#Taffy

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Video thumbnail — Airheads Candy 'Out of Control' TV Commercial
Food 1985–present

Airheads

The stretchy, tangy taffy bar in the loud mylar wrapper — Blue Raspberry stained your tongue, and White Mystery was a gamble by design. Fifty cents of pure lunchbox status.

now-and-later
Food 1962–present

Now and Later

The corner-store fruit squares that started out jaw-breakingly stiff and only gave in after honest work — think Starburst, but way harder. The name was the sales pitch: eat some now, save some for later. Whether any kid ever actually saved some is another matter.