FabSwingers.com forum: 80s and 90s confectionary

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

Many of my fondest memories of growing up in the 80s and early 90s revolved around sweets and chocolate and sometimes crisps.

Anyone share this nostalgic childhood journey?

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

Cabana bar ..yum!

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By *ttentiveRabbitMan
over a year ago

Lymington

Secret bars

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By *starMan
over a year ago

Exeter

Trrrrrrriiiioo

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By *mateur100Man
over a year ago

nr faversham

A naughty girl at my school made a mars bar disappear

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

"Secret bars "

I'm so pleased someone else remembers these

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

"A naughty girl at my school made a mars bar disappear"
A bit smaller when it reappeared I bet

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By *eard and BoobsCouple
over a year ago

Portstewart

"Secret bars "

Loved these

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

Milky bars and Caramac. Yes please

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By *B69Woman
over a year ago

Wiltshire

Texan bar

Nutty bar

Always ruined your teeth

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

Aniseed balls

Blackjacks

Fruit Salad

Those individual soft jelly spiders

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By *llred1Man
over a year ago

the north

Boost

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

Caramac bars, I think you can still get them too!

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

Curly Wurly

A finger of Fudge

Golf ball chewing gum

sherbet

Orange Viscount

Fry's orange cream

Refreshers

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

"Caramac bars, I think you can still get them too! "

Yes, and Boost

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By *ttentiveRabbitMan
over a year ago

Lymington

"Secret bars

I'm so pleased someone else remembers these

They need to make a come back!

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By *ttentiveRabbitMan
over a year ago

Lymington

"Secret bars

Loved these "

Nibble the end off and suck

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By *oonloverWoman
over a year ago

bognor regis

"Cabana bar ..yum!"

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By *ittlechick77Couple
over a year ago

Staines

Opal fruits not stardust

Marathon not snickers

Then there was the sherbet dip

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By *weetkitten65Woman
over a year ago

Halifax

Star bars.

Cabana.

Spiro.

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

"Opal fruits not stardust

Marathon not snickers

Then there was the sherbet dip"

I believe the main difference between our Starburst and the American Starburst is that ours are made with real fruit juice as opposed to artificial flavouring.

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By *ove2pleaseseukMan
over a year ago

Hastings

"Texan bar

Nutty bar

Always ruined your teeth"

Use to love Texan Bar

But wod pull all my fillings out now nearest to it is the top of a double decker lol

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By *ictoria_1976TV/TS
over a year ago

Newquay

You can't beat a double dip!

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

Milky lunch was a particular favourite of mine

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

"Secret bars

Loved these

Nibble the end off and suck

oooh, never did that

now I never will

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

Peanut butter Lion bars

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

I'm sure there'd be strong support for bringing a lot of these vintage treats back to our sweety shelves.

I'd sign any petition to that effect.

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

Sweet Peanuts

Cola Cubes

Jaw Breakers

Parma Voilets

Bazooka Bubble Gum

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By *entBarryUKMan
over a year ago

Ashford

Pacers, they were minty chewits.

Those cigarette packet sticks. Nothing says "80s" like kids pretending to smoke!

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By *ttentiveRabbitMan
over a year ago

Lymington

"Secret bars

Loved these

Nibble the end off and suck

oooh, never did that

now I never will

I was too innocent to remember if it could of slid over a hard cock and nibbled off

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By *inballs99Man
over a year ago

Blackheath

I used to get chocolate dust,it was like grated chocolate!

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By *oachman 9CoolMan
over a year ago

derby

Cadburys Ripple ..

Cadburys Caramac ..

Cadburys chocolate crunchie honeycomb bar..

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

"Secret bars

Loved these

Nibble the end off and suck

oooh, never did that

now I never will

I was too innocent to remember if it could of slid over a hard cock and nibbled off"

If I ever met you back in the day, I would have loved to have tried.

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By *entleman of FortuneMan
over a year ago

Hull

"Cabana bar ..yum!"

Seeing the title that was my first thought, they were gorgeous.

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By *ttentiveRabbitMan
over a year ago

Lymington

"Secret bars

Loved these

Nibble the end off and suck

oooh, never did that

now I never will

I was too innocent to remember if it could of slid over a hard cock and nibbled off

If I ever met you back in the day, I would have loved to have tried."

The fact it was 1998 they stopped, I would of been 16 at the oldest.

So you sir would be a dirty old man

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

Revels

Dip Dabs

Cherry Lips

Hubba Bubba

Slush Puppies

Freeze Pops

Gobstoppers

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

"Secret bars

Loved these

Nibble the end off and suck

oooh, never did that

now I never will

I was too innocent to remember if it could of slid over a hard cock and nibbled off

If I ever met you back in the day, I would have loved to have tried.

The fact it was 1998 they stopped, I would of been 16 at the oldest.

So you sir would be a dirty old man

"
That'll teach me to read profiles properly.

