Sweets - Page 4 - Clubhouse

Velociraptor

11/09/2002 at 16:50

Gillian, there's even a plain-chocolate-covered version of Tunnocks Teacakes now - I saw them in Safeway in Caernarvon, of all places.

I used to love nibbling the chocolate shell off a little at a time then licking off the white gluey stuff. For some reason, they're not as nice now. It's not just my age - my kids think they're horrible. Maybe the recipe has been "improved". But they definitely haven't shrunk, so the Wagon Wheel and Creme Egg thing isn't just me having a bigger gob these days.

Tim, a Tunnocks Teacake is like a chocolate mallow cake except the mallow isn't set properly. They're nicer than junket.

Legless

11/09/2002 at 17:19

I agree with niel on P1
Texan bars were the mutts nuts, and how I miss then so,

Parsley

11/09/2002 at 20:08

Neilruns

I remember Blobs - strawberry and cream were my faves. I ate them for about a year and saved all my wrappers to get a frisbee called a Blob Disc.

Plodding Hippo

11/09/2002 at 20:30

Rhubarb and custard
Yorkshire mixture
Sigh

XFR Bear

11/09/2002 at 22:27

Wow - nostalgia!

I remember black jacks and fruit salads for eight a penny.

I don't remember peanut cracknell, but I used to love mint cracknell, which was chocolate with this crisp green strandy stuff in the middle.

Anyone remember prawns - pink things shaped (unsurprisingly!) like prawns, that tasted of nothing in particular but were a bit like chewy marshmallow in texture.

And then there were picnic bars - waifer, toffee, and raisins, all covered in chocolate.

And then there was that red and black licorice stuff, which round my way was known as "shoe laces".

pear drops?

Was there something called a star bar, or did I just imagine that?!

Iain

Plodding Hippo

11/09/2002 at 22:33

Picnics still exist-at last in miniature heroes. Yep, remember Star bar
You can still get pear drops
As well as prawns there were those banana flavoured ones
You could get a mixed bag in my day for 5p(at least 15 sweets)

Barkles

11/09/2002 at 22:59

%p... you were lucky!
When I were young......

Plodding Hippo

11/09/2002 at 23:11

You from bloody Yorkshire?
When crisps were tuppence a bag (feed the birds, should be on song thread)

Barkles

11/09/2002 at 23:13

Aye lass 'appen I am.

Actually, not really. Geordie living in wales. Identity crisis.
Losing marbles

Send help.

Plodding Hippo

12/09/2002 at 07:28

Oh no!!
Hope its not near me, you sound a bit odd
Im from Yorkshire originally

Plodding Hippo

12/09/2002 at 07:33

Sorry mate that sounds really rude!!
im new to this e mail game, and its hard to get the tone right
From the abuse i get when i go running, i didnt think that many ran in Wales.
The marathon was full of non welsh
best not to have marbles if you live in a country where there are 8 days in a week and there are funny words on the road signs
Half and half is a good welsh thing though

Gillian

12/09/2002 at 08:15

You used to get hard blue/purple sweets the size of rhubarb and custards called army & navy. I've searched for them for years, then this summer I was visiting the in-laws in York and found them - yippee what a blast from the past!!!