Are these the suckers that used to have coins wrapped in paper hidden inside the sucker?

I remember these suckers having coins wrapped in them also. They were shaped like an ear of corn and they had the coins inside. I remember eating these as a little girl. Does anyone else remember these?

yes i remember the suckers with coins,penneys,nickels,& dimes.i thought they were around in the sixties.they were shaped like a shucked ear of corn on a wooden stick.

I do remember these, so much flavor and sometimes there would be a COIN (wrapped) inside. I thought I was losing it, no one remember 'cept me.please find who made these or at least the recipe so I can make them myself.

I live in Texas and remember this product, it seems it was in the 60's. Wish i could find a place to buy some.

I live in Alabama and do remember how good these were. It brings back good memories of our neighborhood candy lady who sold them for .30! They smooth and had just the right amount of sweetness w/out being too sweet. It was a long lasting sucker. I wish I had one of them now and I'm 48 years old!

I remember them too. My favorite were the grape. I'd take the money I found inside of it and go buy another one. I grew up in Houston/Galveston, Texas.

I remember these well and when I talk about them, people think I'm crazy. Could you imagine a coin in children's candy today???!!!

just talking to the kids and grandkids about these candys. I wish i had one too!!!!

My wife thought I was making it up about Corn Suckers with money inside. Now I can tell her I'm not crazy after all. I remember them from the 60's.

Thank goodness I found this site. We used to get these every weekend with my grandfather. When I mention them today people think I am crazy.

YES! I grew up in FERRIS, Texas and all the "candy houses" and stores sold these in the '60's-with the coins inside-which led to the debate later of whether it was "corn" or "coin" suckers! My favorite was a dark burgundy-like that had a rasberry-like flavor! Please post if they can be found! (Also "MR. COLA" and NEHI GRAPE!")

I got these at a candy store in Pine Bluff, Arkansas in the 60's. The grape was the best. I remember getting a nickle in one. Wish I had that nickle. No telling what it may worth today in the coin collecting world. Thanks for the link as other people did not believe me either.

OMG my co-worker and I were just talking about these suckers from the 1960's! I got them at Mr. Blacks store in Tuleta TX! Not all of the suckers had coins in them and we would always try to hold them up to the light before buying them to see if we could see a coin inside! We finally realized those efforts were pointless. Can you imagine the lawsuits that would fly if someone tried to market these suckers today? Ah... the good old days of dangerous candy, no seat belts, and unlocked doors!

After handing out candy to trick or treaters last night fond memories of my childhood seemed to invade my mind this morning. I'm 48 and grew up in S. TX, San Benito. I was telling my husband about Corn/Coin Suckers. He thinks I'm crazy, "there's no way anyone could put coins in a candy" he says. Yummyy those were the best, especially the grape flavored ones. I'm glad I found this site, I'm not losing my mind!!

I loved these Suckers.. They always had coins in them.. Where can we get them now... It was in the Late 60's and early 70's I remember these :)

I remember these as a kid and I am 53. I remember buying them at the Morgan and Lindsey. These came out in the mid to late 60's. I don't know of anyone that got hurt eating one of these suckers. Imagine today!!

Yep, it's true! I remember corn suckers! If you were lucky, you'd get one with a coin inside. Wrapped in a little piece of white paper. Sometimes the school bus would stop at the store and that was a popular item. If you found a coin it was like hitting the lottery!

Wow I have been searching every site on the net to see if anyone but me remeber these. The grape was the best. It tasted like the scent of "money Blessing" air freshener. Every time I spray it I have good fond memories of the Candies.

I am from Ville Platte, La. and I remember them very well. I wish I can find a picture of one and the company that made them.

Well, I am glad I am not the only one to remember them. I use to get them from a store near my elementary school in Rusk, Texas. I then moved to Lubbock and was never able to find them again. It was in the 60's and it was a thrill to find money inside so I could go get another. Never knew the name of the sucker, just it was good, lasted a long time, and had money.

I am so happy to see so many people remember this sucker. it is amazing they went out of business. they were delicious and the concept of the money inside was so rewarding. Just think we could get rich bringing that one back. it's amazing that there are no pictures of these suckers available. I grew up in Houston, Texas and we called them all day suckers. I remember getting quarters often.we should start a compaign to get these back.

YES I remember the corn suckers. I'm 50 and I can close my eyes and remember what the grape tasted like. I recall them being a dime in the 60's.I told the tale of the corn suckers around the lunch table at a law firm I worked for years ago and nobody believed it. Boy, it would be a field day now with the law suits from swallowed coins. Makes you miss the simpler times. I don't recall anyone swallowing the coins. Hell, it's not like you didn't know it was there. That was the whole point! Get the coin!

what a relief to find so many others who have spun the tale of the cornsucker to unwanting ears. Ft Worth TX, St. George's Catholic school bus would stop at the candy store once a week. I have never met a single person in my life who knew the fabled corn sucker but me. great to meet all of you.

Amen Richard! Get the coin and get another sucker. by now they would probably have to put on the labe "DO NOT EAT COIN" Duh!I remember all too well, it was kind of hollowed out on one side like a scoop and the corn kernels on the other side. Let's have a corn sucker reunion, convention, or something! :)

Telling my grandkids the other day about this.I'm 52 years old and the old Ben Franklin store in Thibodaux, LA. is where mom would stop on occation and my older brothers and I would race to the candy rack to try to pick out the ones that felt heavy.(meaning those would have a quarter inside)It realy didn't matter to me, I just wanted one. They were so good. I never got a quarter , but I did get dimes.My brothers got the quarters often. I wish I had one right now.Glad to know all of you remember it!Seems it was only sold in the southern states.

You know I found these suckers and would bet these are the ones you are looking for. Wish I could place a link. They are called Groovy Flower Lollipop Purple. If you can go to this web site called NationwideCandy.com and type in groovy you will find them. Hope this helps.

If the link is allowed it is one of these two maybe: http://www.nationwidecandy.com/snacks/items/SMR-01BG.htm http://www.nationwidecandy.com/snacks/items/SMR-01APu.htm

OMG I thought I was the only one looking for these still. I loved these grape lollipops! Can anyone please find them again or at least the old manufacturer!

actually these came out in the 60's as far as I remember. we used to hold them up in the sunlight to try and see what the coin was!!!

THe "Groovy Flower Lollipop Purple" are NOT the ones that my husband has talked about. I showed him that site and he said it was not like those. These were shaped like an ear of corn in different flavors, but you could see the coin inside. If anyone knows anything about the ones my husband is talking about or knows where there is a photo of one, please post. Thanks! :)

just telling my wife about these....I grew up in Lafayette, LA in the 60s....couldn't wait to get one of these suckers and see if it had a coin...

OMG I FOUND MYSELF ON THIS SITE LOOKING FOR A PICTURE OF THE CORN SUCKER BECAUSE NONE OF MY COWORKERS EVER HEARD OF THIS I AM 50 AND SO ARE THEY ICANT BELIEVE THEY NEVER HEARD OF THESE SUCKERS THANKS FOR THE SITE.

I'm 54 and the corn suckers were my favorite. My co-workers thought I was nuts and imagined this candy. The best part was getting the coin.

