fizzle sticks wanted

magic roundabou

any one know if its possible to get fizzle sticks anywhere ??????
or do you have a friend in the sweet industry that would bring them back , i would make it worth their while lol

TerrorFirmer

Local pound shop here in Galway has them, afaik

jayjaybell

I have been looking for these for the past 15 years now, they are nowhere to be found, i have had people searching every cash and carry in Britain.
I can't even find the company that made them anywhere on the internet.
I would kill for them.
Do they really still have them in Galway?
If so, i will book a flight immediately.

redman

Anyone come across Fizzle Sticks anywhere yet?
Online....Other side of the world?
Even a recipe?

Redman

Dcully

Are they the same as fiddle sticks. They came in loads of colours and looked like sticks of chalk. Maybe i am totally wrong

emeraldstar

what exactly are they? im imagining something along the lines of fizzy cola bottles, only a more fruity taste, and in stick shape...

redman

Efioanaes wrote:

Are they the same as fiddle sticks. They came in loads of colours and looked like sticks of chalk. Maybe i am totally wrong

You have described the same things, but I always knew them as fizzle sticks. They had a tangy, fizzy taste and were soft when fresh and went hard when old.

sudzs

Me too!!! I've been looking for them for ages too.

Not even www.aquarterof.com has 'em

I loved them fresh and soft AND old and hard! Yellow and pink and green and orange... yummmmmmmm!!!

DINMAKER50

Fizzle sticks-ah best sweet sticks ever made. I used to buy them in boxes of 100 at a time. Made by Festoon confectionary as I remember. There must be a recipe somewhwere. Can anybody help us!!!!

Grid.

What I would give for a box of fizzle sticks right now!!! Absolutely loved them!! They were the Holy Grail of sweets imo!! Please, somebody bring them back!!!!:D

cjmcork

Oh my God, I was beginning to think these were a figment of my imagination - no one I know remembers them, I can still taste them, and it must be a good 25 years since I had one...............yummy yummy

erinlegends

I would travel the earth to find fizzle sticks again. i can only remember my mum buying them for me a a kid from the shop in birmingham hospital where see worked. we have talked about them loads over the years and id love to find them again, with the hugh sweet industry in Ireland and england some company must produce them.

they were 3" chalk like sticks of different light colours (pink, yellow, green, etc) and were soft when fress but hardened and tasted fizzly and sweeT together.

THEY MUST BE BROUGHT BACK!

rubadub

http://www.jamesvillas.co.uk/regions/Ireland/news/Take-a-sweet-trip-to-Ireland-18900426.cfm

In Cork tourists can find Linehan's Handmade Sweets, one of the county's oldest businesses which has been open since 1929 to make and sell old-school confectionary.

The shop is run by Danny Linehan and his son Tony who use traditional methods to make their products surrounded by vintage memorabilia and pictures which give the experience an authentic feel.

Children will no doubt love the selection of Fizzle Sticks, Bullseyes and Cloverocks on offer, while adults may find they remember a sweet or two from their own childhood.

hmmmm, maybe try and contact them. Wonder how similar they are to the old ones. I reckon they might be going under a different name in the US or somewhere.

Dingleye

Oh my my, we were looking for these everywhere about 7 years ago but sadly they were nowhere to be found... but they are still out there?!?!? :eek: No way... I'm there!!!

LadyZ

So has anyone found the fizzlesticks? Oh please please please let us know where.

http://www.jamesvillas.co.uk/regions/Ireland/news/Take-a-sweet-trip-to-Ireland-18900426.cfm

In Cork tourists can find Linehan's Handmade Sweets, one of the county's oldest businesses which has been open since 1929 to make and sell old-school confectionary.

The shop is run by Danny Linehan and his son Tony who use traditional methods to make their products surrounded by vintage memorabilia and pictures which give the experience an authentic feel.

Children will no doubt love the selection of Fizzle Sticks, Bullseyes and Cloverocks on offer, while adults may find they remember a sweet or two from their own childhood.



I tried looking for a website for Linehan's but it doesn't seem to exist????

chelleflife

Ok I HAVE to join this thread in case somebody somewhere posts a website where I can buy them!!

Seriously - everyone I mention them to thinks Ive lost it!! So happy Im not alone. Think a Facebook group would help?

cjmcork

there's a facebook group called 'bring back fizzle sticks'........it needs celeb backing though like the Wispa campaign

Koloman

Ray D'arcy is looking for them as well.

redman

good!

crookesa

Fizzle Sticks

edanto

Thanks for the link! I'd love to try 'em, but the damn postage to Ireland is £16stg! I've written to ask them if they can reduce that (since they've included Ireland with the rest of the world).

