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Big Hunk memories.... Big Hunk candy has always been a
prevalent snack in my household. It is a testament to the love and
devotion my parents have shared over the past 30 years. You see, my
mother, in a desperate attempt to gain the attention of my evidently
dashing father delicately dropped a Big Hunk candy wrapper in his
path.
Always the gentleman, my father bent to pick up what she dropped
only to be taken aback by the moniker, "Big Hunk." Not
thinking the title had anything to do with him, he handed the wrapper
to my coyly blushing mother. She knew just what she was doing and
succeeded in gaining the attention of her very own Big Hunk. Thus,
every anniversary a plate of Big Hunks rests on our kitchen table to
celebrate their love. ~ Nancy from Ohio
The year was
1962 and I was eleven years old. My parents had been divorced for two
years and my father and I were living in Los Angeles. My father had
just remarried a lady from Ohio who had a 2 year old daughter and I
was giving my her endless measures of grief. As she was only 22 years
old, this was not difficult! The more she got frustrated, the happier
I was.
At the grocery store one day, I was hounding her, asking for a "Big
Hunk". I must have repeated it twenty times until FINALLY she yelled
"A BIG HUNK OF WHAT???" !!!!! I've never forgotten it! ~ Karen from
Nevada
When I was a
child, I walked home from school everyday with my older siblings. Very
rarely, we would have money to stop at the little mom & pop store to
buy a treat. One of my very favorites was Big Hunk. Sometimes I would
pick out the peanuts and eat the remaining nougat separate, but not
while walking home because that would take too much concentration.
On one of the rare occasions,
when I was in the first grade, I bought a big hunk. I was thoroughly
enjoying it when I realized that the last little 'nut' I swallowed was
actually a tooth - my first lost tooth! I told my sister what had
happened, so she was my witness when I relayed the event to my mom. I
didn't get any fairy tooth money, but I did enjoy my Big Hunk. ~
Corinne from California
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