However, I don't mind the dirty old man label

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By *ndtheswingersMan
over a year ago

colchester

Pale blue packet of Treets

Treets were much better than m and m's

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By *entleman of FortuneMan
over a year ago

Hull

Star bar, cabana,cola cubes, yes please.

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Sherbet dip

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By *ttentiveRabbitMan
over a year ago

Lymington

"Secret bars

Loved these

Nibble the end off and suck

oooh, never did that

now I never will

I was too innocent to remember if it could of slid over a hard cock and nibbled off

If I ever met you back in the day, I would have loved to have tried.

The fact it was 1998 they stopped, I would of been 16 at the oldest.

So you sir would be a dirty old man

That'll teach me to read profiles properly.

However, I don't mind the dirty old man label

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Can't remember what they were called but remember them crisps that were like a bag of squashed little scraps of crisps. Salt and vinegar I think.

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Star dust

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Cadbury top deck in Ireland.

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Rainbow drops

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

"Rainbow drops "
Sainsburys do multi packs of them

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By *ucyDiamondsTV/TS
over a year ago

Nottingham

Terry's Pyramint, just like a big after eight

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

"Can't remember what they were called but remember them crisps that were like a bag of squashed little scraps of crisps. Salt and vinegar I think. "

Were they packs of ordinary crisps that were sat on by mistake and fobbed off to you as ‘special’ little scraps of crisps?

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

"Can't remember what they were called but remember them crisps that were like a bag of squashed little scraps of crisps. Salt and vinegar I think. "

Are you thinking of Nik Naks?

Just not sure you could get them in salt n vinegar x

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

Pips, hot and sour sucking sweets (sweet in the middle), 10p Freddos, transformer pickled onion crisps

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By *weetkitten65Woman
over a year ago

Halifax

Love Hearts are now called Kind Hearts

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

Ice Breaker..mint and chocolate bar.

Pink panther chocolate bar.

Mighty moose..chocolate.

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

Cadbury Twirl!!!

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By *ennylewis2016Couple
over a year ago

Birmingham

Pyramint

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By *asyGent75Man
over a year ago

Doncaster South Yorkshire

Star bar and still treat myself ????

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By *obajxMan
over a year ago

Cheshire

I worked for sweets and chocolate wholesalers for 10 years (late 70's - late 80's) and remember some very weird crazes, such as Germolene bubble gum

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Spangles x

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

red devil gobstopers

...3 pack

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

Drifter

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By *orksRockerMan
over a year ago

Bradford

Nutty bar - bite in and hurts your gums

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

Black bullets

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

"Can't remember what they were called but remember them crisps that were like a bag of squashed little scraps of crisps. Salt and vinegar I think.

Are you thinking of Nik Naks?

Just not sure you could get them in salt n vinegar x"

No not Nik naks, they were like twigs.

And no not sat on

they were little bits of crisps. I'm gonna try to Google them

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

"Can't remember what they were called but remember them crisps that were like a bag of squashed little scraps of crisps. Salt and vinegar I think.

Are you thinking of Nik Naks?

Just not sure you could get them in salt n vinegar x

No not Nik naks, they were like twigs.

And no not sat on

they were little bits of crisps. I'm gonna try to Google them

Twiglets?

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

Opal fruits.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

From looking at the packets I think I'm talking about potato puffs. But I'm still not 100% sure.

I did find Walkers bitsa pizza while looking around, totally forgot about them.

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

Walkers Snaps

2p a packet

Those were the days

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By *sleWightCoupleCouple
over a year ago

Ryde

Fuse bars!

They one of the wife's favourites, but they went out of production due to the nature of the materials used.

It threw in a little bit of everything from most chocolate bars (peanuts, rasins, fudge, chunks of cereal, etc) and that pushed up the price to the point where it was pretty much Cadbury's loss-leader.

Don't be fooled by the one which hit the shelves in India about 6 years ago - we imported some, and they are crap by comparison. It's a much cheaper bar, with some of the pricier ingredients either scaled-back or missing altogether.

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By *itvclaireTV/TS
over a year ago

Birmingham

Fry's Five Centres.

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

Had a Caramac yesterday, from Sainsburys.

Never had one before but I'll probably have many more now.

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Wagon wheel

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

Secrets, push pops, penny sweets, frosties

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

"Opal fruits. "
oh yes loved those. And the fruit salads and black jacks, hubba bubba bubble gum, jaw breakers, Toffos, raspberry ruffles, walnut whips. I’m often reminded of walnut whips coming on this site..

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

"Love Hearts are now called Kind Hearts

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no way?

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Mojo's

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

Sour balls, bon bons, walnut whip and ooh them crisps that u had to ya own salt on. Salt came in little blue packet lol

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

"Sour balls, bon bons, walnut whip and ooh them crisps that u had to ya own salt on. Salt came in little blue packet lol "

Fish and chips

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

Oh yea when we went to the sea side and in pubs n arcades n that they ad 2 crackers, onions and a triangle cheese spread all in a little pack! Yum

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

"Can't remember what they were called but remember them crisps that were like a bag of squashed little scraps of crisps. Salt and vinegar I think.

