Anyone remember Spearmint chew bars? Pink with portcullis texture One old penny?

Posted by: shelagh on August 12, 2006

does anyone remember pacers (packs of minty chews)or chocolate covered honey combe type bars which came in different flavours such as strawberry and mint (just cannot remember what thet were called)

Posted by: linda on August 19, 2006

Oh my goodness Shelagh - you have just reminded me of the damp foggy mornings walking to school and calling into the little sweet shop on the corner of a row of terraced houses(in Lancashire), get my penny out of my pocket and splash out on a spearmint bar. Only once a week of course, boy were they yummy, I can taste it as I sit here.

Does anyone also remember sugared peanuts? They were a special treat about (6d a quarter) - much the same as sugared almonds but obviously peanuts in the middle instead. Absolutely gorgeous. Are they still available? I can't find them anywhere.

Posted by: Belinda on August 21, 2006

was having this very conversation this weekend - spent all of saturday looking for mint cinder toffee with chocolate on the web - use to get them when i was younger. green and white stripey packaging and they cost 7p they were yum

Posted by: liz on August 22, 2006

In answer to Belindas Posting ..August 21.2006..I remember the sweet peanuts too I am not sure if they are still available.I too used to call to a little corner shop on my way to School [Lancashire]..It was called Connies.Near Saint Peter and Pauls School .

Posted by: Gail on August 23, 2006

what happened to wispa bars - they were lovely

Posted by: eddie on August 27, 2006

i think the mint toffee cinder chocolate bar was called mint cracknel

does anyone know if you can still get football chums?

Posted by: jacquelyn thompson on August 29, 2006

Sensations were made by Needlers - a factory in Hull. My friend's Gran had a friend who worked there and when we were young there was always an abundance of Sensations round at her Gran's house.
Sadly Needlers closed down a few years ago.

Posted by: CAK on September 8, 2006

Does anyone remember Galaxy Counters, i loved them as a child small white bags with animals on them?

Posted by: stu on September 15, 2006

what about horlicks tablets and coffee walnut whips?

Posted by: april mikosz on September 19, 2006

Eddie - Wispa has been replaced by Dairy Milk bubbly, which is thinner and not half as good.

I can't find a chocolate egg like Creme egg but could split in half and each half had caramel and marshmallow. Around in late 80's early 90's. Last memory was using the last of my school money to buy one and dropping half in the road. I was gutted!

Posted by: Charlotte on September 20, 2006

Shelagh and Belinda,my husband Colin and I were only talking about spearmint lattice chew bars the other week. We can both taste them as we talk about them, but we haven't seen them for years. I don't think they even had anything written on the wrapper to say who made them. What a pity. They were FAB!

Posted by: Gillian and Colin on September 21, 2006

i would love to have some spanish gold chewing tobacco it was strands of coconut coloured brown in a realistic "baccy" pouch lovley yumyumyum

Posted by: jacqui on September 22, 2006

Grace

the "Japs" your dad mentioned were i think "Coconut Japs." These were cubes of coconut (oxo cube sized) with various coloured exteriors which were 'toughened' somehow by the colour glaze so they did not lose their shape.

I love all things coconut (like the mushrooms) that's how i remember them.

Gaz

Posted by: Gaz Moses on September 22, 2006

What about Secret's??? The chocolate bar with the Chocolate Marshmellow centre,

Gambit... Dark Chocolate

Liquorice Sandwiches, these were about 1 inch long with 2 thin slices of Liquorice and in between was a coloured flavoured centre either yellow, orange, purple, green...?? They were yum and no body makes them anymore! I could go on and on about sweets....

Posted by: Janine on September 23, 2006

Gaz

I remember Gambit bars very well. They were blended milk and dark chocolate and had a really unique taste and texture.

The TV ads were hand-drawn line animations and the music, although I can't remember it exactly, was kind of new-agey and laid back.

I ate the things whenever I could get my mits on them. They only had a very short run, though. Am I right in thinking they were only around for less than a year?

Posted by: Kerrin on September 26, 2006

Linda, I think the honeycomb bars you are talking about may have been called "Puff Candy". One of my great uncles used to buy all us kids one on a Saturday. This was probably about 20+ years ago.

Posted by: Lindsay on September 26, 2006

Natasha.......... re sensations, I remember the advert.

"Unwrap a Sensation from Needlers
It is two great tastes in one,
Beneath the Crispy ????
Thers is a flavour full of fun"

Thats it, i can't remember any more Loved the sweets though

Posted by: Lyndis Reynolds on September 26, 2006

what ever happend to "FUSE" bars? they were fruit and nougat fused with cramel and nuts i think-they were ace. i also remeber 'spiras' and 'wispa', they were ace!!! does anyone also remeber "WHOPPA" bars? they were big bars of chewey sweet in spearmint and cola flavour for 5p! they were ace aswel as they took ages to eat. oh and them floral sweets you can gat from holland and barrat aswel as home bargins/guality save shops...there horrid tho....