I'm soon to be 54 and was raised in Ferris, Texas. I remember these suckers being a sort of concave-shaped tube with ripples on one side to simulate kernels on an ear of corn. We would smash them early to see if we had won a coin inside. My favorite was the dark-reddish rasberry flavor. (We were convinced that the "corn-coin" debate in the name was merely clever, well-crafted wordplay.)

So glad to read all of the comments. I, too, was told I was crazy as I shared the story of this wonderful candy with others. NO ONE had heard of them or had the pleasure of eating them. The flavor outstanding but the coin was the prize.

Hallelujah!!!!! There "are" others who remembered this wonderful candy. I too used to lick and suck on the candy until I reached the coin and ran straight back to the store to buy another one!!!! Grape was my most favorite flavor! Guess the current economy's situation won't allow the manufacturers to put money inside anymore lest they go bankrupt! Ha ha ha ha....

I'm 54 and told co-workers about corn suckers candy. They just laughed and replied "you mean you used to suck for a nickle or quarter", needless to say it was pretty funny & the joke was on me. All of my old schoolmates remember them.

We were talking about them st work the other day and one of my co-workers remembered them. She grew up in Lubbock and I in Frot Worth and Noconona,TX maybe someone who collectes cand boxes would have one and could tell who made them.

Oh yes! I do remember them. I sure wish I could find these again. I'll be back looking for a photo. I'm 50 and grew up in Castroville, TX. I also remember a small tube of peanuts that sometimes had coins in them.

I to have been told I was crazy. I got them at the Ben Franklin store in Crystal Springs, MS where I grew up. I'm 55.

My kids think I am crazy...I purchased them at Elliots Grocery in Meridian, MS. My friend that lives in Louisiana and I were talking about them last week. She knew exactly what I was talking about.

Is there nothing on the world wide web to substantiate our memories other than our talking about the Cornsuckers?? Can't believe there are no photos or company history to be found. If anyone finds ANY info, please post! Thanks!

Will Toliver's store in Jefferson, Tx. circa 1969 (frogtown)

Yes I loved corn suckers and the excitement to see how much money I got.Iloved the grape and black cherry.My brother liked root beer.I wish I could fine one or at least a picture!

My grandfather used to make them. He had the company

I'm 52 and grew up in Weslaco, Texas and can still taste those grape cornsuckers! They were super dark and left your mouth purple for days! And the grape flavor...OMG! They appear to have been a treat of the southern states so I'm guessing some small local candy maker, perhaps in Texas? If I still lived in Texas I'd hit up some of the old convenient store owners and ask them if they remember who or where they ordered them from, but I'm in Arizona now and NO ONE here remembers them, except ex-Texans! Ok Rob, if your grandfather made them, give us more info, please!

My grandfather sold the company I believe in 1976 or 1977. I was a baby at the time. My mother used to wrapped the paper around the coins. The company was located off Fountain Street in Bryan, Texas. It is now a resturant called the Feed Barn. My grandfather is now 81 years old. I saw him two weeks ago. He told me how he started it up, still knows that a cup of extract would flavor 500 suckers, and each week he would come home smelling like the flavor of the week. Is there anything you would like know specific Carol? Let me know.

Hi Rob. Do you have any photos of your grandfathers' company? Or a picture of the cornsucker?? Would love to see them if so!

My brother was asking me about these suckers a few months back,if I remembered them. I told him I did, had forgotten about them until he ask about them. But, have not been able to find anyone who remembers them. I'm from Louisiana an now live in north Arkansas. My brothers ex wife found this site, so glad she did. Those were the best suckers. I am 49 so it was 60s an early 70s. Sure would like to have another one.

I grew up in Port Bolivar Texas. Use to go to "Harry's" store and buy these and I agree the Grape Ones were the best. I would love to buy some more....

Looking at the location that most of you are from, I am inclined to think the only lucky ones to have the pleasure of 'cornsuckers' was those of us from Louisiana and Texas. Man oh man, were they fun and delicious. You're right. No one I talk to east of the Mississippi River know what I'm talking about when I describe this amazing candy. I think sometimes the reason they disappeared was the 'law-suit' factor. No memory of any problems, but I was a child. It was 1967 when I bought my last chance at a candy encircled magic coin. Great nostalgia. So glad I'm not alone. Peace

Thanks to all of you for posting about these suckers. My sister was talking about them and we decided to look online to see if we were remembering them correctly. We bought ours at a tiny local general store owned by Mr. Murphy Arabie in Mathews, La in the late 60's. Like so many of you, I'd love to see a photo of these.

Rob.......if you could post an old picture of the corn sucker, that would be WONDERFUL! We live in Louisiana and I've picked on my husband for years about this candy, and now I see that it's TRUE! So please post a photo if you can. Thank you!!

I live in Lafayette la, I loved those suckers. What was the brand??? I'm 51..

I too, am so glad to see that I am not the only one who remembers Corn Suckers! I am 56 and during the 1960s’ my sister and I would buy these wonderful suckers at Watkins’ Grocery and Berry’s Rexall Drugstore here in Dardanelle, Arkansas.

Thanks everyone for going down memory lane- I grew up in New Orleans,LA- I'm 52 and was just telling my friend the sweet memory I have of going to my local (walking barefoot I might add) snowball stand in the summer and getting a corn sucker with money inside--tried to find a picture because she didn't remember - she's only 48 :)

I am 55 years old i lived in N.E.Oklahoma as a child ,corn suckers was my favorite candy. What i wouldn't give to see one!

OMG..I'm so glad I found this site. I have been tellin my co-workers about this sucker and they look at me like I'm crazy..I just wish I could find a picture of one

Does anyone else remember the "IT'S A WINNER" suckers? They were in grape , cherry .......they were bumpy on the front and smooth on the back. If it was a winner there was a piece of tape on the back that said "it's a winner". I want to say they were from the charms co. but i'm not sure. All i truely remember is the tape what the sucker taste and look like.

I tryied to make my family and co-workers remember this, but not too many of them did. They just though I was crazy. They just could not believe it, I think they thought I was just making it all up. They were real goog,I wish I had a Corn Sucker right now.

MY my my, I am so glad that I finally found evidence of the amazing "Corn Sucker" that most of my family and co-workers don't know anything about. I think they assumed that I am crazy to even bring it up. I am also from Louisiana, and I remember them like it was yesterday. I loved that candy, and was excited about the fact that it actually had money inside of them. It was just great, I could use one right now. Thank you for this information.

I thought I was the only one that remembered these. Does anyonbe still sell them? I have been remembering them the coins, or if no coin a prize written on the wooden handle.

why would they stop making that sucker, it was the best tasting sucker in the world,this junk they have now are made for aliens. someone need's to find out where they are sold and get them to charlie browns in little rock calif.i really miss that candy all that flavor was real.

ok...even though it's been said over and over? NO ONE BELIEVED ME ETIHER. And I just got ALL of my coworkers and showed them this site. Grew up in New Orleans and I'm 56 and we LOVED corn suckers. Why were they so good?? Was it the delicious anticipation of maybe finding a coin in one???

