Classic Candy: America's Favorite Sweets, 1950-80

In "Classic Candy", Darlene Lacey takes you by the hand and leads you back in time, to revisit and reminisce about the candies from your childhood. At the same time, also giving you great details about the candies' makers and trivia like how one candy was made by accident by an intoxicated worker! The photographs from the wonderfully designed front page right through to the last picture of a Bit-O-Honey bar, were beautifully done, brightly colored and well designed settings to really give you the feel as if the wrapper were right there in front of you. I was very, very please with the amount of detail that you could view in the photographs as I feel that's just an extra added "special touch" to, as I said, recreating the feeling of having the candy right there. The author provides just the right combination of both the historical and the social impact of the candy of the era's, which just aids you in remembering the candies that for most people were an integral part of their childhood. I know I spent a wonderful afternoon reading this book, and then rereading it again in certain favorite spots because I so enjoyed all the memories the narrative and the photos brought out in me. Although I am not a collector, I think any fan of collections of nostalgia would enjoy this book because I think there aren't very many people who can say that candy was not an important part of their life as a child! My sister is a collector and I am definitely buying another copy of this book for her! Even if you aren't a collector, then, like me, I am sure you will enjoy this book immensely not only for the great photos and the wonderful way it's written, but also will enjoy all the other memories that will come back to you that you associate with the candies of your childhood.

Got this book as a gift for my nostalgic older brother! He loved reading about his childhood favorites! Like me, he loves learning facts and trivia! This book scored a home run!

It was ok, wasn't what I thought it was

So many nostalgia books have terrible graphic design, ugly photos, and boring writing. This isn't one of them! I was delighted to see what care the author had taken to make all the photography and design beautiful. Each photo is also captioned with useful information. The writing is engaging and the stories are told chronologically, helping to weave together the complex histories of these famous candies, most of which have been sold or distributed by more than one company during their history. While it might look small, this book will definitely have photos and information you haven't seen that are sure to bring back many delicious memories.

This book was different than I expected, but still a small handy guide to classic candy.

I expected that there would have been more candy remembered from those days....I did...but they didn't.

Cute book great read great gift for any smart candy lover

Some time back I was searching for info on candy I used to LOVE back in the early 60's. I found reference to a book, not yet out, that may have the sweets I was looking for. I emailed Darlene to ask about my specific brands and she let me know they were included. I got multiple copies to give as Christmas gifts. A great guide on the "nostalgic" candies I remembered!

とにかくポップで可愛い本です。 見るだけでとても楽しくなっちゃいます。 キャンディーバーが大好きな方にオススメですよ。

Excellent classic imagery. Nice to slap on the coffee table until guests get bored of seeing it.

I bought this book for my mother, she likes books about vintage/old things and she asked me if I could get this for her, The book is as advertised. Its a really interesting book with lots of classic candies in it, however we were a bit surprised when it came in the mail and it was a very very small book! The photo makes it look like it is a full sized book but in person it is very tiny, probably under half the size of a normal book. But other than that she likes it.

ラベルやシールなどを作りたくて購入しました。中身も表紙のようにたくさんのパッケージが載っているのかなぁ～と期待していましたが、文章が多く、あまりパッケージも載っていませんでした。