Time Bars

kraggy

Remember these?

They were delicious.

Yellow wrapper with a Clock on it.

mmm...

orestes

Big Time bars I think they were called? Great things, toffee and chocolate, winning combination!

kraggy

Were they called Big Time?

Yeah, chocolate covering a harder toffee.

So yummy. Any idea who made them? Wonder why they stopped. They were quite popular.

orestes

I think they still make them, I remember seeing them somewhere recently and having a little nostalgic moment

There are websites you can order all that kind of thing off, the folks over here should be able to help you out

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=505

stovelid

They could take teeth out....

dave.omeara

The name rings a bell, but I'm struggling to picture one

stovelid

Was it a company called Caffreys? Think they were called Big Time bars...

Passenger

Yep, and you'd spend the best part of an hour dedictaed to chewing the thing.

Maxol on the Howth Road in Fairview still sell them.

SEPT 23 1989

caffreys in walkinstown was bankrolled by the dental association of ireland

Loopy

Oh I loved them, haven't seen them in ages - may have to take a trip over to Fairview... Desperado!!

kraggy

Karsini wrote: »

Maxol on the Howth Road in Fairview still sell them.

Man, they still sell them?! That's mad.

Haven't seen them in years.

Thought they were finished, hence posting in Retro.

Would nearly travel over to get a box of them!

Firetrap

They were hardy stuff alright. God knows how any of us had teeth left in our heads after eating those bars :eek:

Ostrom

You can still get them in Waterford (last time I was home!)

Ruu_Old

Mmmm caramel. Bloody right they used to rip the teeth out.

jiltloop

remember 5 4 3 2 1 bars??? couldn't go to school without one of them in my lunchbox ( along with strawberry jam sandwiches)

Firetrap

I remember the song that was on the ad. I don't remember the bars so well. Did they have crispy things in them?

Ann22

Does anyone out there remember Big Time bars when they had green minty stuff in the middle? They had a green wrapper with the clock on it. Was disappointed when they became only available in toffee in the yellow wrapper, have never met anyone who remembers.
There also used to be a red packet of white sherbert powder with a toffee lolly with a cartoon of a little old lady on the front no one remembers either.
Fizzle sticks were nice and a very distant memory of peggy's legs-not so nice.Peppermint Pate's were round flat dark choc things with mint fondant inside.
One more thing Cleeves 'two and two'-what a delicious choc bar was that!There was a little pic of a leprechaun fishing or something on each square. It was taken off the market mid seventies and brought out again early eighties. Cleeves then introduced a strawberry, orange and mint version.

TheNog

stovelid wrote: »

They could take teeth out....

and they did take teeth out!!!!!!!!!!!!


My mother's method of taking out our baby teeth was to tie a piece of string onto the offending tooth, tie the other end of the string onto the handle of a closed door then open the door real quick. A novel way of doing it but using Time bars was a far better and tastier way of doing it.

I remember manys of time taking out the big lump of goohy toffee to find a tooth in the middle of it. Used to take out the tooth and lop the toffee back into the mouth:D:D:D:D

My favourite way of eating a Time bar was to roll it up like a Swiss roll and put into the mouth. Oh the sight of me trying to wrench open and squeese down my teeth with brown dribbles of saliva pouring down form each side of mouth. At least a good half hour of chewing, spitting, slurping and generally making a mess.

Kids these days would want it pre-chewed for them

MBC

Remember these bars well..........pass a good hour away chewing one of those things...............also a very simular bar was the "Honey Bee" but they had like a reddie orangie type cheap wrapper anyone member those?

Ann22

I vaguely remember honey bee bars. Does anyone remember these ice pops? Ricki raspers,Captain Quenchers or Draculas-mmmm! Kilimanjaros,or Jrs after Jr from Dallas I presume.

MBC

Captain Quechers and Jrs ring bells alright.............jaysus a big time bar, packet of Cruncho's crips (think they were actually called American Cruncho's........they were like in the shape of a drumstick and really hard) and a packet of rubble gum chewing gum (hundreds of little pieces of colour chewing gum in a packet) would cost ya about 30p and ya would be set up for the day.

