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Can I have a quarter of...

317 replies

BitSilly · 21/09/2025 17:45

chewy cola cubes!

I'm just off to the corner shop, can I get you anything?

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UnctuousUnicorns · 21/09/2025 18:44

Strawberry laces and cola bottles (the chewy sweets, not the drink!). Ta vm. 👍🙂

ApolloandDaphne · 21/09/2025 18:45

Chewing nuts for me please.

booksnbaking · 21/09/2025 18:45

MamaBobo · 21/09/2025 18:26

Clarnico Mint Creams please and some Chelsea Whoppers. I’ll tip my piggy bank out when you get back.

Whew, Clarnico, there’s posh!

Old English Spangles, please. And a quarter of Liverpool Mints. (Still waiting for someone to confirm these actually existed outside my crystal-clear recollection of them, around the late 60s?? Like Everton Mints but longer, with red and white stripes obv.)

UnctuousUnicorns · 21/09/2025 18:45

Oh, and some cinder toffee too, please.

stample · 21/09/2025 18:46

Aniseed balls and blackjacks please!

gingercat02 · 21/09/2025 18:47

Liquorice and Blackcurrant

QueensCafe · 21/09/2025 18:47

Mint toffees please.

TheExcitersblowingupmymind · 21/09/2025 18:47

Pineapple cubes and barley sugar please and a wee bag of smush.
Thank you.

whereisthatcathidingnow · 21/09/2025 18:48

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Funnywonder · 21/09/2025 18:48

White bonbons or Riley’s Chocolate Toffee Rolls (an NI thing - long gone, much missed)

Antimimisti · 21/09/2025 18:48

Cola roller balls please (the ones that looked like ball bearings). I know the silver stuff was found to be toxic, but I don't care.

WhamBamThankU · 21/09/2025 18:49

Choc lick

Gliblet · 21/09/2025 18:49

The white chocolate mice or skulls with the day-glo red 'strawberry' goo in the middle. Or rum balls.

Yodeldodeldo · 21/09/2025 18:50

Midget gems, pineapple chunks, cola cubes and aniseed balls.

I wish I'd looked after me teeth

StoorieHoose · 21/09/2025 18:50

Cherry lips and floral gums please

Davros · 21/09/2025 18:51

Milk bottles, the chewy ones covered in powder, not the crap imitations available now
Lucky bag
Couple of chocolate tools, maybe the paint brush and spanner but any will do

24Dogcuddler · 21/09/2025 18:51

Lemon Bon bons please

Most of these retro cravings can be found on this brilliant site. They sell something called chewing nuts sound like the chocolate ones mentioned by some PPs.
Great nostalgic thread OP thanks.

https://www.aquarterof.co.uk/

StoorieHoose · 21/09/2025 18:51

booksnbaking · 21/09/2025 18:48

Can I add many some Caramac bars, please?

Just looked up Chelsea Whoppers. Oh my.

The Chelsea Whoppers aren’t as good as they used to be and cost about £2!!!!

SukiPook · 21/09/2025 18:51

Clove rock, yum

CuppaWhiteTea · 21/09/2025 18:52

Lemon sherbet crystals and toffee crumble please

SukiPook · 21/09/2025 18:54

BitSilly · 21/09/2025 18:15

Chewing nuts?

Or have I just made that up

Yes, they were my dad's fave, they are lovely. I think he lost a filling eating them once though

TheExcitersblowingupmymind · 21/09/2025 18:55

booksnbaking · 21/09/2025 18:48

Can I add many some Caramac bars, please?

Just looked up Chelsea Whoppers. Oh my.

They're very disappointing to the ones we had as children (70s kid)

booksnbaking · 21/09/2025 18:55

StoorieHoose · 21/09/2025 18:51

The Chelsea Whoppers aren’t as good as they used to be and cost about £2!!!!

Edited

2.49 to be exact, or 4 interest-free payments of £0.62. 😆

TheExcitersblowingupmymind · 21/09/2025 18:56

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Smush was the bits from the bottom of the jars of boiled sweets.

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