Where did our favorite childhood foods go?   Most of what has disappeared were the candy and snacks - because what makes a bigger impression than treats (especially if they aren't particularly good for you)? Where did our favorite childhood foods go? Most of what has disappeared were the candy and snacks - because what makes a bigger impression than treats (especially if they aren't particularly good for you)? I have strong memories of Fizzies. They were toys as well as a drink, because you could spend hours playing with the effervescent tablets before turning them into a not very tasty drink. Such fun to apply the tongue to a tablet, or dip it part-way into a glass of water to see how long you could hold on before it dissolved. Even popping the tablets out of their foil containers was amusing. It is the container more than the product I remember of New Era Potato Chips. My grandmother always had a large tin of these in her kitchen. What was the marketing idea behind the curvy  silhouette? I still remember the commercial: "New Era Potato Chips, crisp and light. Digestible potato chips, always right." Were other potato chips not digestible? Mapo hot cereal. Hated it. Give me Twinkles. Not so much for the star-shaped, sugar-coated oats, but for the story that was attached to the box. Twinkles had great commercials; mini cartoons about Twinkles the magic elephant, who would turn his trunk into a variety of objects. Sugar Jets was also popular, tasting identically to Twinkles but in the shape of objects from space. Cookies! What happened to Brown Edge Cookies from Nabisco? No doubt they were the same as a vanilla wafer without the good memories. Salerno Butter Cookies are still sold, but stopped tasting like the kind that baby boomers feasted on. How about Salerno Coconut bars? What did you put in your milk? Ovaltine is still around, and Bosco appears on the grocery shelves now and again. What happened to Cocoa Marsh, with the lion on the label? Candy is too good to go away. It's pretty easy to find the same sugary goodness that baby boomers enjoyed; Chuckles, Necco Wafers, Good & Plenty (the commercials with Choo Choo Charlie were unforgettable), Pez, Tootsie Roll Pops (Captain Kangaroo had a giant Pop he used for his commercials). I do miss Bun Bars, but not the maple flavor. Turkish Taffy, that you smacked hard on the table to break into bits so it wouldn't break your teeth, has disappeared. As has Lik'em Aid (like Pixy Sticks but in an envelope). But no one misses wax lips.                             Spring Time Grand Retro Candy Assortment From: Candy Crate