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What were these sweets?

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Somatosensational · 31/12/2023 18:10

Trying to identify a boiled sweet.

They were like butterscotch, similar to Werther's Original but not. They were rectangular or possibly a trapezoidal prism 🤔and each one was individually wrapped in gold foil. There was possibly a picture of a cow involved.

Does anyone know?

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CrimsonElevenDelightPetrichor · 31/12/2023 18:14

Butterscotch

PollyOrange · 31/12/2023 18:16

Yep butterscotch tablets. Delicious

R00tat00tt00t · 31/12/2023 18:17

Yep, butterscotch, a favourite of my granny's.

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FadedRed · 31/12/2023 18:20

Callard and Bowser butterscotch sweets, came wrapped in gold paper, in a gold outer packet.

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Somatosensational · 31/12/2023 18:20

I know it was butterscotch but I'm trying to pin down the specific brand...

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Somatosensational · 31/12/2023 18:21

FadedRed · 31/12/2023 18:20

Callard and Bowser butterscotch sweets, came wrapped in gold paper, in a gold outer packet.

Sadly not that Sad

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R00tat00tt00t · 31/12/2023 18:22

Walkers?

Happynow · 31/12/2023 18:27

Keillers?

NannyR · 31/12/2023 18:28

Keillers - rectangular and gold foil but no cow.

tobee · 31/12/2023 18:28

NannyR · 31/12/2023 18:28

Keillers - rectangular and gold foil but no cow.

My favourite!

TomatoSandwiches · 31/12/2023 18:33

Buchanans?

MorningFresh · 31/12/2023 18:40

Barker and Dobsons? Merry Maid caramels?

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Somatosensational · 31/12/2023 18:40

They looked quite like Keillers but I'm pretty sure they weren't as I'm thinking of the early 90s and it looks like Keillers had disappeared by then?

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TheTecknician · 31/12/2023 19:15

Sounds like Werther's Original.

Onceuponaheartache · 31/12/2023 19:17

TheTecknician · 31/12/2023 19:15

Sounds like Werther's Original.

I agree, I remember the original werthers being rectangular

TheTecknician · 31/12/2023 19:21

Or Butter Dainties. I think Joseph Dobson made them.

EarringsandLipstick · 31/12/2023 19:28

Yes, Werther's Original were initially gold foil wrapped squares.

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Somatosensational · 31/12/2023 19:31

It definitely wasn't Werther's Original.

I think perhaps they were just some obscure brand, possibly from somewhere like Kwik Save/Netto, that doesn't exist anymore. Disappointingly!

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Newyearnamechangehere · 31/12/2023 19:38

Like these?

What were these sweets?
Allthestarsarecomingouttonight · 31/12/2023 19:44

McCowans highland toffee?

DoloresDoors · 31/12/2023 19:45

I agree on highland toffee!

caringcarer · 31/12/2023 19:45

Newyearnamechangehere · 31/12/2023 19:38

Like these?

These look like the Keiler butterscotch.

Chonkadoodle · 31/12/2023 19:47

Highland toffee has a cow.

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Somatosensational · 31/12/2023 19:48

Not really @Newyearnamechangehere. I remember them looking closer to gianduja.

Definitely not Highland toffee although I absolutely loved that. My dad used to buy me a bar every Saturday after we'd been swimming.

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Cherrysoup · 31/12/2023 21:01

Individual Highland toffees were my go to for painless loose tooth removal as a child. I know exactly the sweets the OP means, quite a strong smell as you unwrapped them, textured inside of the wrappers, but no idea on brand. I love butterscotch.