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Spangles
A hard boiled sweet - several in a packet - shape and consistency of a tune (as in the cold sweets) but the colour of lucozade (i.e. not too orange but not too brown).
Posted on April 30, 2004
Rainbox Crystals
Rainbox Crystals
Multicoloured and flavoured sherbert crystal....
Posted on April 29, 2004
Pink Panther Bar
A pink candy chocolate bar which was absolutely delicious!
Posted on April 28, 2004
Anglo liquorice flavour bubble gum
Anglo bubble gum in liquorice flavor is the holy grail of sweets in my opionion I have hunted high and low for them......
Posted on April 27, 2004
Dweebs
Sour taste - little coloured balls..........
Posted on April 26, 2004
Newbury fruits
Flavoured jelly sweets coverd in sugar.
Posted on April 25, 2004
Any idea if they still make/ sell newberry sweets
Posted by: Emma on December 15, 2005
Are you sure they're not the same as the sweets now sold under the name York Fruits - my Gran calls those Newberry fruits.
Posted by: C. H on September 3, 2006
Is your Gran senile?
Posted by: zalien on March 10, 2007
Dan bar
Chewy bar with fizzing crystal things in it with a pic of Desperate Dan from Dandy on the front!
Posted on April 24, 2004
Orange Aero
sweet description: Aero bar with an orange filling. Haven't seen them for about 3 years...
Posted on April 23, 2004
Amazin Bar
The Amazin raisin bar had a soft nougat with raisins and covered in chocolate.
Posted on April 22, 2004
dream?
Chocolate mousse centre with a chocolate lattice covering....
Posted on April 21, 2004
Malt crumb
Malt crumb
Like choc lick but crushed maltesers - very yummy!!!
Posted on April 20, 2004
I miss malt crumb so so much! if anyone knows where I can get some please please please let me know! (and don't suggest mashing up malteasers cos ITS NOT THE SAME!)
Posted by: jimio on August 17, 2006
Does anyone know where to get choc lick with the maltesers in?
I used to have it at school 15 years ago, I have tried a few copies but none are the same!!!
Someone help
Posted by: donna benford on February 8, 2007
Tiffin Chocolate Bar
Cadburys Tiffin Chocolate Bar
Milk Chocolate with little bits of biscuit in....
Posted on April 19, 2004
These get revived every now and again by Cadburys usually as a special around Easter or other special occassions.
Posted by: Colin R on August 4, 2006
Golden cup
Milk chocolate segemented bar with caramel filling.
Posted on April 18, 2004
Metal Micky's Atomic Thunderbusters
V V V V Sour sort of bon bon things came in apple and lemon flavours had a really chewy centre......
Posted on April 17, 2004
Lemonade Rock
Boiled sweet, yellow outer layer, white inside with LEMON written all the way through, in red. Citric taste. Shaped as though a flattened bar of rock had been chopped up.....
Posted on April 16, 2004
Counters
Small disc shaped shiney chocolate drops, white packet with animals on it.....
Posted on April 15, 2004
Please can they bring back Galaxy Counters? aquarterof can you help?
Posted by: Tracy on June 19, 2006
Maybe now the guys in work will beleive me!!!!!!!
Fantastic!!!!!
Posted by: PB on September 28, 2006
haha, me too, couldn't remember the name, however remember the animals.
Defo taste better than Revels, although I do know why some people mention them in the same breath. And certainly nothing like Milky Way Stars, they're awful.
They where my fav, along with Smarties.
God I wish they where still produced, late 70s for me too.............hehe.
Brilliant.
Posted by: FD on January 16, 2007
At last - my husband thinks I'm mental. I remember these as well and they were gorgeous. Couldn't remember the name of them!! I wish they would bring them back - Minstrels are fab but think I prefer these!
Posted by: Wendy on March 9, 2007
Dark Anglo Bubblegum
It was anglo bubblegum but I think it was liqourice or dark in colour
...Dark anglo bubblegum?
Posted on April 14, 2004
would love to know where i could buy the anglo dark - maybe liquorice bubblegum, is there anywhere i can buy it??
Posted by: grant radcliffe on March 11, 2006
Fruit cream poppets
Poppets with fruit creams inside!
Posted on April 13, 2004
Yeah where are Poppets fruit creams!!? and Vice Versas!!!!!! anyone know where I can buy old, discontinued sweets online!!??
Posted by: Tinkerbell on March 1, 2006
Spangles
spangles
Small square boiled sweets a bit like 'tunes' but fruity flavours and tangy......
Posted on April 12, 2004
Cadbury Chocolate Teddy
Like eggs but teddies!
Posted on April 11, 2004
Bar of six
Obviously six bars, waffer fingers covered in chocolate. Also Rumbars what has happened to these unforgettable bars of chocolate?
Posted on April 10, 2004
Galaxy Counters
Galaxy version of Cadbury buttons but mega better. Came in great packets with different animal characters on them and a count the counters puzzle on the back.
Posted on April 9, 2004
...alas they were discontinued. The only place is inside a packet of revels...3 if you are very lucky :O(
Posted by: Ali on September 10, 2006
Pacers
Green and white striped mint flavoured square-shaped sweets in a tube - in around the mid 1980s.....
Posted on April 8, 2004
Yeah pacers were great but I remember Opal Mints, the wrapper looked like Opal Fruits but white with green writing? I think the sweets may have just been white, unlike the green stripes of Pacers.
Posted by: fil on October 21, 2006
Silver Cola Balls
Small hard boiled sweets, round shaped like aniseed balls and were silver and cola flavoured!
Posted on April 7, 2004
I loved these!! talk about bring on the memories!!!
Posted by: Jo on March 12, 2007
Toffee buttons
Sold in packets, a button shaped chocolate sweet with toffe inside....
Posted on April 6, 2004
Toffee penny
The round toffee shaped like an old penny that is found in quality street....
Posted on April 5, 2004
hey xx i think the penny should be sold cos some ppl will buy the quality street just for the penny and its a waste of chocolate and money sooo i think it should be back x lol x em x
Posted by: emma on January 1, 2007
Chewy toffee bar
It was a chewy toffee bar and it had a Bull on the wrapper. Available in the mid 80's as I remember??
Posted on April 4, 2004
Fruit roll-ups
Fruity sheet rolled up in a sheet of plastic.....
Posted on April 3, 2004
I remember these the still have the adverts for them.They were sticky and when you unrolled them a bit of paper came off showing a sort of tiny comic E.G If you got strawberry flavour the piece of paper would show the strawberry headed girl wipping a strawberry.They were yummy
Posted by: willow on August 31, 2006
Are you thinking of fruit winders...?
Posted by: Emma on December 24, 2006
Moffat toffee
Made in the small town of moffat in south west scotland/dumfries and galloway?
Posted on April 2, 2004
Moffat toffee the best in the world can be found in many places in and around Moffat
Posted by: sherple on July 23, 2006
Astros
Round coloured balls, chocolate covered with crunchy middle. About the size of maltesers.....
Posted on April 1, 2004
Oh i remember them!!m&m hav made crispy sweets and they r quite the similar.
Posted by: susan on May 15, 2006
They're still on sale, but only (as far as I know) in South Africa. Not the easiest to get hold of...
Posted by: Jenni on March 2, 2007
A group of us were talking about these the other day. Please tell me you can still buy them - Christmas has not been the same for some years without the Newberry Fruits!
Posted by: Yvonne Collinge on December 8, 2005