Two & Two bars

johnnyrotten

Anyone remember Two & Two bars. AFAIR they were both plain and milk chocolate with a creamy centre.....Delicious.......

Reku

Remember the name but not the bar...:(

Hagar

Were they made by Urney? Nine squares, in three rows of three, each connected to the next by a rounded chocolate ridge, with a little leprachaun moulded into the top of each square?

No, sorry can't help you there, don't remember them at all.

johnnyrotten

Hagar wrote:

Were they made by Urney? Nine squares, in three rows of three, each connected to the next by a rounded chocolate ridge, with a little leprachaun moulded into the top of each square?

No, sorry can't help you there, don't remember them at all.

MMMMmmmmmm! thats them:D

Abdiel

Got one once with an earwig in it, never touched them after that!

It BeeMee

Hagar wrote:

Were they made by Urney? Nine squares, in three rows of three, each connected to the next by a rounded chocolate ridge, with a little leprachaun moulded into the top of each square?

No, sorry can't help you there, don't remember them at all.

Was the wrapper a tasteful blend of orange/cream/brown?

Hagar

It BeeMee wrote:

Was the wrapper a tasteful blend of orange/cream/brown?

Maybe...:D

kelle

Being a chocoholic I should remember this, but I can't! Around what era was this sold?

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kelle wrote:

Being a chocoholic I should remember this, but I can't! Around what era was this sold?

If Hagar remembers it it's a long time ago.

Hagar

Bastaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrd.....



You're right though, I'd say late mid to late 60's.

It BeeMee

Well, I remember them so..... I'd say 70's!

Mind you, I can remember Milk Tray bars that no-one else seems to.....

Hagar

I remember them. A real luxury. They were moulded in the shapes of the filling in the bar. They strawberry sweet part of the bar was strawberry shaped, the orange creme was round etc.

vektarman

Ah the two and two bars, I loved when they were priced at 4p and I'd annoy the shopkeeper by asking how much a two and two bar was just to hear him say four

It BeeMee

Hagar wrote:

I remember them. A real luxury. They were moulded in the shapes of the filling in the bar. They strawberry sweet part of the bar was strawberry shaped, the orange creme was round etc.

That's them, there was something like 6 or 8 Milk Tray sweets all joined together with chocolate.... luxury is right, I probably only ever had 2 or three all to myself.

The "modern" Milk Tray don't seem to bother with different coloured filling for the different flavours.....

DamoRed

Well now, some nice bumpage here. Almost two years, but, I promise it's worth it.

Prompted by a thread on a forum I frequent, entitled 'Old sweets from when you were a kid' my first thoughts went not to sweets, as such, but an old favourite from my youth... a Two & Two bar. Just for a lark, I decided I'd see what, if anything, Google would come up with. And top of the list was this thread. The nostalgia I felt reading here was incredible. Many times I've thought of the Two & Two bar, and wondered if anyone else remember them as fondly as I did. Like Kelle, I too am a chocaholic. And one with a long memory.

I'd no recollection who made them, and then I saw the magic name of Urney's. This nearly brought me to tears, as many many moons ago, my dear departed Dad used to work there for a short time. I remember one night I nearly died and went to Heaven when he brought home a load of 'seconds' and mis-shapes that couldn't be packaged and sold. Among tese were some orange cream bars which were another favourite back then.

So back to Google again, and I searched for Urney's Two & Two, and lo and behold, I got the following link, which brought further joy, with the news that there is a plan to produce these again.

I'll be like the 4 year old I once was when I first discovered them in 1971, when some days my Ma would buy me one on the way to school, until Urney's went out of business, maybe 3-4 years later. But now, once again I wait with excited anticipation for what will hopefully be a taste of my early childhood. Hagar described them above as... "Nine squares, in three rows of three, each connected to the next by a rounded chocolate ridge" Well, being a kid, I used to think of them as a tunnel joining each one. Much more exciting and imaginative to a young boy! Not that ridge was in my vocabulary then!


http://www.urneychocolates.com/index.htm


Welcome to L.C. Confectionery Ltd. My name is Leo Cummins and I would like to introduce you to our range of chocolate and sugar confectionery products which are featured in the links to the right.

Developing new products and packaging takes time, and so over 35 years since last produced we are proud to reintroduce to the marketplace the famous Cleeves Slab Toffee.

Irish distribution is via Robert Roberts Ltd and we will be actively seeking to reintroduce the product to international markets in 2009.

We have also appointed Robert Roberts Ltd as our exclusive distributors in Ireland for our renowned Wilton Macaroon Bars and we look forward to seeing them enjoy wider distribution in the years ahead as people constantly say to us that they haven't seen Macaroon Bars in years !

Retro brands are in they say, so we look forward to proving them right through 2009 as we introduce old favourites such as Klipso, Two and Two, Rovals, Urney Chocolate Bars and Hadji Bey's Turkish Delight.


Brings a tear to my eye.

