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Rolo memories... Money was tight when I was a kid. My mother worked, and during the summers that
meant that I spent a lot of time taking care of myself when my younger siblings were in day care. My mother would give me 50 cents every few
days. I would take it and spend half of it to get into the city pool.
Inside the locker room at the pool was a candy machine. After spending most of the afternoon in the
pool I would change clothes in a hurry and go straight to the candy machine to buy Rolos. I always chose them because one tube could last
the for the whole walk home. I would just let them melt on my tongue until all of the chocolate was gone and the caramel was gooey enough to
chew without requiring a trip to the dentist.
When I eat them now, I remember how much I looked forward to them and how they accompanied me on all
of those summer days walking home from the pool. ~ Rae Anne from Colorado
Growing up my brother and I would go and visit my grandparents for the summer. We would do all kinds
of chores around the yard for any change our grandparents could spare. After hours of mowing and sweeping up the yard we would finally get
our reward. A whole three dollars to split.
We'd start walking down the street and get our Rolos. When we got back from the store we would hide
in the back yard and eat our sweet reward, before grandma could stop us from "ruining" our dinner. The Chewy caramel covered in chocolate
was always a great way to end our summer day. Sometimes grandpa would catch us but as long as we shared with him grandma would never have to
know. ~ Marie from Maryland
For the longest time I have
loved Rolos. I watched the commercials every time they came on the
television. "Roll a Rolo to you pal", they said. I tried this every
time I got a roll of Rolos. I would just roll them to my brother or
sisters.
The funny part to me is when
I took them out of the wrapper. I tried to roll them to my pals and
they just rolled around in a circle because of their shape. The
wider base and smaller top. I just giggle every time I think of that
wonderful memory. And I still to this day roll them right before I
eat them. MMMMM.... ~ Anna from Oklahoma
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