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debm55

(50,170 posts)
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 08:53 PM Aug 16

You were young, You went to the the movie theater but first you had to go past the concession area. What do you buy as a

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threat while watching the movie? I bought plain popcorn. What about you?

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You were young, You went to the the movie theater but first you had to go past the concession area. What do you buy as a (Original Post) debm55 Aug 16 OP
Usually buttered popcorn. arkielib Aug 16 #1
Thank you very much, arkielib. debm55 Aug 16 #3
Sugar Babies and Juicy Fruit. marble falls Aug 16 #2
Two great selections. Thank you very much marble falls. debm55 Aug 16 #6
Extra buttery popcorn! SheltieLover Aug 16 #4
Thank you SheltieLover. Did you have to pay for the extra buttery?? debm55 Aug 16 #7
No of course not SheltieLover Aug 16 #8
Oh I just wondered, because we had to pay extra for the butter and I thought the extra butter would cost even more. debm55 Aug 16 #10
Not where I was SheltieLover Aug 16 #17
Lucky!!!! debm55 Aug 16 #32
Black Cow or Sugar Babies. Sneederbunk Aug 16 #5
Thank you very much Sneederbunk. I would sometimes buy the Sugar Babies. Yummy. debm55 Aug 16 #9
Buttered popcorn and Sno-Caps... MiHale Aug 16 #11
I remember Sno-Caps, Thank you MiHale debm55 Aug 16 #15
I hate buttered popcorn LogDog75 Aug 16 #12
milk duds stopdiggin Aug 16 #13
Love milk duds! Freddie Aug 16 #23
Thank you very much, stopdiggin, for sharing your memories. debm55 Sunday #51
Goldenberg Peanut Chews FalloutShelter Aug 16 #14
Thank you so much for sharing your memories with us. FalloutShelter. My theater put way too much butter on the popcorn. debm55 Sunday #53
A large buttered popcorn with extra salt. markodochartaigh Aug 16 #16
HAHAHHAAHHHAHAH. Thank you so much for your memory. markodochartaigh. debm55 Sunday #55
I used to get Good and Plenty Grim Chieftain Aug 16 #18
Thank you Grim Chieftain. I didn't like Good and Plenty because of the black licorice inside. I did like the Milk Duds. debm55 Sunday #56
Milk Duds are yummy Grim Chieftain Sunday #58
Thank you Grim Chieftain. Now they are these tiny bits. debm55 Sunday #59
Junior Mints and popcorn! some_of_us_are_sane Aug 16 #19
Thank you very much for sharing your movie snacks, some_of_us_are_sane. debm55 Sunday #60
We went to this small shop that was across the street from the movie theater. The place had a big candy section skylucy Aug 16 #20
Thank you very much for you sharing your memories with us, skylucy. I sounded like fun. debm55 Sunday #61
This message was self-deleted by its author skylucy Aug 16 #21
10 cent popcorn pfitz59 Aug 16 #22
That is great . Thank you so much, pfitz59. Sweet memories. debm55 Sunday #62
Jujubees and Bit O'Honeys The Blue Flower Aug 16 #24
Thank you very much, The Blue Flower. I didn't like jujubees, but I did like Bit O'Honeys. They didn't taste like honey, debm55 Aug 16 #31
Jujubes Talitha Aug 16 #25
Good for you, Talitha, You lucked out. debm55 Aug 16 #28
Buttered popcorn for a dime. I understand popcorn is about $7 now. LoisB Aug 16 #26
Thank you LoisB. Yiks, $7 for popcorn? debm55 Aug 16 #27
nothing. always disliked all those people shovelling noisy popcorn into their wide open mouths lol nt msongs Aug 16 #29
HAHAHAHHAHAH, Thank you, msongs. That is funny but true. debm55 Aug 16 #30
Usually, it was a large drink and a big box of Milk Duds. LudwigPastorius Aug 16 #33
HAHAHAHHAHAH, Thank you very much, LudwigPastorius debm55 Sunday #42
Milk Duds and popcorn, eaten together. Sometimes mini Snicker Polly Hennessey Aug 16 #34
Thank you very much, for your selection of treats. Lov ya. Polly Hennessey debm55 Aug 16 #35
I never went to a movie theater until I was 15 or so. Morbius Sunday #36
Thank you very much, Morbius. I remember the days of the Drive-In and paying by the car load. Thank you for bringing debm55 Sunday #44
Dots. Or popcorn and soda. Bristlecone Sunday #37
Thank you very much for sharing with us, Bristlecone. I like your choices. debm55 Sunday #45
Almond Joy I think.. B.See Sunday #38
HAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much, B.See. I remember something called Baked Beans. Have no idea what was inside. debm55 Sunday #46
Usually popcorn and at our theater they didn't have butter, but popped it in that coconut oil KitFox Sunday #39
