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 enlarge | Brand: Candy Crate
Category: Gourmet
Buy New: $26.99 (On sale from $31.99)
Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 280
Media: Misc.
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5 x 10
Model: 1960
ASIN: B0001R04LM
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| Customer Reviews:
 Brought back memories: May 14, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this for my parents for a gift. They loved going through the box remembering the different kind of candies. It was enjoyable watching them fight over the "good" stuff.
 Cute box February 13, 2007
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
The gift box is cute, but the selection isn't as good as the one from Hometown Favorites.
 An Amazing Assortment Of Obscure Confections January 14, 2006
41 out of 41 found this review helpful
This is an amazing nostalgic trip to the candy store of years past. The box contains a dizzying array of candy that was popular in the 1960s. Many of these candies have been rarely to never seen in the years since. Some can't pass contemporary political muster (candy cigarettes or licorice pipes, anyone?) and some were novelties even at the time (wax lips, for instance) and don't taste any better now than they did then. Sadly many of the candies are now made overseas (the candy cigarettes were made, much to my surprise, in Macedonia), but they do look and taste authentic and are packaged nicely in a sturdy box with a bow on it.
One of my favorites in the box is the "Big Hunk" candy bar which I remember dimly at best. Although the directions for preparing and eating the "Big Hunk" on the back are certainly modern (and involve either flinging your "Big Hunk" as hard as you can or microwaving it), they are very funny nonetheless. I really love the "Lemon Heads" and "Cherry Heads" and I don't think I had seen cinnamon toothpicks for decades, but the real treat in the box for me was the little bag of "Gold Mine Gum" which is still as cool (and tasty) as it was years ago.
This is an expensive box of candy, and is probably not something you would buy every day. Having said that, you get about two and a half pounds of great retro candy presented nicely in a box for your money. I highly recommend this to anyone who misses the strange and wonderful candies of the 1960s.
gift for my mom, she loved it October 20, 2005
18 out of 19 found this review helpful
I bought this as a gift for my mother, and she loved having all the old candies she remembered from her childhood. It arrived with no problems and was a really fun gift. Since they've got them for all different decades, I'd recommend them as a cute gift for anyone.
This Boxset Has Gum and Candy That's Shaped Like Cigarettes/ October 14, 2005
16 out of 24 found this review helpful
This 1960's Retro Candy Gift Box is a good gift for someone who grew up in the 60's though this candy was also popular in other eras too. The box contains Bubble Gum Cigarettes, Cherry Heads, Lemon Heads, Gold Mine Gum, Red Hots, Teaberry Gum, Idaho Spud, Sen Sen Breath Taking Refreshment, Fun Gum Wax Lips, Double Bubble Gum, Nestle's Chunky Bar, Rock Candy Crystal Stick, Hot Cinnamon Fire Pix Toothpicks, Reeds Butter Toffee Candy Rolls, Charms Sweet and Sour Pops, Jaw Breakers, Root Beer Barrels, Big Hunk, Licorice Pipe, Necco Assorted Wafers, Sugar Daddy Pops, Candy Cigarettes, Sweetarts, Boston Baked Beans and Atomic Fireballs. Most of the candy in this box is approprate for kids though the controversial stuff like the bubble gum and candy shaped like cigarettes will probably offend some people so I would only recommend buying this candy gift box for adults and only if you know that they wont be offended by the gum and candy that is shaped like cigarettes.
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