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Out of production sweet, name required

  • 26-05-2010 09:06PM
    #1
    Dugtang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1 ✭


    Hi,

    Can anyone tell me the name of the following sweet / candy, from my best description below!

    - Out of production, was in production 10 years ago
    - Sour sweet, or at least had sour flavour
    - Sweets came in small packages much like chewits, however they were arranged side by side, not one above another, so the whole pack was long and thin, around 20cm
    - Packaging at least for the sour flavour was purple, with small stars printed everywhere

    This is a childhood memory, hence the vague description!


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  • #2
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    they weren't sour chewits were they?


  • #3
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,662 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Oh that sounds so familiar. Were they bigger and a bit flatter than Chewits? And there was only about 5 or 6 in a pack?


  • #4
    Truley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,628 ✭✭✭Truley


    Do you mean 'Fizzy Chewits?' They were fizzy and sour and packaged similar to how you described. There was a lemonade flavour from what I remember.


  • #5
    Lornen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 996 ✭✭✭Lornen


    Sour Chewits are still VERY much in production... I saw a load of them in a Centra just a few days ago!

    http://www.retrotuckshopsweetsdirect.co.uk/images/xsour%20tutti.jpg


    Don't think these are what you're after though.. I didn't think they were that old..


  • #6
    CombatCow
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,317 ✭✭✭CombatCow


    Maybe the OP is talking about "spangles" I don't remember the originals in the 80's, but I remember the relaunch of them in the 90's. They were more like Opal Fruits with tiny sour crystals in them....

    spangles3kx7.jpg


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  • #7
    Miaireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,066 ✭✭✭Miaireland


    Dugtang wrote: »
    Hi,

    Can anyone tell me the name of the following sweet / candy, from my best description below!

    - Out of production, was in production 10 years ago
    - Sour sweet, or at least had sour flavour
    - Sweets came in small packages much like chewits, however they were arranged side by side, not one above another, so the whole pack was long and thin, around 20cm
    - Packaging at least for the sour flavour was purple, with small stars printed everywhere

    This is a childhood memory, hence the vague description!

    Were they hard sweets of chewy?


  • #8
    Miaireland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,066 ✭✭✭Miaireland


    Jolly Ranchers/Rogers were the ones that sprung to mind when I read the first post.


  • #9
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,662 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    Lornen wrote: »
    Sour Chewits are still VERY much in production... I saw a load of them in a Centra just a few days ago!

    http://www.retrotuckshopsweetsdirect.co.uk/images/xsour%20tutti.jpg


    Don't think these are what you're after though.. I didn't think they were that old..

    These are what I was thinking of! Thanks.


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