Nows and Forevers

I am not a huge fan of candy, but there are two that I have trouble resisting, and they are both round: Necco Wafers and Bottle Caps.

I will have to write about Necco wafers. The old-timey candy just takes me back to growing up and visiting my grandparents’ house in Massachusetts, where they would always have them.

No, today I am writing about Bottle Caps, a candy I found all by myself. Turns out it is only a little younger than me, having first come out in 1972.
They were hands down my favorite back then, and while I am not known for my discriminating palate, I felt like I could taste the difference between cola, root beer, grape, orange and cherry, just like I could in real life, too.

My favorite? Root beer. Just like in my soda.
There was a long time in the ’90s through about the early 2010s that I didn’t have a Bottle Cap. Couldn’t find them. But then I started seeing them again in the stores, and I ended up enjoying Bottle Caps all over again.

They are smaller now, and they don’t look like bottle caps much anymore, either. But they taste sooooo good. So when I went to the grocery store today, and saw them, I had to pick up box. Looks like I am not the only one.