Kinds of cheap candy that used to be sold years ago: (Open question)
| STICK CANDY | 210 |
| PEPPERMINT STICKS | 105 |
| LICKRISH | 100 |
| ROCK CANDY | 98 |
| JAWBREAKERS | 85 |
| HOREHOUND | 80 |
| LICORICE | 71 |
| CHOCOLATE DROPS | 57 |
| HARD CANDY | 48 |
| GUM DROPS | 47 |
| PEPPERMINT | 47 |
| LEMON DROPS | 45 |
| PENNY CANDY | 45 |
| JELLY BEANS | 44 |
| TAFFY | 41 |
| HOREHOUND CANDY | 38 |
| LICORICE STICKS | 29 |
| NIGGER BABIES | 28 |
| TOOTSIE ROLLS | 28 |
| SUCKERS | 25 |
| HOREHOUND DROPS | 24 |
| KISSES | 22 |
| PEANUT BRITTLE | 22 |
| GUMDROPS | 18 |
| LICKRISH STICKS | 18 |
| HARD CANDIES | 17 |
| FUDGE | 16 |
| MARY JANES | 16 |
| PEPPERMINTS | 16 |
| SOUR BALLS | 16 |
| ALL-DAY SUCKERS | 15 |
| HOREHOUND STICKS | 15 |
| HOREHOUNDS | 15 |
| MIXED CANDY | 15 |
| COCONUT STRIPS | 14 |
| PEPPERMINT CANDY | 14 |
| SUGAR CANDY | 13 |
| CHOCOLATE CREAMS | 11 |
| CORN CANDY | 11 |
| LEMON STICKS | 11 |
| LICORICE WHIPS | 11 |
| RIBBON CANDY | 10 |
| CANDY CORN | 9 |
| CARAMELS | 9 |
| NR | 9 |
| PEPPERMINT DROPS | 9 |
| BUBBLE GUM | 8 |
| BUCKET CANDY | 8 |
| COCONUT CANDY | 8 |
| NIGGERTOES | 8 |
| BABY RUTH | 7 |
| CARMELS | 7 |
| CHOCOLATE | 7 |
| CHOCOLATES | 7 |
| CINNAMON DROPS | 7 |
| MOLASSES CANDY | 7 |
| NIGGERHEADS | 7 |
| PENNY CANDIES | 7 |
| BUTTERSCOTCH | 6 |
| HARDTACK | 6 |
| LEMON | 6 |
| LICKRISH WHIPS | 6 |
| LICKWISH | 6 |
| PEANUT BARS | 6 |
| PEPPERMINT STICK CANDY | 6 |
| RED-HOTS | 6 |
| BONBONS | 5 |
| CANDY BARS | 5 |
| CANDY CANES | 5 |
| CANDY KISSES | 5 |
| CHOCOLATE CANDY | 5 |
| FRENCH CANDY | 5 |
| LOLLIPOPS | 5 |
| LOZENGES | 5 |
| SALT-WATER TAFFY | 5 |
| BULL’S-EYES | 4 |
| CANDY STICKS | 4 |
| CANE CANDY | 4 |
| CARAMEL | 4 |
| COCONUT BARS | 4 |
| COTTON CANDY | 4 |
| CREAM CANDY | 4 |
| DIVINITY | 4 |
| FANCY CANDY | 4 |
| GUM BALLS | 4 |
| GUM CANDY | 4 |
| MOLASSES | 4 |
| ORANGE SLICES | 4 |
| PEANUT CANDY | 4 |
| PENNY STICK CANDY | 4 |
| STICK CANDIES | 4 |
| WINDING BALLS | 4 |
| WINTERGREEN | 4 |
| ANISE | 3 |
| BLACK COWS | 3 |
| BOLSTERS | 3 |
| BOSTON BAKED BEANS | 3 |
| BULK CANDY | 3 |
| BUTTONS | 3 |
| CHICKEN CORN | 3 |
| CHOCOLATE BABIES | 3 |
| CHOCOLATE BALLS | 3 |
| CHOCOLATE MICE | 3 |
| CHRISTMAS CANDY | 3 |
| CINNAMON CANDY | 3 |
| CINNAMON STICKS | 3 |
