A mom-and-pop candy shop in St. Paul, Minn., with a retro vibe, got a Prohibition-style visit from the authorities who threw the book at the soda jerks for selling cigarettes and cigars to ...

Authorities recently clamped down on a small candy shop in St. Paul, Minn., for selling candy cigarettes and candy cigars.The city’s Department of Safety and Inspection ordered Lynden’s Soda ...

June is National Candy Month, a fine time to explore the candies of yesteryear — Astro Pops, Chick-O-Sticks, Mary Janes, Long Boys and Salt Water Taffy. You know, for history's sake.

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Vic's doles out candy, cigarettes. For 83 years, ... Vic's also specializes in nostalgic candy, meaning the kind people bought 20 or more years ago at "penny candy" stores.

The owner of Grandpa Joe's in downtown Springfield worked with students at two schools to find a compromise when children worried about candy cigarettes for sale. "The kids got a feeling of what ...

But as soon as customers started pointing to candy that reminded them of their childhoods — picking up packages of candy cigarettes or marveling at psychedelic, disco-colored flat taffy from the ...

The Ann Arbor shop will feature 1,500 varieties of candy, which includes anything from new favorites, to nostalgic treats like candy cigarettes, to imports from Mexico, Canada, Asia and Europe.