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Counters
My wife has been trying to remember the makers of a sweet called "counters"
They were made of milk chocolate and were similar to Cadbury's Buttons but smaller in size with a more polished appearence.
If anyone else can remember who made them it would also help to know if they are still available.....we beleive the packets were white,square shaped with either a kangaroo or Girrafe depicted on the front.
yours hopefully Mr&Mrs J.M.G
Posted on November 30, 2003
Nebo Creams
pink and white fizzy sweets called Nebo Creams
Posted on November 29, 2003
Toffee Twister ?
It was a boiled type sweet similar to the taste of a Werthers but twisted stick shaped about a foot long with a core of chocolate - I think they were called toffee twister but I could be very wrong. They were sold mid fifties, early sixties.
Posted on November 28, 2003
Ice Breaker
Ice Breaker?
I believe it was made by Cadbury's and appeared in the 1970's and also disappeared later that decade.
Milk Tray Bar - like Fry's Five Centres but they were chocolates from the Milk Tray collection fused into a bar.
PB
Posted on November 27, 2003
Milk Tray Bar
You can still get this in Australia. It's called Cadbury's Snack (no not the rubbish biscuit form here!).
Posted by: Kyla on September 27, 2006
Bobby's Bubblegum
Am I getting the name wrong? When I was at High School in the late 50'/early 60's I used to buy a bubblegum that I think was called Bobby's Bubblegum. It was an oblong pink piece with white dusting on it and the wrapper was white with green writing on and the name, and I think there was a picture on it too. It was the best bubblegum I ever tasted and seemed (well at the time at any rate!) to keep it's flavour really well. It was either 2 for a penny or a penny per piece. Does anyone know what happened to it, or even remember anything like my description? I went to school in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex and remember buying it at a little shop at the top of Kingston Lane just before the Old Shoreham Road.
Posted on November 26, 2003
Nutty bar
Hi, Nutty bar was great and was made by rowntree. It was discontinued in the mid eighties due to a drop in sales.
Many thanks G.
Posted on November 25, 2003
i would buy a whole box if they could be manufactured again.. ummmmmmm
Posted by: Justin on January 22, 2007
Milk Motoring
As a childhood favourite a few cubes of Milk Motoring whilst driving with relations completed a rare day out to the seaside.
I have not seen this chocolate bar consisting of fruit and biscuits for many years although substitutes are probably available.
Unsure as to who made Milk Motoring during the 1950's.
Do you have any information?
Kind regards
DS
Posted on November 24, 2003
Dime Bars
what ever happened to dime bars?
A chocolate covered praline with almond chips?
you could buy a hand sized bar and also bags of mini mouth sized bars
Regards N
Posted on November 23, 2003
dime bars..........remember them well,bought a big bag of them (mini size ones that is) at Ikea (of all places..are they swedish or something??)about a year ago...guess they still sell them...Nice!
Posted by: barry on September 19, 2006
DIME BARS ARE AROUND YOU FOOLS!!! I HAD ONE FOR LUNCH TODAY FAB AS ALWAYS!!!!! AND OF COURSE THEYR SWEEDISH I WONDER IF THEY SELL THEM IN IKEA!
Posted by: Georgie on February 1, 2007
Pacers
Hi
Just discovered your site - excellent. Re Pacers - I am old enough to remember they used to actually be called Opal Mints in the '60s.
GK
Posted on November 22, 2003
Yes, I remember them as 'Opal Mints' as well !!
Anyone remember the Pacer's ad ? ("Stripes ???", followed by 3 ascending tones/sounds as green stripes appeared on a white t-shirt (among other things).
Posted by: Steve H on August 20, 2006
Mint Cracknell
Mint Cracknell was a two piece bar a bit like todays Bounty My Mum would only ever buy one & my sister & I had to have half each. My ambition was to have a whole one to myself one day but by the time I had money of my own they had stopped making them! They DID cut your tongue tho' !
Posted on November 21, 2003
Dr. Death midnight chews
Do you know if I can still get Dr. Death midnight chews, I used to have them about 20 years ago.
Also I used to get the spanish tobacco in red wrappers can you get them still?
Thanks,
P
Posted on November 20, 2003
Magic Beans
I'm trying to find some sweets my parents used to buy for myself and my brother in the late seventies/early eighties. We think they might have been called magic beans. They were sold by the quarter with a semi-hard shell that would change colour until you got to a chewy, fruit flavoured middle.
