It appears I was born into a depressingly long drought of new candy introductions. Push Pops and Airheads came out three years before I was born, and Cookies and Creme Hershey four years after.

Looking it up on Wikipedia, there's also Hershey's Symphony Bars (which I've never had) and Magnum Ice Cream bars (which I know don't count as candy)

(October 20, 2018 at 6:15 pm)Kit Wrote: Click and tell us

1979

1959:

Sade

So I went back and looked, (non wyzas) and can't find one for my exact year. 

I blame Sputnik. 

Wait, I found something called devil's rice pie. Go figure.

(October 20, 2018 at 6:36 pm)Kit Wrote:

(October 20, 2018 at 6:35 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I was born early in '51.

You're only slightly older than my father.  I think he was born around '54

I'm slightly older than a lot of fathers.

(October 21, 2018 at 5:52 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:

(October 20, 2018 at 6:36 pm)Kit Wrote: You're only slightly older than my father.  I think he was born around '54

I'm slightly older than a lot of fathers.  

Yeah, there are some school yards near some navy bases where I won't be throwing any rocks. Don't want to injure any grand kids. I hope my wife never sees this...

Dulce de Leche Caramel M&M's

I dislike both caramel and M&M's. Yay.

(October 21, 2018 at 8:48 am)Fireball Wrote:

(October 21, 2018 at 5:52 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: I'm slightly older than a lot of fathers.  

Yeah, there are some school yards near some navy bases where I won't be throwing any rocks. Don't want to injure any grand kids. I hope my wife never sees this...

♫Been around the world,
Met a million girls.♫

I am somewhere between Peeps and candy necklaces.

You would think that after a break of four years after Peeps someone could have come up with something better than candy necklaces...which can just barely be described as 'candy'. I seem to recall them being more of a weapon...hold a bead between your top and bottom front teeth, stretch the elastic tight and bite down just enough to break the bead and shoot basically a spitball made of sugar at the back of the neck of the person in front of you in class.

Sigh...lost in the abyss between Peeps and candy necklaces.

Starburst
The inital release in the UK as Opal Fruits
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starburst_(confectionery)

(October 20, 2018 at 8:08 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: It appears I was born into a depressingly long drought of new candy introductions. Push Pops and Airheads came out three years before I was born, and Cookies and Creme Hershey four years after.

Looking it up on Wikipedia, there's also Hershey's Symphony Bars (which I've never had) and Magnum Ice Cream bars (which I know don't count as candy)

Okay, I bought a Symphony at the store today. The good news: they taste good. The bad news: there's not really much taste difference with a regular Hershey bar. Maybe there's a bit more milk in the milk chocolate, but if I didn't look it up on Wikipedia, I might not have gotten that.