Retsy Series 1 · Card 0343 · 90-CND

Smoke Alarm Drops

Too hot for indoor use.

Fiery red cinnamon hard candies so hot that kids fanned their mouths and pretended to set off alarms.

Card no.: 0343 of 1,280
Set: 90s Candy · 90-CND
Year: 1992
Type: Extreme cinnamon hard candy
Found at: Bowling alley candy machine
Cost back then: 50¢ a tin

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Nostalgia7/10

Hype7/10

Weirdness5/10

Trade value4/10

The story · 1992

The story of Smoke Alarm Drops

Smoke Alarm Drops came in a red tin with a cartoon fire alarm on the lid squeezing its eyes shut. The candy started sweet, then the cinnamon heat crept up until your eyes watered. Brave kids held one in for a full minute. Everyone else spat it into a napkin and chugged milk at the lunch table.

Fun fact

Breathing on a window after eating one was said to fog it up, though that was probably just regular breath.

Six finishes

187 copies of Smoke Alarm Drops exist

Smoke Alarm Drops comes in six finishes: 100 Base, 50 Holo, 25 Laser and 10 Gold copies, plus one Super Laser and one Misprint that exist exactly once. Every copy is minted to the wallet that rips it, with its own serial number.

Smoke Alarm Drops, Retsy card 0343 in the Base finish — **Base**100 copies · Common

Smoke Alarm Drops, Retsy card 0343 in the Holo finish — **Holo**50 copies · Uncommon

Smoke Alarm Drops, Retsy card 0343 in the Laser finish — **Laser**25 copies · Rare

Smoke Alarm Drops, Retsy card 0343 in the Gold finish — **Gold**10 copies · Very rare

Smoke Alarm Drops, Retsy card 0343 in the Super Laser finish — **Super Laser**1 copy · 1 of 1

Smoke Alarm Drops, Retsy card 0343 in the Misprint finish — **Misprint**1 copy · 1 of 1

90-CND

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