Oh and I used to get them at the Morgan & Lindsey and Rexall. Rob.. please tell your grandfather that we remember his candy with fond memories.

ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS - "THEY WERE SIMPLY THE BEST" SWEET MEMORIES!!!

YES, YES, IT WAS THE TASTE, BUT WHEN I FOUND A COIN...SO EXCITING AND I WOULD JUST GO BACK AND BUY ANOTHER ONE. SURE WISH I HAD THE RECIPE..I WISH SOMEONE STILLL MADE THEM. I THINK THEY WOULD BE BEST SELLERS.. I REMEMBER THEY WERE A NICKLE.

They also were sold in Nashville, TN. Wonderful memories.

Worked in the candy company in Hearne, TX. Blackburn all day corn sucker, my school mate's dad owned it. Remember the coins in the cob. The company started in Waco, TX. back in the early sixties. Glad someone remembers this candy.

They were great I liked the grape flavor ones, and they only cost a nickel.

I remember buying these in Corpus Christi, Tx in the early 60's. I paid 3 cents and there was always a coin in them wrapped in wax paper. Usually a penny, occasionally a nickel and a dime was hitting the jackpot. They came in grape or cherry.

i remember that candy trying to look through candy to c how much money hoping it was a dime or nickel

Found corn cob suckers at hometownfavorites.com

Are these the same suckers that looked like a grape cluster? Thought they had a purple wrapper? Great memories at the candystore/donutshop in Alamosa Colorado ... Thanks Mrs Davis ... Remember when penny candy was a penny? Wow !!! I spent every nickle and dime I could get. I seem to remember these were a nickel. Yummy for sure!

OMG I can't believe I found others who remember this . My husband thought I was crazy they were awesome . I remember finding a quarter one time . Did any one else find a 25 cent piece ? What was the name of the Co. who made them ?

I remember walking to Swick's Grocery in Bremond, TX to buy one of these suckers! They really were the best! Wish they could reintroduce them out in the market. Alot of us babyboomers like going down memory lane!!!

I remember these from my childhood. Loved the raspberry flavor. Was hoping to find them to buy some or at least see a pic of one. Bought them at a neighborhood store called Guillot's in Alexandria, Louisiana.

Rob...wished you could get your grandpa to make just 1 batch for old time sakes or at least you would get the receipe and try...couldn't hurt

As a kid in New Mexico, corn suckers were the greatest treat, then to sometimes find a nickel inside. Who was the manufacuturer. The last box I purchased was in Midland, Texas

OH yeah I remember corn suckers too. I'd like to have the red on that had small black spots in it. wow tasted so good..... with the coin inside..... that was candy? Wonder where they went?

Yes they were the best candy. Getting money for eating something so good was a bonus for sure.

We spent a summer in Oklahoma City in the mid 60's (I'm from WAY northern NY) and discovered corn suckers. It was like a kid's lottery!!! Good candy and you might find a coin that allowed you to buy one or two more. Grape was my favorite, but I always held the lighter colored onees up to the light to see if I could make out the shape of a coin. They'll never come back I can see parents groups from today just screaming CHOKING HAZARD!!!!

OMGosh, I was convincing myself that I was going crazy.....Thank you all for commenting about these wonderful suckers....I've been craving on since the birth of my first Son in 1982....no one remembers them and they think I'm crazy. Does anyone know what they were called? Wow, Thanks!

I REMEMBER THESE SO WELL. I WORKED AT LINGS MARKETT IN DOUCETTE TEXAS AND WE SOLD THEM THERE. MY FAVORITE ON WAS THE GRAPE. I WON ALOT OF MONEY ON THOSE. I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY WISHED I COULD.

I too, am so glad to see that I am not the only one who remembers Corn Suckers! I am 56 and during the 1960s’ my sister and I would buy these wonderful suckers at Watkins’ Grocery and Berry’s Rexall Drugstore here in Dardanelle, Arkansas.

When I was a kid in the 70s we had corn suckers we didn't have much money but when mom gave us 25 cents we all would get a sucker and if we found money in ours we would get more suckers to share man those were the good old days

Thank you all for allowing me to keep my sanity. No-one except my sister remembers these suckers. I seem to remember they had a scope that we used to fill with water and drink grape water. Would pay goo gobs of money for one.

yes indeed i remember he corn sucker.. im 56.. grew up in alexandria la..i was eating a piece of hard candy that reminded me so much of the flavor of the orange one...was trying to remember if the coin was wrapped or not!!!

Yep...I remember these awesome treats. Grew up in South Louisiana. Thought I was rich when I found a quarter in one!!

my sister used to work at the plant. she would sometimes bring them home by the box. i was lucky enough to visit the pland and see them being made. i would always ask my sister to bring hoem the ones with money in them. she would laugh and say that it was done randomly. we would always give them out at halloween because we had so many of them. man, how i miss them now. also miss poke'ems. lakawanna lime, gitchigumi grape, pocahontas punch and okeechobee orange.

I just want to know were i can buy the suckers

I remember getting those corn cob suckers with the coins in them!! Everyone was always hoping for quarters and dimes. Can anyone tell me if you can find them anywhere???

With an Indian Tom Tom beat: Get some poke'ems Get some poke'ems Get some poke'ems Get some poke'ems We always got ours at sunset foods in northbrook!

Grew up in the Irish Channel NOLA. (56 yrs old) Corn suckers, grape were one of my favorites also, the money was in the center wrapped in a piece of wax paper. Got them from the sweetshops. Around the time rat finks were in gumball machines. I liked those candy kisses (looked like lipstick) wrapped in gold and clear plactic.

I was in new orleans and my friend ask me did i remember the corn sucker and i said yes and she want one i try all site but no one carry them no more then i mention about the thumb sucker and the hand suckers anyone remember them!!!!

I remember the hand sucker. They were delicious, I was raised in New Orleans and we couldn't wait to get home from school everyday to buy one. I think they were homemade. Good Memories!!!

LMAO - good to hear that someone else remembers these corn suckers! It reminds me of the commercial on how long does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop - I could never wait to get to my "coin" and I usually crunched them - surprised I still have teeth! I'm 56 - holla!!

My grandfather used to make these at his candy shop in Waco TX...it was the Blackburn Candy Co. I always thought he invented these suckers...we used to go visit him and he would dump piles of change on the floor and tell us to wrap it for his suckers! When we were little, we would go to various shops and drop off their "shipment" of corn suckers...she was a "distributor" we were told. Our suckers were not shaped as CORN...and that's not why they were called corn suckers. Corn Suckers...made out of corn syrup...and a sucker that lasted ALL DAY...hence he called them ALL DAY CORN SUCKERS...they couldn't be EATEN...you had to lick them and what REALLY made them unique (other than the money inside) was its shape...it was actually shaped like the inside of your mouth and your tongue could lick it REPEATEDLY until you got down to the stick (or money which was near the stick)...maybe the corn shaped ones were knock offs of his product...I don't truely know if he patented this product or if it was truely his idea...he died in 1965, 2 months after sellin his company to a company in San Antonio TX ... I was told that this co is the same that produces Blackburn Syrup...to this day, it's my favorite syrup! Haven't seen a corn sucker since his death although we had boxes, boxes of the sucker to eat as kids that were left over when we went to his shop after his death. I loved finding this site...a true legacy to my PAPA-PAPA!

it makes me happy to see soo many of you enjoyed my grandfathers corn sucker..my mother used to deliver them all over fort worth texas..and several years ,some of my co workers were talking about things in the past and corn suckers were brought up..not that many people had heard of them/then i heard about this web site//and i find out that more people actually enjoyed them..my grandfather also made other types of candies/but corn suckers were the most popular..not sure about his company being sold to san antonio..actually think poss closer to fort worth/but whomever bought it/poss could have kept the name of blackburn corn suckers ..so glad all of you out there have happy memories//and enjoyed reading this web site..

I remember the candy was the size of a small child's hand (they were large compared to suckers/lolipops of today). I remember a sucker lasting the whole week, because of it's size and thickness. It came in several flavors: grape, lemon, orange, red cherry and occasionally green/lime. It was on a popcicle stick, wrapped in clear cellophane and it was curved shaped to fit you mouth and around your tongue. The front of the sucker looked like a corn on the cob (you could actually see the kernels, the back side was smooth and indented to fit you tongue. I remember paying 5 cents for them and was lucky to have found quarters in some of them, which allow me to go back to buy more and share them with my younger sisters. A note to Collier, who also remembers the lipstick candy, that was the best candy you could buy for a penny. I remember that it would also shade your lips red and the fun part was licking your lips cause it tasted so good. I've gone to several Wholesale Warehouses that are opened to the public and some actually sell candies that were popular in the 60's, that you will not find at any local grocery store or Walmart.

I remember these!!!!!People look at me like im crazy when I talk about them!!!!Where can I find them.

Oh, how I wish I could even find a picture of this sucker! Have found nothing to prove visually that they existed except for peoples remembrances. Nothing but our aging boomer brains. LOL Anyone have a picture??

I use to get these from a little Store Name Thompson in Fort Smith Arkansas. Back in the 60s. My wife also think i am carzy

These were around at least as early as the 60's. In the 70's I played football at Texas A&M and a guy who was a year older bought the company in Bryan Texas where these were made. His name was Leonard Milsap.

We LOVED these suckers! Growing up in Carthage, TX in the early 60's, we got these all the time! Can't believe we never choked on a coin!

We used to buy them at lunch in Catholic school & I'm glad someone else heatd of them There were sooooo good. I ate them for 8 yrs 60-68 in grade school. Cookie hippiechick0704@gmail.com

I also remember them and the grape one was my favorite. I grew up in Brownsville, Tx and attended Victoria Elementry School like from 1967-73. I remember there was a little store across the street from the school, and I would go buy candy there after school. My favorite candy was the corn sucker, the flavor of grape was amazing and the excitment of finding money in it was so much fun. Simpler times for sure.

Is there a recipe fpr them??? I use to buy them and then take them to school and sell them!!

Bought them at Sonny Mann's Grocery in Castroville, TX and St.Louis Catholic School.Sure wish I could find a photo.

I remember the grape one the most. They were my favorite. I bought them at the Sweet Shop owned by my aunt and uncle in the late 60's and early 70's. I am so glad I found this website. I now know eating these suckers wasn't just one of my oh so vivid dreams! Nobody I asked could remember them. Must be old age.

I loved these winner suckers! That's what we called them because some of them had a piece if paper attached that said 'winner,' and you got another sucker free. These were in the early to mid 60s. They did not have a coin inside. They were red or grape with a smooth bottom and a bubbled top. I LOVED these suckers!!! I have searched for years online trying to find out the manufacturer. I bought mine at a little store across from my school in Queen City, Texas.

I lived in central LA and loved corn suckers!!!

The corn suckers I remember were large and had little bumps that made one side resemble an ear of corn. I grew up in Bryan, Tx and they gave them out at First Bank and Trust. We would always go with my mom to the drive thru and we were sure to get a sucker. The ones I remember did not have any type of coin or prize in it though. Does anyone remember these types of corn suckers?

I would like to see a picure of an corn sucker candy. I was bor

I'm from Shreveport, LA. I remember them well. Oh how I would buy those gems! I would hold them up to the light to see if there was a coin inside. LOL Grape was always my favorite flavor. Didn't matter if I got a nickel or a penny.

It was in the Sixties.We stole a whole box of Corn Suckers.Went to our treehouse and we went to eating that candy to get all money out.Then we had enough money to go to store and Buy some more! People said I was Crazy that no such thing!! I know I was making that stuff up!My favorite was the yellow and Green and it look like a corncob.Good ole days!

Oh, they so very good. I've been trying else to find them again. I grow up and still live in Ft. Worth, TX, It's been a while and I really don't remember the name of the store we got them from. But my relatives remember be them tasting just like knee-hi sodas. We would dip the suckers in them and really couldn't tell the difference between soda or suckers.

My classmate go to the valley near Mexico every year, claiming she will bring some back on her next trip. Can't wait!!!

The original ALL DAY CORN SUCKER came from a little candy plant on Hiway 79 in Hearne, Texas. It was smooth and concave on one side and shape like an ear of corn on the other. They came in all the primary flavors. Most of them had coins in them ranging from a penny to a quarter. Very few had none. And they really did last all day. In the 60s I used to visit relatives in Hearne when I was a kid and we could either go by any local store or go directly to the plant. Sometimes they'd just give us a few.

Every time I tell people today about this candy with coins in them, they think I'm crazy too. It got to the point i thought it was a dream, but no it was real. Used to buy them on the way to school in San Antonio, Tx. With all the nickles and dimes I found, I would buy more candy. Good ol times!

I remember these!! And the response seems to be the same that everyone else reported on this site. No one believes me!! We'd go get the suckers at the corner store, gather enough money to go buy another one...

I'm just happy I'm not the only one who remembers this candy. I was beginning to doubt myself!!!

I use to eat those years ago. I love them!! I heard they didn't make them anymore because if the chance of getting chocked on a coin. But besides that I still love the taste! Do they still make them? Anyone know?

Good Candy in the 60's, you not crazy. I ate them too.

I just finished telling my daughter (who is 29)about the corn suckers and holding the candy up to the light to see how much money was in the candy. My daughter thought I was lying until I showed her this site. Please if they are making this candy, where can I buy it. I lived in Brenham, Texas in the late 50's and early 60's. I'm now 58. Cheryl

In the 1960s my family would take a couple trips a year to DeWitt, Arkansas to visit my mom's relatives. My sister and I always looked forward to getting corn suckers at an old neighborhood store near my aunt's house. I remember not all of them had a coin inside, but the ones that did usually had a nickel. I can remember occasionally finding corn suckers in other areas, but if my memory is correct it was always on road trips passing through rural areas. I don't remember ever finding corn suckers in the Dallas area where we lived.

Me and my sisters were just talking about these the other day. We are now in our 50's. We lived in a suburb of Fort Worth, TX and would buy them at the little store in our neighborhood called Tops. They were delicious. Grape was my favorite and I once found a dime in mine, but all other times I got a penny. We would hold them up to the light to see if we might be able to tell what coin was in them before you bought it. And yes, they were hallowed out on one side, like a scoop and the other side looked like an ear of corn. They would not be allowed to be sold in today's world but times were simpler back then. What great memories.

These corn suckers were out in the 60's.

My sister is having a 65th birthday party and we would like to have a candy station displaying some of the candies that were out when she was growing up. We thought that having handsuckers would really bring everyone back to their childhood. Can someone please help us with this mission.

well im 49 and i remember them thry were at the bottom of the sucker

I would like to start making these corn suckers, I would buy them from a shop in Buras La. across from the Buras High School in 1966. If some one can help with the recipe send to cel2000@bellsouth.net. These where the best, Today I would Pay $2.00 for them. God Bless All

were the best suckers ever and yes getting the coin was the best!

I father made these out of a business warehouse, my sister and i wrapped the coins for him pennies nickles and dime...I still have 4 of the molds 214-704-8104 if interested, i will try to see if he has the receipt YES GOOD STUFF. I'm sure there was other that made them as well.

I called Dad 84 years old he said Paul Philabacker (sp?)started the company, My dad and mother started a franchise under Paul from Waco or Bryan, Tx. Pop was not sure but leaned more toward Bryan than Waco. Oh Lord they are good, and I spent many days at the dentist office!!!! Sugar and Corn Syrup big cooper kettle and boat paddle to stir the mixture with... I he could remember OH rubber tire tube to cool the mixture off...OH BOY ..FDA would love that!!!! : ) Good OLE DAYS miss them for sure

I remember the corn sucker, use to buy them from Mr. Charlie and Ms. Louise, I grew up in New Orleans, and I remember the hand sucker it was the greatest tasting sucker in the world. I would love to find one online. those were the good ole days can't find candy like that anymore!

I have been looking for these suckers for a long time. They were the best. My baby sister and I would go to a little store that was up on the corner from our house sold them. We would go every day sometimes 2-3 times a day to get some. We would look for the sucker that had the biggest coin in it. And I didn't have a favorite flavor, I liked them all. Wish someone could find them again or get the recipe. Waiting to hear something. flirt2623@yahoo.com

I Remember these suckers, I was talking to my husband about them, I'm from Dallas, Tx and my husband from LA, we both remember them to be oval shaped more round at the top, and they had bumps on them like corn on the cob, the bottom was smooth, and they usually had a dime, nickel or a quarter in them. Those were the days, wish I could find some now.

Ok Sugarfoot111 described the sucker perfectly. I don't remember mine ever having a coin but the candy was delicious. I would love for my grandkids to experience some of the things I did as a child. One more thing. Does anyone remember cherry barrel candy. You can find root beer all day long but they usta make cherry too.

omg for real! the grape was the best of all flavors. i remember them so well. back in the day those were the candy to have. the now children don't have a clue. best candy in world.

Hey Rob please, please ask your granddad for the recipe!!I too love the grape flavor Corn/coin suckers. I speak of this sucker all of the time-my children would love to have a taste and so would I. These are sweet, sweet memories! Such a treat to find cash inside to buy more of these wonderful suckers. God Bless!

OMG!!! I'm originally from Lafayette, LA. I was just telling one of my younger co-workers about the corn / coin suckers. The look on her face was priceless. She said, "no way". Another younger co-worker found this site by goggling "candy sold in the seventies". What a pleasant surprise to find all of you from LA, TX, and AL. I'm 53 years young (lol), and just wanted to say that growing up in the sixties, and seventies were the BEST times of my life. May God bless ALL of you!

OMGoodness! I am 53 years old and grew up riding my bicycle to Fill-a-Bill and Hestand's Grocery Store in Pine Bluff, AR for the sweet treat. Holy Cow! I never was a lucky winner of a coin. However, I was totally interested in the delicious flavor of my corn sucker. That was enough for me! I have always been totally astonished that NO ONE in Eastern Arkansas has ever heard of the delicious sweet treat called a corn sucker! Oh! I would love one right now! This find is exciting though, for now. May God bless all corn sucker lovers everywhere!

OMG!!! I grew up in Ferris Tx around all the candy houses & those suckers were awesome! I too thouoght I was going crazy when I talked about them & no one remembers but me.LOL! I was talking about it to a friend today & they remembered so i tried looking the name up & up popped this sight & LOL! i feel so happy now that you all know & remember the corn suckers from the 1960's...We gotta get em back!!! :)

I remember finding a dime in one. I took it home and beat it on the curb with a big rock ...... I couldn't wait to get that dime. That was the "BEST" dime in the whole world as far as I was concerned!!! I bought another one that had nothing in it. Loved these corn suckers. Good memories.

My co-worker is in her late 20's and when I told her about this candy, she made a comment that it was dangerous. I told her we weren't like the kids today. We knew it might be there so we were careful. They were delish!!!!!!!

I dod't recall coins in mine. I only recall little slips of paper wrapped inside that annouced if you were a wiiner or not. The winner notice got you a free sucker.

I don't recall coins in mine. I only recall little slips of paper wrapped inside that announced if you were a winner or not. The winner notice got you a free sucker.

Well it doesn't seem like anyone else from the northeast remembers these so people still think I'm crazy. :-( I used to get these in Poughkeepsie, NY back in the day (70s for sure). I don't think these had coins in them when I found them. They were AWESOME. I only got obsessed about finding out what they were this evening because I bought some agave syrup and the taste reminded me of these suckers.

Reading all these posts brings back wonderful memories of the corn suckers with coins and the winner suckers (grape and cherry). I grew up in Antlers, OK and they were my favorite candies. My husband grew up in Chicago and thinks I made the corn suckers up. Now I have proof.

When I Llved in Spring, TX, back in the late 60s, I would ride my bike to Dorines market and sell coke bottles I had picked up along the roadways -and then use the money to buy the corn suckers. Those were the days.....

I grew up in Oakdale, Louisiana. I'm 58 now, born in 1955. I remember getting corn suckers in the mid to late 60's. Everybody got them...it was so exciting to see what money you would find. We would hold them up to the light, trying to see what was inside, but you never could see. I remember getting all kinds of money! I remember someone (not me) got a dollar one time! These were the best! I wish that someone had a picture of them! Also wish I could buy one now!

Growing up in Booneville,Arkansas,in the 60's, we shopped at a Mom & Pop Grocery store and every week I would buy my Corn Suckers and yes they had Money in them !! My Favorite was the grape .I always got $ in mine, the most I remember was a quarter.I wish I had a Picture of one now because I don't think my kids believe me :)

I am 56 and I still think about the corn suckers we use to buy as a child. I use to go to the Legion Swimming Pool in Houma,Louisiana. I use to buy the grape corn suckers. They were my FAVORITE! If I were lucky enough to get a quarter or dime in mine I use to buy another grape. I loved these and would love for them to come back. It doesn't matter about the coins in them, I just loved the suckers. I remember how they were shaped like a little ear of shucked corn. The good ole days!

