Classic sweets and drinks that used to be the nectar of the Gods taste like shіt now

squawker · 01-03-2019 04:30AM

JupiterKid wrote: »

HB Loop the Loop ice pops aren’t anywhere near as big

nah your hands just got bigger

Ariadne · 01-03-2019 08:15AM

Jose Rotten Pocketknife wrote: »

Monster munch. And freaky foot ice cream. They used to be like a size 8 now they’re like a size 3

I mourn the loss of monster munch.

suicide_circus · 01-03-2019 08:47AM

soft drinks and dilute cordials have been destroyed. they now all contain artificial sweeteners and there's no way of disguising that awful taste. i think regular club orange, original coke and pepsi are the only pure sugar soft drinks still available.

gmisk · 01-03-2019 08:53AM

J. Marston wrote: »

Can anyone remember small blue packets of pretzels covered in chocolate? I think you could get them covered in white chocolate too.

I need to know if they're still available.

I think you can get them in dealz.

Cadburys has gone down the toilet taste wise since being bought by mondelez

01-03-2019 09:24AM

I never liked sugar drinks except the odd lucozade orange. Haven't had it in a while

Obvious Desperate Breakfasts · 01-03-2019 09:45AM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Maybe UK Fanta is different now than in the year 2000? I remember Michael Winner condemning it back then and singing the praises of the Moroccan variety.

http://www.winnersdinners.com/reviews/2000/20001008.php

To top it all, the Fanta sold in Morocco is historic. Now, thanks to Jerry Judge, president of the Lowe Group, Frank Lowe's famous UK advertising agency, I get it in Kensington. I've written before of the difference between the pale, insipid Fanta sold in England and the full-bodied, marvellous orange colour and taste of the Moroccan variety. We have never received so many letters on any subject. Douglas N Daft, chairman and chief executive of the Coca-Cola Company, producer of Fanta, sent a particularly amusing one, followed by a crate of Moroccan Fanta. That ran out.

It depended in the UK, I found. Some shops sold a really sugary formulation but others sold the juicier, lighter, lower calorie one. Delish. Whereas it seems to me that all Irish soft drink formulations are far too sweet.

AbusesToilets · 01-03-2019 09:45AM

buried wrote: »

Blueberries is where it's at. If you give up sugar and eat them yokes, they as good as the most bitter sprinkled cola bottle sweets. Not made of horse hooves neither.

Frozen ones are tops, especially in porridge.

Sarac87 · 01-03-2019 09:52AM

J. Marston wrote: »

Can anyone remember small blue packets of pretzels covered in chocolate? I think you could get them covered in white chocolate too.

I need to know if they're still available.

You can get these in dealz at the minute but like everything else they are not as nice as they used to beðŸ˜£

E mac · 01-03-2019 09:59AM

Used to love lucozade orange but it's undrinkable now &#55357;&#56852; Only thing that comes close to that sugar hit now for me is club lemon. Supermarkets don't seem to stock as much lucozade orange anymore either.

suicide_circus · 01-03-2019 10:04AM

i assume soft drink companies have taken a massive hit in sales

E mac · 01-03-2019 10:26AM

But why can't they still produce the original albeit at a higher cost to the consumer? Is there a reason the consumer is denied a choice?

Brego888 · 01-03-2019 10:29AM

Subcomandante Marcos wrote: »

Still exists, even found outside of Donegal at times.

The banana one is horrendous though.

Oh I know it still exists alright but it's not even a distant relative of its previous quality. Probably removed all the e numbers and the shovels of sugar, you know the good stuff.

JohnnyFlash · 01-03-2019 12:01PM

I've had this business idea for a while. Bring back classic sweets, ice-creams, and crisps. Let your customers know that 1) These will be expensive, 2) They will contain enormous amounts of sugar, fat, artificial colours and flavours.

So the Monster Munch will be huge, and leave lots of that amazing dust on your fingers. The sour sweets will be so sour they will cause your gob to pucker up like a tomcat's arséhole, I'm bringing back Crun-Chos Hot Dog flavoured corn snacks, Refresher bars that are full of sherbet like they used to be, a Lucozade clone in a glass bottle that's just sugar, water, and artificial colours. Hell, I'd even bring back chocolate cigarettes if I could.

Cienciano · 01-03-2019 12:07PM

The Princess Bride wrote: »

Macaroon bars used be lovely.
Now they taste like cheap cooking chocolate.

On the other hand, I used hate wibbly wobbly wonders as a child.
Last time I had some, absolutely delicious.
Therefore they stopped making them.
Typical.

Macaroon bars were always shíte. Brown wax that they called chocolate.

