I Bet You Can't Remember All 25 of These Penny Candies From the Corner Store

Before the supermarket checkout aisle, before the convenience chain, there was a low glass case built at a child's eye level — and behind it, rows of jars and flat boxes where one cent was still a real transaction. This is the story of 25 penny candies that came out of that counter: candy buttons on paper strips, Necco Wafers that traveled in soldiers' pockets, the Pixy Stix that started life as a drink mix, the Astro Pop designed by two aerospace engineers, the Marathon bar with the ruler on the wrapper, the Seven Up bar with seven different fillings in one mold, the Reggie! Bar that stopped a baseball game, and the Chicken Dinner bar that promised a family a square meal for a nickel. Some of them are still being made by families who refused to let them go. Some of them ended on a single Tuesday afternoon in July 2018 and never came back. Keep count as you watch, and tell us your number in the comments. Every image in this video is real archival film and real photography from the Library of Congress, the National Archives, the Prelinger Archives, the New York Public Library and the Duke Ad*Access collection. Nothing in this channel is AI-generated. 00:00 The counter 01:25 Candy buttons 02:10 Necco Wafers 03:00 Wax lips and wax bottles 04:00 Mary Jane 04:45 BB Bats 05:50 Clark Bar 06:40 Slo Poke 07:25 Walnettos 08:20 Abba-Zaba 09:05 Valomilk 10:10 Pixy Stix 11:05 Lik-M-Aid and Fun Dip 12:00 Zotz 12:45 Astro Pop 13:35 Charleston Chew 14:30 Black Jack 15:15 Beemans 16:05 Clark's Teaberry 16:50 Candy cigarettes 17:45 Sen-Sen 18:25 Marathon bar 19:15 Seven Up bar 20:10 Squirrel Nut Zippers 21:10 Reggie! Bar 21:55 Chicken Dinner bar 22:20 Why the penny died