Thank you very much, KitFox. for sharing your snack selections with us. And your kind words. debm55 Sunday #47
I'm not a popcorn fan, so it was either M & Ms or Whoppers. catbyte Sunday #40
Thank you very much, catbyte for sharing with us, I liked the Whoppers too. debm55 Sunday #48
Milk Duds & Twizzlers ProfessorGAC Sunday #41
Thank you ProfessorGAC, for your selections and Mrs. ProfessorGAC's selections. PS. I still like Raisinettes. debm55 Sunday #49
The largest popcorn they have with extra butter nuxvomica Sunday #43
Thank you very much, nuxvomica. Love your selections. They wouldn't let us bring our own snacks in. Popcorn is great. debm55 Sunday #50
Sprnkles? CanonRay Sunday #52
Thank you CanonRay. Were they snow tops? debm55 Sunday #63
Chocolate licorice. Delmette2.0 Sunday #54
Thank you very much, Delmette2.0 for sharing. debm55 Sunday #64
Popcorn and a drink. In the theater in my hometown, rsdsharp Sunday #57
HAHAHAHHAAH. Thank you very much, rsdsharp. That is great. debm55 Sunday #65
Popcorn, we would toss popcorn from the balcony and try to hit cute girls Emile Sunday #66
HAHAHAHAHaH. Thank you Emile. That's funny, Did you ever get caught and thrown out of the theater? debm55 Sunday #68
No, but I did meet girls. Emile Sunday #70
HAHAHAHAH. Thanks, debm55 Sunday #73
Raisinettes! justaprogressive Sunday #67
Thank you very much. Two of my favorites--raisinettes and popcorn. debm55 Sunday #69
If you really really loved Raisinettes justaprogressive Sunday #71
Thank you very much, justaprogressive for the heads up on Costco. debm55 Sunday #72
Seconded! (n/t) OldBaldy1701E Sunday #92
Chocolate covered ice cream Bon Bons! lucca18 Sunday #74
Thank you very much for sharing with us lucca18 debm55 Sunday #75
Popcorn & Milk Duds to pull the hulls out of my teeth. 😁 GentryDixon Sunday #76
HAHAHHAHHAHH, That is so funny ,but so true. Thank you very GentryDixon for sharing with us. debm55 Sunday #77
Dots enid602 Sunday #78
Oh yes, I remember Dots, Thank you very much enid602, debm55 Sunday #79
Bon bons MoonlightHillFarm Sunday #80
Thank you very much, MoonlightHillFarm, for sharing the bon bons with us. debm55 Sunday #83
Popcorn (buttered), SweetTarts, Raisinets, and Mr. Pibb. LisaM Sunday #81
Thank you very much for sharing your selections with us, LisaM debm55 Sunday #82
Nonpareils! oberle Sunday #84
Thank you very much, oberle. I bet they are delicious. debm55 Sunday #86
Ice cream bon bons. I wish I had some right now. NNadir Sunday #85
I know. They are so good. Thank you NNadir. debm55 Sunday #87
Good and Plenty and popcorn. doc03 Sunday #88
Thank you very much, doc03. for sharing with us. debm55 Sunday #90
Occasionally, a Chilly Willy sorcrow Sunday #89
Thank you , sorcrow, for sharing with us. I have never heard of it before. That sounds great. debm55 Sunday #91
Knoebels, an amusement park in PA, has johnnyfins Monday #106
That sounds great. Thank you johnnyfins. Yes, it does sound refreshing. debm55 Monday #108
Sometimes buttered popcorn, and a Coke. Non-Parells. electric_blue68 Sunday #93
Thank you very much, for you selections, electric_blue68. You sneak in your own snacks??? debm55 Sunday #94
Yup, I do! When my income went down. Haven't been in a thearter since pre-covid, and maybe a few years previous. electric_blue68 Sunday #95
Same here. Thanks electric_blue68 debm55 Sunday #96
Buttered popcorn MustLoveBeagles Sunday #97
Thank you very much, MustLoveBeagles. My favorites too, debm55 Sunday #98
Sno Caps and a coke GP6971 Sunday #99
Thank you GP6971. Two great selections. debm55 Sunday #100
Mason Dots or red licorice. NoMoreRepugs Sunday #101
Thank you very much for sharing, NoMoreRepugs. I have always liked red licorice. debm55 Sunday #102
I used to ask if I could come around the counter and put my mouth under the hot butter dispenser underpants Sunday #103
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAH.That's funny, Thank you underpants. debm55 Sunday #104
Reese's Pieces or Junior Mints, a bag of popcorn woodsprite Sunday #105
Thank you, very much. woodsprite. Your choices sound great. debm55 Monday #109
popcorn, always. I am a popcorn junkie anyway but that movie popcorn smell is wonderful. yellowdogintexas Monday #107
HAHAHAHAHHAH.Thank you very much, yellowdogintexas. debm55 Monday #110
Bonomo's Turkish Taffy Submariner Monday #111
Thank you Submariner. I liked the strawberry. debm55 Monday #112