But hold on, they stopped making WWW? No way! They were amazing

Underground · 01-03-2019 12:28PM

Packet of skips used to be lovely back in the day. Like eating communion bread at mass now.

orourkeda1977 · 01-03-2019 12:29PM

There are some people making skanky white bonbons.

Disgusting.

washiskin · 01-03-2019 12:35PM

100% agree on Lucozade. Used to be so different and refreshing but now it's like weak diluted orange.....
AND since HB was sold, the ice cream is awful....weird, chalky texture and fake dairy taste. Back in the 70s and 80s there would be a few different products every year but that's long gone by the wayside....

Lorelli! · 01-03-2019 12:51PM

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Ah everything is shyte now. Even Wham bars are rotten now.

I think with those kind of sweets it's your own tastes that change more than anything. I remember having an argument with my mam about it when I was a kid saying that when I got older I'd eat Refresher bars whenever I want and everyday and she said 'ye but by then you wont want to eat them' and I don't think I could stomach one of them now.

DaeryssaOne · 01-03-2019 12:52PM

washiskin wrote: »

AND since HB was sold, the ice cream is awful....weird, chalky texture and fake dairy taste. Back in the 70s and 80s there would be a few different products every year but that's long gone by the wayside....

The Sky ice cream bar is a very fond memory for me as child, it was like the inside of a wispa with ice cream around it and a chocolate shell on top.
It was only around for a couple of years and then disappeared again.

I'd say if you could taste compare a dairymilk from back in the 80s to one today the difference would be unbelievable

ANXIOUS · 01-03-2019 12:56PM

The old golden wrapper Yorkie, when they had one letter from the name on each piece. Had to stop that when they moved to a 5 piece bar.

gmisk · 01-03-2019 02:24PM

orourkeda1977 wrote: »

There are some people making skanky white bonbons.

Disgusting.

What flavour were they even meant to be?

The lemon ones were yellow....the red strawberry....were they toffee?

EmmetSpiceland · 01-03-2019 04:05PM

Hard to find a decent lemon sherbet sweet these days.

Force Carrier · 01-03-2019 05:48PM

Time of year that's in it shouldn't forget the Creme Egg's well documented fall from grace.

wakka12 · 01-03-2019 05:55PM

buried wrote: »

Blueberries is where it's at. If you give up sugar and eat them yokes, they as good as the most bitter sprinkled cola bottle sweets. Not made of horse hooves neither.

Hmm I wish I had such sensitive taste buds. Even if I dont eat any super sugary bad foods fruit still is just bland to me

I think rasberries and blackberries and strawberries are nicer than blueberries though and have even less sugar

zapitastas · 01-03-2019 05:59PM

gerrybbadd wrote: »

Ah everything is shyte now. Even Wham bars are rotten now.

Had a wham bar today for the first time in a decade or two and there was scant sprinkling of whatever used to be mixed in through the goo and it was certainly not as I remembered

zapitastas · 01-03-2019 06:00PM

wakka12 wrote: »

Hmm I wish I had such sensitive taste buds. Even if I dont eat any super sugary bad foods fruit still is just bland to me

I think rasberries and blackberries and strawberries are nicer than blueberries though and have even less sugar

If you give up all sugar you will find yourself craving some fruit. Just takes a few days

Atoms for Peace · 01-03-2019 07:26PM

It's very sad what's happened to once reputable companies such as Cadbury. Cadburys started as a family run business with a Quaker ethos, where they set out to sell a quality product and be a decent employer.

c_f_p99 · 01-03-2019 08:38PM

Ever heard of Juicy Water? Used to be my jam back a few years ago. Last summer, I tried the lemon and lime flavour (my favourite one) and it was rotten. I actually felt like spitting it out it was so disgusting. I then realised that they decided to cheapen out and make PEAR the main ingredient of this “lemon and lime” drink. I feel utterly betrayed by this. Unfortunately, the same seems to apply to other sweets too (some Cadbury products no longer use dairy milk chocolate). It seems to be becoming a trend thanks to taxation and a shortage of raw materials.

Wanderer2010 · 01-03-2019 08:40PM

Red Lemonade used to be lovely when I was in a pub as a kid but nowadays it seems flat even when you first open the bottle, there is no kick to it anymore.

SEPT 23 1989 · 01-03-2019 08:45PM

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Red Lemonade used to be lovely when I was in a pub as a kid but nowadays it seems flat even when you first open the bottle, there is no kick to it anymore.

A child?

Sugar drinks?

Public houses?

Someone call Tulsa

Classic sweets and drinks that used to be the nectar of the Gods taste like shіt now

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