Top 12 Candy From the 70s

They wore bell bottoms, kaftans and micro minis.

The men donned unbuttoned butterfly collars, and women began to wear pants. The world was bright and colourful. The 70s were the epitome of funky and fresh, along with some cool-looking, very bright psychedelic designs.

The world went through its brave new changes, and plenty of far-out candy could be had!

These funky lollipops made their sweet debut in 1973. But this lollipop proved to be just what the people of the 1970s wanted. The Charms Blow Pops flew off the shelves. These weren't your average lollipop. These had a hard candy shell and were filled with luscious bubblegum. 

As you unwrap one of these sweet suckers, you'll be met with a fruity-flavoured lollipop and a succulent piece of chewy bubble gum in the center. Crunch through it quickly or slowly savor the flavor. The famous Blow Pops are among the most delicious lollipops to have ever entered the sweet world of candy!

From the most popular flavor of cherry to blue razz and countless others, this lollipop is always dually delicious! As a matter of fact, we were sure that the Charms Blow Pops helped to get those disco queens a dancing!

Be as charming as ever with a Blow Pop!

This retro candy made its sweet debut in 1972 thanks to the King of candy himself, Willy Wonka! 

These delicious  70's candies became legendary after the 1971 film "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory".

Bottle Caps Candy is made with tablet-like pressed candy and boasts a tangy and tart flavor profile. Made to resemble the look of bottle caps on old-fashioned glass soda bottles. This candy will take your taste buds from zero to a hundred in a matter of seconds!

As you chew through these fizzy candy gems, you'll taste an echo of your favourite sodas like cherry, rootbeer, grape and cola. Crunch through them or let them melt in your mouth. Bottle Caps Candy is a retro candy winner!

Let the good times roll with the groovy taste of the  Bottle Caps Candy!

The juicy taste of Bubblicious gum never gets old! This luscious-tasting bubblegum made its very chewy debut in 1977. This was the bubble gum of choice for all those hippies and flower children! The taste of mint chewing gum became such a boring idea when you could have the sweet and delicious taste of Bubbilicioius!

This bubblegum was famous for its long-lasting flavors and had the ability to stretch, making blowing bubbles a cinch! Originally this bubble gum featured the flavors of strawberry, grape, watermelon, and sour apple. 

As you unwrap a piece of Bubbilicoius, that sweet scent will take your tastebuds over the edge. With every chew, its succulent juicy flavor just becomes more intense. Blowing bubbles is a mandatory thing to do with Bubblicious!

We can just see it now: all those free-loving hippies getting ready to protest chewing wads of Bubbilicioius! They probably found it on the bottoms of their Birkenstock sandals more than once!

This retro  British chocolate bar found its way across the pond in the 1970s. Made with delicate strands of milk chocolate braided together, it holds inside the golden delicateness of chewy caramel.

In North America, this chocolate bar was also known as the Marathon Bar and the Wig Wag Bar. 

As you sink your teeth into this ultra-chewy chocolate bar, the rich taste of the milk chocolate comes alive with that tender caramel. It's a match made in candy heaven! The Curly Wurly is a simple bar, but this could become your new favourite chocolate bar with just one bite!

Curly Wurly remains one of the most popular chocolate bars today. After all, who could resist that perfect pairing of Cadbury milk chocolate and caramel?

Gobstopper is a gem that was born out of the 1970s! Made with layers and layers of colorful hard candy and flavors, these Wonka-style jawbreakers are a classic!

This retro candy has that magical funkiness of the 1970s in every taste! As you hold one of these Gobstopper in your mouth, you'll begin to detect those morphing flavors. As each color reveals a brand new flavor there is only one candy genius that could accomplish this task! Willy Wonka!

As you taste a variety of flavors like watermelon, cherry, grape, orange and lemon all in one marble-sized candy, you'll be awestruck just like they were in the 1970s!

These little jawbreaker candy are some of the best on the candy market today.

Taste the whimsical Wonka candy with the legendary Gobstopper!

Have a laugh and some taffy with the epic taste of Laffy Taffy! This entertaining candy made its delicious debut in the 1970s. What has always set this retro candy apart is that over-the-top, amazing-tasting taffy and the joke that comes inside of every Laffy Taffy! But what else could we expect from our sweet pal Willy Wonka?

Laffy Taffy made quite an impression upon its arrival as a matter of fact, it still does! What other candy tickles your funny bone and offers some luscious-tasting taffy candy?

The most popular flavor of Laffy Taffy has always been the banana flavor. But Laffy Taffy offers a variety of fruit-filled goodness like grape, strawberry, watermelon and cherry! There is even a sparkle cherry rendition of Laffy Taffy!

This epic candy is truly one of a kind Wonka candy! Chew through that stretchy taffy or pull it apart. Every bite is incredible!

