Old Time Candy – Including Sugar Free!

Old Time Candy Will Delight Any Senior Citizen With A Sweet Tooth

When a store opened nearby and offered a selection of old time candy, I knew that I’d found a perfect stocking stuffer to delight my Mom. The store had barrels of candy separated into eras such as 1920’s, 1930’s, etc.

I selected candies that I knew my Mom would have enjoyed in her youth, and I was right! She savored every piece of these old time candy favorites.

Mom’s favorites were always Cherry Mash candies – a soft, chewy cherry center (not too sweet) covered in chocolate. What’s not to like????

When we used to visit her parents in St. Joe, Mo, Dad would buy a whole box of them – this was when they were a quarter pound each. Those days are long gone but that mini Cherry Mash old time candy you see to the left is still delicious!

Note; before buying candy for an elderly loved one, make sure there are no dietary restrictions. You can find sugar free candies that may be more suited to someone with a medical issue such as diabetes, obesity, etc.

Old Time Retro Candy By Decade

When I was buying retro candy for my own Mom, I matched the decade to that time in her life when she probably enjoyed sweets; that would be the 1940s for her. Her favorite candies of that era were the dots and the hard taffy.

 VINTAGE CANDY CO. 1940’s RETRO CANDY GIFT BOX – 40s Nostalgia Candies – Throwback FORTIES Fun Gag Gift Basket – PERFECT ’40s Candies For Adults, College Students, Men or Women, Kids, Teens 1950’s Retro Candy Gift Box-Decade Box Gift Basket – Classic 50’s Candy 1960’s Retro Candy Gift Box-Decade Box Gift Basket – Classic 60’s Candy, 10oz 1970’s Retro Candy Gift Box-Decade Box Gift Basket – Classic 70’s Candy, net Wt. 8.75 oz.(248g) 1980’s Retro Candy Gift Box-Decade Box Gift Basket – Classic 80’s Candy VINTAGE CANDY CO. 1980’s RETRO CANDY GIFT BOX – 80s Nostalgia Candies – Flashback EIGHTIES Fun Gag Gift Basket – PERFECT ’80s Candies For Adults, College Students, Men or Women, Kids, Teens

Other Retro Candy

These other old time candies shown below were also winners back in the day.

 The Swiss Colony Old-Fashioned Christmas Candy 1-2-lbs. 1-lb. Old Time Christmas Mix Cracker Jack Original Singles, 1-Ounce Boxes (Pack of 25) BB Bats Taffy – 4 Assorted Flavors 100 Count Box Washburn’s Old Fashioned Hard Filled Candy, 16 oz See’s Candies 1 lb. Chocolate & Variety Sevigny’s Thin Ribbon Candy – Made in USA. 9 Oz. Box, (2 Pack) Butterfields Gourmet Hard Candy Buds Variety Bundle, 2.5-ounce, 5-Pack with Peach, Cherry, Lemon, Ginger, and Merlot Grape, Assorted, Old-Fashioned Handmade Candy with Intense, Real Fruit Flavor

Sugar-Free Treats

Just because sugar is on the no-no list for many of our elderly friends, these sugar-free treats might still bring a smile to their face – even if it might be toothless. Note: some sugar-free substitutions may cause ill effects (think diarrhea) if too much is eaten at once. Best to dole out the treats, one at a time.

 Nostalgia PCM805RETRORED Retro Hard & Sugar Free Cotton Candy Maker, Red Werther’s Caramel Sugar Free Hard Candy, Original, 2.75 Ounce (Pack of 4) Dad’s Root Beer Barrels – Washburn Hard Old Fashioned Candy Individually Wrapped, 4 LB Bulk Candy GemZero Eda’s Sugar Free Sour Mix Hard Candy, Individually Wrapped Kosher Fruit Candy, 1 lb Brach’s Sugar Free Cinnamon Hard Candy (Pack of 4) 3.5 oz Bags Werther’s Sugar Free Caramel Apple Candy, 1.46 oz (Pack of 3)