Just a quick thought.
I was talking with Mrs RB over the weekend (as one does) and we got onto the subject of sweets that don't seem to be around any more.
Does anyone remember Aztec bars for instance? And those flying sucers with sherbet in the middle.
There must be loads that aren't about (or at least don't seem to be)
Anyone got any more?.
All the best,
RB
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Do you still get caramac bars?
Can you still get Curly Wurlies?
Spangles
Crackerjack (awful popcorn stuff)
Ice Breaker
Anglo bubbly gum
Swisskit
Imps
Neil
Bazooka Joe
Bunny Tots
Texan Bar
Pacers (mint and spearmint)
Spanish Gold
Penny Arrow bars
Jap Desserts
and those triangular ice things called Jublee (I think)
I remember the Penny Dainte, SwissBobby
Oh the memories !!!!!!
Swisskit.
What about Whinny the Pooh's hunny pudding.
Real esoterica now - anyone remember Stroodles? They were available for a very short time in the early 1970s. They came in an apple-shaped pack and were little chunks of dried apples coated in chocolate. They cost 4p. I had to save up my sweetie money for two days to buy a packet.
I remember seeing Aztec bars advertised but never had one - they were considered too big for a nipper such as I was then. The Texan was gross and deserved to flop.
Tudor crisps? Where did they go? And nothing has been as good as Bazooka Joe for blowing bubbles. Don't they sell it to treat veruccas nowadays?
Bunny Tots shared an advert with Candy Tots and Teddy Tots.
I thought Frys Chocolate Cream had vanished, but found it again recently. Can't believe I used to think it the height of luxury. Yuck!
One of the young kitchen porters asked me to get 4 tubs of the things from cash & carry the other day. Apparently they're good to cure the munchies after a "smoke".
How times change.
Anyone remember pink panther bars ?
Peanut cracknell
Jamboree bags
Rainbow sherbert found in big jars
Boots Ginger and pear chocky bars - come on Boots, sort it out.
Kola cubes
Pineapple chunks.
Thanks Mrs Barkles
Far from feeling nostalgic I'm amazed how many of these sweets are still around. How come they never run out of space on the shelves despite continually adding new ones?
My sweetshop years were spent in Sweden and I'm delighted to find my childhood favourite 'Plop' bar still available (toffee caramel goo in milk chocolate, and much nicer than Caramac - that's still there isn't it?). Also homeland of Dime bars (spelled Dajm) and Marabou chocolate as any Ikea shopper must have tried.
The thing that's really spoilt chocolate eating for me are those new style plastic wrappers, sorry, Kit Kat just isn't the same without the foil.
I remember Pink Panther bars. And Ruffle bars with pink coconut inside.
Sweet cigarettes live on except they're now called candy sticks and don't have the pink tips. They still taste just as bad.
Kola cubes, peanut cracknell, midget gems, sherbert layered in jars, toffee bonbons and suchlike are still around if you can find a shop that sells sweets out of big jars by the quarte...er, I mean, 100 grams.
But let nostalgia go hang. I think modern sweets are much better.
That awful sherbert in tubes(long thin ones)
Does anyone rememberthe "mixed bag " for 5p?
4 fruit salads or black jacks for a penny
Sherbert dips