My father says jap desserts name comes from the old name jap being coconut and desserts being what it say hope this is of help maybe you can check this out. Dale
Jap Desserts
My mum is 70 on Saturday and she has always talked about large dolly mixture sweets called princess mixture which look like what you call jap deserts, can you tell me if these cubes are larger than normal dolly mixture cubes and can you tell me if you have ever had anything in called princess [...]
Jap squares,when I was a kid Iam 55 now,these were known as japonaise squares, which means in the japanese style, perhaps it is because of the tropical or eastern connection of coconut? Teresa
I was wondering if you can still get Jap Desserts I was wondering if you can still get Jap Desserts – Cubbie
Hi I can remember a sweet from the 60′s called jap desserts? They were cubes (a bit smaller than a dice) of coconut coated in a sugery flavoured hard paste, the colours were brown pink yellow and orange. Used to buy them by the quarter from a shop in Sheffield near city Hall. I’ve never [...]
my mam is always goin on about sweets called “japs” and that nobody sells em. do u have em? she were born in 55 so her childhood should give an idea to the time they were about. Paul
My dad remembers fondly a sweet called ‘jap desserts’ He recalls them as square sweets, I think made of marzipan. I’ve never been able to find them and just wondered if you had heard of them? Jane
Hi Any chance of getting hold of ‘Japs’ again?. You did them a few years ago – bright pink, yellow and brown coconut cubes covered in icing. Lovely! Susan
Hello!! We think that the Jap desserts were made by a company called “Squirrelâ€. You can still get the Cadbury box of chocolate bar in Australia where it is called “Snackâ€. Its very yummy!!! Love the site…..it brought back lots of memories!! Any chance of doing Rose & Violet creams????? Best regards,Liz
This sweet was widely obtainable in the UK until the mid-seventies.I never saw it pre -packed.It always had to be weighed out and bagged in situ. I think it may have been made by Barrett’s factory in Wood Green in N London. Jap Dessert was predominantly canary yellow although there were also choc brown ,boudoir [...]
Coloured candy on the outside, with coconut on the inside. Again a sweet that we would like to add… but we can’t find a manufacturer. Any ideas?
pat remembers: -
jap desserts i have a full recipe for these
but cant find the record book with it in at the moment as have just moved all of the files!
JohnD remembers: -
Last knew of these being made by Dunhills of Pontefract but the line was dropped when haribo took them over
Ash remembers: -
Jap Desserts without a doubt were my favourite sweets along with Toasted Teacakes, you’ve guessed it I love Coconut. Spanish Gold in those strange cubic stile waxy folded packets.
Where can I gets these childhood delights from???
ASH
Ex-Pontefract lad, but I don’t like Ponte-Cakes.