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| Candy buttons were my favorite back in the days. |
Today I had a random thought on my ride home from my freelancing gig, candy buttons. You know candy buttons -- the hard little disks made of sugar in pink, yellow, orange and sometimes blue. They were sold on strips of white paper that resembled a cash register receipt.
Candy buttons were colorful dots kids had to eat directly off the paper. It was inevitable you would get tiny wads of paper stuck in your mouth. You didn't care, you were young and the button candy was so appealing to the eye. There was something so pretty about it.
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I think stores still carry button candy; I remember going into CVS and Drug Fair and seeing them there. I've never bought them as an adult though - but maybe I should! They were awesome! I think the best part was peeling off that little tiny bit of white paper with the candy...
they still sell these. they are still gross.
I remember them, but can't recall ever buying them. Guess my kids might remember.
you're so right about them being useless but pretty. the same can be said of many things in this life...
I care...I hated these then and I still hate them now :)
I loved the way the colors were sometimes blended on the row between 2 colors. I don't know why I bought them; thinking about the taste, I remember always being disappointed that they didn't really taste like anything.
I'm not sure these ever made it to the UK. Or if they did, I didn't notice!
Oh my gosh I LOVED those as a kid!!
Yum! I used to love these and ate 'em all the time. I saw some at a retro-candy store recently and they now come in strips with cellophane around them. Progress...BAH!
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