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Favourite sweet - probably if you’re over 40

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AnotherDrearyDayInParadise · 06/02/2019 21:44

DP & I have just been reminiscing about 1/2p sweets & sweets in the 70s in general.
Favourites were :
Black Jacks
Rosy apples
Fruit Salads

Bars of highland toffee that you had to break into pieces

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bialystockandbloom · 06/02/2019 23:48

Pacers!

Longdistance · 06/02/2019 23:48

Sweet peanuts. Used to get a quarter weighed out into the paper bag 😋

BettyBooJustDoinTheDoo · 06/02/2019 23:49

Ooh yes the shrinking crisp packet phenomenon, all the rage at my school, who knew that that would be the actual size of your average packet of crisps in 2019!

Favourite sweet - probably if you’re over 40

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MawkishTwaddle · 06/02/2019 23:50

Ooh, and Candy Sticks sweet cigarettes. I can taste them now!

seething1234 · 06/02/2019 23:50

I only googled Postman Pat sweets last week I got a mad longing for them

MawkishTwaddle · 06/02/2019 23:51

God, sweet peanuts. I loved them.

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AnotherDrearyDayInParadise · 06/02/2019 23:51

I wrote to Nestle because I was convinced they had changed the recipe in Topic.
I was convinced in the 70s they had cherries in them.
I didn’t get a reply

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DanceBreak · 06/02/2019 23:52

Ice cups were 2p where I used to get my 10p mix. A luxury item.

The cold thing is weird. When reminiscing with friends i remembered a chocolate bar called Zero which was cold in middle. Exh says not possible.

MawkishTwaddle · 06/02/2019 23:52

Look here! cool website

MawkishTwaddle · 06/02/2019 23:53

I think you’re thinking of the Cabana bar, OP.

Crunched · 06/02/2019 23:54

Wilco Mints

MawkishTwaddle · 06/02/2019 23:55

I loved Shrimps too.

My entire childhood revolves around procuring sweets, or procuring cash to buy sweets Grin

MawkishTwaddle · 06/02/2019 23:56

Ooh, toffee crumble!

Pinkkahori · 06/02/2019 23:57

That website reminded me of Satin Pillows or were they Cushions. I loved those too.

Redshoeblueshoe · 06/02/2019 23:59

Flying saucers. I rarely eat sweets, and a couple of years ago I was helping on a sweet stall, I ate too many flying saucers I was as high as a kite Grin

DanceBreak · 07/02/2019 00:03

Great website

Otterseatpuffinsdontthey · 07/02/2019 00:03

Lots of favourites already mentioned.
Rhubarb Rock
Wagon Wheels
Callard & Bowser creamline toffees
Fry's 5 Centre
Duncan's Hazelnut Chocolate

halfwitpicker · 07/02/2019 00:06

Sasparellas
Yorkshire Mix
Rhubarb and custards

AuntieOxident · 07/02/2019 00:09

Spangles Old English flavours.
Callard and Bowser’s nougat, coated in rice paper.
Barley sugar twists.
(I thought Topics used to have glacé cherries in them too, Another)

Redpriestandmozart · 07/02/2019 00:09

Spanish Tobacco
Gold Rush
Spangles
Sherbert Pips
Cherry Lips
Cola Cubes
Foam Bananas
Foam Shrimp
Chocolate Tools
White sweetie mice

AuntieOxident · 07/02/2019 00:12

And those toffee balls that were white on the outside, coated in a layer of powdered sugar.

RedPandaBear · 07/02/2019 00:16

Wham bars and quirks Smile

MashedSpud · 07/02/2019 00:18

Jaw breakers, the colour change ones that were huge and took ages to suck down to the bubble gum and golf balls I think they were called, smaller than jaw breakers and had raised bumps all over them.

zen1 · 07/02/2019 00:22

Jellyfoam mushrooms
Fizz gongs (complete choking hazard- they used to take up your whole mouth and were pink or yellow)
Chocolate candy cigarettes