Jim Benton Cartoons by Jim Benton for May 24, 2020

I remember those quite well. My mom used to buy them all the time.

I enjoyed them a lot. A dark, rich, powerful herbal flavor. But if a friend would ask to try one, I’d warn him strongly against it. He’d insist, pop one in his mouth, then immediately spit it out. There’s a lesson in that.

Horehound is an acquired taste.

Thanks for sharing this, Jim. There’s some fond memories there for a few of us!

My Dad liked horehound too. Me? Not much.

if dear ol’ dad had done that to me i’d’ve wondered why he was punishing me. again…

When I was little, I told my dad in great detail at length about a movie I’d seen while he listened patiently. Years later I asked him why he put up with me doing things like that, and he said because he could tell I enjoyed talking about it.

Another time we all went to a play that was very silly. Being only 8 years old, I laughed and laughed. Afterward I asked him if he liked the play, and he said, “I liked watching you enjoying it.”

Never heard of Horehounds. Are they like half a HoHo?

I thought it was a derogatory remark about some guy and his morals.

My dad wouldn’t be able to impart that lesson with Snickers; the Snickers were for him.

It puts those nasty Werther’s Original candies into perspective.

Horehound is good, snickers is so so.

This is going to hurt me more than it’s going to hurt you.

Did the “W” fell to the floor?

I loved horehound as a kid! It was sold in a little retro-penny candy stand in the Stroh’s ice cream parlor I used to frequent. It was like rebelling against the Snickers hegemony!