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Inspired by the quest to find 'Fizzers' in another thread. Compare and contrast different sweets from when you were young(er).

I'll start

http://www.thewelshsweetshop.co.uk/acatalog/FruitSalad.jpg

Fuit Salads! The purest form of sweet, chewy and cheap. Good for you too (as they have fruit in the title). Fruit Salads (like fizzers) also have an evil twin, known as 'Black Jacks' (ewwww).

Fuit Salads! The purest form of sweet, chewy and cheap. Good for you too (as they have fruit in the title). Fruit Salads (like fizzers) also have an evil twin, known as 'Black Jacks' (ewwww).

I concur completely. Fruit salads rule all and Blackjacks are disgusting. I was also fond of those lollies. I forget the name. They costed 5p and had red packaging I think.

i still get fruit salads...and blackjacks :cool:

Inspired by the quest to find 'Fizzers' in another thread. Compare and contrast different sweets from when you were young(er).

I'll start

http://www.thewelshsweetshop.co.uk/acatalog/FruitSalad.jpg

Fuit Salads! The purest form of sweet, chewy and cheap. Good for you too (as they have fruit in the title). Fruit Salads (like fizzers) also have an evil twin, known as 'Black Jacks' (ewwww).
Black Jacks pwn Fruitsalads heretic!

I concur completely. Fruit salads rule all and Blackjacks are disgusting. I was also fond of those lollies. I forget the name. They costed 5p and had red packaging I think.
drumsticks?
http://gainsborough.amprose.co.uk/~playmania/images/sweets/drumstick.gif

i still get fruit salads...and blackjacks :cool:
same!

When I was a kid, I used to love these cookies called "Lemon Coolers" ... and then they vanished. Best cookies ever.

drumsticks?
http://gainsborough.amprose.co.uk/~playmania/images/sweets/drumstick.gif

That's the one. Ahhh. Nostalgia. Thanks.

http://img8.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img8&image=doublelollies1eg.png

double lollies

same!
So do we.

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/gfx/neck0001.jpg

sweetie necklaces/bracelets

apple drops are good too!

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/gfx/neck0001.jpg

sweetie necklaces/bracelets
Oh the memories. :D

Largely made up of using them as catapults.

http://img8.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img8&image=doublelollies1eg.png

double lollies
those things are the best

Oh the memories. :D

Largely made up of using them as catapults.
yeah, put it on your wrist then bite half of one of the little sweet things then ping it across the room, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, the memories

those things are the best
yeah, i always used to try and scrape off the top colour with my front teeth, never worked though

I like all those chewy things by the people the make Irn Bru.

I still buy them if I spot them when I'm buying something else.

yeah, put it on your wrist then bite half of one of the little sweet things then ping it across the room, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh, the memories
Yes, the teacher never knew what hit him.

I'm surprised no one I ever knew was ever hit in the eye.

Yes, the teacher never knew what hit him.

I'm surprised no one I ever knew was ever hit in the eye.
lol, me neither

http://www.oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-pages/whistle-pops_small.jpg

Whistle lollies, they were whistles AND lolly-pops!!
Bizzarly only my local chemist sold them

http://www.oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-pages/whistle-pops_small.jpg

Whistle lollies, they were whistles AND lolly-pops!!
Bizzarly only my local chemist sold them
ooooo, i forgot about those

does anyone remember when Chubba-Chubbs brought out that lolly that when you put it in your mouth it played music?

Chico Sticks. They're still around, but in NJ you have to go into the ghetto to find a store that sells them.
Also does anybody remember the Jolly Rancher bars? A bar of hard candy that would turn into a sugary razor blade if you sucked on it for a while.

i remember the jolly rancher sweets, but not bars

really nice though

i remember the jolly rancher sweets, but not bars

really nice though
Same great flavor in a 3" by 1" slim bar.

Chico Sticks. They're still around, but in NJ you have to go into the ghetto to find a store that sells them.
Also does anybody remember the Jolly Rancher bars? A bar of hard candy that would turn into a sugary razor blade if you sucked on it for a while.
Those are both good. I can still find the chicko sticks almost anywhere, but the JR bars I haven't seen in a while. Only the little nugget type JR's.

When is the last time anyone saw a Mar's bar, I haven't seen one forever? :(

http://www.oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-pages/whistle-pops_small.jpg

Whistle lollies, they were whistles AND lolly-pops!!
Bizzarly only my local chemist sold them
Still see these all the time as-well :)

http://www.oldtimecandy.com/images/candypix-pages/whistle-pops_small.jpg

Whistle lollies, they were whistles AND lolly-pops!!
Bizzarly only my local chemist sold them

I still don't get why they only sell those at the chemist. Haven't been to the chemist in a while. I want some of those lollies now. Wonder what pills I could ask for so I can go buy some, the chemist is a good way away, I'd need SOME kind of excuse.

Same great flavor in a 3" by 1" slim bar.
they sound pretty cool

When is the last time anyone saw a Mar's bar, I haven't seen one forever? :(
really? they sell them everywhere

When is the last time anyone saw a Mar's bar, I haven't seen one forever? :(

You poor man, Mars Bars are everywhere is Scotland - heck they're a basic foodgroup up here: {Meat,Dairy,Fruit,Mars Bars}

Note he said "Mar's Bars", not Mars Bars. Perhaps "Mar's Bars" are something completely different and not a spelling mistake.

Note he said "Mar's Bars", not Mars Bars. Perhaps "Mar's Bars" are something completely different and not a spelling mistake.
It may just be a spelling mistake. Chocalatey, nuogaty, almondy goodness. They just don't seem to exist in my little corner of the world. :(

Mars Ice cream bars, Want one now I don't care that its freezeing outside!

It's probably a mistake googled it didn't find any Mar's bar

You poor man, Mars Bars are everywhere is Scotland - heck they're a basic foodgroup up here: {Meat,Dairy,Fruit,Mars Bars}

Yay I'm quoting myself!!

Anyway proof:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4103415.stm

You poor man, Mars Bars are everywhere is Scotland - heck they're a basic foodgroup up here: {Meat,Dairy,Fruit,Mars Bars}

What about tablet?

Yay I'm quoting myself!!

Anyway proof:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4103415.stm
Never understood the attraction personally.

What about that Scottish snack (I forget what it is called, tablet I think).

Tablet is the sweetest stuff known to man, one bar has enough callories to sustain a man for 3 and a half days* even the diatary challenged Scots can feel the damage a block of tablet does to your body.

*Not an actual fact.

Tablet is the sweetest stuff known to man, one bar has enough callories to sustain a man for 3 and a half days* even the diatary challenged Scots can feel the damage a block of tablet does to your body.

*Not an actual fact.

"It rots your teeth and gives you diabetes as soon as you look at it." (How it was described to me by a Scottish friend.)

"It rots your teeth and gives you diabetes as soon as you look at it." (How it was described to me by a Scottish friend.)

If anything your fiend is under-exagerating (if you can actually do such a thing) the power of tablet, all it is is melted sugar and butter (some recipies replace the butter with condensed milk).