debm55

(50,170 posts)
10. Oh I just wondered, because we had to pay extra for the butter and I thought the extra butter would cost even more.
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 09:04 PM
Aug 16

LogDog75

(789 posts)
12. I hate buttered popcorn
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 09:05 PM
Aug 16

I always ordered popcorn with no butter and a soda. I saw The Naked Gun this afternoon the the local theater and of course I ordered a large popcorn with no butter and a large soda.

As a kid, sometimes I'd get junior Mints, Jujube candy, or Red Hots.

stopdiggin

(14,248 posts)
13. milk duds
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 09:07 PM
Aug 16

younger brother was not too keen on Black Crows ... So, we usual went with what made him happy (and quiet !! )

debm55

(50,170 posts)
53. Thank you so much for sharing your memories with us. FalloutShelter. My theater put way too much butter on the popcorn.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 10:11 AM
Sunday

So I got it plain. Also they charged extra for the butter.

markodochartaigh

(3,698 posts)
16. A large buttered popcorn with extra salt.
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 09:16 PM
Aug 16

Movies were a rare treat and I liked to enjoy it.
One time I had the large heavily salted popcorn and when I got home we had just harvested a watermelon. It was great and I ate a lot of it. The salt and the water produced an unexpected response though. In an hour my intestines were crystal clear.

Grim Chieftain

(504 posts)
18. I used to get Good and Plenty
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 09:20 PM
Aug 16

I can't believe it because I've always been a chocoholic. Go figure. I haven't had a Good and Plenty in decades.

debm55

(50,170 posts)
56. Thank you Grim Chieftain. I didn't like Good and Plenty because of the black licorice inside. I did like the Milk Duds.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 10:46 AM
Sunday

Grim Chieftain

(504 posts)
58. Milk Duds are yummy
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 11:13 AM
Sunday

I also loved Tootsie Rolls. I'm old enough to remember when they were long and thin and cost a penny. Wow, those were the days.

skylucy

(3,971 posts)
20. We went to this small shop that was across the street from the movie theater. The place had a big candy section
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 09:25 PM
Aug 16

and we could buy tons of candy real cheap. We would buy Atomic Fire Balls, M & Ms, Jaw Breakers, Red Hots, Neccos, Candy Cigarettes, Taffy, Candy Necklaces and these really disgusting flavored wax things that looked like lips and buck teeth. The owner of the shop was always in a bad mood. Maybe he just didn't have the patience to watch us count out our nickels and dimes when it was time to pay. The theater people never seemed to mind having us bring in our own food. Of course, this was during the summer when the theater had FREE matinees for kids one day a week. The movies were usually Tarzan or Three Stooges.Kids would be sitting in the aisles because they let everyone in even after the seats were all taken. It was a madhouse with kids running up and down the aisles and popcorn getting thrown from the balcony.One time they actually stopped the movie and the theater owner came out and said they wouldn't resume the movie until everyone sat down and behaved. LOL Thanks, Deb, for letting me reminisce about a funny childhood memory!

