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[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 day ago

I am in my late 40s and I remember always having either a sour candy or a fireball (cinnamon jawbreaker) in my pocket or mouth when I was in middle school.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 day ago

WARHEADS. ATOMIC FIREBALLS.

They're selling extremes. You must be tough to eat this! Not for the faint-hearted!

Not saying, mmmm, they're delicious! 😋

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 day ago

You must be tough to eat this!

I grew up in NM, we eat green chile on everything. Atomic Fireballs are child’s play in comparison.

[-] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Similar age and ya, I remember sour packets being popular in middle school. Can't recall the name, but it was similar to the artificial sugar packets used for coffee, except it had a mixture of sugar and citric acid (the "sour" flavoring) in them.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

Was it fundip? I remember it but never really had it that I recall.

[-] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I don't think so. I recall Fundip being in large pouches with the pressed sugar sticks for dipping. These packets were a lot smaller and didn't come with the stick.

[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 1 points 17 hours ago

Any chance the candy was mexican? Cuz that opens up a whole world of possibilities. Limon 7 packets, pico packets, not to mention a whole suite of Lucas powders.

[-] sylver_dragon@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

It was the Limon 7 ones. I would have never remembered that. But seeing them now, yup that's them.

[-] papertowels@lemmy.one 1 points 4 hours ago

Ayyy! Glad we figured out that mystery! Hope you have a good day!

this post was submitted on 26 Nov 2024
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