Wax Bottles memories... Ahhhh, wax bottles.
For me the memory this candy conjures up is one of traveling to Look
Out Mountain in Ky. We stopped at a truck stop and my mom got me a
pack of the wax bottles and bottle cap candy. I had a preference for
the bottle caps. So I ate them first. Afterwards I started on the wax
bottles. After the first one I was hooked. I chewed and chewed for at
least thirty minuets on the first bottle. I mistook the wax for
chewing gum. I then proceeded to try to blow a bubble. That was
amusing and somewhat funny as the gob of wax shot out of my mouth and
landed on the dash.
Funny but looking back on it there was actually a learning curve with
wax bottles. Until I found your site I had given up on finding wax
bottles. Now I can shot larger gobs of wax on my wife’s SUV dash :)
-just kidding.
Thank you so much for allowing all us to reflect and remember a time
when money was measured in the amount of candy we could get. ~ James
from Florida
I
remember always chewing and then swallowing bubblegum as a kid. My mom
tried to get me to stop swallowing it by telling me that I would
explode if I had enough built up in me. I didn’t believe her so I kept
doing it anyway.
So one time my friend gave me a
wax bottle and told me to drink it and then chew it like gum. So I
did. Then just like gum I swallowed it. Not only did I swallow the
wax, but I had also swallowed my loose tooth. I was so happy for that
tooth to be gone. I stopped swallowing my gum after that because it
was kind of painful. However, after that I was hooked on wax bottles.
~ Sam from South Dakota
Before we went to the movies we use to go to a store called Newbury's (it was similar to any other
five and dime) to get all of our candy. At that time you were allowed to bring candy into the theatre. My favorite was the wax bottles
because you would drink the contents and then you would have the wax to chew on through-out the whole movie!! There were 5 different flavors
in one package and I loved all of the flavors. Each of us had our favorite candies to take to the movies but I always went for the wax
bottles first. ~ Susan from Massachusetts
Nik-L-Nips / Wax Bottles
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