My mother-in-law got each of the kids the LifeSavers Christmas books this year.
Ohhh! I was excited to see them. They aren’t something I buy for myself and we haven’t gotten them for the kids before, but do they ever bring back childhood memories.
I loved getting those LifeSaver candy books. Each small pack was a different flavour – including the coveted Butterscotch (or was it the Butter Rum, either way, delicious) and Mint – and were tucked neatly into a cut out in the book.
The book the kids’ received this year opened up like the old ones did. How exciting! There is even a couple of cute activities on one side to do. Sure, my kids like mazes!
I opened up the box (the candy packs were no longer tucked in the cut out, but were all wrapped inside the box) in order to steal share my favourite flavours when this happened.
I’m sorry, but is that six packs of only the 5-flavour combo? Where was my Butterscotch? Where was my Mint? THE HORROR
Sometimes, change sucks (hard candy).
Do you remember the awesomeness of the old books?!
I DO I DOO
I never had them but my friends did and I specifically remember the butterscotch ones!
We got them every year in our stockings
I want the variety book back !!!
Our kids received them this Christmas. But I remember when I was young that I am sure that the book of lifesavers was filled on both sides with the different varieties of flavour that you are saying.
But I think the kids do like the fruit flavoured ones.
How times have changed.
We used to get them every year and crunch our way through them in a day or two. That’s very disappointing to hear that they don’t make them like that anymore!
When I was a little girl, it was butter rum or something like that and there was a butterscotch one as well as anise, they were pure white ones if I remember correctly, cherry, orange, multi flavor, and I can’t remember them all, that was years ago, I’d give my grandmother the white ones, my grandfather the butter rum, and my mom the butterscotch ones, they were the one gift that kept of giving, it was fun to share. I went to the store a couple Christmases ago now and bought one of those lifesaver books, and I was eager to give it to her, but it was boring, instead of all those separate flavors, it was a book full of only 5 multi flavor ones. I actually complained to the company right away, they responded saying, “Change is inevitable” wow can’t even come up with an original excuse, found it lame, replied and never heard from them again.
its was like clockwork for me every Christmas I would end up with one of these in my stocking and probably one of the most memorable things about Christmas growing up. a tradition if I may, like to pass to my nieces and nephew
I do think Lifesavers could make those booklets again if they so choose to. But now how did Amazon get them? And if you want them you pay an outrageous price doesn’t make sense.
I do and I miss them! I miss the variety packs & the butterscotch & cherry are my favorites! The current books are very disappointing!! But I buy 10 every year. I was hoping the old style books were available somewhere else. I was thinking the disappointing books were only sold at Walmart. Nope!
I remember them! Butter rum, butterscotch, tropical, bubblegum, winter green, peppermint etc… give us back our memories to share with our children. The new books are a waste of money! Double sided books filled with 10 different flavors vs 6 rolls of the same monotonous flavors….