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[-] DrBob@lemmy.ca 84 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I grew up in the 1970s. We were eating candy cigarettes. 😄

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 month ago

I was eating those in the 90s...

[-] Custard@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago
[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

But they're completely white now, back in the day they had the red tip and a "filter"

[-] Kiuyn@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

In my country, they are are white with orange "filter".

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Is the filter orange flavored or just dyed?

[-] Kiuyn@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yes! It is orange flavored. In fact, even the white part tastes like orange.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 19 points 1 month ago

I had them in the '80s definitely, maybe even into the '90s in the US. They're still sold in Japan today (chocobaco or something like that).

[-] andros_rex@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

They’re still sold in the US too, just as “candy sticks.”

“Big League Chew” the bubble gum was also supposed to resemble tobacco chew.

[-] tiredofsametab@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

I loved big-league chew and bubble tape when I was growing up.

Edit: and I can't forget Bazooka. Also, shitty trading card pack gum (for nostalgia but not flavor).

[-] Psythik@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

I definitely had these growing up in the 90s. Though not as popular, candy stores still sell them today.

[-] Sprinks@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

I remember eating them in the early 2000s and then them vanishing from nearly ever store. I still see them in candy shops, but rarely and usually tucked away on the bottom shelf. I also remember those thick, bubble gum, cigars.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I had them in the 90s, but only during Sinterklaas in the Netherlands. I got them from my parents. They were extremily against smoking ironically. There's still children champagne sold. Some Belgian comedians came up with the idea to promote kidicoke. See here the video with English subs.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

in the uk in the early 90s I definitely had some

[-] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 5 points 1 month ago

I can still remember the terrible taste of them. And nobody was sure if we were meant to eat the paper, but we did anyway.

[-] SuperApples@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

chocobaco or something like that

Orion's Cocoa Cigarette. But Little Bobdog Cigarette is probably more popular.

[-] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

They definitely had em in the US in the 90's. I only ever got them from the ice cream man. Never saw them in a store.

[-] jonesy@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago

We had these in Australia but they were called something way worse...

[-] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 15 points 1 month ago

Fags, delicious fag sticks

Shove em in my mouth suck on them all day

I looked cool as hell with a fag in my mouth

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 13 points 1 month ago
[-] jonesy@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago

That was after the original name became... problematic.

[-] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

We had the same issue with the "negerzoenen" in the Netherlands (negrokisses translated). They changed it to "zoenen" or "chocozoenen".

[-] Wizard_Pope@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I still don't know what the name for these is in my language. The only 2 I know are zamorčki (black people) or indijančki (native americans). Both are bad.

[-] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 6 points 1 month ago

I recall these having Spider-man on the box for a while.

[-] vaionko@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

I was eating candy pipes into the 2010s

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 4 points 1 month ago

Those were so cool

[-] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Used to get candy cigarettes from the ice cream man in the 90s (maybe even early 00s)

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