This is so funny. I'm 58 and from Grand Prairie, Tx. My kids and my co-worker was laughing at me when I told them about this candy They said I was making this up. We would walk to the neighborhood store, Ms Holland and buy these sucker's. I we paid five cent for them, and the most I remember winning was a nickel. It was always at least a penny in it when you won!I don' know where these candys came from other then Ms Holland store nor when they dissapeared, but I wish I had one right now. Lol

Had a hot debate at my job about corn suckers! Glad i found this website to prove it! Myself and a neighborhood full of kids would walk to the neighborhood store to get em'! I always found a coin in mine and would rush back to get another. GOOD TIMES!!!!!

yeah remeber the butter nut , big hunk , chico stick

It seems like I remember sometimes there was a piece of paper in them saying I had won a free sucker ?? Does anyone remember that or am I imagining it ? Did anyone ever get a dollar bill? I know I use to get quarters and nickles..

I well remember these! loved them as a child in the early 60's. Growing up in the Mississippi delta it was a treat to get a penny or nickle, dime or quarter back when you got to the end of the sucker. I ask about them the other day and was told I was crazy because there were no suckers with money in them, thank you all for remembering too.

I was so glad to see this site. I told this to my employees at the bank and they said it was a Louisiana thing. LOL They were so good.

my husband and I was just talking about the coin or corn suckers. I grew up on the south side of Fort worth Texas. I remember long summer days and those suckers! I found Slowpo and blackcow suckers. Happy memories.It didn't take much to make our generation happy.

True story, Leonard milsap from Bryan made corn suckers in a little factory. He was partners in other endeavors with my boss at the time, engineer jerry bishop. We went over to the factory 1978 or so, big vat full of hot syrupy mix fell over on the floor. The old Spanish cook calmly took a large scoop shovel from the wall and tossed the candy right back in the lot, sawdust and all. Never stopped me from enjoying a good old corn sucker, though.

I also remember peanuts in a red round box that sometimes had money in it. How about Charm suckers. Didn't they have money in them too?

Well I left comment earlier but didn't see it. So here goes another. We grew up in tornillo, TX. We had a small hamburger grill and they sold those corn pops there. My favorite was the purple flavor. I don't remember how much I ever got tho. But those were delicious!

My God.. I'm not the only one! I remember visiting my grandparents as a child and going to the corner store for those suckers! I know they made other flavors but the grape is the one that stands out in my memory. I can almost taste it now. They were fantastic! Nothing today compares to the taste. Surely somebody can figure out a formula to recreate it. I remember they had a rich smell and were just divine. Nothing chemical or artificial about the taste. Oh what I would give for one now!

I'm 62 n from Fort Worth Tx. Corn suckers were THE bomb.They were a nickel n we would try to look through it to see if it had a coin in it. Seldom would you find a quarter but if you did it was like winning the lotto! People look at me like I'm nuts when I talk about them. BOY!I wish I had one right now. Remember Jack cookies? They looked like jack-o-lanterns. Big cookie, two for a penny!Those were THE days. Looking for an image of the sucker but no luck.MISSING YOU.

Still hoping that someone will replicate these delicious and profitable suckers! Wasn't the money wrapped in wax paper? I got a quarter at least once and was so excited!

Yes I remember them. I'm 55 live in lake Charles, la. Not many of my friends or co-worker that are around my age remember. They say I must have dreamed of them. Glad to know there are others who remember.

YES!!!I remember CORN SUCKERS, I'm 55 and live in Harvey,La. Grape was my FAVORITE!!! I Would go to the corner store off of BROWN AVE. SWEET MEMORIES!

I am from New Orleans and I was just talking about corn suckers last week, we called them hand suckers too. My co-workers were stunned and one commented about these not being very sanitary, we didn't care!I had forgotten that the coin was wrapped in paper. Grape was my favorite.

From Central Louisiana ..Yes, I was looking for a picture of the corn sucker as well. I recall grape and one other purplish one..burgundy, maybe? Don't know. I do know that I did not like orange but if that's all that was left, I bought it. My mother always claimed the money win there was going to poison us. That did not stop us from trying to win a nickel or a dime..never did. Only pennies.

Yes. these were shaped to fit in the mouth with a hollowed part where the tongue fit as Belinda's (June 17, 2012) comment describes. But the outside had corn kernel shaped ridges on top. And they lasted a good while. This was in the mid to late 1960s.

This is the missing candy to my collection of old school greats. Need to purchase one.if anyone know where they are post it.Missing that sucker

Think I just found the largest alien abductee site on the web.

In the mid-60's my brother and I would stay with my aunt in Malvern, Arkansas, and we would all 3 ride our bicycles to a little country store and buy the Corn Suckers. I didn't remember that's what they were called, but remember they were shaped like corn and we found money in ours a lot. Was asking my aunt about them awhile back and she didn't remember - I'll have to tell her about this site. Wonderful memories. (I'm 55)

I grew up in the Delta in Greenville, MS and we use to buy Corn Suckers at a little candy store called Howards on Broadway. They were great! My sister and I were just talking about them yesterday.

Man I do remember these, we called them coin sucker because some had coins in them, I remember getting quarter sometimes but a lot of times a nickle or penney, Dallas, Texas.

I used to eat them at St.Paul,in New Orleans in the 60's I have fond memories by the china ball tree and the see-saw at recess there.

I remember buying corn suckers from Walker's store right across the street from my Elementary School in San Antonio,Texas.That was in the middle 60's.

Yes, I remember this candy. I would love to have some now. Taste really great, too!

I remember these suckers. I loved them, and then to get money inside of them made them even better. Does anyone make them? I would love to have one.

OMG....Every one thinks I'm crazy, talking about the sucker with the coin in it, no body seem to know about them the grape and the orange was good, well all of them. Wish I had a pic of them.

Wow! I thought I was the last surviving soul in the universe who remembered these! I grew up in New Braunfels, TX. These were sold at the local swimming pool at Landa Park. There was always money inside, sometimes enough to go buy another one. Grape was my favorite. Looking at these posts, I think perhaps Corn Suckers might have only been sold in the Southern tier.

can anyone send me a picture of the candy. I'm 55 and I want to show my kids. thank you

I'm so glad I found this page! Everyone thought I was crazy talking about candy with money inside it. I grew up in Hope, AR and remember finding quarters in this candy; riches indeed!!

I was just sharing this with my co-worker and they laugh at me...They thought I was crazy, but that was the best candy yet.

Born and raised in Wichita Falls, TX, we had little neighborhood stores. I remember the Corn Suckers, some had coins. I also shared this with coworkers and they were amazed such a candy ever existed. Today's generation will never know what good times were. If anyone knows has a picture of these please post.

I too remember these suckers ,i only rememer ever getting a penny !We lived in Houston and would visit our grandmother and she would let us walk to little store on Berry Rd. you know back in the days when that was safe to do! No one has ever believed me when i talked about them either..lol but 1 girl & she grew up just streets from there..wow huh? Remember the candy necklaces..they were not wrapped..just hung there & ud grab one and buy it & then put it around ur neck & eat away..lol Life was fun as kids..I'll be 60 this month..Thanks all for your comments,& memory lane..

The best candy ever made. if anyone find where to get them let me know

I think about them all the time. It was around the early sixties in a corner store in Kirby, Texas next to San Antonio. We would walk about 3 blocks to the store and the suckers were so much fun.

