Candy Paper

[The Jays]

So, when my brother and I were younger, round 4 and 8, our father used to take us with him to the bowling alley on thursday nights, back during his drinking days. He would leave us at the bar, near the video games and such, give us a couple bucks, while he went to bowl.

Now, this bar just so happened to also supply a great supply of standard fashionable 80's candies... Fun Dip, Lemonheads, Nerds, Sweetarts, Spree... and they had one other candy.

It was called

Candy Paper.

A small rectangular sheet, pink, grid like, which was basically spun sugar compressed into paper form. It might even have been called Wafer Paper.

This was the one candy we would always get. This is one of the earliest memories I have.

I tell people this little tale every so often, and everytime, they walk away convinced that my dad left us alone with a bartender that sold us paper napkins for a dollar each, and hoodwinked us.

[Poochie]

<p>i don't remember those...i liked those little dot thingies you ate off the paper, with just a little of the paper coming off on it. </p><p>maybe we didn't have candy paper up here in da wisconsin area hey?</p>

[reeshy]

Yea Poochie...I remember those stupid things.....the best thing about them was that when you took a dump the next day...you didn't have to use toilet paper.....it was already there!!!!

[ralphbxny]

I remember the Candy Poochie is talkin bout. I dont remember the paper candy thing so much..but maybe its the same thing?

[sailor]

<font size="2">maybe you're thinking of acid?<br /></font>

[Chigworthy]

<p>It's some memory repression having to do with an incident involving edible underwear.</p><p><img src="http://www.roll-ups.co.uk/ishop/images/879/thumbnail/t_candythong.jpg" border="0" width="250" height="238" /></p>

[JustJon]

<strong>Poochie</strong> wrote:<br /><p>i don't remember those...i liked those little dot thingies you ate off the paper, with just a little of the paper coming off on it. </p><p>maybe we didn't have candy paper up here in da wisconsin area hey?</p><p>I don't remember candy paper, either, but I remember these.&nbsp; Weren't they Candy Buttons? </p>

[Poochie]

<strong>JustJon</strong> wrote:<br /><strong>Poochie</strong> wrote:<br /><p>i don't remember those...i liked those little dot thingies you ate off the paper, with just a little of the paper coming off on it. </p><p>maybe we didn't have candy paper up here in da wisconsin area hey?</p><p>I don't remember candy paper, either, but I remember these.&nbsp; Weren't they Candy Buttons? </p><p><img src="http://www.funforalltoys.com/products/novelty_candy/candy_buttons/cndybttns1.jpg" border="0" width="198" height="168" />according to google..you are correct!</p>