Having trouble remembering an old chocolate bar...

Ninjavampire · 14-02-2014 3:23am #1

I remember when I was younger, maybe 4 - 7 (early - mid 90's) I used to go to the local shop and get penny sweets. There was a specific bar I can just vaguely remember. It was in a papery wrapper and had a sort of marshmallow filling, covered in chocolate, and that was it. It is extremely hard to pinpoint what it was like, maybe marshmallow isn't right, but like marshmallow, only chewier? Very vague, I know but it's driving me mad. I know for a fact they don't sell them anymore or I would recognise it instantly, and when they were for sale, they cost like 10p. I have searched, looking at pictures of old sweets sold in Irish shops, but can't find anything. I don't think this was a big brand name or anything, so it might be quite obscure! If anyone has any idea, I would be eternally grateful!

Boombastic · 14-02-2014 3:25am

We can't bust heads like we used to, but we have our ways. One trick is to tell 'em stories that don't go anywhere - like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so, I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. Give me five bees for a quarter, you'd say.

Now where were we? Oh yeah: the important thing was I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. They didn't have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

Nougat

sawdoubters · 14-02-2014 3:28am

macaroons

DEFTLEFTHAND · 14-02-2014 3:45am

Yeah sounds like the Macaroon bar.

Boombastic · 14-02-2014 3:47am

Macroon bar doesn't have any marshmallowly type filling , they're coconut?

Are these the macroon bars you are referring to?http://www.google.com/search?q=macaroon+bar&num=50&newwindow=1&hl=en-GB&source=iu&tbm=isch&imgil=ESXNbrTK3s23TM%253A%253Bhttp%253A%252F%252Ft1.gstatic.com%252Fimages%253Fq%253Dtbn%253AANd9GcTTQsczQ-YGL3DIeoF7EhV_-nZCrZ0xHfSegNSjgDKbgWfzC4IA%253B800%253B600%253B8b1VzURDNhPXIM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.candygurus.com%25252Fireland-is-there-more-than-u2-the-name-rowan-and-guiness%25252F&usg=__g6zKS_uCydinGaLefmEnT61gS7c%3D&sa=X&ei=3IP9UsTgCoOw7AbG2IGgDw&ved=0CC0Q9QEwAQ&biw=569&bih=802

They weren't chewy

tomaussie · 14-02-2014 3:51am

What colour was the packaging ?

Was it flat or rounded ?

What shape was it ?

rovoagho · 14-02-2014 4:51am

Could be a Milky Way, but sure they're still available aren't they? They used to be wrapped in paper though.

Ruu · 14-02-2014 4:56am

The only bars I can remember wrapped in paper were those listed, macaroon bars from Caffreys, also a mint chip version I seem to recall. Was it like nougat like in Snickers?

Ninjavampire · 14-02-2014 1:08pm

Definitely not Macaroon bars or milky ways, you can still get those and these yokes tasted completely different.

These things were pretty plain, just simply a piece of chocolate about 4 inches long, an inch wide and half an inch thick. The top was kind of ridged from the shape of the filling, so the layer of chocolate was pretty thin. The inside was odd, I'm going to say somewhere in between a marshmallow, foam and nougat? I can't remember what colour the wrapper was but have a vague memory of them being purple/blue? That might be completely off the ball though. I haven't seen them in years but often faintly remember getting them as a child so I'm fairly confident they aren't available anymore.

Sorry for being so crap at describing them!

Professey Chin · 14-02-2014 1:26pm

Somewhere in between marshmallow, foam and nougat....it almost sounds like a strange shaped turkish delight

rovoagho · 14-02-2014 3:19pm

Turkish delight isn't even remotely like any of those! I dunno what you've been eating, but it ain't turkish delight!

whomitconcerns · 14-02-2014 3:21pm

there was a caffreys klipso in paper, along side the macaroon and mint crisp..and time something but I think that was hard toffee

Ruu · 14-02-2014 3:24pm

Big Time, it was toffee covered in chocolate.

Big%20Time%20Bar%20Planet%20Candy-380x320.jpg

Link to Klipso bar.

http://www.planetcandy.ie/klipso-bar-30g?filter_name=klipso

forgotten password · 14-02-2014 3:24pm

was it 54321's

54321%20Chocolate.jpg

ectoraige · 14-02-2014 3:24pm

whomitconcerns wrote: »

there was a caffreys klipso in paper, along side the macaroon and mint crisp..and time something but I think that was hard toffee

You're probably thinking of the Big Time bar, which was in a yellow plastic wrapper and was toffee.

spurious · 14-02-2014 3:25pm

I remember them too, OP. The 'chocolate' covering was thin, to say the least?

whomitconcerns · 14-02-2014 3:27pm

yeh pretty much a piece of toffeee painted with chocolate

Roose · 14-02-2014 3:27pm

Touchdown?

Blackhorse Slim · 14-02-2014 3:32pm

www.pennyjellies.com/index.php/sweets/chocolate/dipper-the-dolphin

Something like these?

Professey Chin · 14-02-2014 3:33pm

rovoagho wrote: »

Turkish delight isn't even remotely like any of those! I dunno what you've been eating, but it ain't turkish delight!

Put them all in a blender and see the result!

....actually now I wanna try that....

whomitconcerns · 14-02-2014 3:54pm

Blackhorse Slim wrote: »

www.pennyjellies.com/index.php/sweets/chocolate/dipper-the-dolphin

Something like these?

god they were horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

Ninjavampire · 14-02-2014 4:12pm

spurious wrote: »

I remember them too, OP. The 'chocolate' covering was thin, to say the least?

