Whatever happened to... Splicer Bars?
Splicer
Found out the name of the fruit rainbow chewy bars from the 1970s - they were called Splicer - anyone lese remember these or know of something similar??
Liz
Posted on August 8, 2005
Oh yes indeed - I remember eating many of them as a seven year old, and they had a strapline on the adverts of "Splicer is Nicer" (original!). Does anyone remember those funny multi coloured cardboard hats they gave away with them now and again, which started off flat and you popped up the middle to find a rainbow spiral? They broke within about 5 minutes, but they were fun!
Posted by: Matt on January 9, 2006
thank goodness someone else knows what a
"splicer" is,my family think I've lost the plot!!!thanks for your info from a nostalgic 1970's child.
Posted by: jo on January 15, 2006
Yes I remember Splicer bars and wish you could still get them. They were delicious!
Posted by: Gill on February 13, 2006
I remember these bars. If I remember correctly the advert showed someone walking along the street and everything was completely white. When they took a bit of the splicer bar, everthing surrounding them took on all different colours. The bar used to remind me of squashed up opal fruits. All the good ones seem to fade away
Posted by: sandra D on April 2, 2006
Hi, My friend Lynne was talking about Splicers today and how her husband thinks she made them up...one search later and here we are! Thanks for proving that they were a sweetie from her youth and if by any chance anyone knows if they still exist...pass the info on please...C.x
Posted by: Carole on July 28, 2006
Splicer Bar
I can vaguely remember a multi coloured fruit flavoured candy bar,
whose advert was a bunch of kids riding in go karts to a catchy jingle ??
Simon
Posted on August 4, 2005
At last there are others who remember Splicer. I was beginning to think I had imagined it! They were so yummy... wish they would bring them back.
Posted by: Deb on August 16, 2006
Splicer
Chew bar with ripples of fruit flavours like opel fruits joined together,classic 70`s.....
Posted on June 18, 2004
Splicer
A chew bar. Multi coloured stripes of green, yellow and pink. Unsure of manufacturer. Was out just before WHAM's and the pies de resistance was when you put it in the fridge! Superb!
Posted on May 27, 2004
Splicer bar
A chewy fruity multi-coloured bar that tasted like 3 packets of Opal fruits all mixed up together.
Posted on May 12, 2004
Spangles
spangles
Small square boiled sweets a bit like 'tunes' but fruity flavours and tangy......
Posted on April 12, 2004
Splicer bar
whatever happened to; A splicer bar - multicoloured chewy bar
An amazin raisin bar - rum and raisin milky way type bar
Cabana!
Bounty with cherries and caramel.....
We miss them and would like them back. please advise
Many thanks
J.
Posted on January 22, 2004
At last - someone else remembers Splicer bars! My Brother is convinced I made it up - or it's a throwback from smoking something leftover from the 60s. I remember the ad with the racing cars and the winner with a tropy full of Splicer bars - even the song............'Splicer is nicer, it's great every time - bursting with raspberry and lemon & lime'...... sad I know. Please someone prove me right!
Posted by: mand on February 24, 2007
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
Yes, and I even remember the jingle and the music to the advert! How sad is that!?
It goes like this:
"Splicer is nicer than any I know
The chewiest, newest star of the show"
Posted by: Helen on December 29, 2005