Dan Bars, Wham bars etc

Ruu_Old

Don't remember the name of them but they tasted good! Highland Toffee is another bar I am remembering.

pooch90

Ruu wrote: »

Don't remember the name of them but they tasted good! Highland Toffee is another bar I am remembering.

You can still get those Highland bars. Yum.

All the 'retro' bars that you can still get are becoming bloody tiny though, makes me cry inside

cathalod

Hi,
I know this thread is pretty old.. but does anyone remember the name of the perticularly nasty green bar with black bits in it.. it was the same size as a Wham bar and the same chewiness... if thats a word..

a far as I remember the word begun with 'G'

It was like 'Gargoyle' or something..
Please rack your brains..

strangel00p

cathalod wrote: »

Hi,
I know this thread is pretty old.. but does anyone remember the name of the perticularly nasty green bar with black bits in it.. it was the same size as a Wham bar and the same chewiness... if thats a word..

a far as I remember the word begun with 'G'

It was like 'Gargoyle' or something..
Please rack your brains..

you might be thinking of a gorgo bar. a personal favourite from the 80s.

anyone know where to get honeybees in dublin?

_feedback_

I don't know how our teeth took all the abuse! I'd be terrified of em now!

remembering

Was in Busaras a couple of weeks ago and spotted a little sweet shop in there with all the old fashioned jars of sweets, bars etc!! worth a look if your in there!!

Luke G

lmahoney79 wrote: »

anyone remember the bars that had toffee on one side and liqourice on the other....they were bloomin gorgeous!

Denis The Menace Bars I Think? Something Like That Deffo.... Jaysus they were big aswel for 10 P

JohnMarston

Dan bars were part of my diet back in the day

Also blackjack bars and refresher bars. As well as the chewy sweets in paper wrappers (i.e. fruit salad, there was even a postman pat themed chewy sweet) :pac:

Dull and Boring

I miss Woppa bars:( I loved Drumsticks too. Are they still around?

Grid.

I heard a while back that there are some specialty shops in town selling retro sweets, any feedback??

mikemac

Roy of the Rovers

Pineapple flavor

Sickenly sweet, the sweetest bar I've ever found.
Can still remember the taste decades later

Kojak

Are Dime Bars still going?

Ruu_Old

They are, but changed the name to Daim a few years ago. :mad:

Shulgin

lmahoney79 wrote: »

anyone remember the bars that had toffee on one side and liqourice on the other....they were bloomin gorgeous!

Was is this one?

http://www.bustercomic.co.uk/bar.html


I used to LOVE them!
Used to read the comic too

Ahh those were the days. i still love my refresher bars, numnum

BTW, Anyone remember blips? A small bag of tangy orange chewing gum thingies. Loved them!

Kojak

Ruu wrote: »

They are, but changed the name to Daim a few years ago. :mad:

That's an awful name for them.

Why change a classic?

Dull and Boring

Anybody remember Touchdown bars?

zilog_jones

Kojak wrote: »

That's an awful name for them.

Why change a classic?

It was more a reversion than a change - "Daim" was always the name used internationally, only when it was introduced to the UK they changed it to "Dime" which I guess made it easier for English consumers to pronounce it correctly. At some stage after their height of popularity (which probably around the time of the Harry Enfield ads) they stopped bothering producing different packaging for the UK/Ireland so it became Daim here too.

I remember they always had "Daim"-branded boxes of mini bars in Shannon Airport even during the period they were sold as Dime here.

Tedious Bore

anyone know where i might get dan bars in dublin these days please?

boiledsweets

stinger bars and dime bars - but i dont think my teeth would sit in my gums after tugging on it..

meoklmrk91

What were dan bars like, we're they yellow with sherbet in the middle or am I thinking of something else?

legoblock1

I used to live on Dan bars n wham bars not to mind stinger bars! Me and my twenty pence pocket money got some amount of junk !! I did however have an awed ul experience with a wham one day.. My four top front teeth came out on the bar as I tried to tare a piece off! After a year of no smiling I decided against ever eating em again!! Tragic because they r so scrumptious !

Smiley Bars were the shizz.... They were like Chomps but had an orange flavored chewy centre. Amazing. No google images exist though

Farty88

I know this thread goes back as far as 5 year's ago! But has anybody any idea if they still even make dan bars and Roy of the rover bars and is there a shop in ireland selling them.I am craving for them big time haven't had them since I was a brat.

chrisb1

Farty88 wrote: »

I know this thread goes back as far as 5 year's ago! But has anybody any idea if they still even make dan bars and Roy of the rover bars and is there a shop in ireland selling them.I am craving for them big time haven't had them since I was a brat.

http://www.pennyjellies.com/index.php/sweets/chew-bars/mccowans-desperate-dan-bar/

Try the link

Xenji

What a cruel bump, thought they might be coming back, well besides Wham bars:(

chrisb1

Xenji wrote: »

What a cruel bump, thought they might be coming back, well besides Wham bars:(

only one I've found is roy of the rovers ....so far

Xenji

chrisb1 wrote: »

only one I've found is roy of the rovers ....so far

I used to love them back in the day, along with those chocolate cigarettes that used to come in the fake boxes!

chrisb1

Xenji wrote: »

I used to love them back in the day, along with those chocolate cigarettes that used to come in the fake boxes!

It seems the dreaded E number has put desperate dan bars in the grave :mad:

http://mrsimms.ie/freestanding-digital-poster/

Try these based in Ireland sure they might be able to get them somewhere

Professey Chin

BRING BACK THE E! BRING BACK THE E!

BlaasForRafa

Professey Chin wrote: »

BRING BACK THE E! BRING BACK THE E!

So the Shamen were really singing about Dan bars and Wham Bars, that makes sense!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9opP17P0hm4