I'm from Fort Worth,Texas,I remember corn suckers with the money in it.

I was a young girl in Pine Bluff, Ark. In the mid sixties, and still remember those corn suckers. If you were a child around that time in the south, you know they were the best suckers around. I often think about them but I know that is a time gone by, i'm 55 now, and it's nice to have that sweet memory.

I will always love Corn Suckers...the best suckers in the world !! I would buy from Mr. George(Candyman)in the Pruitt-Igoe Housing Projects in St. Louis,MO

My research shows that Blackburn Candy Co no longer exists and the maker of Blackburn All Day Corn Suckers Charles Lenard Milsap passed away in 2013. R.I.P. Mr.Milsap and your infamous Corn Suckers.

Actually I remember buying these as far back as '57 '58. My sister and I used to buy them at a little neighborhood store across the street from us in Houston. When I mention them to people now-a-days, they're amazed. If we still had them now, I imagine there would be all kinds of law suits, people claiming they're kid swallowed the money. That's how it is now. We had simpler times.

I went to the biggest candy store where in Mn where they say the have almost everything even the older candy that you can not find anywhere they will have it. Well I ask and all the salemen looked at me like I was on something.

Oh I am so happy to see this site. I have thought about these suckers for years but wondered if I just dreamed them up. I truly didn't think so but I have found no one who remembers them. I would love to see a picture of them.

Julie if your grandfather owned the company. Can you n family learn how to make the corn sucker. Yes I remember the coin in some of the and the bursting flavor of the cherry n grape sucker. They need a come back

I remember the ref ones and finding the coins inside!! My husband though I was crazy! He had never heard of them. We bought them in Jacksonville and Maydelle, Texas. Fun to find so many with the same memories! Also the lipstick and candy cigarettes, wow! Also the wax lips that we would put on and kiss!

I remember Corn Suckers they were so good. We used to buy them from Bowens Store and from The Pak-A-Sak on Mansfield Road in Shreveport,La. back in the 60s. I wish they were still available!

I remember eating these suckers when I was a little girl in Huntsville, Texas. All of the kids here loved them and were always excited about the money that was inside. Those were the good old days!!!!!

These ear of corn shaped candies were a favorite at the Baptist Church Camp on Lake Mathis. Sometimes you were lucky and got a nickle or quarter wrapped up in the center. What a great memory!!

I remember these corn suckers, I likes the red and always got excited when I got the money. I have been on line trying to find what company made them,but no luck so far. I'm 65 years old and I still like old school candy.

There has never been another sucker on a stick to top the corn sucker. Frances Grocery could never keep them they were so ppopular. Their unique corn shape, the grape and red flavors were the best. Not to mention the penny, nickel, and sometimes quarter you would find in the center occasionally was an added bonus that kept you coming back for more Their taste was out of this world. I would give anything to have one today. Wish some candy maker would give an attempt to re-create that once famous and most popular delight.

I was just remembering these candies my sister and cousins all girls and I would buy them at a drug store at the corner in Galveston Texas on Broadway Boulevard. But what made this store even better was that the owner would randomly put a piece of tape on the back of the sucker and if you were lucky enough to get one with a tape you would get another one free

I remember the suckers like it was yesterday. Tried telling my coworkers but they're to young to understand how good we had it.Somebody please find the company who produced them.Mississippi corner store.

Oh yes, I remember the corn suckers. They were so sweet and full of flavor. When held up to the light you could see the coin inside the wrapper. I would quickly lick to the center in hopes of finding a quarter; which was rare but not impossible. I'm just glad to chime in with you all that remember how sweet it was back in the day and seemingly it was native to down south because folks in the other neck of the woods have no idea what I'm talking about!! Washington Parish born and raised (reared)

I got these from Parenton's in the "channel" in New Orleans in the early 70s. Happy Days

I used to buy these at school in Opelousas, La. They were a nickel and shaped like an ear of corn. I liked the yellow one but it wasn't lemon. They were thick and sweet. Once I had a quarter in one! I thought I was rich!

My mom made those candy's , she worked for a company in Hearne, Tx. Back in 1965. They were the best candy's ever, corn suckers had coins in them , dimes, nickles and pennies,,,,, I can still taste the flavor of grape candy corn suckers,,,, OMG !!!!! And I think there was another factory in Bryan,Texas mom was saying . Sold in 1976-1978 well whatever,, CORNSUCKERS WERE THE BEST EVER

My Papa-Papa owned the company and my mother and I went around Fort Worth TX in a '55 Chevrolet station wagon distributing to mom and pop shops for years. As Belinda and Delores (my sisters) stated my Papa-Papa sold it around 1963.

I remember those delicious tasting grape corn sucker from the 70s. They were delightful. Takes me back to those glorious days of youth. Oh I'm from Arkansas.

The grape corn sucker was my favorite. I remember looking through Ms. Willie B"s glass window counter pointing and asking for one of them, time after time. Oh my goodness times in Slaton Tx. were good.

It's so good to know I'm not the only one who remembers corn/coin suckers. I used to get them across the street from my house at Joe's Cafe in Bogalusa, La. They only cost 15 cent. I don't remember them after the age of ten, around 1972 so I guess they stopped selling them in the 60's, but I loved the grape and cherry ones.

My dad would give me an allowance of $.50 and we had ride bikes to Schanzers grocery store in Hitchcock, TX. I always bought one of those corn sucker hoping for the money ...I tried holding it up to the light to see but couldn’t always tell for sure.

I was born and raised in San Juan, Tx I remember in the mid-60’s, my Grandpa would give me a Kennedy half dollar. I would go to the neighborhood store and uy one, sometimes I would get lucky and find a coin, I am 62 and Retired, how I miss those days.......

I was a little kid, it was the mid 60's. I remember regularly walking with friends to Cut Rate Grocery on the corner of West 9th St & Hwy 6 in Hearne Tx and buying a Blackburn All Day Corn Sucker for a nickle. The grape ones were the best.

Can someone find a picture of one? Everyone thinks I am crazy when I talk about these candies. We were able to tell which ones had a coin by holding it up to the light. The corner store owner later kicks us out of the store for doing that. I'm 60 now. Can you imagine what they would be worth these days!

One of the bus drivers sold them and we were allowed to get off of our bus and go to his bus to buy them. The grape was my favorite. Loved to get enough money to go buy another one. I lived in Hamburg Arkansas.

this is one of my favorite memories to share with my kids. I use to go in a local store in Lake Jackson, TX and figured out how to hold them to the light just right to tell what coin was inside. I would go out to the parking lot and break them in a bag. take the coin, go back inside to the restroom, wash the coin and buy more till we ran out of suckers with coins in them. Use to drive the store owner nuts but the man in the meat department loved it and used to be the one to encourage us. I see Alice A said Blackburn made them. will have to see if I can find a picture so my kids can see.

I also have the fondest memories of these suckers. I haven't seen them in years, but really liked them.

Yes I remember them, bought them from mrs. Bledsoe' store in Martin Texas back ln the late 50"s early 60"s

Oh how well do I remember this wonderful treat! My sister and I would buy them from the Capital Drug store located on Maximillian and Myrtle street in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The store was ran by Mr.Sunny. Such Sweet Memories!!! It would be so very Delightful to see a photo of the “Corn/Coin Sucker” today.