Can't find them anywhere!
Thanks,
L
Posted on November 19, 2003
Chocolate bar that was a bit like Bounty?
What ever happened to the chocolate bar that was a bit like Bounty, with coconut, but had other bits in, like cherries? Can't remember the name! It had a blue wrapper, I think, it was lovely! C
Posted on November 18, 2003
If I remember correctly, the bar you are describing was called a "cabana" and as you rightly say it was delicious.
Posted by: sandra D on April 2, 2006
Maple Brazils
I no this is gonna sound daft but what did happen to maple brazils? They were nuts covered in a orangey hard coating that tasted nice! I used to chuck the nut, but they were my mums favorite and the only sweet she ever ate.
thank a lot JG
Posted on November 17, 2003
Tiffin
Can u still get Tiffin (was Cadbury's)and Golden Crisp chocolate bars?
Posted on November 16, 2003
Hello,
Yep, you can still get them; my wife is crazy about them although only in Ireland or USA.
I go frequently to Dublin and most shops have them.
Kind regards
Richard
Posted by: richard hall on March 17, 2007
Feathermint
I remember a chocolate bar, a bit like a cadbury's flake but it was peppermint - like a peppermint aero. It was called Feathermint and was probably around in the late 50's/early 60's.
Posted on November 15, 2003
A magnificent dream like bar. Best served with a cup of peppermint tea while watching Will and Grace
Posted by: Oli Smith on December 4, 2006
Fizzy Flying Saucers
Re the newspaper articles listing Fizzy Flying Saucers as "1970" sweets - they were out long before that. I remember buying 4 for a penny in 1952 - then they went up to an extortionate 2 for a penny.
Regards,
MJ
Posted on November 14, 2003
Cabana
Please can you find out who made, and what happened to Cabana's. They were milk chocolate bars with a moist coconut and cherry centre. The advert was brilliant too!!
Posted on November 13, 2003
Oh yeah, by theway I remember Hickory House, I think it had a character called Humphrey Cushion??
Posted by: fil on October 21, 2006
Splicer Bars
These were a chewy bars each one was all different colours. the advert used to show people from all walks of life including a policeman biting into a splicer and turning into all colours (just like the bar itself)
Posted on November 12, 2003
Don't other web sites keep calling this bar Striper?
Anyway didn't the advert on TV go something like..."Splicer is nicer....."?
Can't remember the rest, but can remember the chewy fruity bar itself, thought is was lovely, well I was about 7.
Posted by: rob on December 21, 2005
Splicer, another of my favs!
Sometime after they disappeared from the shops in the UK I went to Malta. I went into a small 7 - 11 type shop and guess what, they had Splicer bars! I bought them all! yummy
Posted by: Fred on January 25, 2007
Climpies Bonbons.
Please Please can you help??????
I am looking to buy Climpies Bonbons.
I was wondering if you could help me and let me know if you are suppliers?
Thanks
M
Posted on November 11, 2003
You can still get climpies, but you have to buy them in swizzel sweets variety packs.
Posted by: Captain Climpie on October 6, 2006
Coconut Mushroom Sweet
Whatever happened to the coconut mushroom sweet, with a single peanut in the centre?
They had a different flavour from the type that are currently available.. Perhaps it was the fat from the peanut!
Regards B.A.
North Yorkshire
Posted on November 10, 2003
We used to stock them - made by Laurel confectionery of Crook Co Durham - did not keep well - had to be sold quickly or the coconut went rancid - which was the reason we stopped selling them - firm ceased trading about 20 years ago
Posted by: David on December 1, 2006
chocolate bar called 'Secret'
Any idea which chocolate company it was that brought out a chocolate bar called 'Secret' in the early 90's?
Posted on November 9, 2003
What happened 2 it?!! Can u still buy them? xXx
Posted by: Roxi on April 30, 2006
It was Cadbury that made Secret bars and I loved them!!!
Posted by: sally on September 27, 2006
I have been after a secret bar for years since i was a kid, they were my favourite! i thought it was NESTLE that made them wasnt it? if anyone knows where u can get them plz let me know ASAP
Posted by: shazza on February 1, 2007
Pacers!! Where are Pacers??!!
They were around in the 80's. They were approximately the size of chewits with a unforgettable spearmint flavour.
Without Pacers, your website is incomplete.....
Posted on November 8, 2003
I agree it was only today I was talking about the good old pacer mint and how much i miss them and that they were really sneaky just stopping making them an all.
Bring them back!
They were great and you know whilst we're on the subject, change the name back from Starburst to opal fruits who cares what the rest of Europe call them and Marathons will never be snickers!
On a completely different angle Jif can never be Cif.
Posted by: liz bernard on March 9, 2007
Fizzle sticks?
Whaterver happened to fizzle sticks?
Posted on November 7, 2003
where are they gone.does anyone know where you can get them they were the tastiest thing ever. i remember my granny giving us 10p every week and we used to go to the shop and get a trigger bar(which are chomp bars now) and they were 7p and the fizzle-sticks were 3p. it was the best 10p i ever spent. so if anyone know where i can get my hands on some i would greatly appreciate it. thanking you all very much.
Posted by: sharina byrne on November 9, 2006
I have searched high and low for these, i last got some about 16 years ago, i used to spend all my pocket money on them often buying whole boxes.
They don't do them anymore, i have checked all the cash and carry's and sweet manufacturers but they stopped making them years ago.
I would love for these to be made again, i would buy hundreds of boxes and that's no exaggerating.
Posted by: Julie on November 21, 2006
My sister, brother and me would go to the ends of the earth for these if they re-appeared Wasn't it Swizzel Matlow who manufactured them? I too would buy them by the van load if i could find them.
Posted by: Fiona Melvin on February 3, 2007
I remember getting fizzle sticks on my way to school (way back when...). If anyone discovers them being made again I would love to know as I can see the stampede to get them. These come up in conversation with me & my friends every so often. Thanks.
Posted by: Sharon on February 19, 2007
we love em ,we want em, we gotta have some, so if you know where they are, get on your bike and get some and when you find some send some to me.
Posted by: tommy.b on March 19, 2007
what happened to Banjo?
I'm just wondering do you know what happened to Banjo? it was a twin chocolate bar (ie like a drifter).it was a wafer covered in chocolate and nuts.
Thankyou
SR
Posted on November 6, 2003
Banjo - wasn't this bar called Trophy first but renamed because it was swearing in another language????
Posted by: susi on August 7, 2006
Five Centre Bar
could you tell me where i can get a five centre bar as hubby likes them thanks!
Posted on November 5, 2003
Will Frys please start making Five Centre Bars again. Even after all this time, my family and I are suffereing from withdrawal symptoms.
Posted by: Lesley on January 24, 2007
Border Cream Eggs
Many years ago - more than I care to remember, one could buy a small, egg shaped chocolate in two halves.
They were made by Cadbury and were called Border Cream Eggs. The centre was available for a while in the Roses Assortment, but I don't know if it still is.
They were much, much nicer than those horrible over-sweet Creme Eggs that are now available.
Do you know what happened to them?
Yrs.
J.M.
Posted on November 4, 2003
Made as a companion line to creme eggs - we sold them in our shop - they were filled with a chocolate creme and were discontinued approx 10 years ago
Posted by: David on December 1, 2006
Frys Punch bar
Am interested to know if you have heard of Frys Punch bar - circa 1960.
It was a milk chocolate coating over toffee filling.
The bar was long and narrow with the an undulating top.
Know one else remembers it and I need confirmation that it did exist!
I have not seen it since the mid 60s
Posted on November 3, 2003
I remember! It was a favourite, seem to remember it came in a blue wrapping and the bar was shaped to divide into 5 pieces
Posted by: AndrewB on January 23, 2006
I remember Punch Bars in the late 1950s/early 1960s. I always seemed to get them in selection boxes at Christmas - I don't remember seeing them sold separately...
Posted by: R Bladen on June 15, 2006
At last somebody else remebers this. My memory is of a long bar with a fudge filling and a layer of soft toffee on top. It did not seem to be around for very long but I seem to remember it with a maroon wrapper with gold(?) writing along it. I didn't know it was made by Fry's.
Posted by: PhilB on September 11, 2006
Chocolate smoking sets
When I was younger we used to have chocolate smoking sets, cigars pipes etc all made from chocolate and wrapped in foil. Do you know where these are?
Posted on November 2, 2003
Wonka Bar
I was wondering if there was any such thing as a real life chocolate 'Wonka Bar'As per the film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory?
Thanks
A
Posted on November 1, 2003
lol...i remember them, yes they were from cadburys, me and my husband think!! x
Posted by: Mrs Mackay on September 19, 2006