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Candy Cigarettes - Sweet, Smokey, and Suspiciously Chalky
This week on "Dirt Nap City Dead Ends," join hosts Alex and Kelly as they take a drag down memory lane to discuss the most controversial confectionery of all time: candy cigarettes! Remember those little sticks of sugary chalk, packaged to look just like a real pack of smokes? Alex recalls the thrill of "pretending to be a tiny, eight-year-old rebel" while Kelly recounts his grandmother's violent reaction when he pretended to puff one at a local diner counter.
We'll blow the lid off how these things "worked," from the iconic red tip that simulated a lit end to the magical puff of powdered…
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