| GROCERY MIX | 3 |
| HERSHEY BARS | 3 |
| HOEHOUND | 3 |
| LADY GUM | 3 |
| LADYFINGERS | 3 |
| LICKRISH ROOT | 3 |
| LICORICE DROPS | 3 |
| LICORICE STRIPS | 3 |
| MARSHMALLOWS | 3 |
| MARY JONES | 3 |
| MINTS | 3 |
| MOLASSES TAFFY | 3 |
| OLD FASHIONED CHOCOLATES | 3 |
| PEPPERMINT BALLS | 3 |
| RED DROPS | 3 |
| ROOT BEER BARRELS | 3 |
| SHOESTRING LICORICE | 3 |
| SHOESTRINGS | 3 |
| SPEARMINT STICKS | 3 |
| SUGAR DADDIES | 3 |
| TURKISH TAFFY | 3 |
| ANISE DROPS | 2 |
| APPLE ON A STICK | 2 |
| BANANA CANDY | 2 |
| BAR CANDY | 2 |
| BROKEN CANDY | 2 |
| BUTTERBALLS | 2 |
| CANDY BEANS | 2 |
| CANDY CIGARETTES | 2 |
| CHEWING GUM | 2 |
| CHOCOLATE BARS | 2 |
| CHOCOLATE CREAM | 2 |
| CHOCOLATE CREAM BARS | 2 |
| CHOCOLATE KISSES | 2 |
| CHOCOLATE SOLDIERS | 2 |
| CINNAMON BALLS | 2 |
| CINNAMON HEARTS | 2 |
| CINNAMON SQUARES | 2 |
| COCONUT | 2 |
| COCONUT BALLS | 2 |
| CREMES | 2 |
| FRUIT DROPS | 2 |
| GROCER’S MIX | 2 |
| GUM | 2 |
| HARD MIXED | 2 |
| JOHNNY CROOK | 2 |
| JU-JU BEES | 2 |
| JUJUBES | 2 |
| LEMON CANDY | 2 |
| LICORICE BUTTONS | 2 |
| LICORICE ROOT | 2 |
| LICORICE SHOESTRINGS | 2 |
| LICORICE STICK CANDY | 2 |
| LOOSE CANDY | 2 |
| LOZENGERS | 2 |
| MALTED MILK BALLS | 2 |
| MAPLE SUGAR | 2 |
| MARSHMALLOW | 2 |
| MARSHMALLOW BANANAS | 2 |
| MINT CANDY | 2 |
| MIXED HARD CANDY | 2 |
| MOTH BALLS | 2 |
| NONPAREILS | 2 |
| ORANGE STICKS | 2 |
| PEANUT CLUSTERS | 2 |
| PENNY SUCKERS | 2 |
| PEPPERMINT CHEWS | 2 |
| PEPPERMINT LOZENGERS | 2 |
| PEPPERMINT LOZENGES | 2 |
| PILONCILLO | 2 |
| PINWHEELS | 2 |
| POPCORN BALLS | 2 |
| PULLED TAFFY | 2 |
| ROCK | 2 |
| ROOT BEER STICKS | 2 |
| SASSAFRAS | 2 |
| SASSAFRAS STICKS | 2 |
| SHOELACES | 2 |
| SILVER BELLS | 2 |
| SPEARMINT LEAVES | 2 |
| SPRUCE GUM | 2 |
| STICK LICKRISH | 2 |
| STORE CANDY | 2 |
| SUGAR BABIES | 2 |
| SYRUP CANDY | 2 |
| TAFFY KISSES | 2 |
| WATERMELON SLICES | 2 |
| WAX CANDY | 2 |
| WAX WHISTLES | 2 |
| WINE BALLS | 2 |
| A PENNY A STICK | 1 |
| ADAMS CHEWING GUM | 1 |
| ANISE BALLS | 1 |
| ANISE CANDY | 1 |
| ARTIFICIAL BANANAS | 1 |
| ASSORTED CHOCOLATES | 1 |
| BAKED BEANS | 1 |
| BAKER BAR | 1 |
| BALLS | 1 |
| BANANA BARS | 1 |
| BANANA SLICES | 1 |
| BANANA STICKS | 1 |
| BANANAS | 1 |
| BAND CANDY | 1 |
| BANNA KISSES | 1 |
