Nonpareils memories... When I
was little my grandfather lived with us for awhile and his favorite
candy was nonpareils. I would take the bag of them and sneak into his
bedroom when he was gone and eat them. He would always come home and
know that I had been eating them. I said pappap how did you know? He said when I
got into bed the little white beads were all over my bed! ~ Linda from
Pennsylvania
My
favorite memory from my childhood is our family Christmas get togethers.
We would all load up in my fathers old beater station wagon and head
to Little Rock to visit my grandparents. Along the way my father would stop by a small store (I can't remember the name) and buy my
grandmother and grandfather their gifts.
Along with the other things
would always be a couple of bags of Nonpareils. My father knew that my
grandparents loved them and usually would not buy them for themselves.
On the long ride to their house it was almost all we could bare not to
dig into those wonderful chocolate goodies, but we knew there would be
some sort of punishment tied to that, so we just bided our time.
Little did our father and
mother know that our grandparents knew how much us kids loved
Nonpareils too. As always happened, the older men all went out to cut
the tree and grandma gathered us around her and doled out enough of
them to satisfy us until Christmas day when she would put the
remaining Nonpareils out for everyone. ~ Jack from Missouri
I remember going to the
movies on Sat morning and getting a box of "Snow Caps". I had to ask my father what "Nonpareils" meant. Years later, I joined the US Army
and I was in November Co. in basic training. (The Nonpareils - 2nd to none) that's when I really understood what "nonpareils" meant! The
special taste of the chocolate with the white sugar balls on top, combined to make a special treat that was 2nd to none! When I finished basic training, I knew what it meant to be a Nonpareil, 2nd to none! I thought I
could save the world with my fellow soldiers from the November co. ~ William from Massachusetts
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