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Epicurus.com - 1960's Retro Candy Gift Box
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List Price: N/A
Our Price: $27.48
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Candy Crate
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Binding: Misc.
Brand: Candy Crate
Feature: Great Gift for employees, friends or family.
Label: Candy Crate
Manufacturer: Candy Crate
Model: 1960
Publisher: Candy Crate
Studio: Candy Crate
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Features
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Great Gift for employees, friends or family.
Contains over fifty total pieces!
Perfect for any occasion.
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Editorial Reviews:
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1960s: Big Hunk, Boston Baked Beans, Bubble Gum Cigarettes, Candy Buttons, Candy Cigarettes, Charms Assorted Squares, Charms Sweet & Sour Pops, Cherry Heads, Cinnamon Toothpicks, Flicks, Fun Dip, Gold Mine Gum, Good and Plenty, Jujubes, Lemon Heads, Licorice Pipe, Red Hots, Reeds Butterscotch, Rock Candy Crystal Stick, Sugar Daddy Pops, Sweetarts, Teaberry Gum, Wax Lips, Atomic Fireballs, Jawbreakers, Necco Wafers, Now and Laters & Tootsie Roll Midgees.
Over 2 pounds - a mixture of small, medium & full size candies. Each box contains over 60 total pieces (a mixture of small, medium & full size candies) & weighs between 2 - 2 1/2 pounds. Box size approx. 8"x5"x8". Some items may be substituted when necessary.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Blast From the Past
Comment: I ordered this product as a present for a 50th birthday gift. I was pleased with the assortment of candy as was the birthday girl. Box contained such things as wax lips, candy necklace, etc. Not as much candy as is pictured. The only thing that was irritating is that there wasn't a choice for type of shipping and it was shipped via express mail at a cost of nearly $10 when I didn't need it shipped that quickly. Other than that the product is fun and makes a good gift.
Customer Rating:
Summary: A great birthday present
Comment: I bought this gift for my mother, for her birthday, and she loved it. Yes, some of the candy is stuff you can buy today, but some of the stuff are things that my mom hadn't seen in years, like the wax candy lips. It was a great hit with her.
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Summary: Brought back memories:
Comment: 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.
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Summary: Cute box
Comment: The gift box is cute, but the selection isn't as good as the one from Hometown Favorites.
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Summary: An Amazing Assortment Of Obscure Confections
Comment: 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.
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