| BARBER POLE CANDY | 1 |
| BARBER POLES | 1 |
| BAT SUCKERS | 1 |
| BEAN CANDY | 1 |
| BEEBEE | 1 |
| BEEBEE BATS | 1 |
| BELLY BURNERS | 1 |
| BENNE CANDY | 1 |
| BITTER SWEETS | 1 |
| BLACK BABIES | 1 |
| BLACK CROWS | 1 |
| BLACK LICKWISH | 1 |
| BLOW GUM | 1 |
| BOB-A-POLES | 1 |
| BONAMO’S TURKISH TAFFY | 1 |
| BOSTON BEANS | 1 |
| BOSTON CHIPS | 1 |
| BOUGHTEN CANDY | 1 |
| BREAK-AND-TAKE | 1 |
| BRITTLE | 1 |
| BROKEN MIXED CANDY | 1 |
| BUCKEYES | 1 |
| BUGS | 1 |
| BULK CHOCOLATES | 1 |
| BULK STUFF | 1 |
| BUTTER DAISIES | 1 |
| BUTTERFINGERS | 1 |
| CABBAGE CANDY | 1 |
| CANADIAN MINTS | 1 |
| CANDIED FRUIT | 1 |
| CANDIED MARBLES | 1 |
| CANDY APPLES | 1 |
| CANDY BEADS | 1 |
| CANDY CONES | 1 |
| CANDY HEARTS | 1 |
| CANDY MARBLES | 1 |
| CANDY PILLS | 1 |
| CANDY PIPES | 1 |
| CANDY RAISINS | 1 |
| CANDY ROLLED IN PAPER | 1 |
| CANDY STICK | 1 |
| CANDY-COATED PEANUTS | 1 |
| CARMEL ALL-DAY SUCKERS | 1 |
| CHARM | 1 |
| CHERRY CANDY | 1 |
| CHERRY CHOCOLATES | 1 |
| CHERRY DROPS | 1 |
| CHEW WAX | 1 |
| CHEWS | 1 |
| CHICKEN BONES | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE ALMONDS | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE ANIMALS | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE BEADS ON LONG STRIPS OF PAPER | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE BUDS | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE BUNS | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE BUTTONS | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE CIGARS | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE COATED CANDIES | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE COATED PEANUTS | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE CREAM DROPS | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE HAYSTACKS | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE MEN | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE MINTS | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE MONEY | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE MOUNDS | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE OPERAS | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINTS | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE POP | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE TURTLES | 1 |