In the meantime - would anyone like to share a shipment?! A minimum chip in of €20 each, plus a share of postage. Pay me in advance with Paypal, I'll make the order, and then come collect from me in Dublin 2. I'll be making an order in the next few days.

Fitzfans37

edanto wrote: »

Thanks for the link! I'd love to try 'em, but the damn postage to Ireland is £16stg! I've written to ask them if they can reduce that (since they've included Ireland with the rest of the world).

In the meantime - would anyone like to share a shipment?! A minimum chip in of €20 each, plus a share of postage. Pay me in advance with Paypal, I'll make the order, and then come collect from me in Dublin 2. I'll be making an order in the next few days.

Ok I've ordered 10 of them, I couldn't help it. They came to €12.31 EUR including delivery, I'll let you know if they are the same as the ones from the late 70's early 80's. They don't look the same in the picture!

Appleblossom42

crookesa wrote: »

Fizzle Sticks

They're not Fizzle Sticks, doubt they taste like them either.

sudzs

Appleblossom42 wrote: »

They're not Fizzle Sticks, doubt they taste like them either.

I just bought them too! Couldn't resist!


.......will let ye know if they are anything like Fizzle Sticks!

sudzs

Appleblossom42 wrote: »

They're not Fizzle Sticks, doubt they taste like them either.

You're right. I got mine just now. They are nothing like Fizzle sticks apart from the colour. These are more like sticks of chalk, hard and dangerous to teeth! :mad:

slingshot

They are unfortunately not made anymore, the company was sold they took the machine apart to move it to a new factory and it never worked properly again.

The closest thing still made is called edinburugh rock, still not close.

Loveless

apparently the Ray D'Arcy show found Pat Murphy from Scrumdiddlyumptious in Clonmel who has them, or something that tastes exactly like them... check out their Media Player. http://www.todayfm.com/Shows/Weekdays/Ray-DArcy-Show/Blog.aspx

marymc

So this Scrumdiddlyumptious guy from Clonmel was on Ray D'arcy today. He doesn't have an online shop, but he said you could go to their facebook page and perhaps order some stuff from there.

But I can't find the facebook page? Anyone have a working link to it?

Loveless

this is a link to the Irish facebook group anyway. Still looking for Scrumdiddlyumptious themselves..
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Scrumdiddlyumptious/63746767033#!/pages/bring-back-FIZZLE-STICKS/372924736559

marymc

ginoc wrote: »

I don't think what the guy has are fizzle sticks but coltsfoot rock as posted above. I have ran a traditional sweet shop for many years now have not come across The famous Fizzle stick! I do however buy from a company based in dublin called Alderwood confectionery.

Or Edingurgh rock.

Still no luck with this Clonmel guy. I'll check out Alderwood too, thanks!

sudzs

Loveless wrote: »

apparently the Ray D'Arcy show found Pat Murphy from Scrumdiddlyumptious in Clonmel who has them, or something that tastes exactly like them... check out their Media Player. http://www.todayfm.com/Shows/Weekdays/Ray-DArcy-Show/Blog.aspx

I clicked on your link and scrolled down to the chopped up fizzlesticks....

Then I scrolled a bit further down to the most disgusting big toe I have ever seen. PUKE! :eek:

bobbybouche

marymc wrote: »

Or Edingurgh rock.

Still no luck with this Clonmel guy. I'll check out Alderwood too, thanks!

any luck with the edinburgh rock anyone? haven't tasted it.

marymc

This place in Kilkenny has some fizzle stick knock-offs at the moment. €6 delivery nationwide (bit much?), but the have a nice website and some delicious looking sweets!

billtythekid

THERE IS A SHOP IN DROGHEDA CALLED "THE OLD SWEET SHOP" IN WHICH HAS FIZZLE ROCKS AND ARE SUPPLIED BY THE SHOP IN CLONMEL,THEY TASTE 99% LIKE THE OLD FIZZLE STICK,YUMMY I BOUGHT €6 WORTH,A VERY PLEASANT GIRL IN THE SHOP SOLD ME A MINATURE BUCKET OF THEM FOR €6 IN WHICH HAS THE SHOP NAME AND NUMBER ON IT,ALSO SAID THAT WILL BE COMING IN STICK FORM IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS:):P:P:)

sudzs

bobbybouche wrote: »

any luck with the edinburgh rock anyone? haven't tasted it.

Got some the other day.

