Angel Delight thread. Common or classic? Brilliant or boak?

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I had it this evening for the first time in, oh 150 years. (Had bought it thinking it might be good for camping, but forgot to take it)

We tried:
strawberry - meh
butterscotch - mmmmmm just as delicious as I remembered!

We never had it in our house when I was little (we were too intellectual for it you see) so I associate it with the weird ways of friends' houses. So - do people still actually eat it and on a scale of froot shoot to home-woven lentil, just how bad is it?

I love angel delight, it was always a childhood treat.

I still eat it as I don't have dc yet. Oh, it's lovely and creamy and delicious and cold.

mmmmmmmmm

Darn, I want Angel Delight now! grrr.

mmmmm - putting it on shopping list (dh will think I've lost the plot!)

I loved butterscotch instant whip as a kid.

I found sainsury's did a version the other day and bought it in glee, told dd that it was my favourite pudding when I was her age etc.

She didn't even like it . Silly child. DH and I polished it off instead.

So - am I right that butterscotch is the best?

Oh yes butterscotch is definitely the best.

Ah x-posted liath!

Ah, fab stuff. Banana and butterscotch every time. My mum used to make it in these little bowls and put chocolate chips in a smiley face on the top That's dd's pudding sorted for tomorrow

We have recently rediscovered Angel Delight after many many years. DD had never had it and asked what it was, so we bought some - Butterscotch obviously. It was yummy and rather moreish too! DD loved it

Was a special treat as a child and butterscotch was definitely a fave.Have never exposed DD (4yrs) to it-maybe I should.....

Yes DS was a bit less mindblown by it than I hoped. (Ate it all though)

butterscotch first,
then chocolate- as long as you whisk it fast and hard enough to make sure it's ALL whisked in
Strawberry

any other flavours are poncy own-brand fakes and are gross

Smash
Then Angel Delight

I didn't even know there was chocolate! Didn't see that when I bought mine.

Mmmm, it's lovely.

More of a Greggs sausage roll than a fruitshoot: naughty but yummy.

What is that a nostalgic meal hf?

Oh no now smash is a different matter entirely. Instant mashed potato? WHy??? I admit to feeling a bit superoir when watching Bodger and Badger (remember them eh? My best friend was recently at a wedding where Bodger also attended, but I digress) that we had real mash in our house

Banana is my favourite.

I've never liked smash at all, but Sainsbury's own brand instant mash is quite nice. I used to have that a lot as a student.

eww, banana is just foul Thunderduck!

aw nice. we used to make angel delight and share it into six every sunday night. then add a tinned peach slice for garnish.

I had it loads as a kid. Was the only thing my mum ever mixed in her food processor!

We thought we were well posh if it had tinned friut underneath

Think it's yuk now.

my mum and dad grew up during the war though, so this to them (and us) was space food in the 70s like orange appeal

I love it! Although recently I did give it to my kids who declared it "Yucky" and asked me for a "proper pudding"

I love butterscotch, brilliant for camping, for using up milk if we have 'too much' (that's my excuse)and with brandy and raisins. My kids have it as a treat and love it too, amused by my telling them how we were all expecting to live off food like that and to be flying around with jet packs on our backs by now!