Growing up on the West Coast limited our visits to Howard Johnson's. Your youthful favorites sound delicious! We loved Foster's Freeze and Dairy Queen for ice cream plus the mom and pop grocery stores for their inexpensive candies. My favorite was "Walnettos", a caramel confection with walnuts. I dreamed for years about the taste and would always ask different stores if they were still available. Imagine my delight when I found them at a candy store in a nearby historic town, (Virginia City, Nevada) Yippee!

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