Candy Buttons memories...
My mother raised 6 children by alone. In the 40s and 50s Mother had to work so, we had an elderly aunt as a babysitter. My aunt was prone to "tipping the bottle" (which she hid from my mother in the old coal stove). Tipping the bottle caused my aunt to take frequent naps during the day. When my aunt fell asleep the 6 of us got into a lot of trouble. All of us loved Candy Buttons on the paper strips. Although, at that time we called them Bachelor Buttons, a name from the early 1900s. We would scour the neighborhood for empty drink bottles. When we found them, sometimes on someone's back porch, we would run to Sunset Grocery. The kind old elderly man with white hair would take the bottles in exchange for Bachelor Buttons. mmmmmmm good! ~ Dorothy from Indiana I was probably about 8 years old the first time I had candy buttons. I had traveled with my family from New York down to North Carolina to meet some extended family members. I had a cousin, Melanie, who was just a bit younger than I was. She introduced me to the little round candy buttons. I recall sitting up on a concert wall with the sidewalk below us. We just sat there peeling the buttons off the paper and popping them in our mouths. We had such a great time sitting there, eating, talking and getting to know one another. By the time I left, I was really hooked on the candies. I brought some home with me as I didn't know where to find them in New York at the time. ~ CarriAnn from Oklahoma When I was a kid my next door neighbor, Jenny, and I were best friends. We did everything together. Of course, we grew up in the eighties. Jenny was an only child, so she got a lot more extras than I did (one of four children). I used to LOVE going over to her house, because she always had Candy Buttons on tape. Not to mention she had MTV. We would go through so many of the Candy Buttons, it was unbelievable. We would see who could leave it on the tongue the longest and who could get their tongue the coolest color. We had so much fun together. Jenny moved away, but we still keep in contact. We will always have our memories of the Candy Buttons together! ~ Britt from Wisconsin |
