Hi Cheb, I think they were called Checkem Quicks or something like that. I thought the taste of them were pretty yuky but by the same token I loved them. I hope this is what you mean.
Throaties
Here’s one from the archives; Mary Barker sent this photo and posted a memory a couple of years ago; "When I first arrived in Melbourne Australia on 17 January 1956, aged 10, I was looking for something familiar in sweets (lollies in OZ). The only thing I recognised was THROATIES...
I loved all of those shows. For me my fav shows were My Three Sons, The Patty Duke Show, Doby Gillis, The Flying Nun, Gidget, Gilligans Island, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeanie, The Jetsons and The Flinstones