Hippy Sippy

Hippy Sippy consisted of tiny chocolate balls packaged in a container that looked like a hypodermic needle. The chocolate balls were sucked out through the "needle." The candy was introduced in 1968, but was pulled from shelves within a year because of popular outrage.

It reminds me of the Chilly Bang! Bang! juice-filled squirt gun.

More info: Box Vox

Camden Courier-Post - Oct 19, 1968

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 30, 2017
Category: Drugs | Candy

Comments

I'm reminded of George Carlin's thoughts on addiction: "It's well known that mother's milk leads to heroin."

(Paraphrased somewhat, but you get the idea.)

Posted by KDP on 06/30/17 at 04:12 PM

Uh-oh. Hippy Sippy means trouble in River City, and that spells p-o-o-l.

Posted by Virtual on 06/30/17 at 05:49 PM

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