80’s Candy Treats You Can Still Taste Today
Much to the dismay of dentists at the time, candy was an integral part of the 80s. Movies like ET and The Goonies gave Reese’s Pieces (invented in 1978) and Baby Ruth bars (invented in the 1920s) new life along with pop culture-celebrity status. Those candies may have been big screen stars, but a few others actually born in that era have had similar influence. Great 80s Candy Treats Great 80s Candy Treats: Airheads The sour but...
80s Candy: Big League Chew
When Big League Chew first hit the market in 1980 the product seemed like an odd mix of brilliance and bad idea. It’s a pretty simple concept on the surface. It’s a pouch of gum clearly designed to look like the pouches chewing tobacco comes in which were at the time very popular in Major League Baseball. The baseball tie-in was overt, with an amped up slugger appearing on the packaging (which would soon be very...
