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Blackcurrant jelly babies are an abomination

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MatildaMovesMountains · 31/05/2025 13:05

.... and need to be abolished, along with pink French Fancies, decaff coffee and jammy red wine.

Prove me wrong.

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Gowlett · 31/05/2025 14:05

M&S Fondant Fancies, nicer that Mr Kipling!

GarlicMile · 31/05/2025 14:04

raspberrieswithchocolate · 31/05/2025 13:10

Turkish delight should also be abolished

God, I love Turkish delight! The posh stuff, though, not the pink jelly. You should be able to taste mastic, rose and nuts 😋

FreddoSwaggins · 31/05/2025 14:03

Down with French Fancies!!!

Yes to Jelly Babies!!

Applies to all colours of each, because I don't discriminate.

<scoffs smugly>

Gowlett · 31/05/2025 14:03

Green ones, no ta! Black ones are nice.

Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 31/05/2025 14:01

WaffleParty · 31/05/2025 13:59

I thought all Jelly Babies tasted the same!

Totally agree re decaf and jammy wine though.

I have no thoughts on French Fancies but come the revolution those Battenberg monsters will be abolished.

Go and buy a packet of jelly babies. Sample each colour. You will find out you are very much mistaken. You will also find out blackcurrant ones are simply the best.

NicolaCasanova · 31/05/2025 14:01

Don’t think I’ve ever had a blackcurrant Jelly Baby.

Pink French Fancies are the best.

Decaff can get in the (compost) bin.

WaffleParty · 31/05/2025 13:59

I thought all Jelly Babies tasted the same!

Totally agree re decaf and jammy wine though.

I have no thoughts on French Fancies but come the revolution those Battenberg monsters will be abolished.

Calling · 31/05/2025 13:52

O la la, how French are the Fancies, anyway? 👩‍🍳

MoominMai · 31/05/2025 13:40

@MatildaMovesMountains argh yes! Pink French fancies just taste of nothing except am intense sweetness no flavour completely pointless! Yellow ones yum! I really like the white winter ones they do at Xmas also. Though that said, the price of FF is shocking these days so been a few years!

slummymummy24 · 31/05/2025 13:38

ChompandaGrazia · 31/05/2025 13:10

When was the change from Fondant Fancies to French Fancies?

in the 70s!!

Dangermoo · 31/05/2025 13:27

ExquisiteSocialSkills · 31/05/2025 13:25

Except when it was cold (often in my Northern childhood) the chocolate used to shatter and fly off everywhere.

😆 🤣 😂

ExquisiteSocialSkills · 31/05/2025 13:25

Except when it was cold (often in my Northern childhood) the chocolate used to shatter and fly off everywhere.

Dangermoo · 31/05/2025 13:23

ExquisiteSocialSkills · 31/05/2025 13:22

Yes. I loved them. They took quite a lot of chewing, like the old Curly Wurly before reformulation. Which was a good thing.

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😂 oh yes, miss the chewy curly wurlies. Now it's ike sinking your teeth on a sponge.

B1anche · 31/05/2025 13:22

Joolsin · 31/05/2025 13:13

Correct order for eating all jelly-type sweets, ranked from "delicious" to "will only eat as there are no others left": black, red, orange, yellow and finally, green (bleugh).

So, op, YABVVU

This is the most sensible post I've ever read on here.

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MatildaMovesMountains · 31/05/2025 13:22

Dangermoo · 31/05/2025 13:22

Blackcurrant jelly has some pizzazz yet I find strawberry bland. I wonder if it's the rich colour of blackcurrant that makes it appealing? 🤔

The colour may be appealing, but the taste is appalling.

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Toddlerteaplease · 31/05/2025 13:22

The green ones are the best. Ditto fruit pastilles

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MatildaMovesMountains · 31/05/2025 13:22

What about those sweets that combine chocolate and liquorice? Is hanging too good for them?

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Dangermoo · 31/05/2025 13:22

Blackcurrant jelly has some pizzazz yet I find strawberry bland. I wonder if it's the rich colour of blackcurrant that makes it appealing? 🤔

ExquisiteSocialSkills · 31/05/2025 13:22

Dangermoo · 31/05/2025 13:17

Do you remember the gorgeous coloured Toffos? I can't think if there was one flavour I didn't like.

Yes. I loved them. They took quite a lot of chewing, like the old Curly Wurly before reformulation. Which was a good thing.

Bbq1 · 31/05/2025 13:21

ChompandaGrazia · 31/05/2025 13:10

When was the change from Fondant Fancies to French Fancies?

Hasn't it been French Fancies with Mr Kipliing for years?

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MatildaMovesMountains · 31/05/2025 13:20

AllPlayedOut · 31/05/2025 13:19

YABVVU. Blackcurrant is the best flavour of any sweet.

shudder

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MatildaMovesMountains · 31/05/2025 13:19

ChompandaGrazia · 31/05/2025 13:10

When was the change from Fondant Fancies to French Fancies?

After the French revolution?

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AllPlayedOut · 31/05/2025 13:19

YABVVU. Blackcurrant is the best flavour of any sweet.

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MatildaMovesMountains · 31/05/2025 13:19

CharlotteBakewell · 31/05/2025 13:18

I always try and snaffle the yellow ones before anyone realises!

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That's it, I'm calling our engagement off. Sneakypants.

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Matildatoldsuchdreadfullies · 31/05/2025 13:18

All jelly babies are good jelly babies (unless Haribo). This is a scientific FACT. Blackcurrant jellies babies are the best, but I do accept this is currently (currantly?) unproven. I am, however, prepared to carry out extensive scientific research into this.