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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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GlitterPixie · 27/05/2019 19:56

McDonald’s caramel sundaes

miagerbies · 27/05/2019 19:56

Muller strawberry champagne corners, it was champagne and strawberry yogurt with the side of cocoa biscuits, they also did a mint one, they were beautiful!

cookiechomper · 27/05/2019 19:57

KitKat Senses are different to the ones they used to make. They were a bit like a more solid Kinder bueno.

BadgerBadgerMushroom · 27/05/2019 19:57

@ellabella I was going to say Sara Lee chocolate gateau! There's just no alternative that tastes the same.

NabooThatsWho · 27/05/2019 19:59

Phileas Fogg tortilla chips, especially the black bag. Lovely and spicy. I used to nick them off my dad.

Also, bacon 5ives. Think they were only ever sold in N.Ireland, they were 5p a bag. Rollers and Exy-Ozys were lovely too.

PepsiLola · 27/05/2019 19:59

I used to love galaxy caramel swirls, they were in a bag and came individually wrapped, basically round chunks of galaxy caramel... used to buy them in woolies

Em308 · 27/05/2019 20:02

Beer bottles
Spangles
Coconut boost
Heinz celery soup

DareDevil223 · 27/05/2019 20:05

Green & Blacks used to do dark chocolate cereal/fruit and nut bars. They were incredible. I still miss them, and they used to do cherry dark chocolate and stopped making it for some reason. I've never found a chocolate that I like as much as that one.

Marinkazurie · 27/05/2019 20:12

The strawberry pigs were good too, though my heart belonged to the fondant mice. I think they were discontinued 2 or 3 years ago.

No!!! I used to always get these at the pick'n'mix.

PivotPivotPivottt · 27/05/2019 20:12

Stravapalava

Had a look but don't see them! I googled them and saw some advertised for eBay and the packaging is the same as what the shop I mentioned had advertised. I'm guessing they are some sort of imitation or something Confused

ConfusedandContrary · 27/05/2019 20:14

Thank you, BollocksItshappenedagain. I'll try those.

BollocksIsTheWord · 27/05/2019 20:18

Mc Donalds triple cheese burgers and curly fries circa ‘99 /00 .

And also a hot crunch type dessert which was like custard and a crunchy topping

origamiunicorn · 27/05/2019 20:20

Cadbury's Spira. You could use them as a straw.

There's been plenty of campaigns trying to bring them back but apparently Cadbury's no longer have the machine Confused

Clutterbugsmum · 27/05/2019 20:21

Not much but the 2 that we still look for are, Knorr used to do a Jerk 'stir in' paste for chicken which we liked, it was in a small jar and Blue Dragon lemon sauce.

Runoutofpatoence · 27/05/2019 20:22

KFC black cherry milkshake
Turkey Twizzlers
Sara Lee gateaus
Body Shop Ananya range
Flyte bars
Pecan ice-cream
Chocolate covered macadamia nuts
Iceland Apple Crumble slices (Can't remember what they were called , came out for one Christmas and never saw them again)
Banana filled frozen doughnuts ( again can't remember what they were called or who made them but you stuck them in the microwave for a couple of minutes)

Chinks123 · 27/05/2019 20:22

Lime crusha!! I’ve been dreaming of it for years Sad

Gorillaandme · 27/05/2019 20:22

Cadbury Dream 😕 I don't know why they have never brought it back.

AJPTaylor · 27/05/2019 20:26

Banjo bars.

AngelOfDeathNix · 27/05/2019 20:31

Zzap ice cream lollies
Toffee penny lollies
Findus cheese crispy pancakes (the ones now are NOT the same)
Panda Pops - green cola was always the best!
Tab clear

xsquared · 27/05/2019 20:36

Jalapeño flavoured Kettle chips
Snowflake bar
Marble bar
Findus crispy pancakes
Rectangular lemon puff biscuits

Faybaline · 27/05/2019 20:36

Gypsey cream biscuits
Cherry brandy and cider barrel ice lollies
Dark chocolate mars bars
Aztec bars
Sweet coconut tobacco
Cadbury ye old Jamaica rum chocolate
Sherbet that turned your fingers yellow
And real black jacks that turned your tongue black

Squiff70 · 27/05/2019 20:36

The main one for me is Blue Dragon Crispy Noodles. My mum used to cook them in the deep fat fryer when doing a Chinese and they used to puff up into crunchy little twirly things. I've craved them for the last 20-odd years!

IggyAce · 27/05/2019 20:38

Pyramint they were lovely but my mum would only buy me one as a special treat.

Fuse bars and coconut boost.

Chicken tonight used to do a lovely lemon paste, it was gorgeous and was gutted when we couldn’t find it anymore.

KenDoddsDadsDog · 27/05/2019 20:40

You can buy still Fanta in 5 Guys
I miss Prawn Cocktail Quavers. Have to stock up in Cyprus on holiday.

ToEarlyForDecorations · 27/05/2019 20:51

Sunpat cheese spread in a jar. It was orange .

Delicious wasn't it ?

Ritz Thins is what I miss now, salt and vinegar flavour. Recently discontinued - boo.

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