Whatever happened to... Pacers?
Pacers
Green and white striped mint flavoured square-shaped sweets in a tube - in around the mid 1980s.....
Posted on April 8, 2004
I agree with you on pacers....
I agree with you on pacers....that's why I've ordered loads of Mojo spearmint from you!
Also what happened to Cabana bars? they were coconut with cherries in covered with chocolate, delicious.
Sweets aren't the same these days, Haribo, yuk....
Posted on December 15, 2003
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
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
Pacers
A bit like spearmint Opal Fruits (we refuse to call them Starburst!). They were soft and chewy and delicious. They started off all white and then the manufacturers added 3 green stripes. And then they stopped making them...why oh why???
Posted on October 9, 2003
i loved pacers when i was a kid!!BRING THEM BACK!!!
Posted by: nicki on August 11, 2006
mmmm, pacers. Well do I remember their superior mintiness and stuffing the green and white striped wrappers down the back of the seats in my parents renault 12. They loved that.
Bring back pacers.
Posted by: rachel on August 15, 2006
and, if I remember right, according to the advert, anyone who ate one would have a large green stripe appear on their clothes, a pair of ice dancers for instance!!
Posted by: igcw on August 18, 2006
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