Posted by: kirsty-marie on September 26, 2006

can anybody tell me where to get marmite cheddars? Whilst I know they are not technicaly a sweet I do need your help

Posted by: mike on September 27, 2006

Jacqui - I loved Spanish Gold and was thrilled to find it sold loose in a little sweet shop in Polperro - Cornwall. It's called 'Sweet Baccy' in there (I wonder if they do mail order?)

Posted by: vickie on September 29, 2006

I cant believe someone other then myself remembers those lovely minty honeycomb bars. i used to buy one on the way home from school with my last 10p....i thought they were called maxi or maxine bars???.not sure but i loved them.

Posted by: michelle on September 29, 2006

I was trying to explain chewing tobacco to my boyfriend just the other day. He didn't believe me. Joked that my dad must have been giving me real bacco telling me it was a sweet just to shut me up!

Posted by: Tina on October 1, 2006

My god so many sweets are bringing back so many memories! Does anyone remember a bar which was made of puffed rice and coated in a orange coloured sweet & sticky covering? Also I know it's not a sweet but anyone rememeber Potato Puffs??? As for Chewing Tobacco, that was one of my favs! J:o)

Posted by: Johanne on October 5, 2006

does anyone remember a sweet bar called delight it was made by the same people who make dime bars

Posted by: princess on October 6, 2006

There has been a bit of chat about Spangles, but no one has mentioned my all time favourites.... Old English Spangles, came in a black packet I recall, Luscious flavours and colours. Any ideas anyone?

Posted by: Charlie on October 8, 2006

turkish delight bars are still around. they're in costcutters

Posted by: naomi on October 9, 2006

hi tina your boyfriend is sooo wrong i too remember the chewing bacci in red packet like brown coloured coconut cost around 10p in the old days loved it a n those giant galaxy buttons oh do you remember tutti minties or am i alone with that one???

Posted by: karen on October 9, 2006

CRACKERJACK !!!
In boxes for about 5p in the 70's.
Toffee coated with small freebies like books etc..
Anyone?

Posted by: Mark Todd on October 17, 2006

Everyone is bringing back great memories for me, from the school tuck shop, to sneaking out of school to buy potato puffs. I thought these were the greatest! Old English Spangles were the best too. My favourites came out of the local sweet shop penny box. Kali, licorice pipes, and the square fizzy ? They were all different flavours and I used to pop them in water to make a drink. Better when they melted in your mouth though, it foamed up! What great days.

Lynne, Green River, WY

Posted by: Lynne on October 20, 2006

I also used to like the Fry's Five Boys. Frys also came out with little chocolates in their own box at Christmas. Shaped like a chocolate covered cherry but dark chocolate and fruit cream inside. Yum!

It's a shame that English chocolate changes names. I like to think of the old names like Glees, when I was waiting at the bus stop in Sheffield. They were a form of skittles but I like the English flavours better. Just so much to remember. I get most of my stuff from an English store in Salt Lake City, Utah which is 200 miles away. Still there is alot I can't get.

Thanks for the great thoughts!

Posted by: Lynne on October 20, 2006

Does anyone know if joosters are still being made? I haven't seen them in any shops for months and have tried everywhere to find them!

Posted by: Kirstine on October 21, 2006

Can anyone remember Mojos, the mint ones were gorgeous. I seem to remember a big chewy bar which I think was called a Banana Split, think it may have had toffe in it too and that there was a strawberry one also. Sure that there was a sweet called a Country Bar too, which had biscuit and raisins in it and came in a foil packet with a pink gingham style overwrap.

Posted by: john, Durham on October 22, 2006

Can anyone remember Take-Twos, cant remember who made them, but there was two halves of of a chocolate bar with a fondant centre in each one. There was definitely a marzipan flavoured one and I think an orange one. The advert had people hiding in cupboards etc... while they tried to eat them.

Posted by: john, Durham on October 22, 2006

I remember Crackerjack.I remember in the early 70s as a child of about 5 or 6, i used to go to the ice cream van on a Saturday evening and buy a box of Crackerjack and a bag of Gold Dust which came in a brown bag with string on the end.Think they cost me about 10p in all.Happy Days!

Posted by: Ade on October 25, 2006

Hi, Can anyone remember the name of a chocolate bar thet had a mallow centre like that in a walnut whip and the chocolate on the outside was like thin strands, like a "cage". It was about the size of a Mars bar.
They were out about ten years ago. Absolutely delicious

Posted by: Duncan on October 25, 2006

Does anyone remember a long stick of twisted toffee with chocolate all the way through the middle and when you sucked it it looked like a pencil.?I think it was made by the same company that made barley sugar twists....they were always side by side in jars at my local sweet shop in the 50's/60's

Posted by: Susan on October 26, 2006

Please can someone tell me where I can find a coffee walnut whip?! It's my mum's birthday and I said I'd try and get her one but I've got an awful feeling they no longer exist!

