A shop in Claremont sells loose candies without being twee about it. Five saltwater taffies for 25 cents, stick candy for 20 cents a piece. So 65 cents will get me five taffies, in liquorice, cinnamon, and peppermint, and two sticks--one sassafras, one clove. All old-fashioned flavors I like; they have horehound, but I really don't care for it. The best part is the bag.
It is a little white paper sack, maybe what, eight inches tall, four wide? The candies rattle satisfactorily in it as I parade about the streets of Claremont swinging it just a bit. I may be gaining a little dignified grey at my temples, but the sheer pleasure of having a little sack of picked-out candies to walk around with is eternal.
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OOOOOO, I so wish we had a candy store like that here! Sounds delightful.
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