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Father’s Day at our house was made sugarier this year thanks to my sweet tooth, my wife’s dogged determination to shop online, and the Hesperia-based Candy Crate. Candy Crate is like a lot of online candy shops, but the difference here is: they’re local, so your order spends less time getting sticky on the back of a UPS truck.

While most of us don’t need the internet to buy our Wonka Candy, the reason to look at Candy Crate is for gift-giving, when flowers and falloons just won’t do; say, when the recipient is a male. Skip the power saws and socks, and gimme the 70’s Retro Box.

The site lists this as what I was supposed to get, even though there seem to have been some minor substitutions (I wouldn’t have eaten the Pixy Stix anyway).
Pixy Stix, Wonka Tart N Tiny, Sweetarts, Laffy Taffy, Bubble Gum Cigarettes, Candy Cigarettes, Apple Heads, Cherry Heads, Lemon Heads, Charms Sweet & Sour Pops, Double Bubble Gum, Sugar Daddy Pops, Atomic Fireballs, Boston Baked Beans, Licorice Pipe, Necco Assorted Wafers, Bubble Gum Cigars, Wonka Runts, Red Hots, Fun Gum Wax Lips, Pop Rocks, Zotz, ShockTarts, Reed’s Root Beer Candy Rolls, Classic Now & Laters & Jaw Breakers.

I mean, come on! Zots?!? Reeds hard candy?!? Gum cigarettes?! I’m a child again! It’s fun. Though I hungrily dug through the gift box looking for anything chocolate, especially the discontinued The Seven Up Bar (sigh). I imagine the lack of chocolate in the box is due to cost and storage issues, but after a few sugar rushes, I’ve forgiven and forgotten.

And in a personal dig, there’s a better known website that does this same business, Hometown Favorites, but a year ago they screwed up a business gift I sent to Canada, I ended up cancelling the order and was still stuck with a hefty shipping bill. So they’re not my friends anymore.

By Why We Type (see more of his posts).