FabSwingers.com forum: Childhood sweets

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

What was your childhood favorite sweet and what has changed about it now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

parma violets... still have them now, & enjoy parma violet cider & liquers too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Oooo a chocolate highland toffee was my go too as a kid. Not even sure they’re still made?!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nestlé Golden Cup, when I was younger if I had the choice of pick and mix or a Golden Cup, that would win out every time.

Stopped making them in the 90's though

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By *unloversCouple
over a year ago

rotherham

Pink shrimps

So many others but a lot of my favourites have now shrunk

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Used to love filling up the pick & mix bags.. now you put in a few cola bottles, shrimps and a big banana £21.50!

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By *ida8780Couple
over a year ago

any town

Cola cubes and Beer jelly bottles

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Black Jack's and fruit salads but they dont taste the same no more

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Also renember the bubble gum with the small stick on tattoo lol

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By *urls and DressesWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere near here

Cola bottles, was then and is now

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Oooo a chocolate highland toffee was my go too as a kid. Not even sure they’re still made?! "

I found a website for them www.onepoundsweets.com

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My favourite was Caramac, but I find them really sickly now.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Cola bottles, was then and is now"

Fizzy or normal?

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman
over a year ago

little house on the praire

It was kali for me all flavours. Saw some in an old fashioned sweet shop a few years ago

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Nestlé Golden Cup, when I was younger if I had the choice of pick and mix or a Golden Cup, that would win out every time.

Stopped making them in the 90's though

I'm with you on the Golden Cup, you got the 2 sizes of bar, it was always a great day if I got the larger bar.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Fizzy jerks and they’ve stopped making them years ago

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By * Lexi xWoman
over a year ago

stockport

Fizzy cherry cola bottles, alphabet candy, candy sticks, wham bars, pear drops, pineapple cubes.........

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

White and pink mice

There is a retro sweet shop nearby sells all manner of sweets, I am a regular visitor there

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Fizzy cherry cola bottles, alphabet candy, candy sticks, wham bars, pear drops, pineapple cubes........."

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Mum used to sit me in the garden in big pram with 10p mix mice shrimps always remember the music rather than the sweets my mum was big Beatles fan she went to see them in cavern club in Liverpool in garden with shrimps and mice with she loves you yeah yeah yeah in background

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By *ermite12ukMan
over a year ago

Solihull and Brentwood

Flying saucers with sherbet inside.

Liked imps...I think that's what they were called at least....they were tiny, black and seriously hot.

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By *ablo minibar123Woman
over a year ago

Cola bottles then and still now

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By *uliette500Woman
over a year ago

Hull

I loved space dust (popping candy). My mum banned me from having it after I dropped a whole pack on the floor and she tried to clean it up with a damp cloth. It was so funny it was popping all over the carpet.

I think the hoover would have done a better job.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I've recently discovered that Iceland do ice lollies / ice creams based on a load of these... the flumps, fruit salad and drumstick squashie ones are FIT.

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Sherbet lemons

Pontefract cakes

Rhubarb and custard

Sherbet pips (not seen these in a while shall look on amazon lol) x

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By *uliette500Woman
over a year ago

Hull

"I've recently discovered that Iceland do ice lollies / ice creams based on a load of these... the flumps, fruit salad and drumstick squashie ones are FIT."

I saw them advertised but not bought any yet. I might have to pop to Iceland now.

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

Chocolate limes

Strawberry Bon bons (proper chewy ones not the crap you can get in Tesco’s now!)

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Omg! Just looked they do a 1 kg bag of sherbet pips for £10!

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By *entleman JayMan
over a year ago

Wakefield

I’m still having mine. I went especially to a shop yesterday to buy some Cherry Lips.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I've recently discovered that Iceland do ice lollies / ice creams based on a load of these... the flumps, fruit salad and drumstick squashie ones are FIT.

I saw them advertised but not bought any yet. I might have to pop to Iceland now. "

I'm always worried stuff like that won't live up to the hype, but honestly they really really do! my treat drawer in the freezer is stocked up with them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Spangles pacers

And proper sized chocolate bars

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