Retro Sweets

Jesus I remember them well! I got a big 10p coin and went straight back in and bought some more.:D
Loved Texan, the chewiest most yummiest bars. Striker and Dracula ice lollies. Peggy's leg another good one.
There was another bar but can't remember what it was called. It was really chewy, like a mix between
toffee and fudge but was covered in peanuts. Spangles, Cinder Toffee, YUM!!:D I remember when Mars Bars
had the thickest chocolate on the top and Rolos had real thick chocolate on the bottom. Mars Bars sure don't
taste as good as they used to:(

Ann22 wrote: »

There was a bar out in the late 70s called Nutty. It was loads of peanuts all welded together by fudgy stuff. the wrapper was orange and transparent.I remember my mam and dad would go out on a Thurs night and would leave us a pound to spend between us, nutties were the bar of choice for a good while.

Yep that was them, ooh they were filling too. Another that comes to mind were these little sweets like skittles. Something like toots I think they were called, you'd get three for a penny or thereabouts. God you'd get a lot of sweets for a pound back then Anne. A drink, crisps, bars, ice lolly and loads of penny stuff. I remember when Tayto were only 5p :eek: Jeez the price of a bag now :eek:

Ann22 wrote: »

I know Appleblossum! For one pound we would get a big bottle of cadet coke, 4 packets of crisps and 4 bars starting off then as the prices rose we just ended up with the mineral and crisps. After the Nutties craze, we got Cadbury's Caramel bars, I too remember Tayto being 5p, Ricki Rasper ice pops (very young when these were out) being 3p and Polp mints being 5p.
When I was about 10, I was given 50p to spend on a Saturday. My friend and I would go up the town. I'd get an ice pop, a bun, sweets of some kind and a ping pong ball to play with on the way home:).

Yep,a little went a long way years ago. Bars have gotten smaller and more expensive,crisps are mad prices now(Rancheros=65c!!!!!). A tenpenny mixture probably costs a Euro now!

dubh101 wrote: »

I remember 3p for tayto,and if you were hard up 2p would buy you a bag off mr.spuds crisps(dont think they were around for long).I must be older than you lot.:D

Ah now I remember Mr Spuds too.;) Weren't they crinkly or maybe I'm mixing them up. Anyhow yep definitely remember them, actually prefered them.:D

Appleblossom42 wrote: »

Ah now I remember Mr Spuds too.;) Weren't they crinkly or maybe I'm mixing them up. Anyhow yep definitely remember them, actually prefered them.:D

I wonder are you thinking off sam spudz? Which were later?Dont rememder Mr Spuds being crinkled,lol only remember getting them from the school tuc shop.

lord lucan wrote: »

Yep,a little went a long way years ago. Bars have gotten smaller and more expensive,crisps are mad prices now(Rancheros=65c!!!!!). A tenpenny mixture probably costs a Euro now!

Bars haven't gotten smaller, we've gotten bigger! BULLS**T!

Chris1966 wrote: »

One I'm trying to find but can't are KP Crunchos, hot dog flavour. Beautiful!

They don't make them anymore i'm afraid.
The closest you'll get to them are the nik naks purple packet.
You can get a 10 pack in most €2 shops, and can get them in Dunnes too.

Bearhunter wrote: »

You must be the same vintage as me. I remember Mr Spud (non-crinkled, slightly less flavoured than Tayto). Wasn't much option back then, Tayto, Mr Spud, Perri, King (which always seemed more burned than Tayto) and Pub crisps, which my uncle used to buy me in the pub. And I don't rmeember any other flavours that Cheese and Onion or Salt and Vinegar.

Mr Spud not familiar to me surprisingly 'cos I've been around for a fair while. Remember when Sam Spudz used to have the wee comic strip story on the packet?:)...King crisps did taste a bit burned and sometimes the edges were black. My granny and uncle from Cavan would always bring them for us when they were visiting.

abouttobebanned wrote: »

pick your fav!!

Is that in Killarney by any chance? Looks familiar. I used to love going to visit my granny in Cornwall as a kid, in her village there was an amazing little sweet shop and they measured out scoops of sweets into little brown triangular bags. The walls were lined with glass jars of sweets so lovely.
I miss those chalky chite sticks that were like cigarettes. Also those chalky violet ones that came in a tiny tube, anyone remember them? They had a wierd almost synthetic perfumey taste to them.
I'm been smiling from ear to ear reading this thread, it's funny how emotionally attached you become to the little things in life.

Thomas828 wrote: »

and Um Bongo...

Sapsorrow wrote: »

Also those chalky violet ones that came in a tiny tube, anyone remember them? They had a wierd almost synthetic perfumey taste to them.
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Would it be these

http://www.sweetieworld.co.uk/images/sweets/20070712120231007_m/Retro_Sweets/Parma_Violets.jpg

Have some of these at home. You can get them in Swizzels Matlow bags of sweets called Bumper Bag that is sold in lots of €2 shops and Tesco. Bag has Love Hearts, Refresher Bars, Drumsticks and other sweets in it too

The ad for Catch went like this......

Catch it if you can
On the outside is chocolate
And underneath the chocolate
is
crispy

Catch it if you can
There's more to tell
With the crispiest creamiest caramel

First there's crispy
Then there's creamy

CATCH!

Cant believe it all just came back to me as well!!