Are you thinking of Nik Naks?

Just not sure you could get them in salt n vinegar x

No not Nik naks, they were like twigs.

And no not sat on

they were little bits of crisps. I'm gonna try to Google them

Twiglets??

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

"Sour balls, bon bons, walnut whip and ooh them crisps that u had to ya own salt on. Salt came in little blue packet lol "

I still eat salt and shake.

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

Nutty bars omg loved them and now I tell people nobody has heard of them

"Texan bar

Nutty bar

Always ruined your teeth"

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By *ollinrock77Man
over a year ago

mullingar

Think they are called mini chips they are in a wee blue pack you can still get them

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

Why does no-one remember Banjo bars, they were a taste sensation!

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

Fish and chips crisps

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

Vending machine caramac after mum had taken me and my brother swimming.

A Mars bar from dad in between games of an all day rugby festival.

And a feast ice cream bar on summer drives with the old man too.

And walnut whips just randomly...whatever happened to them.

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

Cadburys now do a caramac and it's awesome.

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

"Cadburys now do a caramac and it's awesome. "

Yep, had one last Wednesday.

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By *d_deeTV/TS
over a year ago

cheshire

Texan bar "the mighty chew"

Put them in the fridge and chewy as fcuk.

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By *d_deeTV/TS
over a year ago

cheshire

"Why does no-one remember Banjo bars, they were a taste sensation!"

I remember them. I think blue wrapper and 2 fingers

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By *loss aka Miss JonesWoman
over a year ago

south coast IOW

"I worked for sweets and chocolate wholesalers for 10 years (late 70's - late 80's) and remember some very weird crazes, such as Germolene bubble gum

I actually loved that. Most of the sweets here were great but I thought I had imagined that flavoured gum so I’m so glad you said this. I want some now.

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By *loss aka Miss JonesWoman
over a year ago

south coast IOW

"Can't remember what they were called but remember them crisps that were like a bag of squashed little scraps of crisps. Salt and vinegar I think.

Are you thinking of Nik Naks?

Just not sure you could get them in salt n vinegar x

No not Nik naks, they were like twigs.

And no not sat on

they were little bits of crisps. I'm gonna try to Google them

Twiglets??"

Chip sticks??

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By *loss aka Miss JonesWoman
over a year ago

south coast IOW

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By *loss aka Miss JonesWoman
over a year ago

south coast IOW

"Sour balls, bon bons, walnut whip and ooh them crisps that u had to ya own salt on. Salt came in little blue packet lol "

Salt n shake. They still sell them in some supermarkets.

And Bon bons and walnut whips.

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

A lot of these things will still be available to buy today, however, you will never be eating exatly the same thing because the ingredients will have changed over the years, especially the salt and sugar content.

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By *obajxMan
over a year ago

Cheshire

"I worked for sweets and chocolate wholesalers for 10 years (late 70's - late 80's) and remember some very weird crazes, such as Germolene bubble gum

I actually loved that. Most of the sweets here were great but I thought I had imagined that flavoured gum so I’m so glad you said this. I want some now.

Weirdo

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

Sherbet flying saucers.

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

"Sherbet flying saucers."

Basic as far as sweets go, but strangely addictive.

Like multi-coloured edible paper.

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

"A naughty girl at my school made a mars bar disappear"

So did George Michael... it was a careless wispa....lol

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By *lowercandyWoman
over a year ago

Lancashire

"Star bars.

Cabana.

Spiro."

A starbar is my treat when I go to fuel up

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

Snowballs.

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By *imited 3EditionCouple
over a year ago

Live in Scotland Play in England

Cola fizz sweets

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

"Cola fizz sweets "

Love a fizzy cola bottle.

Those pink and blue ones ain't bad either.

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

Nestle's chocolate crispy

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By *ong-leggedblondWoman
over a year ago

Next Door

Walnut whips. Take off the walnut and lick the creamy filling out, before eating the chocolate and walnut last

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

"Walnut whips. Take off the walnut and lick the creamy filling out, before eating the chocolate and walnut last"
Or not eat eating the walnut at all.

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By * and M lookingCouple
over a year ago

Worcester

The 10p mix up.

Black Jack's, gobstoppers and fruit salad, to name a few.

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

Rainbow strips

Strawberry laces

Edible paper

Refreshers

Candy cigarettes

Ball bearings (what was their real name?)

Aniseed balls

Pineapple cubes

Lemon drops

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Jaw breakers

Fire balls

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By *ucka39Man
over a year ago

Newcastle

Rosey apple's

Midget gems

Screw balls

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

APPLE JACKS

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

"APPLE JACKS "

Highland Toffee

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