Cream candies from the past: the object of desire for collectors

The search for the cream candies of the past that obsesses nostalgic fans

An internet user is unsuccessfully searching for photos of some cream candies he remembers from his childhood: small, wrapped in metallic paper in blue, red, green or silver. Similar to Snipe candies but with older wrappers. Neither the images he finds on retrochuches.com nor the listings on Todocolección satisfy his demand: what he is looking for is the classic wrapper, not the modern version.

The trail of these candies leads to Castilla y León, where according to some collectors they are still sold. The difficulty of finding graphic documentation of these ephemeral products is a well-known problem in the retro sweets collecting world, a market that moves hundreds of euros on platforms like Todocolección, where you can buy candies that are "not too sucked".

Beyond the object itself, the conversation carries a veiled criticism of today's food industry. One participant sums it up: "Then Sugus came along and now we have civilizational destruction". The cream candy represents a more artisanal past, before the standardization of flavours and packaging. Others recall with humour that "the tricky part was getting your jaws unstuck" because of how sticky the candy was.

The final anecdote: it is not easy to find that exact candy. The user thanks people for the tips but insists that none of them match his memory. The question remains open: who keeps a photo of those candies? The surprising fact: while big manufacturers are betting on nostalgic limited editions, the true classics sometimes only survive in the memory of those who sucked on them in the 80s.