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Best sweets ?

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custardbear · 15/05/2021 15:08

I bought some of those foamy shrimps and bananas from Asda last week - was really looking forward to them and DH ATE THEM ALL! 😵
So, I bought two packets yesterday! I am just sitting down with tea and bag of said foamy delights - goodness I forgot how amazing they are!
What's your sweet favourites?

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onlyhereforthefood · 15/05/2021 15:57

Jelly beans
Foam bananas
Gold bears
Maoam
Rhubarb and custard anything!

I miss tootie frooties

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custardbear · 15/05/2021 15:58

Toffo sweets were lovely too 🤩

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onlyhereforthefood · 15/05/2021 16:01

@custardbear yes, the mixed flavours ones!

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Serpenta · 15/05/2021 16:04

Back in the 80s there used to be lovely strawberry milkshake flavoured Postman Pat chews. You were a failure as a postman but you made good sweets, Pat.

ElderMillennial · 15/05/2021 16:06

I love these threads

And I love shrimps and bananas
Bubblegum turtles
Bubble gum bottles
Pencils
Sour belts
Refreshers
Drumsticks
Midget gems

ElderMillennial · 15/05/2021 16:06

Pear drops

ElderMillennial · 15/05/2021 16:07

Candy sticks (the soft ones that are weighed out)
Bonfire toffee

RumJerrySailorRum · 15/05/2021 16:08

Jelly Tots, although they have dicked about with the bloody shape of them which pisses me off.

I get travel sick so there is always a bag of boiled sweets in the car, currently Yorkshire Mixture.

And I'm rather partial to a packet of refreshers.

DH would say wine gums, in particular Maynards, every time. They are his absolute favourite.

BrownEyedGirl80 · 15/05/2021 16:08

The old full sugar rock hard,chewy Sports Mixture.

orkneyfudge · 15/05/2021 16:10

How do you order a pic 'n' mix????

I have been known (in normal time) to go to thr cinema and leave without seeing the film, with a bag of pic 'n' mix!

My faves are the white mice with the pink liquid (meant to be blood?) inside, white choc fish and chips, fruit salad, rhubarb & custard, bon bons- 80s child! I don't think anything tastes as nice anymore though.

Serpenta · 15/05/2021 16:10

I'm dubious of the character of anyone who would choose wine gums above all other sweets. They are clearly the worst sweets and have a cheek to even consider themselves sweets. Dreary little things.

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custardbear · 15/05/2021 16:21

@Serpenta

Back in the 80s there used to be lovely strawberry milkshake flavoured Postman Pat chews. You were a failure as a postman but you made good sweets, Pat.
😆
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custardbear · 15/05/2021 16:22

@RumJerrySailorRum

Jelly Tots, although they have dicked about with the bloody shape of them which pisses me off.

I get travel sick so there is always a bag of boiled sweets in the car, currently Yorkshire Mixture.

And I'm rather partial to a packet of refreshers.

DH would say wine gums, in particular Maynards, every time. They are his absolute favourite.

I was addicted to refreshers when pregnant - helped stop the nausea!
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Moirarose2021 · 15/05/2021 16:29

Love milk chews, over the moon a couple of weeks ago when saw them in my corner shop, bit like a pack of only the white part of drumsticks

Figgygal · 15/05/2021 16:30

Milk bottles
Think Lidl’s are the best

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custardbear · 15/05/2021 16:31

@orkneyfudge

How do you order a pic 'n' mix????

I have been known (in normal time) to go to thr cinema and leave without seeing the film, with a bag of pic 'n' mix!

My faves are the white mice with the pink liquid (meant to be blood?) inside, white choc fish and chips, fruit salad, rhubarb & custard, bon bons- 80s child! I don't think anything tastes as nice anymore though.

🤢 white mice blood!! 😮
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DaisyDreaming · 15/05/2021 16:32

Asda do great Dollymixtures. I love Haribo dragibus but hard to find them at a decent price in the uk

DinosaurDiana · 15/05/2021 16:32

I love Parma Violets and drumstick lollies, any of the old sweets really.
I used to love the cigarette sweets in a box, and weren’t there chocolate cigars in rice paper ?

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custardbear · 15/05/2021 16:32

I love dolly mixtures too - I feel a trip to asda coming up .... again 🤭

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DaisyDreaming · 15/05/2021 16:34

@orkneyfudge most picnmix is by Kansa King, you can buy it in bulk for the price of cinema pick n mix

I had forgotten about postman pat chews, did anyone ever buy them? I don’t remember anyone ever buying them and yet they were always in party bags!

pollywollydoodler · 15/05/2021 16:40

[quote DaisyDreaming]@orkneyfudge most picnmix is by Kansa King, you can buy it in bulk for the price of cinema pick n mix

I had forgotten about postman pat chews, did anyone ever buy them? I don’t remember anyone ever buying them and yet they were always in party bags![/quote]
An unfortunate name for a company!

Aldi Milk bottles
Pontefract cakes
Liquorice sticks
Cinder toffee

Peckish now...

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 15/05/2021 16:46

Percy Pigs. I haven’t had any for ages.

Potcallingkettle · 15/05/2021 16:49

Coltsfoot rock

BearSoFair · 15/05/2021 16:51

Jelly beans. Lidl ones especially!
Wine gums
Drumstick squashies, DD got some on the way home from school once and I think I ate more of them than her Blush

MamaWeasel · 15/05/2021 16:55

Flying saucers, crumble mints, sherbet fountains..... Grin

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