Not Fizzle Sticks.

They are the same colours as Fizzle sticks and kind of the same flavours but they disolve in your mouth really quickly, not a bit like Fizzle Sticks.

The search goes on! :rolleyes:

billtythekid

everyones taste buds are different,in my mind they taste pretty much like fizzle sticks,going for more tomorrow,hope they have some,yum yum:)

Faith

I've deleted a few posts that seemed like spam. I understand it's helpful to know where you can get them, but we still can't condone spam here. If businesses would like to officially advertise their stock of fizzle sticks, or any other confectionary, please contact sales@boards.ie. Thanks.

Appleblossom42

Went on to one of the websites to take a look. Are my eyes deceiving me, €1 for one Fizzle Stick? Somebody tell me I'm wrong!

star-pants

No connection
Just kept passing this lil stall in Georges' Street Arcade, they do sweets by the quarter and things like wham bars / some american things like gobstoppers.
ANYways - I saw they had fizzle sticks (not something I ever had). But just a place that people could check out if interested, the man said they're not exactly like the old ones, he was clear saying that to me but said they're close.

markievicz

I seen fizzle sticks 4 sale in the sweet shop in Trim (thesweetshop.ie) iirc they were about 50c each and some deal for a few of them! I'm mad to try them now because of all this hype!lol!

Elizie

Is that them?

https://www.pennyjellies.com/fizzle_sticks.html

redman

I tried penny jellies ones, very close to memory. some are better than others in the colours and texture . Not perfect but the best yet!

condan1

hiya,don't know if anyone still interested but i had me some fizzle sticks today. there the original, they taste just as good and as everything else in ireland they suffered some serious inflation over the years (€1 each but bigger than original) but they were yum yum.

condan1

hugely excessive but i got 5 anyway, €5 for a taste of my childhood and they were worth it. the lady in the shop told me the whole story about them, they defo the same ones, supposedly these are coming from the origianl machine that has been sitting in storage for years.
got them in a little retro sweet shop in dundrum, the lady said they hoping to go online in a couple of weeks.
even at that price you'd have to try them just to see.

There's a new little sweet shop in Rosslare Strand that sells all the old fashioned sweets, even peggy's leg! I asked her at the weekend what the story with Fizzle sticks was and she told me they would be getting them in soon that they were currently in production in Wales! I'm delighted now to hear she probably has gotten them in since last week, will have to get myself some when I'm down there in a couple of weeks

PennyJellies

PennyJellies wrote: »

I don't know if the ones you are talking about are the new "mega fizzle sticks" but €1 seems hugely excessive for just 1...:eek:

Maybe so, but you would have to buy a lot from pennyjellies to justify the shipping charges. He got five for a fiver. He would have had to pay 8.25 to get five from your website!

SWEETLOVER

Deleted User wrote: »

There's a new little sweet shop in Rosslare Strand that sells all the old fashioned sweets, even peggy's leg! I asked her at the weekend what the story with Fizzle sticks was and she told me they would be getting them in soon that they were currently in production in Wales! I'm delighted now to hear she probably has gotten them in since last week, will have to get myself some when I'm down there in a couple of weeks

I was in there last week and she had them. They cost 45c. They were the same ones that were in Dundrum for €1.00.
She told me that the people making them have run out and will not have another batch ready until next week. There is only one supplier for them in Ireland. They got them made up from scratch and no they arn't using the same machine. That company closed down years ago. (The old Fizzle sticks were alot smaller) The new ones are now called Giant Fizzle sticks. In my opinion they are still not the same. The Edinburgh rock is much more like them. The Sweet shop in Rosslare strand sells them aswell. Its called Sweet Moments. I think they have a new facebook page. You can see them there

SWEETLOVER

SWEETLOVER wrote: »

Deleted User wrote: »

I was in there last week and she had them. They cost 45c. They were the same ones that were in Dundrum for €1.00.
She told me that the people making them have run out and will not have another batch ready until next week. There is only one supplier for them in Ireland. They got them made up from scratch and no they arn't using the same machine. That company closed down years ago. (The old Fizzle sticks were alot smaller) The new ones are now called Giant Fizzle sticks. In my opinion they are still not the same. The Edinburgh rock is much more like them. The Sweet shop in Rosslare strand sells them aswell. Its called Sweet Moments. I think they have a new facebook page. You can see them there

Yep got some last week too! Love love love that shop. She is the best hundreds and thousands putter onner ever!!!!! Giant fizzle sticks are not the same, still nice though! Will definitely check out the Edinburgh rock, thanks for the tip!