| CHOCOLATE-COVERED ALMONDS | 1 |
| CHOP SUEY | 1 |
| CHRISTMAS MIX | 1 |
| CHUM GUM | 1 |
| CINNAMON | 1 |
| CINNAMON HOTS | 1 |
| CINNAMON TAFFY | 1 |
| CLEAR TOYS | 1 |
| COATED PEANUTS | 1 |
| COCONUT BRITTLE | 1 |
| COCONUT FLAGS | 1 |
| COCONUT HAYSTACKS | 1 |
| COCONUT IN PEANUT BRITTLE | 1 |
| COCONUT MACAROONS | 1 |
| COCONUT RIBBON | 1 |
| COLORED CANDY BALLS | 1 |
| COLT’S FOOT | 1 |
| COLT’S FOOT ROCK | 1 |
| COMMERCIAL CANDIES | 1 |
| COMMON MIXED | 1 |
| CRACKERJACK | 1 |
| CRACKERJACKS | 1 |
| CRACKERS | 1 |
| CREAM CANDY STICK | 1 |
| CREAM DROPS | 1 |
| CREAMS | 1 |
| CUSH-DA-LAGE | 1 |
| DAISY KISSES | 1 |
| DEROES | 1 |
| DEWEY SQUARES | 1 |
| DOLLARS | 1 |
| DOMINOES | 1 |
| DOTS | 1 |
| DOTS ON A PIECE OF PAPER | 1 |
| DRAW BAGS | 1 |
| DRIED RAISINS | 1 |
| DROPS OF CANDY ON PAPER | 1 |
| EGGS IN FRYING PANS | 1 |
| FILLED PARAFFIN FORMS | 1 |
| FIREBALLS | 1 |
| FLAT COCONUT SLABS | 1 |
| FLAT TAFFY | 1 |
| FLICKS | 1 |
| FRENCH CREAMS | 1 |
| FRENCH MIXED CANDY | 1 |
| FRENCH MIXTURE | 1 |
| FRIED EGG | 1 |
| FRYING PAN OF CANDY | 1 |
| FRYING PANS | 1 |
| FUDGE SQUARES | 1 |
| GEE-WHIZ CANDY | 1 |
| GRAB BAGS | 1 |
| GRADE A | 1 |
| GREEN LEAFS | 1 |
| GREEN LEAVES | 1 |
| GREEN PEPPERMINTS | 1 |
| GREEN TREE | 1 |
| GROCER MIX | 1 |
| GROCER’S MIXED | 1 |
| GROCERY MIXED | 1 |
| GROCERY STORE CHOCOLATES | 1 |
| GRONUT | 1 |
| GUESS WHATS | 1 |
| HAND SUCKER | 1 |
| HARD CANDY STICKS | 1 |
| HARD CARAMELS | 1 |
| HARD CHRISTMAS CANDIES | 1 |
| HARD PEANUT CANDY | 1 |
| HARD STICK CANDY | 1 |
| HARD TAFFIES | 1 |
| HARDTACKS | 1 |
| HAWTHORNE CANDY | 1 |
| HEARTS | 1 |
| HERSHEY BUDS | 1 |
| HERSHEY KISSES | 1 |
| HERSHEYS | 1 |
| HERSHEY’S SILVER BELLS | 1 |
| HOEHOUND CANDY | 1 |
| HOREHOUND CANDIES | 1 |
| HOREHOUND DROPS STICKS | 1 |
| HOREHOUND STICK | 1 |
| HOT BALLS | 1 |
| ICE CREAM CONES | 1 |
| ICE CREAM DROPS | 1 |
| ICE CREAM WITH SPRINKLES | 1 |
| JACKS AND BALLS | 1 |
| JACKSON BALLS | 1 |
| JELLY EGGS | 1 |
| JOHNNY | 1 |
| JUBI DOLLS | 1 |
| JU-JU BABIES | 1 |
| JUMBO CHEWING GUM | 1 |
| JUNIOR MINTS | 1 |
| LEMON AND PEPPERMINT STICK CANDY | 1 |
| LEMON CANDY STICK | 1 |
| LEMON KISSES | 1 |
| LEMON STICK CANDY | 1 |
| LICKISH STICKS | 1 |
| LICKRISH BELT | 1 |
| LICKRISH CIGARETTES | 1 |
| LICKRISH CIGARS | 1 |
| LICKRISH DROPS | 1 |
| LICKRISH LOZENGERS | 1 |
| LICKRISH PIPES | 1 |
| LICKRISH SHOESTRINGS | 1 |
| LICKRISH STRAPS | 1 |
| LICKRISH STRINGS | 1 |
| LICKWISH STICKS | 1 |
| LICORICE BELTS | 1 |
| LICORICE BUTTON | 1 |
| LICORICE CARAMEL | 1 |
| LICORICE ROPES | 1 |
| LICORICE SHOELACES | 1 |
| LICORICE STRAPS | 1 |
| LICORICE STRINGS | 1 |
| LICORICE TAFFY | 1 |
| LICORICE WHIP | 1 |
| LICORICE WINGS | 1 |
| LIFE SAVERS | 1 |
| LIME DROPS | 1 |
| LITTLE EAR OF CORN | 1 |
| LITTLE PENNY HERSHEY | 1 |
| LITTLE PICKLES | 1 |
| LONG TOM CHEWING GUM | 1 |
| LUCKY STARS | 1 |
| M AND M’S | 1 |
| MALT BALLS | 1 |
| MAMMY BENDER CANDY | 1 |
| MAPLE CANDY | 1 |
| MAPLE SUGAR CAKES | 1 |
| MARBLES | 1 |
| MARSHMALLOW CANDY | 1 |
| MARSHMALLOW STICKS | 1 |
| MARSHMALLOW WOMEN | 1 |
| MARSHMALLOW-LIKE STUFF | 1 |
| MARSHMALLOWY STUFF | 1 |
| MARSHMELLOW CANDIES | 1 |
| MARSHMELLOWS | 1 |
| MASON MINTS | 1 |
| MEAT CANDY | 1 |
| MESSERSHMIT CANDY | 1 |
| MEXICAN CANDY | 1 |
| MINT JULEPS | 1 |
| MINT KISSES | 1 |
| MINT LEAVES | 1 |
| MINT STICKS | 1 |
| MIX CANDY | 1 |
| MIXED CANDIES | 1 |
| MOLASSES BLOCKS | 1 |
| MOLASSES SPONGE | 1 |
| MOLASSES SQUARES | 1 |
| MOLASSESS COCONUT STRIPS | 1 |
| MOTTO CANDY | 1 |
| MULLEIN CANDY | 1 |
| NECCO WAFERS | 1 |
| NEEDHAM BARS | 1 |
| NICKEL BARS | 1 |
| NOUGATINES | 1 |
| NOUGATS | 1 |
| NUT CARMELS | 1 |
| OLD FASHIONED HARD CANDY | 1 |
| OLD FASHIONED LEMON DROPS | 1 |
| OLD FASHIONEDS | 1 |
| OPERA | 1 |
| ORANGE AND LEMON STICKS | 1 |
| ORANGE CANDY | 1 |
| ORANGE SECTIONS | 1 |
| OX-HEART CHOCOLATE DROPS | 1 |
| OYSTERS | 1 |
| PAIL CANDY | 1 |
| PALE CHOCOLATE | 1 |
| PARAFFIN | 1 |
| PARAFFIN GUM | 1 |
| PARAFFIN LIPS | 1 |
| PARTY PAN TAFFY | 1 |
| PEACH PITS | 1 |
| PEANUT BRITTLE BARS | 1 |
| PEANUT BUNS | 1 |
| PEANUT BUTTER CHEWS | 1 |
| PEANUT BUTTER KISSES | 1 |
| PEANUT STICKS | 1 |
| PEANUTS | 1 |
| PENNY BARS | 1 |
| PENNY CIGARETTES | 1 |
| PENNY ICE CREAM CONES | 1 |
| PENNY LICORICE STICKS | 1 |
| PENNY NUT BALLS | 1 |
| PENNY PEANUT BARS | 1 |
| PENNY PEPPERMINT STICKS | 1 |
| PENNY STARS | 1 |
| PENNY STICKERS | 1 |
| PENOCHE | 1 |
| PEPPER STICKS | 1 |
| PEPPERMINT AND CHOCOLATE | 1 |
| PEPPERMINT BARS | 1 |
