Candy that is a crime against humanity.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Hi Thump

Hiya Kat, how's kicks?

[emjay]

I actually remember candy cigarettes when I was a kid - basically white sticks of sugar shaped to look like cigarettes and sold in a little box that looked like a cigarette pack. We would hold them like the adults held their real cigarettes.

Oh, the good old days. I wonder what happened to candy cigarettes?

-Teresa

They still exist... they just dropped cigarettes from the title for obvious reasons... they're just called 'Candy Sticks' now, but still in a little box shaped like a cigarette pack. They're one of my favourite sweets, and thankfully, no different (that I can tell) in taste or texture from how they used to be. I bought some relatively recently online for old times sake... and there you can get them by the proverbial carton :

http://www.keepitsweet.co.uk/retro-sweet...PObLmco-M8

[Longhorn]

Believe it or not, there are decent American sweets. Ghiradelli's has already been mentioned; they make good chocolate. Like many other American experiences, you'll have to get away from the mass-produced stuff in order to find the best things.

It's a function of being a large country; when serving a huge population, the pressure to approach the lowest common denominator and maximize profit is nigh inexorable.

This.

Hi Thump

(Hi Kitty! Long time no see)

[c172]

I've been in downtown Hershey once. Very cute little settlement it is. Very All-American place to start a family.  Never made it to HersheyPark though (I had something to do in Harrisburg that day). I do like Hershey Chocolate, though. Maybe it's just that bias in favor of Pennsylvania that I cultivated while living there. 

Jawbreakers are something I remember from my youth, but today, with my disability, I recognize them as just a choking hazard. I'll pass. I remember, in particular, those Everlasting Gobstoppers, which I think were white with colorful splatter dye. In fact, I think the rest of the Anglophone world calls them gobstoppers.

[Thumpalumpacus]

Yabut, did you drive down Hershey Highway?

(Sorry, couldn't help myself. I'll show myself the door.)

[chimp3]

Yabut, did you drive down Hershey Highway?

(Sorry, couldn't help myself. I'll show myself the door.)

Door's locked! 

I have taken the scenic route down Hershey Highway. I remember one beautiful vehicle that had a bumper sticker which read : "If you can read this you're riding my ass!"

Now I will unlock the door so we can both leave.

[Brian37]

Yabut, did you drive down Hershey Highway?

(Sorry, couldn't help myself. I'll show myself the door.)

Door's locked! 

I have taken the scenic route down Hershey Highway. I remember one beautiful vehicle that had a bumper sticker which read : "If you can read this you're riding my ass!"

Now I will unlock the door so we can both leave.

Thanks asshole.   I just got done telling everyone here where on the doll Casper touched me, now I have to go back to my therapist. Yes please unlock the door, I WANT OUT!

I am sure you also took the "Purple Crown Cab" there too. I had a sneaking feeling that as soon as I read "Hershey" someone would bring that old joke up.

[chimp3]

Door's locked! 

I have taken the scenic route down Hershey Highway. I remember one beautiful vehicle that had a bumper sticker which read : "If you can read this you're riding my ass!"

Now I will unlock the door so we can both leave.

Thanks asshole.   I just got done telling everyone here where on the doll Casper touched me, now I have to go back to my therapist. Yes please unlock the door, I WANT OUT!

I am sure you also took the "Purple Crown Cab" there too.

I could lie and say it was a '67 Mustang but I was driving a '59 Nash Rambler.

[Brian37]

Thanks asshole.   I just got done telling everyone here where on the doll Casper touched me, now I have to go back to my therapist. Yes please unlock the door, I WANT OUT!

I am sure you also took the "Purple Crown Cab" there too.

I could lie and say it was a '67 Mustang but I was driving a '59 Nash Rambler.

Meh, I bet it was a Pacer or a Ford Pinto.

[Thumpalumpacus]

I drove it with an AMC ... a Javelin.