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Mint Sticks memories...
My grandparents lived in Frankfort, Indiana. I lived
in Muncie, Indiana and Kendalville, Indiana and then in Muncie,
Illinois. Every Christmas morning we would get up around 4:00 a.m.
and drive to Frankfort, Indiana to Christmas breakfast with all of
my Mother's relatives.
Grandma always
had Bob's old fashioned mint sticks. I remember how they were softer
than other peppermint sticks and would dissolve on my tongue.
Sometimes you could blow through them or use them as a straw to
drink through. ~ Gloria from California
One of my fondest memories
growing up was being in the Girl Scouts, with my Mom as the Girl
Scout leader. One of my favorite fun things we did was make Cowboy
Sodas.
A Cowboy Soda is made with an orange and a Bob's Sweet
Stripes Mint Stick. Take the orange and roll it around on the table
until it the orange kind of soft, then take a Bob's Sweet Stripes
Mint stick and poke it into the side of the orange. Suck on the
Bob's Sweet Stripes Mint Stick and the juice from the orange will
come through it.
The thought of combining mint with orange doesn't
sound all that great, but once you try it, you'll love it!! ~ April
from Oklahoma
Bobs Sweet Stripes Mint
Sticks used to come in a plastic tub/bucket and I would always get a
tub for Christmas. One of the highlights for me was getting a fresh
tub of peppermint sticks.
My mother would use the, soon
to be, empty tubs to store batches of beef stew, etc. that she would
make. It got washed so much (over 40 years) that almost all the red
lettering is washed off. Its the best peppermint candy ever made and
I purchase it now by the case. ~ Steve from Texas
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