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!

[Lindy2]

White chocolate fish and chips were my favourite. 3p each 😀

[Kool4katz]

Gobstoppers
Liquorice torpedoes
Sherbert dips
Stick of rock from Skeggy
2oz Sherbert lemons in a paper bag

[namechangedtoday15]

These are ones that havent been mentioned so far
Jaw breakers
Cough candy twists
Drumstick lollies
Wham bars (chewy sweet, not chocolate)
Dip dabs
Blackcurrant & liquorice sweets
Chocolate limes

[epicclusterfuck]

Rainbow drops
Jelly snakes
Toffee bonbons
Mint cracknell

[Omgineedanamechange]

Palma violets, sherbet dib dabs, midget gems.

[Inforapenny65]

Don’t forget sweet peanuts, curly wirlys and golden wonder crisps😊

[DramaAlpaca]

Midget gems were my favourites.

[TooTrueToBeGood]

Not exactly a sweet but add Creamola Foam to the list.

Oh and sherbet fountain and Toffos.

[girlandboy]

Liquorice fountain. Rainbow crystals (Kayli). Space Dust. Pineapple cubes. Mint Cracknel. Caramac.

Yum!

[KokoandAllBall]

Here, steal some ideas from this www.aquarterof.co.uk/personalised-1970s-decade-sweets-from-fabulous.html

[JaneJeffer]

Bullseyes

[KokoandAllBall]

It's a lot of chews though. I barely touched chews in the 70s, except for multi flavour toffo's, and pacers, and orange chewits. All three have gone now

[KokoandAllBall]

Shrimps, white choc mice, the chocolate discs with sprinkles on, chewy fried eggs, and sweet cigarettes if anyone still dares make them!

[MrsJayy]

Gold nuggets chewing gum and chocolate cool cups and potatonpuff crisps I hope your mum loves her present

[madeyemoodysmum]

Foam bananas shrimps

[MrsJayy]

What were those chocolate disks with the hundreds and thousands called ? Well them

[SmiledWithTheRisingSun]

Pear drops.

[plus3]

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

[missmapp]

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

[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!

[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 :)

[SoapOnARoap]

Chocolate Tools
Space Dust
Traffic light lollies
Fruit Salad

[MNOverinvestor]

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

[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