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The retro candy checklist

A printable checklist of over 100 classic American candies by decade, from Necco Wafers (1847) to the 2000s. How many have you tried?

The retro candy checklist

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  • It is laid out for US Letter paper and also fits A4.
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What is on this checklist

Before 1900

  • Necco Wafers
  • Circus Peanuts
  • Black Jack gum
  • Candy corn
  • Beemans gum
  • Candy cigarettes
  • Good & Plenty

1900s

  • Clark's Teaberry gum
  • Sweethearts
  • Nik-L-Nip wax bottles
  • Tootsie Roll

1910s

  • Bonomo Turkish Taffy
  • Goo Goo Cluster
  • Clove gum
  • Mary Jane
  • Clark Bar
  • Cherry Mash
  • Idaho Spud

1920s

  • Baby Ruth
  • Jujubes
  • Jujyfruits
  • Mounds
  • Oh Henry!
  • Chuckles
  • Abba-Zaba
  • Charleston Chew
  • Butterfinger
  • Bit-O-Honey
  • Boston Baked Beans
  • Dum Dums
  • Red Vines
  • Squirrel Nut Zippers
  • Sugar Daddy
  • Zero bar
  • Pez
  • Raisinets
  • Dubble Bubble
  • Heath bar
  • Milk Duds
  • Twizzlers

1930s

  • Zagnut
  • Tootsie Pop
  • Valomilk
  • 3 Musketeers
  • PayDay
  • Red Hots
  • Sugar Babies
  • 5th Avenue
  • Chunky
  • Mallo Cup
  • Rolo
  • Krackel
  • Sky Bar

1940s

  • Mike and Ike
  • York Peppermint Pattie
  • Dots
  • Fun Dip
  • Almond Joy
  • Bazooka gum
  • Jolly Rancher
  • Junior Mints
  • Smarties
  • Whoppers

1950s

  • Big Hunk
  • Chick-O-Stick
  • Hot Tamales
  • Wax lips
  • Peeps
  • Atomic Fireball
  • Swedish Fish
  • Candy necklace
  • Pixy Stix

1960s

  • Fruit Stripe gum
  • Sixlets
  • Lemonhead
  • Now and Later
  • SweeTarts
  • Astro Pops
  • 100 Grand
  • Razzles
  • Starburst
  • Zotz
  • Twin Bing

1970s

  • Bottle Caps
  • Blow Pop
  • Marathon bar
  • Freshen Up gum
  • Laffy Taffy
  • Bubble Yum
  • Everlasting Gobstopper
  • Pop Rocks
  • Wonka Bar
  • Ring Pop
  • Reggie! bar
  • Whatchamacallit
  • Hubba Bubba

1980s

  • Big League Chew
  • Nerds
  • Runts
  • Bonkers
  • Nestle Alpine White
  • Push Pop
  • Bar None
  • Bubble Tape
  • PB Max

1990s and 2000s

  • Life Savers Holes
  • Butterfinger BB's
  • Wonder Ball
  • Hershey's Swoops
  • Hershey's Kissables
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