Posted by: Amy Barons on October 27, 2006

Belinda
You can still get sweet peanuts in a couple of little newsagents in Lancashire but sadly they are not as good as they used to be. I know they used to be hard but now they are solid you could break your teeth on them and there is hardly any peanut in them. Is this the same everywhere or just were we live?.
This has brought loads of lovely memories back espescially of the old newsagents that used to sell everything, it is now a sunbed shop!!!

Posted by: Denise on October 27, 2006

I remember Gambit.
The ads had a wee animated guy taking a rainbow out of the sky to form a bridge and solve a particular bridgeless-cliff problem!

Posted by: Sarah on October 28, 2006

So many sweets and so many memories - I long for the day that the Pink Spearmint Chew Bars are brought back, along with Penny Chocolate Tools, Nutty Bars, Cadburys Milk Tray Bar, Galaxy Counters and Spiras - someone could make a lot of money. Must get a grip...........

Posted by: Sharon on October 30, 2006

I remember the chocolate twists and the barley sugar sticks that i used to suck into a point, the chocolate ones were my faves.
I also remember Bar Six and loved them, Cadburys have brought out a wafer bar which is similar but not as good.
The eggs (caramel & mallow) Charlotte mentioned were absolutely lovely and I used to have them all the time as I don't like the creme eggs.

Posted by: Sue on October 31, 2006

New to this site and oh what a trip down memory lane. Re: the pink spearmint chewy bar. My grandad used to buy us sweets once a month on payday and it was the only time we had the pink spearmint bars. I could have been no more than 7 at the time.....I'm 37 now!!!

I remember Cabana bars too. Bring back Nutty bars!!! And does anybody remember Trophy bars. A 2 finger chocolate covered wafer bar with crushed peanuts????

Posted by: Debbie on October 31, 2006

I can remember buying sweets which looked like humbug satins but they also had pink and white stipes on them. They had chocolate in the middle too if i remember correctly. Does anyone remember these??. We used to call them Chocolate Cushions but ive no idea what they were really called.

Posted by: Emma on November 2, 2006

Duncan, I think the chocolate bar your refering to was called Secret, I used to love them. Cant remember who made it though, if i remember rightly the mallow centre was not as white as a walnut whip but more the colour of Milky Way Centre.

Posted by: Emma on November 2, 2006

I have just bought some sweet tobacco from "A Quarter Of" and it brought back memories. Does anyone know if you can still get the small hard liquorice sticks? They were very dark and hard and delicious! I also remember Spearmint chew bars and Old English Spangles which were so much nicer than the ordinary ones.

Posted by: VG on November 9, 2006

What ever happend to those yellow chunks of bubbly you used to get in the little cloth bag with a pull cord at the top to close? Goldrush or golden nuggets i think they where called.

Posted by: kepi on November 15, 2006

please please please help! On our long way to cornwall me and my boyfriend were eating our spearmint chews when we both had a flashback to our youth in the 80's about a square chew (like a chewit) that was green and white striped and tasted of mint. What were they called and can i still get them???

Posted by: kim on November 15, 2006

Johanne of October 5th..

just remembered those before i read your posting..

Betta or beeta bars they were called, rather like a honeyish covered rice crispie square(rectangle) of nowadays... yum yum

Pam

Posted by: Pamela on November 17, 2006

Whatever happened to sweet tobacco?

Posted by: stefan smith on November 18, 2006

My husband remembers a chocolate candy he ate, probably 40 years ago, that was dome-shaped and filled with a white (not liquid ) filling. He's not sure if it came in a box. It was maybe an inch high.
Can you help?

Posted by: Linda on November 19, 2006

Are Spiras still available? If so where from?

Posted by: Mitch on November 20, 2006

Anyone remember swiskets?

Posted by: sally on November 20, 2006

Re some of the previous posts people have mentioned ovaltine bars and a cadbury's bar that has different compartments of fillings (like a box of chocolates in a bar of chocolate!!) You can still get the chocolate bar in Australia where it is called Cadbury's snack bar. There is another website that imports the snack bar and ovaltine bar and has floral gums too and chocolate bonbons but I don't know if it's fair to post it here so I wont. But hopefully it will hearten some of you that they are still made!!
But does anyone remember a cereal called puffa puffa rice. It had a picture of sweep's girlfriend on the front of the box (from sooty and sweep). It was so much nicer than sugar puffs are -sorry I know it's not a sweet!

Posted by: Cat on November 21, 2006