Hi, I’m Colleen Chapin. Back in the late 90’s, I started an online company called HometownFavorites.com. We are the definitive source online for any and all hard-to-find candies, groceries and gifts along with some regional food favorites. This blog is a place to share our childhood adventures (and the foods that fueled them) and our commonalities in raising kids, being kids and wishing we were still kids!Tumblr (3.0; @hometownfavorites)http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/Growing up in our German/Irish household, pizza was not a regular in the dinner rotation.  The few...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/23567274794http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/23567274794Tue, 22 May 2012 17:10:31 -0500Somewhere in your kitchen is a slow cooker.  It might be the original avacado Crock-Pot introduced...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/21910750539http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/21910750539Fri, 27 Apr 2012 08:27:46 -0500Some flavors are meant to be together - chocolate and peanut butter, red sauce and pasta, milk and...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/21276137702http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/21276137702Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:21:00 -0500We love Archway cookies!  As a kid I remember them being a gourmet cookie, more expensive than the...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/20853286034http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/20853286034Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:01:06 -0500I’ve never had a hankering to track down our family lineage; I don’t think I want to...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/20352599441http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/20352599441Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:11:56 -0500My in-house college student works two mini part-time jobs, and is looking for a third.  The hours...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/19792179977http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/19792179977Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:29:00 -0500I’ve mentioned here before (and on the Read our Story page and actually to anyone who will...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/19126218152http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/19126218152Sun, 11 Mar 2012 12:24:00 -0500Someone in my household is addicted to Words with Friends. I wonder if the Friends people thanked...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/18559161876http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/18559161876Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:45:00 -0600When I was ten years old, my family moved from the north side of Milwaukee (buh-bye 6th Street) to...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/18135820059http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/18135820059Thu, 23 Feb 2012 11:32:00 -0600 I was going to wax nostalgic about how sweet our 1960’s valentine’s were, but after a...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/17556480814http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/17556480814Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:16:00 -0600As a Wisconsin native, I have genetically acquired a passion for the Green Bay Packers.   The last...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/16840650294http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/16840650294Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:08:00 -0600Now that my children are grown, hopefully to become parents themselves someday, I am slowing leaking...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/16410986710http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/16410986710Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:33:03 -0600I’m not going to brag here, but these ambitious lads from the ‘60’s had nothing on...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/16008759507http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/16008759507Tue, 17 Jan 2012 09:37:00 -0600This mild winter up north has got me thinking about spring gardens - thinking mind you, not...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/15621433926http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/15621433926Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:03:09 -0600It’s always more fun to see these old favorites in their original containers, isn’t it? ...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/15294042600http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/15294042600Wed, 04 Jan 2012 07:42:56 -0600Our youngest son was born nine years after the previous child and the older children had lots of...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/15244206481http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/15244206481Tue, 03 Jan 2012 10:42:41 -0600What’s to be done with this strange week?  Kids are home, as are some parents.  We’ve...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/14939058634http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/14939058634Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:41:48 -0600If you’ve read any of my previous blogs, you’ve surmised that I know enough about the...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/14469071545http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/14469071545Mon, 19 Dec 2011 14:23:00 -0600I’ve lived in South Florida for almost 30 years, but truth be told, I still consider myself a...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/14131989524http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/14131989524Mon, 12 Dec 2011 15:45:00 -0600Maybe you saw the article I read yesterday, about the legend of Santa Claus being exposed via the...http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/13785724144http://hometownfavorites.tumblr.com/post/13785724144Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:32:00 -0600