Retro Candy

My trip to the dentist was also a trip to the past! I am so fortunate to have a funny dentist. However, I probably didn't need to laugh quite as much as I did yesterday as he was drilling and picking away. He just pulls stuff out of nowhere and enjoys the banter with his assistants too. I can tell all the gals in the office just adore him. Ok, he's good looking too, but shouldn't that be a law...I mean all you ever do in that chair is stare up into the face and eyes of your dentist!

So, as he was working away on me, he asks Autumn (the assistant) if she's ever done the Wint-O-Green lifesaver trick in the dark. She had no clue so he explained it to her and noticed me nodding (since they had successfully shut me up with what I shall call the 'clamp' to hold my mouth open and keep me from engaging in incessant chatter). He then said "Trudy and I know about it". I laughed. Then started thinking about all of my childhood favorites...those great 70's candies. I don't know...perhaps many of them still are around and I just don't frequent the candy aisle at 7-11 (oh wait, those aren't around anymore either). When I think of all the candy I used to endulge in, it's no wonder this all came back to me as I sat in a dentist chair!

Pop rocks...those were the bomb! How about the sugar sticks, fun dips, candy cigarettes, candy necklaces and bracelets, wax bottles (and I ate the wax too), pixy stix, atomic fire balls, jawbreakers, laffy taffy, chick-o-sticks, and who could forget the candy buttons and nerds? Oh yes...those were 'sweet' days indeed! Now I just cringe when I think of half of them, if not more! Except for the chick-o-sticks, are those still around, they were awesome!