This retro candy just screams the 1970s! Pop Rocks made its popping debut in 1976. Filled with remarkable flavors, he magic of Pop Rocks lies in the incredible action of the explosive popping candy.

Its fun and flavorful and has remained an entertaining candy for generations of candy enthusiasts!

This candy was the brainchild of food chemist William Mitchell. Popping candy had not yet been discovered until Mr. Mitchell. Pop Rocks was an instant success. The candy lovers of the 70s just couldn't get enough of the fun!

In the 1980s, a rumour was circulating that Mikey of the Life cereal commercial had eaten Pop Rocks with soda, and his stomach exploded. This never happened, and in fact, our pal Mikey is alive and well and living his best life. He still enjoys a pack of Pop Rocks every now and again!

If you're a candy novice, we recommend a few grains at a time, but for the ultimate candy connoisseur, we know you'll be eating these by the mouthful!

These sensational sparks of fun remain at the top of the candy charts! Be rocked to your core, just like those wild kids of the 70s with the remarkable taste of Pop Rocks!

keep a "piece" of the 1970s alive with the delicious taste of Reese's Pieces! These candies sweetly shook up the world in 1978. Made with a hard candy shell  and a peanut butter concoction in the middle.

The popularity of this Reese's candy really took off, though, when our favourite alien friend, E.T., took a liking to them! The sales skyrocketed, and suddenly, everyone's favourite 70s candy was Reese's Pieces!

With every mouthful, you'll experience that famous and delicious crunch. The aromatic scent of peanut butter will burst with every bite, and you'll be in a Reese's Pieces trance!

Some of the best bling to come out of the 1970s is the sweet Ring Pop! We're sure that the hands of the 1970s wore one of these on every finger!

This lollipop made its fashionable debut in 1979. When the creator Frank Richards was desperately looking for a cure to stop his daughter from sucking her thumb. The Ring Pop was the cure for her habit, and the entire world took a liking to this famous candy accessory!

Originally, the Ring Pop was only available in cherry and grape flavors before adding other fruity flavors to the lineup. Ring Pop is now available in different forms of candy, too. Now, you can chew your way through this lollipop with some delicious gummy candy!

We're sure that this sweet ring completed many funky outfits of the 1970s! After all, is there any lollipop that would look as funky or bold?

These legendary jelly beans made their sweet and flavorful debut into the world of candy in 1976! Jelly Belly remains the number one jelly bean on the market today. 

When these jelly beans first came out, they featured eight gourmet flavors. Today, Jelly Belly proudly offers over 100 flavors! From the famous sweet and fruity flavors, to spicy and downright nasty like boogers and dirty socks!

That's right; these jelly beans are so successful they even offer some yucky flavors in the form of the Bean Boozled spinner game. But don't worry if that's not at your speed there are plenty of incredible-tasting flavors to choose from!

These epic-tasting sweet beans even made their way to the inauguration of Ronald Regan. when Jelly Belly shipped 3.5 tons of blueberry jelly beans gaining even more popularity!

Always keep that fire in your belly with the remarkable taste of the famous Jelly Belly!

These chewy kids are always up to something mischievous but delicious! Sour Patch Kids made their way into the sweet world of candy in the late portion of the 1970s. However, they were called "Mars Men" before being called Sour Patch Kids.

The claim to fame of the Sour Patch Kids is that they start off on a sour candy note before morphing into a well-earned sweetness. Originally these kids were available in a few select flavors like lemon, lime orange and raspberry, before adding a never-ending array of new and incredible flavors to the mix.

These kids gained immense popularity and you can even find the likes of them inside of Trident Gum! From the Sour Patch Kids Exploderz to the Sour Patch Kids Zombies, these kids have hit it big time!

Sometimes, being the "new kid on the block" really pays off!

These red little chewy fish would love to swim right into your mouth! These famous red Swedish Fish are always ready to reel you in hook, line and sinker!

Making their delicious debut originally in the 1950s in Sweden before swimming their way to North America in the 1970s. 

Believe it or not, Swedish Fish was at one time only available at the corner store. You couldn't buy a bag like you can today. Instead, millions of us 1970s candy connoisseurs saved up our measly little allowances to buy a brown paper bag filled with these famed red fish!

It was all worth it, though, to taste those berry-flavoured, chewy little fish-shaped candies!

Swedish Fish have made their way into jelly beans and even offer some different flavors like Tropical Swedish Fish and Swedish Fish Tails. But we assure you, Swedish Fish tastes the best out of a crinkly paper bag!

Have a taste of the 70s with the Swedish Fish!

The taste of the 1970s lives on in these incredible-tasting retro candies! The world was quickly changing, but the most memorable part of the 1970s was all the incredible candy!

You can still capture that groovy 1970s feeling in all the candy! The wild child in all of us lives on, and so does the candy!

Tell us which 1970s candy are you inspired to try next. Or, if you're a relic of the 70's which candy do you still like to eat?