Pixy Stix Started Out As… What?!
Believe it or not, this beloved retro candy started out as a drink mix! In the 1940s, the classic Pixy Stix hit the market. Parents wrote to the company so frequently saying the candy was too messy and their kids were covered in sugar that 20 years later, a compressed version of Pixy Stix, the SweeTart, appeared! Who knew?
explosive Pop Rocks, (Created in ‘57 ); Licorice Laces (1925) featured in Charlie Chaplin’s “The Gold Rush” ; Rock Candy (1600s), used as a candy & medicine, exploded with color in the 20th century; Jolly Ranchers (Colorado, 1949); Dubble Bubble (1928), first bubble gum ever; Satellite Wafers (1950’s), circa the UFO craze; Hot Tamales (1950s);
Wait, Yo-Yos Are How Old?
Full of fun, classic toys like heroic paratroopers (introduced to the American toy box in 1938), timeless toy flutes… and ancient yo-yos?! Believe it or not, the yo-yo was first enjoyed by children in Ancient Greece as early as 440 BC! The first modern yo-yo company was founded in California in 1928 by Pedro Flores, a Filipino immigrant.
What About the Candy?
Paired with space age satellite wafers, fizzy Pop Rocks, colorful rock candy, and more retro favorites. Candies may vary based on availability. The young and young at heart are sure to love this fun filled collection of classic toys and candies this Easter! Comes with a True Treats Easter card!
Check out this video on the Toys and Treats Box from Candy Historian Susan Benjamin!
The sorghum drops have a distinct flavor, smoother than the sorghum molasses but more flavorful than rock candy. Tasty without being overwhelming, a perfect workday treat and anytime refreshment. 4 oz in a heat-sealed bag with the history on the label.
About Elder Select For so many Americans, “old time candy” is fascinating. Orange, banana-flavored circus peanuts? Horehound candy?? Penny candy??…
1800s Confectionery Shop
A sample of 12 1800s candies that started as medicine and ended as fun food. Some are so familiar, you’d be surprised they go back so far – think: Good n’ Plenty. Others are started as medicines – think candy drops – and still others such as caramels, and taffy were all-about fun food in the late 100s. Comes with an historic image on the front and story of the candy on the back. Seriously – history never tasted so sweet!
Candy and alcohol—delicious, romantic, satisfying. Sugar is the basis of their existence. Both originated as medicine. And both have long…
Billie Holiday Billie Holiday, born Eleanora Fagan Gough in 1915, lived a remarkable, ground-breaking, and tragic life. She was raised…
Satellite Wafers AKA “Flying Saucers” and “Those Things” as in “OH – I remember those things…” are an enigma. What…
(From Susan’s upcoming book “Fun Foods of America” Summer, 2024) More than any other candy, Circus Peanuts are loved and…
