Cool. I use to always get a pair of wax lips or the
fangs.
David L.
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Subject: [Sndbox] Nostalgic Candy Gives Fix to Baby BoomersNostalgic Candy Gives Fix to Baby Boomers
By Associated Press
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October 30, 2003, 10:40 AM EST
CLEVELAND -- Baby Boomers can't seem to grow up, at least when comes to their taste in candy. The Woodstock Candy company is doing a booming business, catering to the boomers' sweet-tooth.
"People are usually thrilled to know that a lot of candy from their childhood is still available," according to Bridget Sweeney-Bell of the Woodstock, N.Y., confections company.
What's big for Halloween for Baby Boomers? "Wax lips are very popular," says Sweeney-Bell, who also listed favorites including candy buttons on paper, Gold Mine Gum, candy cigarettes and Nik-L-Nips.
In the politically correct present, candy that looks like cigarettes often is marketed as "candy sticks," but some old-time favorites still provide a puff of sugar when you blow through a hole in the middle.
Nostalgic candy has become a niche in the $24 billion U.S. candy business, in part because the biggest candy makers have concentrated on fewer items, especially chocolate.
Outfits specializing in nostalgic candies have moved into that retail void, often via the Internet.
Tom Scheiman has 2,500 items in his Cleveland candy store, 200 of which he classifies as "nostalgic," and are hard to find or have limited regional distribution.
"We ship a lot to Florida and Atlanta," he said. "They're transplants."
His top Halloween nostalgic item: wax fangs.
"They're cool. There's nothing like them," he said.Copyright © 2003, The Associated Press
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