Betty Boop Lip Gloss Candy and Gum

These are a couple of keepsakes that I came across at the various candy stores in Old Town. The Berry Betty Gum (by Boston America Corp.) reminds me of pink Chiclets but smaller and comes in a neat pocket-sized Betty tin. The Lip Gloss Candy (by Au'some Inc.) is contained in a Betty figurine with a removable head and a base that is contoured into an hourglass shape that fits Betty's body. Her dog Pudgy, who was introduced in 1934 in the cartoon Betty Boop's Little Pal (nowadays usually included in merchandise art as a kind of fashion accessory), is included by her side. The Lip Gloss Candy is unusual in that it is not lip gloss but a gooey, sticky candy that reminds me of SqueezePop (a discontinued liquid lollipop candy popular in the '90s that you would squeeze out through a tube).

From Betty Boop's Penthouse (1933)