debm55

(50,170 posts)
61. Thank you very much for you sharing your memories with us, skylucy. I sounded like fun.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 11:36 AM
Sunday

Response to debm55 (Original post)

debm55

(50,170 posts)
31. Thank you very much, The Blue Flower. I didn't like jujubees, but I did like Bit O'Honeys. They didn't taste like honey,
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 10:50 PM
Aug 16

though.

msongs

(72,145 posts)
29. nothing. always disliked all those people shovelling noisy popcorn into their wide open mouths lol nt
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 10:43 PM
Aug 16

LudwigPastorius

(13,237 posts)
33. Usually, it was a large drink and a big box of Milk Duds.
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 11:05 PM
Aug 16

That changed when I was living in the dorm and going to see movies at the Student Union. My roommate was a sax player, and they let you carry your instrument into the theater.

We figured out that we could get an entire six pack of 16 oz. cans of beer into a hard plastic tenor saxophone case.


Polly Hennessey

(8,050 posts)
34. Milk Duds and popcorn, eaten together. Sometimes mini Snicker
Sat Aug 16, 2025, 11:08 PM
Aug 16

bars instead of Milk Duds. Washed it all down with a giant coke. Heaven when you are a kid.

Morbius

(620 posts)
36. I never went to a movie theater until I was 15 or so.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 12:03 AM
Sunday

We went to the drive-in sometimes, because my father would simply pay for the carload. Then, we'd have a cooler full of water or Kool-Aid, and snacks from home. I'm not absolutely sure, but I think the first movie I saw in a theater was Star Wars (summer of '77).

debm55

(50,170 posts)
44. Thank you very much, Morbius. I remember the days of the Drive-In and paying by the car load. Thank you for bringing
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 09:28 AM
Sunday

back some great memories.

B.See

(6,228 posts)
38. Almond Joy I think..
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 02:07 AM
Sunday

heck if I can remember. Just knew I hated licorice, jellied stuff, snocaps, those little bean shaped candies that came in colours (wasn't that licorice too? don't recall) liked buttered popcorn with that orange looking salt... and a cola of course.

debm55

(50,170 posts)
46. HAHAHAHHA. Thank you very much, B.See. I remember something called Baked Beans. Have no idea what was inside.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 09:34 AM
Sunday

KitFox

(365 posts)
39. Usually popcorn and at our theater they didn't have butter, but popped it in that coconut oil
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 03:16 AM
Sunday

and fine grain yellow salt mixture. A bag was a dime or a box was 15 cents. If I decided to get candy instead I got “Flicks” that were chocolate drops that came in the bright colored foil tubes. They were a dime. Sometimes I got “Jujyfruits” or “Dots”. Those were a nickel from the candy machine. The movie cost was a quarter. What great memories! Thanks, Deb!😊🩷

debm55

(50,170 posts)
47. Thank you very much, KitFox. for sharing your snack selections with us. And your kind words.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 09:38 AM
Sunday

ProfessorGAC

(74,070 posts)
41. Milk Duds & Twizzlers
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 07:29 AM
Sunday

My wife wants popcorn, but I just want chewy candy.
When I was a kid, I wanted Raisinettes, but when I got older I thought the chocolate was crummy.

debm55

(50,170 posts)
49. Thank you ProfessorGAC, for your selections and Mrs. ProfessorGAC's selections. PS. I still like Raisinettes.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 09:48 AM
Sunday

nuxvomica

(13,564 posts)
43. The largest popcorn they have with extra butter
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 09:23 AM
Sunday

And a large water. There used to be a kiosk in a nearby mall that sold popcorn and cotton candy, etc. I would frequently go there to get the large popcorn drenched in butter so I didn't have to go to the theater to buy it, which I also do on occasion without seeing a movie. After a while I had to stop because on my blood tests the cholesterol reading was ski high. I am an absolute fanatic about popcorn. It's nature's most perfect, and explosive, food.

