Atomic Fireballs memories... Oh how I have always loved atomic fire balls ! I remember the first time I had one. My now uncle was a sweeper salesman when I was about 5 years old. He came to our house to get my Mom to buy a sweeper and always had a pocket full. He told me that if I could stand to eat one he would stop by every week with more. The first time I had one I made many faces; trying to handle the flavor so that I could have more since I wasn't allowed to buy candy. And sure enough; every week he would stop by and give me a handful of fire balls. He still has them on hand and I still get a handful from him from time to time. ~ Mis from Indiana Growing up, we had a small store in our town that sold lots of different kinds of candy. As a small child, my parents used to drive to this store and allow my siblings and I to pick out some candies of our choice. I would grab a handful of Atomic Fireballs as part of my candy stash. I vividly remember how hot an Atomic Fireball felt after only a couple of seconds in my mouth. It did not take long until I could not stand the burning feeling on my tongue anymore, so I would have to take the Fireball out of my mouth and wait several seconds, then put the Fireball back in my mouth. Of course, my tongue would feel hot again, so the process would start all over of taking the Fireball out of my mouth and waiting for my tongue to stop burning before putting the Fireball back in my mouth again! At some point, the Fireball would no longer have its hot coating on it, so I could keep it in my mouth until it was finished. Sometimes I would bite the Fireball in half just to see what it looked like inside. If one of my siblings or one of my friends had a Fireball in their mouth at the same time I did, we would challenge each other to see which one of us could keep our Fireball in our mouths the longest. ~ Annette from Connecticut |
