I’m 32 and I Need Help: I may like “old people” candy.
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Weird, I loved Werther's Originals since I tried 'em when I was really young, same with strawberry hard candy. Maybe I'm just an old soul.We all have(or had, or will have) those moments where we realize we are getting older.
Either we can't recover from a night out, we are physically sore for no reason, or we LOVE going to bed early.
Lately, life has given me different signs. I'm starting to enjoy "old people" candy. Peppermints? Great, pass me one. Strawberry hard candy? Sure. Orange slices? Let's do it.
But the mothership? These bad boys right here:
So good. I never cared for these all that much until recently, and I'm encouraging everyone to try the ones with green apple filling, too.
Who wants to wheel down to the nursing home cafeteria and have some with our game of cards?
I like Werther's on occasion (can't eat them continuously, they're way too sweet).
But this...
Just no....
But this...
Just no....
They should rebrand as OG Werther's to target the younger demographic.
I bet these started those razor-blades in your candy rumors.
I bet these started those razor-blades in your candy rumors.
Werthers are tasty and I'm old, so the story checks out. Also, when you're old you give no fucks, so it's all good.
Liquorice is top tier candy, especially really salty salmiak. I guess it's over now.
Liquorice is top tier candy, especially really salty salmiak. I guess it's over now.
Werther's are fine. In the UK it's these ancient mariner sweets that single you out as getting old.
Starting to suddenly like them for some reason.......
Starting to suddenly like them for some reason.......
You're crossing the threshold, but you haven't yet found the Holy Grail of Old Age Wisdom: "I'm going to eat what I want, play what I want, with what I want, wear what I want - and I don't give a fuck what others think."
The true old age attitude isn't only eating old people candy, but caring so little about what others think of you eating said candy that it wouldn't even cross your mind to make a thread like this.
The true old age attitude isn't only eating old people candy, but caring so little about what others think of you eating said candy that it wouldn't even cross your mind to make a thread like this.
Werther's are fine, you should be worried when you start eating these:
I hated when old people gave me these things.
I've always had this personal theory that you can't actually buy these, they're just naturally occurring candy that appears around old people, so they put them in jars/bowls to and try to give them away as fast as they can before more candy appears.
You mean those chunks of rat shit that QA keeps allowing to get into bags of jelly beans? Yeah, that's fucked up.
I've liked them since at least high school, and that's the earliest I remember having one.
I Concur, they are much too dangerous...
...Dangerously Delicious!
yeah, marketing paints a picture for people to make assumptions on, so I get if you're a bit self conscious about them, but take it from us, they are too good to let other people ruin them for you.
which I guess is a good message for most things!
now, candy corn, it's fine. not a bunch of meat on it, but it has a nice creamy taste, it's okay.
but PUMPKIN CREMES?!?
around halloween time, you can find pumpkin shaped candy corn in bulk barns and the like. I say shaped, because they are essentially candy corn on meth. Much bigger, Much Creamier, Much more delicious, and Much more likely to put you in a diabetic coma, though what can't these days.
Pumpkin Cremes, Freaking get them, and never forget them!
GOAT old people candy
I remember the first time I encountered these at my grandparents. They were filled in one of these glass chickens (pictured below) my grandmother was fond of. When I attempted to try a single piece the entire contents came attached. I still have not tried these. Werther's and those strawberry candies were also always around.
My grandparents took me on a trip to Hawaii when I was about 7 and we stopped at some small museum. My memory of the place is pretty foggy, I don't remember which island it was on, or what it was for. But they had a bowl of candy at the front and the entire time my grandparents were looking at stuff, I was sneaking out all the Werther's from that candy bowl. It was my first time having them and after my first one I needed all of them. I remember this crystal clear despite remembering nothing of the building itself, just because of how good those Werther's were.
So I guess I've loved old people candy since I was 7.
So I guess I've loved old people candy since I was 7.
These have always been great. But, yeah, my grandma had a lot of them. I miss her.Werther's are fine, you should be worried when you start eating these:
I hated when old people gave me these things.
Oh, I didn't know Werthers were a thing outside of Germany. But yeah, they are awesome, but also have this kind of "old people candy"-vibe to them. I feel OP.
I remember the first time I encountered these at my grandparents. They were filled in one of these glass chickens (pictured below) my grandmother was fond of. When I attempted to try a single piece the entire contents came attached. I still have not tried these. Werther's and those strawberry candies were also always around.
Mine had that too I think.
We all had the same grandparents confirmed.
I remember the first time I encountered these at my grandparents. They were filled in one of these glass chickens (pictured below) my grandmother was fond of. When I attempted to try a single piece the entire contents came attached. I still have not tried these. Werther's and those strawberry candies were also always around.
My boyfriend collects those candy dishes lol
Werther's are amazing. I just don't eat them often because ill get addicted to them. Its good stuff.
I always liked old people candy! My grandparents loaded us kids up back in the day.
There's and old WWII vet who comes into my job pretty regularly, and he'll walk by employees, whistle at them to get their attention, and toss them one of those strawberry hard candies. Been doing it for the 9 years I've worked here. Always look forward to seeing him.
There's and old WWII vet who comes into my job pretty regularly, and he'll walk by employees, whistle at them to get their attention, and toss them one of those strawberry hard candies. Been doing it for the 9 years I've worked here. Always look forward to seeing him.
Liquorice is amazing.
Au contraire, mon ami. This is only the beginning of a journey to wonderful candy.
Yo who here is ready to get some mushy-yet-chalky shit?
I came into this thread to say that all is fine and good until you start liking these things. What even are they?
They're supposed to taste like a banana, which, obviously, is why they are orange and shaped like a peanut.
