Old Candy Cigarettes

These turn-of-century delights are actually sugar sticks, with a texture much like NECCO Wafers and Canada Mints. As for the flavor? Its mild and sweet and certainly enjoyable. Unlike their bubblegum cigarette cousins, they are straight and thin. At one time, they had a red dot at the end, resembling the lit end of a cigarette. Concerned (and we believe, misguided) citizens banned candy cigarettes. They returned minus the red tip. No matter, kids still love them and, in spite of themselves or not, grown-ups do, too.