I remember these suckers! No one believes they had change in them. They came in two colors purple and red.

Hello does anyone have a photo of the coin sucker. I would like to show in grandkids ?

OMG, everybody thought I was crazy when I mentioned the suckers. i’m So glad to find out it was not my imagination. Somebody please tell me how to find them or at least a picture of them.

I remember the time I was licking a corn sucker while at Lake Chicot and a yellow jacket lit on it. Not noticing it I licked and got a heck of a sting on my tongue. Wow. My grandma had me hold ice in my mouth and I'll never forget the pain. Loved the suckers though.

We use to get these at the corner store in the late 60's, early 70's and then they just went away, that was our favorite trip to the store. Not too many people outside of Texas have heard of these. Sure wish they still made them!

They were awesome. Not sure if it was a corn sucker or charm sucker but the more you licked on it you could see a coin inside sometimes.

I was just talking to my brother about these suckers from the 60s in Fort Worth Tx. We would buy Corn Sucker and a bottle of “TOPP COLA” soda. What a sugar rush.

Sure the 'candy coin' was tasty - the way ALL sugary snack are to children or those with a 'sweet tooth',but they were also dangerous to Children, in more ways than one!

I have looked and looked to find a picture or anything else on these suckers. I remember them, too!!! So relieved to finally run across others. I've looked for pictures of them. Until tonight, I did not remember the name. For some unearthly reason..."corn suckers" came into my mind. Now I can rest in peace!!

I remember those corn suckers with the coins inside. I went to school in Arkansas and we bought them at the store near our elementary/middle school. Those lollipops and Gordon Cheese Snaps were wonderful childhood treats. Snaps were similar to crunchy Cheetos.

I remember them well. People think I'm crazy when I tell them you used to be able to buy a sucker that sometimes had a coin wrapped in wax paper inside of it.

Once in a while my brothers and I take a trip down memory lane. I loved these suckers, there was another one we called the winner sucker, the back of the sucker revealed weather if not you won another sucker. Fun fun fun days!!!

Yes, I was just telling someone about these. I grew up in Bryan TX and there was a plant that made them there.

I am from New Orleans and we had a sucker called the hand(shaped like a hand)and head(shaped like a man's head)suckers they were fruit flavored,pineapple,apple,stawberry,grape we got them at store called Longo's on N.Roman Street I would love to know how to make them if anyone knows how please post I would to make some for my grandkids thanks

I remember these Corn Suckers. Mid to Late 60's. But I vividly remember the coins were "not" wrapped in wax paper. The coin was just inside the suckers. In the sunlight you could barely see the coin. And no one ever choked.... Then we went home once the streetlights came on.... The End!!

Your right NeonLeon they were not wrapped in wax paper. I wish someone would make them again.

Wow!! I loved the grape suckers with coins in them and they were shaped like a corn stalk and usually a dime or nickel could be found! I remember getting them at a school buger/snack place in the 60s. Great memories!

The best candy in the world.I use to buy them at a mom & pop grocery store owned by (the Wilson) store in Houston,Texas on DeSoto St. Miss the candy very much.

Corn suckers & long boys were my favorite candies growing up in Louisiana. Since living in Texas, I tell people about coins in a sucker, nobody know of those candies. Wish I knew who made them, I would request a “throwback” remake. Good flavors. Probably couldn’t buy another with the coin you get out😂

Ha!! So glad I found this site. After reading all your stories, I realize I'm not the only one whose family thought I was crazy, especially about the coins inside. I didn't realize the coins were wrapped. That helps the story since most people ignore my story because of the unsanitary aspect of such a confection.

I grew up in the 60's in Houston, Texas. Back then the suckers were 5 or 6 cents. I don't recall the coins being wrapped.Used to buy them from Mrs. Franklin's little store at the corner of 4300 Hershe Street & Waco Street. Almost all kid goodies were a penny.

A friend andI were talking about Corn Suckers recently. Wish there were some photos.

My dad owned a grocery store and I would hold the sucker up to a light to look for the ones with the coins. You couldn’t really tell on the purple ones

I too remember the corn sucker in the shape of an ear of corn, and ant time they had a coin wrapped in wax paper embedded, got them from the corner store near my home in Texas

When I started grammar school in the early 60's, I remember these corn suckers, with coins in them, were around. I was always excited when I had a little money to purchase these. My step dad operated the school's canteen, so I would always hit him up for some money to purchase these.

Oh my goodness...my sister and I were just reminiscing about this. Our local barber in our small town sold this for 5 cents in his shop. Yes the barber shop. They were corn suckers with coins in the middle. They were square shaped suckers that were soooo sweet and good. I have been searching everywhere to find them no luck so far. But it brought back great childhood memories talking about them.

I used to buy these as a kid in Bremond , Texas back in the 60's.

I grew up up in a small town called Monroe, La and I used to buy the Orange, Raspberry and my favorite Grape. They were shaped like an ear of corn on a stick. Each time I got one with a coin I would go back to Mr Curly's neighborhood store and get another one!! Oh how I miss those days and safe we felt. I bought them as early as 5 years old! I am now 61 years old.

Does anyone have a photo? I am 67 years old and remember these suckers, we loved them!

These corn suckers were made in Hearne Texas. A good friend of mine’s father owned the company that made these suckers. I think it was sold to a person or company in Bryan Texas, oh so good. Zeke use to bring boxes of these suckers to our away basketball games!

Oh yes good old days, my sister Lupe and I are 71 and 70 years of age now and we would buy this corn suckers “grape was the best” I do also believe it was in or about mid 60th. My sister and I talk often of this corn suckers, even though we are 10 siblings only my sister and I were the blessed ones to of know this pleasures. We were in our early teens 13 and 14 years of age at the time we would work all day out in fields chopping cotton in TX. We were so happy because we had these corn suckers that would last all day. We also would love to have and enjoy the so good flavor of this corn suckers before we pass to the other side!

Brings back memories of Holy Trinity elementary school in Dallas Texas. I remember the coins too! I believe they were around in the late sixties, '68 or '69.

My dad is 72 from a small town in Louisiana, he has been telling us about a candy on a stick that had money in it. We didn't believe him until I stumbled upon this site with all of the stories. He too was the little kid that used to hold the candy to the light trying to see how much money he was going to get lol. So glad we finally get to put a name to the mysterious candy he told us about this is amazing.

I remember getting these in the 60s in Rodessa Louisiana, they came in different flavors but the best one was grape!

I remember the corn sucker candy as well and loved finding money in them! Does anyone have a picture of them?

So glad I found this thread. Folk thought I was crazy to say candy with coin inside. Loved the taste, longevity, shape and of course the money! Definitely held these up to the light to see if coin inside. Got quarter a couple times and loved it! Ride my bike to Ferguson’s in Needville Tx in the 60’s for this delightful treat.

Thank you for this information. I just wish I could find a recipe or someone who makes them because they are the best.

My sister and I were just talking about Corn suckers and we are in our mid 60s. They may be gone but not forgotten.