Candyland.ie - American / Retro Sweets

Basq

All credit to tabitharose over on HUKD.ie for this..


Candyland.ie

They're actually quite reasonable.. well, they're far more reasonable than some of the prices quoted by UK sites (as postage tends to be the killer): Milk Duds for €1.79, Twizzlers from €1.90, Reeses Mini Peanut Butter Cup for 20c each.

Free shipping on orders over €50.. so useful if you get a couple of friends together to make a mass order. Otherwise - it's a €5 shipping up to 30kg.

the groutch

I wanna buy me some Charleston Chew, just to know what it tastes like

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Basq wrote: »

All credit to tabitharose over on HUKD.ie for this..


Candyland.ie

They're actually quite reasonable.. well, they're far more reasonable than some of the prices quoted by UK sites (as postage tends to be the killer): Milk Duds for €1.79, Twizzlers from €1.90, Reeses Mini Peanut Butter Cup for 20c each.

Free shipping on orders over €50.. so useful if you get a couple of friends together to make a mass order. Otherwise - it's a €5 shipping up to 30kg.

You my friend are a Legend

Proper Mountain Dew from the states :P

Headshot

omg they have Bazooka Bubblegum

wow that takes me back to my child hood

jacool

Great spot OP !!!
Where do I admit I'm related to these people (and fatter!)

Headshot

Bought myself

Pretzel Flipz Chocolate large
Bazooka Bubblegum Theatre Box

Leeg17

They also sell Vanilla Coke, do drive up every so often to get enough to pass the shakes.

If you send them an e-mail they tend to drop the price of a product, or throw in one for free (I e-mailed asking about the price of posting 12 cans and he offered 12 for the price of 9 [€4.50 off])...worth a shot at least.

shardylan

The peanut butter M&Ms are fab as are milk duds .Damn you Basq there goes my figure over Xmas again

daytob

the groutch wrote: »

I wanna buy me some Charleston Chew, just to know what it tastes like

these are yum.
shame I am going to the states for xmas I can bring my own lot back

daytob

Actually going to do my santy bit

I have 10 of the big red packs of chewing gum. These are the hot cinnamon flavour chewing gums.
there is 5 sticks in each pack and I will give away 1 per person on here up till the 10 are gone, but you need to pm me your details and send me a SAE

Ronan Raver77

mate Vinny runs the shop.any mates rates:D

purplestar77

Seriously good selection of American goodies here! Thanks OP

have to visit this place in Galway sometime

Headshot

To bad the shop doesnt have twinkies.

Always wanted to try one and then save the rest up for 5 years and they'll turn into liquor :pac:

K.C

Cheers OP. Just moved to Galway a couple of months ago. Definately going to check this out at the weekend (after a couple of steins at the christmas market)

Bubblefett

Thanks OP, I love this website! The OH adores vanilla coke so going to order him a few cans for christmas

Tabitharose

Basq wrote: »

All credit to tabitharose over on HUKD.ie for this..

consider it an early Christmas pressie & enjoy the milk duds

Murta

Unsure about this being a "bargin alert". I've looked at a number of sweeties and are no cheaper than here. 2.95 for 100g of sweets ain't cheap.

darconio

Headshot wrote: »

To bad the shop doesnt have twinkies.

+1

Basq

Murta wrote: »

Unsure about this being a "bargin alert". I've looked at a number of sweeties and are no cheaper than here. 2.95 for 100g of sweets ain't cheap.

They're not cheap.. but some of the retro / rare / American sweets are very reasonable.

Do a comparison of them with postage on similar sites.. works out MUCH cheaper!

tallaghtmick

jj73

Thanks a million Basq!

Reese's and BabyRuth, that's Christmas sorted! :-D

Wisco

Thanks for posting!!! I foresee a shopping spree in Galway soon, lots of tasty goodies there....mmmm.....

lau1247

really interested in the soft drink but definitely not cheap..

the cans 330 ml are 1.50 each..

recently saw pound shop selling mountain dew bottle 500ml for only 1 euro each

that will be the bummer

Leeg17

lau1247 wrote: »

really interested in the soft drink but definitely not cheap..

the cans 330 ml are 1.50 each..

recently saw pound shop selling mountain dew bottle 500ml for only 1 euro each

that will be the bummer

Tell me any pound shops selling Vanilla Coke cans, cherry coke etc.. they're importing them from america, and while obviously applying a mark up I'd gladly pay €1.50 for a can of the stuff, isn't it €1 in most takeaways/shops by this stage?

Basq

Normal cans are €1 in majority of shops now, so €1.50 is not bad for a rare drink.

Got a load of Cherry Coke in Enniskillen in a Poundland for 50p a can though.

And the Mountain Dew here is not the same as the one the site.

Cherry_Cola

When I was in the UK Poundland did 3 cans of Cherry Coke for £1. I know an Irish branch called Dealz has opened up in different parts of the country so maybe try there.

I will be picking up some milk duds from this though!

randomname

Leeg17 wrote: »

Tell me any pound shops selling Vanilla Coke cans, cherry coke etc.. they're importing them from america, and while obviously applying a mark up I'd gladly pay €1.50 for a can of the stuff, isn't it €1 in most takeaways/shops by this stage?

If your based in dublin, the euro50 store (pound shop) besides Iceland in the Ilac Centre has bottles of cherry coke, I think they were 1.5L for €1.50.

Leeg17

randomname wrote: »

If your based in dublin, the euro saver (pound shop) besides Iceland in the Ilac Centre has bottles of cherry coke, I think they were 1.5L for €2.

I'm in Galway, but I still don't think it's as unreasonable as the poster made it seem, especially if it's not available near you and as Basq said it's alot cheaper than other online shops.

randomname

Leeg17 wrote: »

I'm in Galway, but I still don't think it's as unreasonable as the poster made it seem, especially if it's not available near you and as Basq said it's alot cheaper than other online shops.

It's a niche item that is difficult to get your hands and they do deals on bulk purchases too, I think the stuff on their site is good value.

Dodge

I was in Berlin a few years ago and a huge deaprtment store (forget its name) had a food court with 'foods of the world' specialities on sale. Amongst those on sale were cans of US Coca Cola for about €1.80. Witness an American buy 24 cans and bucketload of sweets and biscuits. He didn't mind paying the premium for a taste of home

And yes, there is a difference in taste.

Cheers OP. The postage makes this an excellent deal

(and again something being a good deal, doesn't make it cheap...)

Leeg17

randomname wrote: »

It's a niche item that is difficult to get your hands and they do deals on bulk purchases too, I think the stuff on their site is good value.

That's what I'm saying, it's a reasonable price for a niche item, the other poster said it was too dear..

Basq

Cherry_Cola wrote: »

When I was in the UK Poundland did 3 cans of Cherry Coke for £1. I know an Irish branch called Dealz has opened up in different parts of the country so maybe try there.

Ironic username is ironic! :pac:

Yeah, I got that deal in the recently opened Poundland at the back of Erneside in Enniskillen.

Cherry_Cola

Basq wrote: »

Ironic username is ironic! :pac:

Yeah, I got that deal in the recently opened Poundland at the back of Erneside in Enniskillen.

Lol, I actually took the name from an Eagles of Death Metal song having never previously tried Cherry coke. Since that Poundland deal I've tried it and love it

phasers

have yiz tried the cherry 7up in the €2 shops? It's gorgeous! I also got white chocolate Lion bars recently, they're bloody amazing!

Back on topic: I am gonna order a ton of pretzel flipz. God I was addicted to them when they sold them in Ireland!

Basq

phasers wrote: »

Back on topic: I am gonna order a ton of pretzel flipz. God I was addicted to them when they sold them in Ireland!

God.. they were bloody amazing!

daytob

There is a chinese store on georges street in dublin near the market that has vanilla coke and also a&w diet root beer, mind you its only occasionally they have it.
its still a great price and good find basq.

as I said, im going over in a weeks time so my bag will be full. Stomach too

lau1247

Leeg17 wrote: »

Tell me any pound shops selling Vanilla Coke cans, cherry coke etc.. they're importing them from america, and while obviously applying a mark up I'd gladly pay €1.50 for a can of the stuff, isn't it €1 in most takeaways/shops by this stage?

Take A&W rootbeer for example.. you can get them at Asia Market around Drury street for 95 cents per can last time I check.. compared to 1.50 and may I remind you that 1.50 does not even include shipping..

Not sure about Cherry coke but as other poster had said pound shop sells Cherry 7up and they are 5 for 2Eur.

Look I'm not here to argue with you, all I'm saying is that the drinks are a bit steep in price with the markup relative to other items they sell, therefore not great value.. the sweets however does look decently priced

rubadub

A few of the Asian supermarkets have 2L bottles of mountain dew, though it is probably not the EU one which is not the same as the US as said.

Same with vanilla coke, though I think many prefer the vanilla coke which was out here.

amazon also sell stuff free delivery if over £25
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dgrocery&field-keywords=mountain+dew&x=0&y=0

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dgrocery&field-keywords=mountain+dew&x=0&y=0#/ref=sr_nr_p_6_0?rh=n%3A340834031%2Ck%3Areeses%2Cp_76%3A419159031%2Cp_6%3AA3P5ROKL5A1OLE&bbn=340834031&keywords=reeses&ie=UTF8&qid=1323900393&rnid=419151031

moodrater

I can feel the type 2 diabetes coming on just reading this thread :eek:

purplestar77

daytob wrote: »

Actually going to do my santy bit

I have 10 of the big red packs of chewing gum. These are the hot cinnamon flavour chewing gums.
there is 5 sticks in each pack and I will give away 1 per person on here up till the 10 are gone, but you need to pm me your details and send me a SAE

Thanks a million daytob for sending me some big red. Can't stop smelling the packets for that hot cinnamon-y goodness

lau1247

Leeg17 wrote: »

Tell me any pound shops selling Vanilla Coke cans, cherry coke etc.. they're importing them from america, and while obviously applying a mark up I'd gladly pay €1.50 for a can of the stuff, isn't it €1 in most takeaways/shops by this stage?

For all cherry coke lover following this thread, I was in 'Dealz' at Blanchardstown and they have cherry coke (330ml cans).. 4 cans for 1.49 Eur.. They also have 1.25 litre bottle for 1.49 Eur also..

That's absolute value right there..!

Pity cherry coke is not my thing

Basq

My local pound shop is selling 4 Cherry 7UP's for €1.50.. anyone ever tried that?

phasers

I have Basq, when you first try it it tastes a bit weird but it sort of grows on you. I love it now.

I had a sip, said "That's disgusting!" and ended up drinking the whole can in one go!

zero19

Basq wrote: »

My local pound shop is selling 4 Cherry 7UP's for €1.50.. anyone ever tried that?

Had a can before it's alright, would rather cherry coke myself.

daytob

boots have been selling cherry coke for years here. even the diet stuff for the ladies or those watching their figures

shardylan

daytob wrote: »

boots have been selling cherry coke for years here. even the diet stuff for the ladies or those watching their figures

Only in bottles & we all know a can tastes so much better :-)

MagicMarker

I still don't understand why Dr Pepper isn't sold in cans here, or diet Dr Pepper at all. The diet stuff tastes exactly the same as the regular stuff, which is awesome.

lau1247

MagicMarker wrote: »

I still don't understand why Dr Pepper isn't sold in cans here, or diet Dr Pepper at all. The diet stuff tastes exactly the same as the regular stuff, which is awesome.

magicmarker, i think i saw dr.pepper in can format here recently.. not sure of the price.. check it out if you happen to be around there

Map

daytob

I think Dr.Pepper is in can form in the iceland stores. I may be wrong though

comongethappy

thanks a mill OP - it's a great link to have! Brings back many childhood memories just looking at them! I recommend to everyone here to get a can of root beer and some vanilla ice cream, and have yourself a root beer float I bought some of the Australian brand that comes in the glass bottles (can't remember the name!) and made my friend's son a root beer float when I was minding him, he loved it

RayCon

MagicMarker wrote: »

I still don't understand why Dr Pepper isn't sold in cans here, or diet Dr Pepper at all. The diet stuff tastes exactly the same as the regular stuff, which is awesome.

Dr. Pepper and Cherry Coke are both available from Dealz in Blanchardstown (and some other locations around Ireland - dealz.ie) for the grand sum of ....


4 X 330mls for €1.49 .... yes, €1.49 for 4 .... glug glug :cool: