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Discontinued foods or items you miss?

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anitagreen · 27/05/2019 18:04

Posted a thread of what were treats growing up to you, and it was a really nice thread, got me thinking what foods now can't you buy that you used to love? Here are some of mine..
Milky Bar Chews
Those plastic drinks with the funny lid you twisted of,
Panda pops
Frufoo yogurts
Turkey Twizzlers
Dream Bar

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Notonaschoolnight · 27/05/2019 22:12

Similar to a Sara Lee only about £1 in B&M

Discontinued foods or items you miss?
stayathomer · 27/05/2019 22:13

Sparklers ( orange ice lolly)
Toffos
Rolos ( they changed the taste somewhere along the way!!)
Charles Worthington Unbelievably clean detox shampoo ( as others say above about different things, nobody has heard of this!!)
Molten brown artic ice something or other-got a pressie of it and when I went to the shop to buy it they said it was limited edition and no one had heard of it!
The original Gucci perfume
Nivea Aqua ( before they changed it to aqua sensation and messed with the consistancy)
Rimmel Wake me up foundation ( again they've messed with the consistency!)

ohhelpohnoitsa · 27/05/2019 22:13

Findus Lean Vuisine Zuccini Lasagne. Only frozen meal I have ever liked. I loved them.

ArabellaDoreenFig · 27/05/2019 22:16

Anyone else remember when Pot Noodle company made Pot Mash?! There was a curry flavour one that was the best junk food ever invented. I would pay a ridiculous amount of money to have just 1 more of those !

Heyha · 27/05/2019 22:18

@fadedred try Morrisons' for lemon puffs- I'm sure I've seen something similar if not the same in their biscuit aisle.

For me it's Secret chocolate bars, Bovril crisps and the Coop used to do an amazing margarita pizza, the one they do now is ok but not a patch on the one I had when I was a kid. I've never been a big eater but I could demolish one of them they were so nice!

ohhelpohnoitsa · 27/05/2019 22:19

icy weren't coconut boosts called Cadburys Cabana? Had cherries in too.

Guerlainista · 27/05/2019 22:21

Safeways breakfast yoghurts. They were little pots of slightly vanilla-ish yoghurt with muesli and dried fruit inside. They were SO good.

Spud U Like. It probably does exist somewhere in the UK (?) but it used to be everywhere in London in the 80s and I still miss it.

Moonshine. Extremely sugary purple drink popular in the 80s around the same time as Um Bongo and Five Alive. It was my packed lunch treat as a kid.

DevonshireDarling · 27/05/2019 22:22

Joosters sweets. Every now and then I get a craving for them Sad

Toddlerteaplease · 27/05/2019 22:23

Munch bunch wobblers. Milk/yoghurt jellies, they were amazing

Guerlainista · 27/05/2019 22:23

Sainsbury’s salmon tortelloni. It was one of my pregnancy cravings with DD. Disappeared around 2010. Boo!

mrscee · 27/05/2019 22:23

They sell lemon puff biscuits in poundstretcher and also the international food aisle in Tesco.

makingmiracles · 27/05/2019 22:23

Golden grahams, the proper ones, not the powdery shit like cinnamon Graham’s,

madderthenaboxofffrogs · 27/05/2019 22:24

Muller light blood orange and passion fruit yoghurts. Were a limited edition, tropical inspired.

So cruel to do as a limited edition, why?

PixieDust26 · 27/05/2019 22:26

Prawn cocktail wotsits!

Cherrysoup · 27/05/2019 22:27

@anitagreen do you mean these? Still available, at vast expense!

www.listerine.com/products/listerine-go/listerine-pocketpaks-oral-care-strips

Discontinued foods or items you miss?
floraloctopus · 27/05/2019 22:27

Boursin pepper cheese

mrscee · 27/05/2019 22:27

I used to get these cheese things from the vending machine at our swimming pool they were in a yellow packet they had a crunchy savoury biscuit/corn crisp twisty cross cross bit and then liquid cheese in the middle. They were so nice I don't know if I've just made this up or they were real😂

raspberrycordial · 27/05/2019 22:28

Tube a loops
United bars
Galaxy truffle eggs

Thismummyruns · 27/05/2019 22:32

Real Mountain Dew, the original one!!

Ivegotthree · 27/05/2019 22:35

Bitza Pizza crisps

MaryBoBary · 27/05/2019 22:35

Salt and vinegar quavers. They were the dream. I remembered about them about 2 years ago and couldn't find them. I emailed walkers to ask where sold them (I really liked those god damn crisps) and they told me they had been discontinued.

I can't really get over it.

Ivegotthree · 27/05/2019 22:36

Cheese and Tomato Pot Noodles (late 80s)

Ivegotthree · 27/05/2019 22:39

Spicy tomato Wotsits

FrownPrincess · 27/05/2019 22:42

Victory V gums
Horlicks tablets
Peanut flavoured puffs in small packets whose name I don’t remember - the only place I ever saw them was in the snack bar of our local swimming pool

MaryBoBary · 27/05/2019 22:47

@mawofthree I think there was also actual mini wotsits once - anyone remember those?

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