Customer Reviews

Candy Crate 1960's Retro Candy Gift Box

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This is an amazing nostalgic trip to the candy store of years past. The box contains a dizzying array of candy that was popular in the 1960s. Many of these candies have been rarely to never seen in the years since. Some can't pass contemporary political muster (candy cigarettes or licorice pipes, anyone?) and some were novelties even at the time (wax lips, for instance) and don't taste any better now than they did then. Sadly many of the candies are now made overseas (the candy cigarettes were made, much to my surprise, in Macedonia), but they do look and taste authentic and are packaged nicely in a sturdy box with a bow on it.

One of my favorites in the box is the "Big Hunk" candy bar which I remember dimly at best. Although the directions for preparing and eating the "Big Hunk" on the back are certainly modern (and involve either flinging your "Big Hunk" as hard as you can or microwaving it), they are very funny nonetheless. I really love the "Lemon Heads" and "Cherry Heads" and I don't think I had seen cinnamon toothpicks for decades, but the real treat in the box for me was the little bag of "Gold Mine Gum" which is still as cool (and tasty) as it was years ago.

This is an expensive box of candy, and is probably not something you would buy every day. Having said that, you get about two and a half pounds of great retro candy presented nicely in a box for your money. I highly recommend this to anyone who misses the strange and wonderful candies of the 1960s.

I just received this assortment of candy for the second time and I am quite disappointed. The only reason that I ordered the same one again was that my friend loves rock candy. The rock candy is no longer included, although it is still advertised as being in there.
In fact, a lot of the candy that was in there the last time is gone. The pieces that were full sized before are no longer full size and the candy tastes as if it was also made in the sixties and has been sitting around since then, waiting for some sucker to order it. Do yourself a favor and save your money, it is not worth the price they charge at all.

I bought this as a gift for my mother, and she loved having all the old candies she remembered from her childhood. It arrived with no problems and was a really fun gift. Since they've got them for all different decades, I'd recommend them as a cute gift for anyone.

I bought this for my parents for a gift. They loved going through the box remembering the different kind of candies. It was enjoyable watching them fight over the "good" stuff.

The selection was okay but some was stale. The box did not survive shipping very well and was torn in three places. Luckily it was only for my parents so I put it in a gift bag and peeled the sticker off the box. It was okay, but I prefer the Hometown Favorites one.

I ordered this product as a present for a 50th birthday gift. I was pleased with the assortment of candy as was the birthday girl. Box contained such things as wax lips, candy necklace, etc. Not as much candy as is pictured. The only thing that was irritating is that there wasn't a choice for type of shipping and it was shipped via express mail at a cost of nearly $10 when I didn't need it shipped that quickly. Other than that the product is fun and makes a good gift.

I bought this gift for my mother, for her birthday, and she loved it. Yes, some of the candy is stuff you can buy today, but some of the stuff are things that my mom hadn't seen in years, like the wax candy lips. It was a great hit with her.

The gift box is cute, but the selection isn't as good as the one from Hometown Favorites.

Extremely happy with the quality and quantity of the 1960's Retro Candy Gift Box. The person that received it thought it was the best gift ever.

This 1960's Retro Candy Gift Box is a good gift for someone who grew up in the 60's though this candy was also popular in other eras too. The box contains Bubble Gum Cigarettes, Cherry Heads, Lemon Heads, Gold Mine Gum, Red Hots, Teaberry Gum, Idaho Spud, Sen Sen Breath Taking Refreshment, Fun Gum Wax Lips, Double Bubble Gum, Nestle's Chunky Bar, Rock Candy Crystal Stick, Hot Cinnamon Fire Pix Toothpicks, Reeds Butter Toffee Candy Rolls, Charms Sweet and Sour Pops, Jaw Breakers, Root Beer Barrels, Big Hunk, Licorice Pipe, Necco Assorted Wafers, Sugar Daddy Pops, Candy Cigarettes, Sweetarts, Boston Baked Beans and Atomic Fireballs. Most of the candy in this box is approprate for kids though the controversial stuff like the bubble gum and candy shaped like cigarettes will probably offend some people so I would only recommend buying this candy gift box for adults and only if you know that they wont be offended by the gum and candy that is shaped like cigarettes.