If you were a child in the 70s...

[Tisfortired]

What were your favourite sweets?

It's my mums 50th birthday next week and I am doing little sweetie bags for her surprise party.

I want to include retro sweets she would have loved when she was a child, so far I have

Liquorice torpedos
Flying saucers

And then I'm stuck!

[Tisfortired]

This is brilliant thank you everybody! There are a few that I've heard my mum mention (floral gums being one! I remember her giving me once and thought they were disgusting!)

From this list I've got a list of all the ones that are still made and am going to the retro sweet shop today to see what I can get.

Thank you again!

[blackdoggotmytongueagain]

I am dying. Those fecking banana and shrimp foam things were rank.

[primoestate]

Revels
Frys peppermint cream
Poppets
Raspberry ruffles
Old Jamaica chocolate

[PaulMorel]

Refresher chews is one of my favorites. This bring back my childhood days.

[JaneJeffer]

I'm surprised any of us still have a roof on our mouth!

[Glaciferous]

Horlicks tablets. God, I could have eaten a ton of those.

[hairypaws]

Pear drops, mint toffos and refreshers. Also liked animal bars and mushrooms (pink foamy things) plus absolutely loved Chelsea whoppers.

[CoffeeAndToffee]

Brandy balls
Clove rock
Sherbet fountain
Drumsticks
Midget gems
Strawberry bonbons
Chewy cinnamons
Toffee nuts

[MrsJayy]

Kola cubes i loved a kola cube

[ScreamingValenta]

Cola rollerballs. They looked like ball bearings as they were silver.

[MrsJayy]

I love floral gums a shop near me used to sell them then they sold up and took the floral gums with them

[Shesaysso]

Floral gums, Cherry lips. Skeleton bones in a plastic coffin (!!)

[Cistersaredoingitforthemselves]

I am 50 in three weeks

I loved UFOs and Kaylai ( not sure how it is spelt) - for 2 ( new) pence we got a small paper cone and a lolly to dip in what was coloured sugar! Teeth rotting stuff

[Starlight345]

Not s sweet as such but bubbly’s

[MrsJayy]

Jazzles! thank you i think the horlicks sweets were called Malties my gran used to eat them

[missmouse101]

Ooh, whistle pops! Anyone remember the little tubes of horlicks sweets too? Sweets with hundreds and thousands on were jazzies....

[MrsJayy]

You used to get chocolate tobacco talk about sublimimal messages kids you will smoke

[MNOverinvestor]

They still sell the 'chocolate' cigarettes... in exactly the right packaging (Bazooka, so looking at you for changing yours) www.retrotuckshopsweetsdirect.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=821

[MNOverinvestor]

Caramac, Spangles, chocolate cigarettes (the chocolate bit was a joke, grainy nonsense but so evocative) Bazooka gum (had little transfer tattoos in them).

[SoapOnARoap]

Chocolate Tools
Space Dust
Traffic light lollies
Fruit Salad

[CharBar39]

www.aquarterof.co.uk/personalised-1970s-decade-sweets-from-fabulous.html

Not sure if this would work out more expensive, but take a look for some ideas :)

[MrsJayy]

I fell in the school playground and choked on a spangle I was in primary 5 and my short life flashed before me the playground lady probably saved my life!

[missmapp]

I was so upset when I ate a pacer and my t shirt didn't turn stripy like the advert !!!

[plus3]

Pacers !! Thank you & yes to the chocolate with hundreds & thousands on them

[SmiledWithTheRisingSun]

Pear drops.