Ann22

I remember those wee bubble gums. Remember those big roundy sweets-were they fizz bombs? Or money balls? Some had a 2p piece in them. I never found one in mine. Jaw breakers which changed colour. Big choc covered toffee mice-remember them? Your mouth would be bulging full with choc dribblin down your face.:D

MBC

Oh yeah those toffee mice were deadly............hey would ya remember the Trio bar.........here was the advert might bring back the memories........cant believe i found it:


http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=U-V-KCY7SMU

Ann22

:D:DI used to love that ad!! That actually popped into my mind lately-I was singing it at the top of my voice-my young fella thought I was mad. Remember the ad 'a happy birthday to Toby'? Was that topic? And the Blue Riband bar ad with your man singing with his guitar.'can't get enough of those blue riband blues'.

MBC

Yeah topics were class..........always wanted them to be bigger though:rolleyes:

Do ya remember the Boost bar........remember me dad coming home one night with a plastic bag full of boost bars that he got from his friend who worked for cadburys.........the packets were all stuck together ........meself and the bro were the coolest kids in skool that week as we would give our mates some

Shan75

Mmmmmmm Topic Bars are class alright.I had one last night.I could eat them every day.Still though they are quite small and at 85c are pretty expensive.Won't stop me buying them though.

Ann22

The mini Topic bars in Celebrations were taken out of it.... they were my favourite ones.:mad:
Star bars used to be called something else-was it 'lunch'? Remember when Snickers used to be Marathon. There was another bar called 'Nutty' in a brown see through wrapper around 1980-ish It was lots of peanuts stuck together with some kind of fudge stuff. They were lovely.
A big jump to 1989-remember 'secret' bars? MMMM!:)

boneless

I remember Time Bars all too well. I nearly choked to death on one at the pictures! We went to see Airplane in the Classic in Harolds Cross and I was laughing so much the bloody thing went down the wrong way!

I remember Dracula ice pops too. They were a sickly sweet thing but addictive.

As for topics... Toby had a little song which we modified much to my mothers horror....

"What has a hazelnut in every bite"
SQUIRREL SH*TE"

Man, we were innocent then....

mental07

Ann22 wrote: »

The mini Topic bars in Celebrations were taken out of it.... they were my favourite ones.:mad:

WHAT?! Scandalous! :mad:

Are Time OUT bars still around?

Ann22

I think so. I'm not pushed on them though so I don't know if i'd notice. Don't really like wafery bars like pink snacks. Remember Candy tots and Tiger tots-only Jelly tots left-and Beanos-think they tasted like choc m&ms except they were bigger.

Sigma Force

Time Bars were my fave, used to get one to eat on the way to school. The trick is is to hold the bar in your hand long enough for the toffee to melt then you can eat it easier.
Haven't seen them there are lots of the old favourites around now but no time bars or 54321 bars..anyone remember the ad?

Pigletlover

I loved Big Time bars, didn't know they were still available, I'd love one now. Has anyone actually tasted them recently? Probably soft mush now

undecided

used to leave them!:D Also lived on laxer bars and the green wopper bars!mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

SuperGrover

Ann22 - "Star bars used to be called something else-was it 'lunch'? "

Nunch

They changed the name to Star Bar after a certain amount were sold, a million, 10 million, something like that.

yknaa

SuperGrover wrote: »

Ann22 - "Star bars used to be called something else-was it 'lunch'? "

Nunch

They changed the name to Star Bar after a certain amount were sold, a million, 10 million, something like that.

Aye Lunch indeed. 'Round the same time as Picnic bars were popular.

Howsabout Texan bars? They were lovely - and another pension product for dentists ;-)

eoghan104

Anyone remember Secret bars? I think they were Nestle and were like wiry bits of choc wrapped around a caramel mouse kinda thing? Beaty they were!! Also honorable mention for Woppa bars, tangys and 1p sweets, apple jacks and postman pats!!!!

Dun laoire

Ahh but does anybody remember the Big time's sister bar the Honeybee bar. Both made by Caffrey's and the honeybee had a red wrapper.

Ann22

SuperGrover wrote: »

Ann22 - "Star bars used to be called something else-was it 'lunch'? "

Nunch

They changed the name to Star Bar after a certain amount were sold, a million, 10 million, something like that.

My hubbie just says he thinks Star bars were called 'nudge'. Does that sound right?

Ann22

eoghan104 wrote: »

Anyone remember Secret bars? I think they were Nestle and were like wiry bits of choc wrapped around a caramel mouse kinda thing? Beaty they were!! Also honorable mention for Woppa bars, tangys and 1p sweets, apple jacks and postman pats!!!!

I was on about 'secret' bars on the previous page. I loved them. 2 or 3 a day i'd have back in 1990-in the days when I didn't have to watch the old waistline!:rolleyes:There was a woman on a train in the ad.
Another few memories...A bit further back now-Remember Bazooka bubblegum with the wee joke inside? And Tip Top drinks-wee plastic cups of cola orange and strawberry I think and you'd push a straw through the top.

SuperGrover

Ann22 wrote: »

My hubbie just says he thinks Star bars were called 'nudge'. Does that sound right?

Nunch. They were called Nunch.

TheBigFella

Ann22 wrote: »

:D:DI used to love that ad!! That actually popped into my mind lately-I was singing it at the top of my voice-my young fella thought I was mad. Remember the ad 'a happy birthday to Toby'? Was that topic? And the Blue Riband bar ad with your man singing with his guitar.'can't get enough of those blue riband blues'.

What was the one that had the catchphrase " What has a hazlenut in every bite?"

or was that squirrel sh*te?????

Ann22

SuperGrover wrote: »

Nunch. They were called Nunch.

You were both right. Check this out.....
Starbar was Cadbury's first real attempt to establish a competitor for Mars' Marathon / Snickers bar. Initially popular in the mid-1970s, the Starbar largely exists due to a small but loyal fanbase, as the product has not been advertised or promoted for years. In the mid-70s Starbar was called Nunch, and its TV advertisement featured a dark-haired woman walking alongside a white horse which was pulling a barge down a canal. Nunch was rebranded Nudge and in the 1980s it briefly became "peanut Boost," only to return to Starbar as popularity of the Boost bar waned

Package

here, i drove around ireland for 6 hours one night looking for a nestle secret bar,, absolutly no joke. if anyone knows where to find one ill give 100 million dollars

who remembers blippo chewing gum? the were 5p , a bag of about 4 thousand little fizzy orange balls.. brilliant

Ostrom

eoghan104 wrote: »

Anyone remember Secret bars? I think they were Nestle and were like wiry bits of choc wrapped around a caramel mouse kinda thing? Beaty they were!! Also honorable mention for Woppa bars, tangys and 1p sweets, apple jacks and postman pats!!!!

Yes the secret bar was excellent

Big time and its red counterpart are still going strong, had two last week

Lpfsox

Guineapigrescue wrote: »

... Haven't seen them there are lots of the old favourites around now but no time bars or 54321 bars..anyone remember the ad?

dunno why that's not showing properly - here's the link instead: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezLzflX6r5Q

Nanook32

stovelid wrote: »

They could take teeth out....

Thats exactly what happened to me.... So worth it though, those bars were YUMMMMY!

murfie

Loved these lads, they were cheap too. good old sweet shop in school was well well stocked with these.

RonMexico

My local has them.

Elle Victorine

These bars were all I ever wanted when I was a sprog and all I want now that you've reminded me of them! The only other bar I had when they stopped selling them locally was highland toffee bars which are lovely but nowhere near as good.


http://www.caffreyschocolates.com/


webpage coming soon...fingers crossed i can buy a box of them! I never knew they made snowballs though.