debm55

(50,170 posts)
50. Thank you very much, nuxvomica. Love your selections. They wouldn't let us bring our own snacks in. Popcorn is great.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 09:52 AM
Sunday

CanonRay

(15,529 posts)
52. Sprnkles?
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 10:10 AM
Sunday

At least I think that is what they were called. Chocolate with white sprinkles on them.

rsdsharp

(11,218 posts)
57. Popcorn and a drink. In the theater in my hometown,
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 10:57 AM
Sunday

the concession stand would hand you a cup. There was a soda dispenser in the lobby. I’d put the cup under the spigot and punch buttons switching syrup flavors in the flow.

Emile

(36,878 posts)
66. Popcorn, we would toss popcorn from the balcony and try to hit cute girls
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 11:51 AM
Sunday

on their head.

debm55

(50,170 posts)
68. HAHAHAHAHaH. Thank you Emile. That's funny, Did you ever get caught and thrown out of the theater?
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 11:59 AM
Sunday

lucca18

(1,418 posts)
74. Chocolate covered ice cream Bon Bons!
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 01:12 PM
Sunday

That was a very special treat!
I only had them when I went to the movies.
I loved going to the movies!
I loved Bon Bons!

debm55

(50,170 posts)
77. HAHAHHAHHAHH, That is so funny ,but so true. Thank you very GentryDixon for sharing with us.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 01:51 PM
Sunday
80. Bon bons
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 02:24 PM
Sunday

We weren’t allowed to buy popcorn as it was too noisy to eat. Dad’s rule. So I got bon bons

LisaM

(29,327 posts)
81. Popcorn (buttered), SweetTarts, Raisinets, and Mr. Pibb.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 02:33 PM
Sunday

I can still taste all those things the second I walk into a movie theatre.

oberle

(157 posts)
84. Nonpareils!
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 03:05 PM
Sunday

I have a friend who still sends my boxes of movie theater nonpareils for Christmas.

sorcrow

(622 posts)
89. Occasionally, a Chilly Willy
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 04:23 PM
Sunday

Maybe a southern thing?
A Chilly Willy was an icy cold dill pickle plucked from a jar on the counter and placed on a wax paper bag, Extra special delicious because it was at the movie theater.


Best regards,
Sorghum Crow

debm55

(50,170 posts)
91. Thank you , sorcrow, for sharing with us. I have never heard of it before. That sounds great.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 04:50 PM
Sunday

johnnyfins

(2,655 posts)
106. Knoebels, an amusement park in PA, has
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 12:05 AM
Monday

Dill pickles on a stick. Mighty refreshing on a hot summer day...

electric_blue68

(23,369 posts)
93. Sometimes buttered popcorn, and a Coke. Non-Parells.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 09:18 PM
Sunday

Still would get that at times in my 20' 30's, early 40s.

As an mid aged, and older afult sneak in my own snacks. 😄👍

electric_blue68

(23,369 posts)
95. Yup, I do! When my income went down. Haven't been in a thearter since pre-covid, and maybe a few years previous.
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 09:48 PM
Sunday

I do love seeing a movie especially science fiction, occasional action in the past, a few fantasy films, and animation (Pixar in particular), on "The Big Screen". I really also liked "Dave", "The Amercan President", the one where the two Presidents go on the run.

I'm looking foward in '26 to Andy Weir's Hail Mary _____ ?(Project). I read the book. 👍

underpants

(192,313 posts)
103. I used to ask if I could come around the counter and put my mouth under the hot butter dispenser
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 11:15 PM
Sunday

😡 Denise sucked.

woodsprite

(12,477 posts)
105. Reese's Pieces or Junior Mints, a bag of popcorn
Sun Aug 17, 2025, 11:54 PM
Sunday

With layered butter, and a water or unsweetened tea.

yellowdogintexas

(23,400 posts)
107. popcorn, always. I am a popcorn junkie anyway but that movie popcorn smell is wonderful.
Mon Aug 18, 2025, 01:09 AM
Monday

Otherwise why go to the movies LOL

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