I think I may have found them or at least something similar. Now again, my memory is really fuzzy, but does anyone remember the bars by a company called 'LOVE'? I think that could be it, but if anyone could remember them better that would be great!

Vegeta · 14-02-2014 4:15pm

Unfortunately I know exactly the bars you are talking about but also cannot remember their name. The chocolate covered dolphins above are similar construction, very thinly coated mallow.

Ninjavampire · 14-02-2014 4:22pm

Yeah, they are similar to the dolphins but the dolphins aren't nice. The inside was much different that standard marshmallow.

Ruu · 14-02-2014 4:27pm

Ninjavampire wrote: »

I think I may have found them or at least something similar. Now again, my memory is really fuzzy, but does anyone remember the bars by a company called 'LOVE'? I think that could be it, but if anyone could remember them better that would be great!

Think you are onto something, remember the chocolate was disgusting though. Love or Loves brand.

Triangla · 14-02-2014 4:31pm

Was it a Texan bar?

dilallio · 14-02-2014 4:41pm

I vaguely remember it. I was going to say Peggy's Leg bar but I think it Triangla has it with the Texan bar.

whomitconcerns · 14-02-2014 4:48pm

dont remember it myself Texan Bar

spurious · 14-02-2014 5:04pm

Triangla wrote: »

Was it a Texan bar?

That's what I am remembering, alright.

Will I Amnt · 14-02-2014 5:09pm

I think it's a different one that the OP is looking for.
It's wrecking my head now too

As far as I remember it was in a blue wrapper. You could actually bend it and all the paper thin chocolate would crack revealing the white underneath, sort of like those marshmallow Easter eggs.

Ninjavampire · 14-02-2014 5:19pm

Will I Amnt wrote: »

I think it's a different one that the OP is looking for.
It's wrecking my head now too
As far as I remember it was in a blue wrapper. You could actually bend it and all the paper thin chocolate would crack revealing the white underneath, sort of like those marshmallow Easter eggs.

That's exactly the one man. I have been searching and I think the brand may have been 'Lovells' but I can't find much on them online. They had a bar which was called 'Milky Lunch' and it looks familiar but not the exact one I'm thinking of. I think this is the company though!

Little Acorn · 15-02-2014 7:09pm

Article about Lovells:
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/INNOVATION%3A+STORCK'S+HAPPY+UK+LANDINGS.-a065911051

Founded in 1884, Lovells is one of oldest surviving brands from the heyday of confectionery development. Its best known products are the Milky Lunch nougat and chocolate countline, dating from the 1920s, and its 10p Lovells bars which together sell around 30 million units a year.

From reading around people keep mentioning "lovell chocolate nougats - can you still get them?" or just "lovell bar". Can't find an image of either term though.

Lovell plush nuggets was another item.

I don't remember these bars but I like searching for things.:o

Possibilities? :

Lovells Top Ten?: chocolate covered nougat pic came from turkey though.
http://www.chocozone.net/images/wrappers/ustun000145829.jpg

Skybar ? : 4 different types of nougat covered in chocolate.

https://www.google.ie/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&docid=DlDiNATos85aQM&tbnid=-JIZz1ss2xBgYM:&ved=0CAUQjRw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthechocolatecult.blogspot.com%2F2012%2F05%2Fold-time-candy-part-4.html&ei=sKX_UveULMGQhQfzmoCABA&bvm=bv.61535280,d.ZGU&psig=AFQjCNG5DBgARS3iTURqXMwQOio17kwxJA&ust=1392572204837652

Still Slim · 16-11-2014 6:39pm

I think the bar you are talking about is a Milky Lunch made by Matlows

Lazy Bhoy · 20-11-2014 5:06pm

Double Decker maybe?

steveone · 29-11-2014 11:43pm

Fry's chocolate cream ?

nlgbbbblth · 29-11-2014 11:46pm

Anyone remember Boost

Ruu · 30-11-2014 12:59am

Nice bar, had biscuit pieces in it from what I recall.

Celly Smunt · 30-11-2014 1:04am

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Anyone remember Boost

wasn't that just a moro with a fancier wrapper?

deise08 · 30-11-2014 1:06am

Was it like the 'flippers'?
the foamy dolphin thing?

Ankhyu · 30-11-2014 1:10am

Boost are still around and yeah they're the exact same as a Moro!

dee_mc · 30-11-2014 1:35am

Ankhyu wrote: »

Boost are still around and yeah they're the exact same as a Moro!

Was a boost a moro but with ginseng for energy or did I make that up?

Ruu · 30-11-2014 1:47am

Boost had a version with guarana alright (green wrapper).

nlgbbbblth · 30-11-2014 11:24am

Not sure what Boost is like now but the original version [orange wrapper] looked like a Moro and was designed like one - chocolate, caramel, filling. However the inside bit was more coconut.

Back around 1991 there was a Dublin Bus with a massive Boost poster on the side of it. 54A to Willington Roundabout.

Professey Chin · 01-12-2014 12:14pm

Ruu wrote: »

Boost had a version with guarana alright (green wrapper).

I didnt know there was a non guarana version O_o

Mr_Red · 01-12-2014 12:25pm

I think I remember it

did it look like

Marsh%20Bar.jpg

Having trouble remembering an old chocolate bar...

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