80s Candy: Big League Chew
When Big League Chew first hit the market in 1980 the product seemed like an odd mix of brilliance and bad idea. It’s a pretty simple concept on the surface. It’s a pouch of gum clearly designed to...
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Remember Bonkers? The Candy Treat You Could Chew On Forever
There are plenty of forgotten candies from the golden era that is the 80s. Each week we’re going to feature a some of the hard-to-find candies of the decade in hopes to point you in the right direction...
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Candy of the ’80s: What happened to Chewels?
The first gum for many children of the ‘80s was Chewels, the sugar-free gum with a liquid gel in the middle. What it amounted to was squirting gum—the liquid popped out with the first chew—and if we’re...
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Candy of the ’80s: Gobstoppers
Is it a globe? A Gobstopper? Or both? Was there a better candy for the naivety of youth than Gobstoppers? As kids, we welcomed the challenge of consuming a piece of candy that was nicknamed...
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80s Candies: Pixy Stix
Powdery sugary substances never got any better than Pixy Stix. Who could forget one of the most simple candies known to man? Why did we love Pixy Stix? Was it the fact that it was simply a Sweet-tart...
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80’s Candy Treats You Can Still Taste Today
Much to the dismay of dentists at the time, candy was an integral part of the 80s. Movies like ET and The Goonies gave Reese’s Pieces (invented in 1978) and Baby Ruth bars (invented in the 1920s) new...
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