I'm going to the sweet shop to buy a quarter of...

[WildRosie]

...strawberry sherbets, or Yorkshire Mixture. But they make one's mouth sore so I might have to get some toffees - mint, treacle or rum butter - to scoff afterwards.

What will you have from the sweet shop ? Don't worry about the cost, or your teeth. MNHQ is picking up the shop and dental bills for everyone.

Coals from Newcastle which turned your mouth black and Crispetts for me please.

Sherbet pips

Sherbet lemons and flying saucers..

Theres a sweet shop near me that has shelves full of all of these, i kid you not! In the Summer theres a queue down the street..

I wish Callard and Bowser toffees were still with us. Walker's Nonsuch are quite good but no substitute. Likewise, Toffos were great and conveniently packaged in roll form.

@Fedupsotired

Pineapple cubes please!

Ooh, I'd forgotten about those 😁

Here ya go, a bit of my local sweet shop ..
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I’ve found them 😃

Grays Traditional Retro Chewy Sweet Coconut Tea Cakes 500g www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07GNN8LFK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_i_FT9WTKQF16TCJRCHYYV7?psc=1&_encoding=UTF8&tag=mumsnetforu03-21

Let's make it that I'm ten years old so that we can have the proper old style recipes, and I can eat them without worrying about what's in them. I'd like:
Midget Gems
Floral Gums
Sweet Peanuts
Strawberry bon bons

I too have a shop nearby that sells this stuff, but either the sweets or my taste buds are not the same.

@DahliaMacNamara

Let's make it that I'm ten years old so that we can have the proper old style recipes, and I can eat them without worrying about what's in them. I'd like: Midget Gems Floral Gums Sweet Peanuts Strawberry bon bons

I too have a shop nearby that sells this stuff, but either the sweets or my taste buds are not the same.

There's probably less sugar and nasty additives and colourings these days.

My brother liked midget gems but, to me, they were just a fun-size version of wine gums, which I considered to be very grown-up at the age of eight!

Ooh cough candy and little men (think they were officially tiny tots) please!

Chocolate limes
Winter Mixture
Sherbet Pips

Kola Kubes! Or pear drops if there are no Kola Kubes today.

Sherbet flying sauces and pear drops please!

I really want;

Rainbow crystals
Several traffic light lollies
Chocolate lick
Lots of those toffees with the swirly shape in the middle
Cola bottles

Thanking you in advance for my weight gain

Ooh, @LadySpratt, I remember the Pink Panther bars, they were lovely.

Lemon bonbons

Sweet peanuts, liquorice and blackcurrant. Chocolate limes.

Oh my word.

Pear drops or Cola Cubes.

But we had some orange/red/yellow fish sweets in a jar around 1969-1970. They used to stick together. It was a school treat to be given them. I've never seen them since or heard anyone mention them.

Mint Cracknel, Ice Breaker and Old Jamaica chocolate (gave me a rum addiction in later life).

Pineapple cubes please. I ordered some online during lockdown and they were awful. They were tasteless, soggy and not nice

Can you also get me some chocolate limes? I’m hoping the chocolate in them hasnt been replaced with palm oil nastiness

Acid drops

Jazzies! Every post brings back a memory of the flavor, color and texture of them all!

Lemon bonbons
Jazzies
Coconut mushrooms

Peanut brittle can't have it any more as my fillings would fall out.

Cinnamon lozenges.
Got me through long Sunday church services back in the 80s. They were like polo mints, it was acceptable to quietly offer them around at church and suck one throughout the service!

Otherwise floral gums for me please.

I can see my childhood sweet shop in my mind now.

Choc nibbles
Lemon bon bons
Yorkshire mix
Floral gums
Chocolate mice
Icy cups
Sweet peanuts
Barley sugar
Coconut mushrooms

Midget gems
Potefract cakes
Cough candy twist