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Squirrel Nut Zippers,  Chunkies, And Other Gustatory Delights

7/14/2015

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...such as sweet & salty toasted crickets.
    ...Continued from yesterday:
    So then, after having feasted on the delicious rehearsal dinner,
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we the wedding guests were invited on a walk of several blocks across downtown Roanoke on this warm, lovely Friday evening,
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  ...until we reached our destination:
    An old fashioned candy store called, appropriately, The Candy Store.
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    The Candy Store carries old-time vintage brands of candies, the yummy treats folks of my generation grew up with and could sing all the TV commercials for:
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    Our host, my brother Joe, invited us all to act like kids in a candy store, his treat.
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    We did, indeed.
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    Tom with Amy, mother of the bride.
    Any of you Baby Boomers remember "smoking" candy cigarettes?
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How about Fizzies?
    There was much excitement among us Boomers over the discovery of the Chunkies,
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...though my personal childhood favorite was the Skybar, or rather the white-filled square of the Skybar.  I'd eat only the white-filled unit then try to push the rest off on somebody else.
    There were a few offerings at the The Candy Store that I'd never heard of:
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..as well as the toasted crickets, which I guess I'd heard of, but didn't think actually existed.
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    And there were some fancier treats as well:
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    After we'd all filled our goodie bags to our hearts' content some of us strolled around downtown Roanoke for a bit longer, munching along the way.
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    What a sweet night!
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    To be continued...
10 Comments
Mary Jane
7/13/2015 11:18:31 pm

What a fun idea. I was really excited to see where the next stop was. Seems like you all had lots of fun.

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Patti
7/14/2015 05:15:49 am

Oh, yes, thousands of calories' worth! 8)

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Molina
7/14/2015 03:16:15 am

So much fun...brought back memories for me.

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Kathy
7/14/2015 05:28:48 am

My favorite was the sky bar, too! What fun and yummy😋

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Patti
7/14/2015 06:01:06 am

But which was your favorite square, Kathy?

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Romaine
7/14/2015 07:01:54 am

This reminds me of that little candy store down by the Somerton train station - do you remember that place?

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Patti
7/14/2015 10:53:25 am

Do you mean Collin's Grocery? I do remember that place! JoAnn Collins, daughter of the owner, went to Melrose Academy and was my "Big Sister".

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Romaine
7/15/2015 03:58:24 am

Yes that must have been the place.
They had a huge (in my memory) penny candy selection and Dale and I would ride our bikes down there with pennies in our hands and we actually could buy strands of licorice and that kind of thing. Seems like half a century ago - wait it was half a century ago.

Patti
7/15/2015 08:30:07 am

Amazing that it was! I remember Susan and Peggy and I were a little more upscale - we'd buy tasty-cakes! I don't know why we rode all that way for tasty-cakes. We could just as easily buy them at C&M's!

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Noah link
12/28/2020 02:32:19 am

Thanks for posting thiss

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