Now, while we're reminiscing... Does anyone remember a HB ice cream called Kilimanjaro? The nearest thing I can compare it to would be a solero, in that it was ice cream with an ice pop outer shell. But the taste was much different. Heavenly! It would have been out around 1778-82 or thereabouts, but probably not that long, as it was only available for a relatively short time. I was gutted when I went into a shop one day to buy one, to be told they were out of stock and they wouldn't be getting them in again! :eek: :mad:

Firetrap

I vaguely remember the Two & Two bars. My parents had a family friend who owned a shop. He always used to bring up one of those bars for me when he came to visit. I've not had one since I was knee high to a grasshopper - hopefully they carry out on their threat to bring them back!

humberklog

The Kilamanjaro was a handsome lolly while it lasted. Fleeting little beauty that in my memory either was pulled from sales or some exec morphed it into the Hiawatta. The Hiawatta: top notch on a stick. But it was no Kilamanjaro.
It was a kinda grown up lolly, a dapper dan of stick confectionary. The kinda lolly you'd want to be seen licking on as you pulled up/broke down in a x1.9 or Renault Fuego. It's something the young Royal Liver book man would treat himself to on a Friday.
Draculas for the nippers, Kilamanjaros for those with jobs.

Not unlike the Two and Two bar in it's position on the social scale.

luke101

here is the kilimanjaro

Ann22

Yeah I remember Cleves Two and Two. They must've been out before and discontinued 'cos when they came out in the early eighties the ad on tv said 'your old friend two and two is back!' I remember the little leprechaun with the fishing rod on each square. The side with the squares was dark or plain choc and the flat back part was milk choc. The inside was two different fondant, beige and cream coloured. Similar to the diamond shaped sweet that used to be in Black Magic (they don't have that one anymore sadly).
I have happy memories of summers in my Granny's when Kilimanjaros were out. They were lovely.

anewme

Ah yeah, remember 2 and 2 bars.

My Dad worked in Urney and we had endless supply of 2 and 2, beanos, rovals (kind of like toffo) mint rovals, CATCH bars plain and milk, and all of the mis shapes too.

The guys used to get their allocation of sweets and swop with the staff of Jacobs who were across the road.....so we had an endless supply of sweets and buscuits.....wonder why all the kids wanted to be our friends.

nlgbbbblth

Two and Two bars were my favourite.

My father used to bring a couple home from the golf club every Sunday night. The last time I had one was probably 1982 or 1983.

There was a fairly violent television advert for them - some guy smashing tables in a pub. Anyone remember that?

Great news that they're being relauched.

Ann22

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Two and Two bars were my favourite.

My father used to bring a couple home from the golf club every Sunday night. The last time I had one was probably 1982 or 1983.

There was a fairly violent television advert for them - some guy smashing tables in a pub. Anyone remember that?

Great news that they're being relauched.

Are they really being relaunched?:)

leincar

Two & Two Bars. Oh God the wonderful memories. Does anyone remember the Fruit Cocktail bar? It was the same shape and size as the Two & Two but I think it was dark chocolate with an orange and strawberry and I think lime filling. It was in a dark brown wrapper. It was indeed a beautiful thing.

emeraldstar

I don't think I remember these but this thread has made me very interested in trying them if they do come back!

Ann22

leincar wrote: »

Two & Two Bars. Oh God the wonderful memories. Does anyone remember the Fruit Cocktail bar? It was the same shape and size as the Two & Two but I think it was dark chocolate with an orange and strawberry and I think lime filling. It was in a dark brown wrapper. It was indeed a beautiful thing.

I remember 3 bars the same size and shape with similar wrapper as 2&2..one was mint, one orange and one strawberry. Were they the bars you're talking about?

nlgbbbblth

Ann22 wrote: »

Are they really being relaunched?:)

it's mentioned in the site linked by danored

Ann22

Sorry, dunno how I didn't absorb that.

SoapMcTavish

Prairie Bars ! ???

nlgbbbblth

Looks like they'll be back in 2012.

eamonnq

Any sign of these yet??

nlgbbbblth

eamonnq wrote: »

Any sign of these yet??

I've just emailed them to ask. I didn't realise that the factory is about 15 minutes walk away...

power123

nlgbbbblth wrote: »

Looks like they'll be back in 2012.

hope they'll be back would like to try one fingers crossed:D

Kerrydude1981

What about the good old 54321 bars,a classic bar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjJ1_Rabs2w

Cee-Jay-Cee

Thank you to the OP. I remember these bars very clearly but couldnt remember the name of them. I regularly brought them up in conversations with people my own age and no one knew what i was talking about. I could remember that they were 9 squares (3x3) and that the wrapper was brown, cream and orange but the name eluded me. We used to visit my grandmother every saturday evening and she always produced one from her 'sweet cupboard' after tea, it was the highlight of each visit. I'm so glad i now have the name to go with the memory!!

blade1

Heard on radio today:
Two & Two making a comeback 2013,
Whoop Whoop

Ecarg

These were my absolute favourite bars, I'm so looking forward to them returning to the shelves! I'll have to stock up on them this time.

