But we certainly didn't enjoy them.
Here is my list of those candies that were definitely not desirable.
1. Turkish Taffy - I don't even remember why, but I did not like Turkish Taffy.
2. Red Hots - Never a fan of something that burned the insides of your mouth and tasted like pepper. That's not the point of candy.
3. Mary Janes - Yeah, we'd eat them in all their peanut butter chewiness. But they were free. I don't think we ever actually bought them at the store. Well, that is if we had more than a nickel to spend.
4. Black Licorice - The red was good. But black was something I avoided at all times. I've never liked Anisette for the same reason.
5. Candy Corn - It was pretty ubiquitous. I guess it gave the candy-giver the sense that perhaps they had hidden health qualities because they were modeled after a vegetable. But these pure sugar candies shaped like niblets didn't have much of a flavor beyond sweet.
6. Candy Necklace - These hard, sugar pills strung together had a very vague taste of fruit to them. They were really insipid and more reminiscent of plaster chunks than a decent candy.
7. Chuckles - Sugar-frosted, congealed jelly candies. Need I say more?
8. Circus Peanuts - Shaped like peanuts, colored like pumpkins, Circus Peanuts had the consistency of slightly set wallpaper paste and a kind of pukey banana flavor. Strange, very strange, indeed.
9. Necco Wafers - A big roll of disappointment. These hard, powdery wafers were similar to the Candy Necklace mentioned earlier. We'd suck on them, but they were so very unsatisfying.
10. Boston Baked Beans - The box says candy coated peanuts, but I seriously don't remember the peanuts at all.
11. Good & Plenty - More of that snarky licorice flavor and sticky chewy.
12. Mint Juleps - I didn't hate these too badly. They were a mildly minty, soft, taffy-like candy.
13. Taffy in Plain Wrappers - The best description I've read of these is that they tasted like burnt hair. And that's all I have to say about them.
