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Help remembering these biscuits!!

  • 10-10-2013 07:11PM
    #1
    Wurly
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    Hi guys. Can anyone help me with the name of these biscuits. I used to eat them back in the 80's. The base was some variation of shortcake and the top was hard icing. The icing was three colours - pink, orange and brown.

    Does anyone know what i'm on about and does anyone know if they're still available?

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    SimonLynch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 424 ✭✭SimonLynch


    Iced Gems, the Mr Duffy shops in Limerick and Waterford had them recently. Sorry, reread OP,three colours of icing on the one biscuit? Different biscuit if so.


  • #3
    Faith
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 30,661 Mod ✭✭✭✭Faith


    I know the ones... Gah, the name is escaping me!

    They weren't Party Rings, were they?

    This is driving me mad. I remember eating them on my Communion!


  • #4
    Northern Monkey
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    Iced rings?

    https://www.google.ie/search?q=iced+rings+biscuits&client=safari&hl=en&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=7BVXUpCrKK3y7Aa_p4DACg&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAA&biw=768&bih=928&dpr=1#facrc=_


  • #5
    Layinghen
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    What shape were they? Circular or rectangular ?


  • #6
    Faith
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    Wait, I'm pretty sure they were called Iced Shorties!

    It's almost impossible to find a picture, but they're illustrated in this selection:


    Royal%2Bbiscuit%2Bselection%2B-%2Bwww.ShopCurious.com.jpg

    As far as I can tell, they're not available at all any more.


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  • #7
    gramar
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    I know the ones you mean but can't think of the name.

    Party rings and iced gems...that's taking me back. Serious dose of nostalgia with those.


  • #8
    Dizzyblonde
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    I think Faith is right, they were iced shorties.
    My favourites were iced gems, my grandmother used to buy them for me.


  • #9
    r3nu4l
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,392 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    Another vote for iced shorties here. I can still taste them in my mind. :) Absolutely delicious and the icing melted in the mouth. I wish they still made them.


  • #10
    Wurly
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    Faith!!! I love you!! You're right. Iced shorties are the ones!

    So, they don't make them anymore? :( The feckers. Why do they do these things to us? :(


  • #11
    Mellor
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    I think we had this thread before, can't remember the outcome, prob that they weren't available.


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  • #12
    FIRE
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    Another vote here for Iced Shorties, in fact Id put my house on it.

    Use to love scraping the icing off with my front teeth, :rolleyes: if only id have known the damage.


  • #13
    roweeeeena
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 141 ✭✭roweeeeena


    Foxes iced rings taste very similar, but in a ring shape. You can still get them! 61sDPOf-n2L._SL1500_.jpg


  • #14
    rubadub
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    ^^ those are showing in tesco.
    http://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=254921644

    This is they type of thing some €2 shops might have too.


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