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Mikey
Apr 26, '10, 3:34 PM
The candy cigarette thread gave me a 70's flashback .....

We had a local fruit stand here that also used to sell candy, soda etc.

Anyway, one of the candys pop out in my mind and I don't think i've ever seen it again.

It was a box of wax bear candy .... Not really candy, more like --- I dunno :)

There was like 6 wax bears in a box and they looked like they were literally made of wax .... Inside them was flavored liquid syrup.

To this day, i'm not sure how they were suppose to be eaten.

I used to suck the syrup out and throw the wax away (thinking it might be poison -- or at least disgusting to eat)

Has anyone ever heard of these things ?

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wayne foundation 07
Apr 26, '10, 3:58 PM
I don't remeber the bears,but I do remember the wax soda bottles with the drink inside,they were big the same time the wax lips were out.Was it ever safe to eat or chew on wax?
jp1969
Apr 26, '10, 3:59 PM
We used to have "straws" like that.
A wax tube with different flavored juices.
Some would chew the wax,I never cared for them myself.
vulcan2074
Apr 26, '10, 4:04 PM
I liked the ones that were shaped like bottles with the liquid in them. I also enjoyed the wax lips. I liked chewing on them as a kid. Kind of a crazy idea but back then it worked. Heres a link to the Wax bottle ones I'm talking about. You can still buy them. :beaming1:
Sammy

Nik-L-Nip Wax Bottles Candy, 16 Oz. (1 Lb): Amazon.com: Grocery Gourmet Food (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I0CLK4?ie=UTF8&tag=ihatemymessbo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000I0CLK4)
thunderbolt
Apr 26, '10, 5:08 PM
Dollar Tree has the pop bottles like that right now.
Bill
Apr 26, '10, 5:52 PM
"Now with 15% real bear juice!"
AAAAA
Apr 26, '10, 5:57 PM
I remember the rassles commercial , is a Gum or is it candy?
Blue Meanie
Apr 26, '10, 6:06 PM
You might find what you are looking for here Mike:

Candy you ate as a kidŽ (http://www.oldtimecandy.com/decade-list.htm)
Nostalgiabuff
Apr 26, '10, 7:16 PM
I remember them.....wax was not for eating but could be chewed on...liquid sugar inside
vulcan2074
Apr 26, '10, 8:03 PM
Dollar Tree has the pop bottles like that right now.

I think I'm gonna have to pick some up for nostalgias sake. :beaming1:
Sammy
toys2cool
Apr 26, '10, 8:17 PM
I don't remeber the bears,but I do remember the wax soda bottles with the drink inside,they were big the same time the wax lips were out.Was it ever safe to eat or chew on wax?

yeah same here
UnderdogDJLSW
Apr 27, '10, 6:52 AM
My brother and I used to drink the syrup and then save the wax. We used to melt the wax down in the oven and then use it to make sculptures like one would use playdoh. (we used to burn our fingers a lot, too).
HardyGirl
Apr 27, '10, 10:50 AM
I liked the ones that were shaped like bottles with the liquid in them. I also enjoyed the wax lips. I liked chewing on them as a kid. Kind of a crazy idea but back then it worked. Heres a link to the Wax bottle ones I'm talking about. You can still buy them. :beaming1:
Sammy

Nik-L-Nip Wax Bottles Candy, 16 Oz. (1 Lb): Amazon.com: Grocery Gourmet Food (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000I0CLK4?ie=UTF8&tag=ihatemymessbo-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000I0CLK4)

Yep, I had those as a kid, and I found some at Michael's craft store some years ago. In fact, they had all kinds of retro candy: Pop Rocks, Razzles, candy necklaces, candy buttons, Fun Dips, Whistle pop...I felt like I was 7 years old again!
vulcan2074
Apr 27, '10, 3:16 PM
Yep, I had those as a kid, and I found some at Michael's craft store some years ago. In fact, they had all kinds of retro candy: Pop Rocks, Razzles, candy necklaces, candy buttons, Fun Dips, Whistle pop...I felt like I was 7 years old again!

Sweet! I go to michaels pretty regularly. Mostly since it's next to one my favorite places to eat. I dig pop rocks and candy buttons. I never had razzles before. :beaming1:
Sammy
huedell
Apr 27, '10, 9:42 PM
As a kid, I didn't get this stuff....as an "adult" I've come to realize
that its no different than gum...i.e. something to chew on that eventually
runs out of flavor....BUT this has the "novelty" of starting out as
s different kinda thing....decorative, different texture.
johnnystorm
Apr 28, '10, 11:31 AM
Yeah, I remember buying the little pop bottles and I kinda remember them doing other shapes as well. They came in little six-packs, all different colors but all the same flavor- sweet.

We drank the juice, got wired up on the sugar, then threw little balls of the chewed up wax at each other.

Good times.