| PEPPERMINT BLOCKS | 1 |
| PEPPERMINT CANDIES | 1 |
| PEPPERMINT CANS | 1 |
| PEPPERMINT CREAMS | 1 |
| PEPPERMINT PATTIES | 1 |
| PEPPERMINT PUFFS | 1 |
| PEPPERMINT ROLLS | 1 |
| PEPPERMINT STICK SUCKERS | 1 |
| PEPPERMINT STRIPES | 1 |
| PIG-IN-THE-BLANKET | 1 |
| PILLOW CANDY | 1 |
| PILLS | 1 |
| PINHEADS | 1 |
| PINKY CANDY | 1 |
| POCKETBOOK | 1 |
| POM-POMS | 1 |
| POPCORN CANDY | 1 |
| POPCORN STICKS | 1 |
| POTATO | 1 |
| POWDERED ELM | 1 |
| PULL TAFFY | 1 |
| PULLED CANDY | 1 |
| PUMPKIN SEEDS | 1 |
| PYRAMIDS | 1 |
| RAINBOW CANDY | 1 |
| RED DEVILS | 1 |
| RED DOLLARS | 1 |
| RED PEPPERMINTS | 1 |
| RED STICK CANDY | 1 |
| RED-HOT BALLS | 1 |
| ROB ROY | 1 |
| ROCK CANDIES | 1 |
| ROCK CANDY ON A STRING | 1 |
| ROCK CRYSTAL CANDY | 1 |
| ROPES | 1 |
| ROUND PEPPERMINTS | 1 |
| RUBBER GUM | 1 |
| SACK CANDY | 1 |
| SASSAFRAT ROOT | 1 |
| SAUERKRAUT | 1 |
| SEN-SEN | 1 |
| SHOE BUTTONS | 1 |
| SHOESTRING LICKRISH | 1 |
| SILVER TOPS | 1 |
| SLIPPERY-ELM LOZENGES | 1 |
| SOFT CANDY | 1 |
| SOME KIND OF BARK | 1 |
| SPONGE CANDY | 1 |
| SPOON AND DIPPER | 1 |
| SQUIRREL BARS | 1 |
| SQUIRREL NUTS | 1 |
| SQUIRRELS | 1 |
| STAR MINTS | 1 |
| STARS | 1 |
| STICK LICORICE | 1 |
| STICKS OF LICKRISH | 1 |
| STRAWBERRY CANDY | 1 |
| STREAMERS | 1 |
| STRIPED CANDY | 1 |
| STRIPED PEPPERMINT STICKS | 1 |
| STUFF OUT OF BARRELS | 1 |
| SUGAR PLUM | 1 |
| SUGAR-COVERED CINNAMON CANDIES | 1 |
| SUNFLOWER SEEDS | 1 |
| SWEET BALLS | 1 |
| SWEETWOOD | 1 |
| TAFFY CANDY | 1 |
| TAFFY ON A STICK | 1 |
| TAFFY PIECES | 1 |
| TAFFY STICK CANDY | 1 |
| TANGO BARS | 1 |
| THREE MUSKETEERS | 1 |
| TING-A-LINGS | 1 |
| TINY RED BEANS | 1 |
| TOFFEE | 1 |
| TWO-IN-ONE GUM | 1 |
| VALENTINE CANDIES | 1 |
| WAFERS | 1 |
| WALNETTOES | 1 |
| WALNUT TAFFY | 1 |
| WANETA BARS | 1 |
| WAX | 1 |
| WAX LIPS | 1 |
| WAX TEETH | 1 |
| WHIPPED CREAMS | 1 |
| WHIPS | 1 |
| WHITE PEPPERMINT | 1 |
| WHITE ROCK CANDY | 1 |
| WHITE SUGAR CANDY | 1 |
| WHITE VANILLA SUCKERS WITH PEANUT BUTTER IN MIDDLE | 1 |
| WINE BOTTLES | 1 |
| WINTERGREEN BERRIES | 1 |
| WINTERGREEN DROPS | 1 |
| WINTERGREEN LOZENGES | 1 |
| WINTERGREEN WAFERS | 1 |
| WINTERGREENS | 1 |
| YELLOW MOLASSES TAFFY | 1 |
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