9959

I agree that the Two & Two was a truly excellent bar and look forward to its reemergence with keen anticipation, let's just hope it will be 'as was', and not digitally enhanced, so to speak.
Does anyone know if Urney have any plans to re-release the much maligned 'Rovals' from their back catalogue?
Known, by those who should have known better, as the poor man's 'Rolo', this robust chocolate caramel sweet really did have a lot to offer, shapelier and smoother than its supposed 'classier' rival, the chocolate on the Roval clung to the caramel centre with grim determination unlike the Rolo, where the chocolate bolted at the first sign of a set of 'knashers', leaving a thoroughly unsatisfactory taste experience.
The 'litmus test', like for like, comparison was an easy one to perform.
Take four of the delicious sweets - five at a push - and pop them into the gob 'in one go', chew vigorously and savour.
Now administer the same test with the more expensive 'Rolo', frankly there is no comparison, for me the humble Roval wins every time.
I would be interested to hear some other opinions on this debate, particularly if those opinions coincide with mine.
Keep chewing!

anewme

My Dad worked in Urney on Belgard Road in the 70's and we used to have lots and lots of Two and Two Bars (my favourites), Rovals AND Mint Rovals, which I loved, Catch Bars and Beanos. We also used to get some Turkish Delight (yuk)

The guys in Urneys also used to do a Friday swop with Jacobs across the Road, so on Friday would come home with Jacobs goodies as well as Urneys!
Mikado was my favourite!

No wonder all the other kids wanted to be our friends.........

bodhrandude

leincar wrote: »

Two & Two Bars. Oh God the wonderful memories. Does anyone remember the Fruit Cocktail bar? It was the same shape and size as the Two & Two but I think it was dark chocolate with an orange and strawberry and I think lime filling. It was in a dark brown wrapper. It was indeed a beautiful thing.

I remember the lime flavoured Fruit Cocktail bar and the Two & Two bar too I would say about in the late 1970s early 1980s or thereabouts, absolutely delicious.

nsumick

Yep - 2&2 bar was a classic. The sweet shop next to my school in Waterford used to break up the bars and sell them by weight(probably cos they were out of date or damaged) so we would eat portions of the bar from a brown paper bag like a bag of sweets.

bodhrandude

Any chance that the Two & Two bar is getting launched for the Xmas market, would love to get bars for my sisters who fondly remember them, as well as for myself, yummy.

blade1

It's 2014 and still no TWOandTWO..:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Banjoxed

blade1 wrote: »

It's 2014 and still no TWOandTWO..:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

I remember the through the looking glass feeling when we moved to Ireland in the early 70s. Sure, we had BBC1 on the telly, and double decker buses, but no trains despite a station being just up the road, and the buses were weirdly infrequent.

And as for the sweets..

Cadburys and Mars, present. No Galaxy or Bar Six, but there were Rovals, and Urney Chocolate, and king of the lot, the Two and Two Bar.

Didn't stop me pestering my father to stop in some God forsaken part of the North to stock up on Forbidden Sweets when we went to Donegal though

eisenberg1

Banjoxed wrote: »

I remember the through the looking glass feeling when we moved to Ireland in the early 70s. Sure, we had BBC1 on the telly, and double decker buses, but no trains despite a station being just up the road, and the buses were weirdly infrequent.

And as for the sweets..

Cadburys and Mars, present. No Galaxy or Bar Six, but there were Rovals, and Urney Chocolate, and king of the lot, the Two and Two Bar.

Didn't stop me pestering my father to stop in some God forsaken part of the North to stock up on Forbidden Sweets when we went to Donegal though

Rovals......jesus, that's a memory:D

eamonnq

eisenberg1 wrote: »

Rovals......jesus, that's a memory:D

Mint Rovals !!

eisenberg1

eamonnq wrote: »

Mint Rovals !!

Drool,

Any word on the 2&2 bars?

Preset No.3

As memory serves me, it was Cafferys Two & Two. Same company that made the time bar! Sure to cause, and remove a filling or 2!!!

blade1

Preset No.3 wrote: »

As memory serves me, it was Cafferys Two & Two. Same company that made the time bar! Sure to cause, and remove a filling or 2!!!

I clicked on this hoping there was news on this..:(:(:(
You've ruined my day..:pac::pac::pac:

eamonnq

Preset No.3 wrote: »

As memory serves me, it was Cafferys Two & Two. Same company that made the time bar! Sure to cause, and remove a filling or 2!!!

I think Caffreys only made stuff AFTER Urneys went out of business.

Zebbedee

Two and Two bars to make a comeback this year. Apparently.

http://urneychocolates.com/

blade1

Zebbedee wrote: »

Two and Two bars to make a comeback this year. Apparently.

http://urneychocolates.com/

I ain't falling for that again!!:cool: