Wispa: Where have they gone?

WizZard

I'm just wondering where all the Wispa's have gone? I was looking for one about a week ago -I just got a craving for one. I couldn't find any in a shop. When did they disappear. Are they off the market. And, more importantly - does anyone know of a shop that sells them still! I know there was a place in Longwood that used to sell Marathon bars even up to a couple of years ago so maybe somewhere will be the same for Wispas

dudara

It's been changed into a dairy milk with bubbles.

But it's not as nice anymore. The bar is thinner and flatter, so you just don't get the same bite

Cadbury seem to be doing this all over the shop, rebranding bars under the Dairy Milk name

WizZard

Ah, but it's not as smooth and tasty as Wispa! Not fair!!!!
And there was a loverly Wispa Caramel too....

dudara

The Wispa Gold, remember the ads for that?

monkeyfudge

Yep... I haven't had a Wispa in a long time...

I remember when they first came out... I used to always eat one while watching the Planet of the Apes TV series for some reason...

Mel Smith and Grif Rhys Jones used to do the adverts...

WizZard

Yeah, they were cool. I'm slightly sad now at the thought of never eating another...

dudara

Just another item in the list of things corporations have taken from us

GreeBo

They have gone mad replacing and "inventing" new bars,
like the chocolate coated flake... Hmmm isnt that a twirl?

dudara

You know damn well that there is a difference, or so they try to tell us

Fudger

dudara wrote:

But it's not as nice anymore. The bar is thinner and flatter,

How true, the thing just got thinner and flatter till it disappeared. Seems to be happening alot now i.e. fat frogs !!!!!!!! O how i cry when i see that little anorexic frog these days...........

WizZard

And macaroon(sp?) bars!!! Oh, my childhood memories beckon.....

memphis

My Aunts shop still sell wispa as far as I know, I know they have the caremel one anyone cos I ate one a week or 2 ago. Lovely they are!

WizZard

memphis wrote:

My Aunts shop still sell wispa as far as I know, I know they have the caremel one anyone cos I ate one a week or 2 ago. Lovely they are!

Location???????

memphis

Cashel, co. Tipperary

trotter_inc

dudara wrote:

The Wispa Gold, remember the ads for that?

I used to love them! The Aero caramel are just as nice though!

trotter_inc

GreeBo wrote:

They have gone mad replacing and "inventing" new bars,
like the chocolate coated flake... Hmmm isnt that a twirl?

Have you tried the new praline flake? Its gorgeous!!

Fudger

WizZard wrote:

And macaroon(sp?) bars!!! Oh, my childhood memories beckon.....

hmmmmmmmm, love those things, you can still get them in Wexford, (only place i seen them). Big huge ones in white boxes, was there last summer but they aren't as nice as the original ones but still winners!

bombidol

they sell Macaroon bars in Fanagans office license in Phibsboro

fozzle

memphis wrote:

My Aunts shop still sell wispa as far as I know, I know they have the caremel one anyone cos I ate one a week or 2 ago. Lovely they are!

When are you in Thurles next? If I give you heaps of shiny pennies will you buy me some? :eek:

WizZard

I want someone to ship me loads of Wispas!!!! Anyone travelling from Cashel to Dublin soon?

tinkerbell

dudara wrote:

The Wispa Gold, remember the ads for that?

Those were the caramel wispas yah? ohhh they were soooo lovely *drools*, I wasn't too fond of the original wispa, but the caramel one was yummy, very filling though

trotter_inc

Fudger wrote:

hmmmmmmmm, love those things, you can still get them in Wexford, (only place i seen them). Big huge ones in white boxes, was there last summer but they aren't as nice as the original ones but still winners!

You can get them in most of the Pound City type shops in Dublin too!

Fudger

trotter_inc wrote:

You can get them in most of the Pound City type shops in Dublin too!

hmmmmm an interesting development. Thats the family xmas presents sorted so.

DéiseGirl

trotter_inc wrote:

I used to love them! The Aero caramel are just as nice though!

Aero Caramel?!! Didn't even know these existed *runs to shop*

tinkerbell

mmmmmmmmm those Aero Caramel are lovely I had one today for the first time! Yum yum, like the Wispa Gold but I think I preferred the Wispa Gold, the Aero Caramel is just not the original bubbly caramely stuff!

woosaysdan

how about mint aero bars ynom ynom nyom and i know a cocktail that tastes just like them!!!