Sweets and drinks you miss...

dogmatix

1. Old style Fanta - back when it was a bright florescent orange and tasted
wonderful. Not like the pale piss coloured concoction you get nowadays. They where selling the old style Fanta in Portugal when I was there 2002 - great stuff!
2. Texan bars.
3. Rowntrees fruit pastilles - not the modern nestle version. The old ones where smaller and tasted much better.

Drodan

the jellybeans from Lidl, where the fudge(see what i did there)did they go!!

Passenger

10p mix-ups.

Gary ITR

Club Shandy. Really tasty stuff.

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Onkle wrote: »

Club Shandy. Really tasty stuff.

ah that was great stuff!!
ah I remember you'd be planking yourself buying it as a young fella as there was "beer"* in it!

about 0.05% or something iirc

brettmirl

Two & Two chocolate bars.

enda1

Top Decks.

Wine gums by the pound. (for 1 pound 60)

Sparkles (the ice pops from HB) for 10 then 12p

Penny sweets (apple jacks, postman pats etc.)

KnifeWRENCH

Astros - anyone remember those? They were NYOM!



And Wispa Gold, of course!

If I ever leave Cork, I'll miss Tanora. Apparently there are only very few places outside Cork that sell it (just because the yummy tangeriney goodness might be a tad carcinogenic.)

RentDayBlues

Smiley Bars, "Eat a yolk" and macaroon bars in the proper paper wrapping!

Passenger

Dan Bars

Been looking everywhere for these but never see 'em. Anybody seen Dan Bars on sale anywhere?

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anyone remember He-man bars??

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Wispa Gold, obv.

I miss Cherry Ripe from Australia, and you can get Top Decks over there two, but also Triple Decks, with either Dark Chocolate aswell, or a flavour like Strawberry as the third layer. NYOMMAGE.

Cherry Coke I miss, but it CAN be got in Boots from time to time and I always stock up when I'm in there.

Again, from Australia, Burger Rings, lovely snacks they are.

admiralofthefleet

trello bars, they were delish

niallo27

green woppa bars for 5p

poisonated

square_igloo wrote: »

Astros - anyone remember those? They were NYOM!



And Wispa Gold, of course!

If I ever leave Cork, I'll miss Tanora. Apparently there are only very few places outside Cork that sell it (just because the yummy tangeriney goodness might be a tad carcinogenic.)

yeah i loved astros... i was in south africa last year and they had these.. they were very cheap too so i got them everyday

wolfpawnat

Oh top decks ~ I really miss them
Vanilla Coca Cola
Penny Sweets
Cheap Bars like Bruisers and Dan Bars
Question actually how have we our teeth still in her heads???

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niallo27 wrote: »

green woppa bars for 5p

ah woppa bars!
was there red ones too?
red were cola? and green were???

admiralofthefleet

anyone remember vice versas? they were lovely

niallo27

Cuddleworthy wrote: »

ah woppa bars!
was there red ones too?
red were cola? and green were???

they were dam tasty is what they were

coillcam

Oh the double dip, what a treat to get as a wee nipper

A shame I haven't had one in years Also the limited run of mint Kit Kats was fab bak in the day



Oh and I'll never forget the apple sours - small hard boiled sweets in a green metal foil wrapper. They were fairly sour, so strong in fact we used to have competitions between myself, brother and cousins to see who could suck them the longest while maintaining straight face, then up the ante to 2 or even 3 at a time. Innocent times.

newballsplease

coillcam wrote: »

Oh the double dip, what a treat to get as a wee nipper

A shame I haven't had one in years Also the limited run of mint Kit Kats was fab bak in the day



Oh and I'll never forget the apple sours - small hard boiled sweets in a green metal foil wrapper. They were fairly sour, so strong in fact we used to have competitions between myself, brother and cousins to see who could suck them the longest while maintaining straight face, then up the ante to 2 or even 3 at a time. Innocent times.

double dip=they are def still around, ive seen them in few places

coillcam

newballsplease wrote: »

double dip=they are def still around, ive seen them in few places

Really? I'm practically foaming at the mouth after reading that. I haven't seen one in so long I can't remember. Any idea where you saw them?

KrazeeEyezKilla

Cuddleworthy wrote: »

anyone remember He-man bars??

I can't remember what they were, but I remember them being very nice.

I was eating a Milky Way a couple of weeks ago and was thinking they used to be different years ago. Then I checked YouTube and found this ad.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoXJL2hL6kI

I just about remember this ad for the change being on TV.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlMcUvidZhs

Faith

Cuddleworthy wrote: »

ah woppa bars!
was there red ones too?
red were cola? and green were???

Mint, weren't they?

square_igloo wrote: »

Astros - anyone remember those? They were NYOM!

Ah, I vaguely remember them! Like the original Crispy M&M.

I'll always mourn the loss of Postman Pat sweets .

KnifeWRENCH

poisonated wrote: »

yeah i loved astros... i was in south africa last year and they had these.. they were very cheap too so i got them everyday

Really? Cool...
*books flight to Johannesberg*

Faith wrote: »

Ah, I vaguely remember them! Like the original Crispy M&M.

They were way nicer than cripsy M&M. The crunchy bit at the centre wasn't the same horrible rice bit in Crispy M&M's.

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Faith wrote: »

Mint, weren't they?



Ah, I vaguely remember them! Like the original Crispy M&M.

I'll always mourn the loss of Postman Pat sweets .

ah yes spearmint!!
great yokes!

He-man bars were chocolate(well flavored) with some sort of gooey center, cant quite remember the flavor of the center...

Faith

Cuddleworthy wrote: »

ah yes spearmint!!
great yokes!

He-man bars were chocolate(well flavored) with some sort of gooey center, cant quite remember the flavor of the center...

I googled extensively for you, rather than doing my essay, and found this quote:

Chocolate with pink goo in the middle of one side and orange goo on the other

Couldn't find anything else though, or any pictures.

emeraldstar

square_igloo wrote: »

Astros - anyone remember those? They were NYOM!



And Wispa Gold, of course!

If I ever leave Cork, I'll miss Tanora. Apparently there are only very few places outside Cork that sell it (just because the yummy tangeriney goodness might be a tad carcinogenic.)

Oh My God!!! I had totally forgotten about these though I used to eat them all the time. Wow, memories

But yeah I really miss Top Deck. And I did quite like Marble. And as for Woppa Bars I loved them; my sister and I used ALWAYS get the Spearmint one and my brother the Cola one, so I always associated the mint one with girls and the red one with boys. I was weird

Faith, your description of that He-Man bar sounds SO incredibly familiar, but I can't for the life of me picture it in my head.

Phototoxin

Wham bars... but its irrelvant... I cannot eat sweets anway

Diairist

if anyone, ANYONE, tries to take Wispa off the market again there will be blood on the streets:mad:

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Faith wrote: »

I googled extensively for you, rather than doing my essay, and found this quote:



Couldn't find anything else though, or any pictures.

ah bless ya!:)

Passenger

Nestle Chocolate Pretzels. Remember them, they also came in white chocolate too.

cute_cow

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

anyone remember vice versas? they were lovely

+1 on that! Loved them!!

Kevster

Holy crap - yeh - I used to love Dan Bars! They were orange and had those black gritty bits in them that were very sweet/sour or something... ...yummy.

sensitive_soul

HB BOOMI ice pops, they were like mini fruits make of frozen juice in a skewer like a kebab, little strawberry, little lemon and a little orange, mmmm.

Lazer bars, hard hard toffee with this white chocolate flavoured coating

Gold Bullion, little alluminium cases filled with gold (toffee)

NERDS, little boxes divided in 2 filled with incredibly sour candies

sentiments- these little toffees with chocolate in the middle, like eclairs but NICER and they came in a bag.

Pop rocks, you can only get them in America now

CHocolate covered pretzels-only in America now but were out here in around 1999.

MIdnight Marsbars, with black chocolate

Blitz Bars-2kinds one mint and one orange

Terrys Pyramint, dark chocolate pyramids filled with gooey mint findant

Flipper marshmallows

Caramacs, caramel flavoured chocolate, only in the UK now.

Passenger

Apparently the makers of Dan Bars, McCowans, have gone bust but maybe another confectionary company will take them up but who knows.

watna

enda1 wrote: »

Top Decks.

Wine gums by the pound. (for 1 pound 60)

Sparkles (the ice pops from HB) for 10 then 12p

Penny sweets (apple jacks, postman pats etc.)

You can get Top Deck in a South African shop in Dublin. The shop is off Jervis street. The name begins with J but I can't remember it.

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

anyone remember vice versas? they were lovely

Goddamnit, they were the best. I've said a number of times on this forum I want them back.

There was a big hoo-haa in the news here in NZ recently about some iconic kiwi sweets that were being taken off the market. It meant nothing to me but loads of people were upset about it. I guess it's what you grow up with!

dSTAR

Des wrote: »

I miss Cherry Ripe from Australia

Again, from Australia, Burger Rings, lovely snacks they are.

I don't think Cherry Ripe are all that. Maybe its the coconut that doesn't really do it for me. As far as Burgers rings go I reckon they taste exactly the same as Burger Bites only they are in ring form.

Gimme Irish and English choccie and chippies any day. There is so much more selection over there than there is here. No Johnny Onion Rings, Skips, Tayto Spring Onion Crisps, Monster Munch, Bag o' Bones or Scampi Fries which were some of my favourites from back in the day :-(

spinandscribble

oh i'd do anything for apple jacks, black jacks or candy popcorn. does anyone know of any websites to get them???

homerun_homer

Does anyone remember Quatro bars? They were 8 blocks of chocolate with different soft centres in each pair (4 different flavours in all). One was minth and the others were.. can't remember, Orange maybe.
Anyway, they were around when I was really young and anytime people get nostalgic of old sweetws I think of them, top of the list.

That and He-Man jelly.

Ckal

square_igloo wrote: »

Astros - anyone remember those? They were NYOM!

Oh feck! I have been wondering what these were for months! These were my all time favorites.

europerson

I loved Astros too. Yum.

yerayeah

I used to love getting the blackjacks that came in little rectangular pieces for 1p and drumsticks for 5p. Especially when the wrapping paper didn't stick to them!! Still remember the intense pride I felt upon eating around 25 drumsticks in one day:D

Mimibear

Passenger wrote: »

Nestle Chocolate Pretzels. Remember them, they also came in white chocolate too.

Oh good god they were tasy, so were astros...why do they get rid of the good things!!

luckyfrank

Apple jacks and postman pats

I aslo loved paydays

Anyone remember them ?

winda34

Anyone remember

Fizzle Sticks
Toffee Logs
3p Chocolate Mice....(that would keep you chewing for 6 hours non stop)
Orange Aeros (God I loved them)
Pacers
Beano's
Milk Teeth.

Wexford Girl

Woppa's
Postman pats
Blackjacks
Apple jacks

RxQueen

zomg , woppa's nyom

also miss the king popcorn you could get , remember the coloured one??

thing i miss the most is the way you could ger penny jellies back in the day *sighs*

Chong

I miss Club Shandy, and I also miss secret bars hmmmmmmmmm.

I also miss how chocolate used to taste nice.

winda34

Chong wrote: »

I miss Club Shandy, and I also miss secret bars hmmmmmmmmm.

I also miss how chocolate used to taste nice.

Secret bars ring a bell, what were they like?

I really miss Pub crisps.....bag was always full and they had a special taste!

Chong

winda34 wrote: »

Secret bars ring a bell, what were they like?

I really miss Pub crisps.....bag was always full and they had a special taste!

Check it out :

http://www.doyouremember.co.uk/memory.php?memID=4072

Also agree on pub crisps , there was defo something about them, on the odd occasion when I was younger and my dad took me to the pub with my grandad, id always get a cidona and a pack of pub crisps hmmmmmmmm.