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[Closed] what confectionery would you like to see make a return?

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as above 🙂

was thinking curly wurly's but shocked to see they are still around 😀


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 7:56 am
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Trios and Pacers


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 7:58 am
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Texan Bars.

Beer Bottles.


 
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Hash cakes.


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 7:59 am
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There's not many Star Bars kicking about nowdays, although certainly fortunately more here in Scotland than there seems down south


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 8:01 am
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Nuts (the chocolate bar).


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 8:04 am
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Marathon's 🙂


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 8:07 am
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Star Bars are easily available.

Topic.

Toffos.


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 8:08 am
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Were you watching Heston & his chocy delights last night?


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 8:17 am
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Spangles. Obviously.


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 8:23 am
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Terry's Secret


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 8:26 am
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You can buy Topics still


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 8:28 am
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I would imagine most are still available. Quite the boom in retro sweets.

Also, how the **** was the OP unaware Curly Wurlys are still sold?

...even posh shops like Ocado sell them.

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You know what I realised that after posting as had one a few months back.


 
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Secret bars? That the one with a crispy chocolate lattice covering a chocolaty mousse? Loved them


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 8:34 am
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i am embarrassed to admit that i didn't know they were still around (must have had blinkers on or something when perusing the choc isles 😳


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 8:36 am
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Wonka bars. I worked for Nestle Rowntree in the late 90s/early 2000s and they did these things. Wasn't chocolate but a kind of purple sweet 'bar'. They stopped making them soon after they were released but they were actually pretty nice!


 
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ruffle bar


 
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Although not that size of bar, they used to do a smaller single finger golden cup without any divisions in it, so it was gooey caramel from one end to the other. That or ice breaker bar.


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 8:50 am
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Pacers! Pacers! Pacers!

(Except that if they did I would be even fatter).


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 8:54 am
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Ocelots spleens, crispy wolfs nipples 😉


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 9:02 am
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+ 1 for Texan bars.
Spangles made a comeback a few years ago, then disappeared again.


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 9:10 am
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Pretty sure supermarkets still sell Wonka bars, as does One Stop.

Don't think I crave for any retro sweets other than Pink Panther bars. Found a local sweetshop recently that still has hundreds of things I mostly forgot about - Flying saucers, coconut tobacco, refreshers, blackjacks, rainbow drops etc etc

But would swap a bike for a bag of onion 'Fangs' (Horror Bags) - not confectionery, I know, but ye gods have tried every onion flavoured snack on the shelf over the years and nothing, NOTHING compares.


 
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Cadbury's Fuse. That was a properly solid lump.


 
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One more vote for the stripy, minty goodness of Pacers.


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 10:06 am
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Not sure, but if someone could invent some Haribo-like sweets that don't rot my teeth I'd be in heaven.


 
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Not sure, but if someone could invent some Haribo-like sweets that don't rot my teeth I'd be in heaven.

http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/haribo-lite/124201.article

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Wham bars? Can you still get them?


 
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Not sure, but if someone could invent some Haribo-like sweets that don't rot my teeth I'd be in heaven.
http://www.thegrocer.co.uk/fmcg/haribo-lite/124201.article

Would they be the same ones as [url= http://www.amazon.com/Haribo-SUGAR-Classic-Gummi-Bears/dp/B006J1FBLM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1400236586&sr=8-1&keywords=haribo+sugar+free+gummi+bears ]sold by Amazon[/url]?

Not entirely sure I want to try them...


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 11:37 am
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Wham bars? Can you still get them?

You can, but they're about an eighth of the size they used to be.


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 11:39 am
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Vaguely OT but up above Topics are mentioned - invented by the grandfather of one of my ex-girlfriends. Random Friday fact 😀


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 12:10 pm
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crispets.


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 12:16 pm
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Midnight mint choc ices


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 12:25 pm
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The original toasted coconut Boost would be a start.


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 12:28 pm
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+1e9
Texan bars


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 12:43 pm
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invented by the grandfather of one of my ex-girlfriends.

My grandad invented a famous confection too. When he was little, my dad got a peanut stuck in his ear. So my grandad poured melted chocolate in to loosen it, and it came out a Treat.


 
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Oh, and the 5p version of these.

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Pyramints


 
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Texan. End of chat!

And pacers.

Anyone remember a chew bar from the early 80's - black on one side and green on the other. Seem to remember it was called Zegazoid or something similar. As reknowned for removing waggling baby teeth and fillings as Highland Toffee (gotta be chocalote covered!).


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 1:17 pm
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Nutty bars. Caramel covered in peanuts. Mmmmmmm


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 1:20 pm
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Frankly anything gelatinous with fake colouring and flavouring rather than the fruit juice based crap thats all you seem to be able to buy now


 
Posted : 16/05/2014 1:22 pm
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drac..

My gran used to work at the castleford factory back in the late 60's/70's so christmas from her was always a shoe box full of random misshapes sold to the staff for cheap..

one christmas I got a texan bar, well, I say A texan bar, it was about 9 or ten that had all stuck together before the chocolate was applied - this thing was about twice the diameter of my 6-10 year old arm - I still get misty eyed at the thought of it.


 
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Texan bars - anyone remember when they brought them back about 10 years ago? After this came out:

http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/its-official-texan-is-britains-favourite-chocolate-bar-ever-154179795.html

I bought a pack of 3 and they were no way as good as I remembered, pretty unappealing actually so maybe good for kids only. So I now say those big Wham bars were the best.


 
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Nutty Bars and Spangles


 
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