FabSwingers.com forum: Sweets growing up???

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

What sweets did you enjoy growing up as a child??? Do they still taste the same as you remember they used to if still about???

I loved wham bars, black jacks, milk bottles, sugar paper, toffos

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

spangles,no idea what they are called now,if they even still exist

opal fruits,now called starburst(god only knows why)

nutty bar,another one that has disappeared off the shelves

texan bar,reminds me of a saturday night watching starsky n hutch on the telly

gob stoppers

rileys toffee rolls

ahh sweet memories

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By *mumaWoman
over a year ago

Livingston

Spangles, hence I now live on the planet spangle

ooh and cider ice lollies x

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

cola cubes

parma violets

lemon bon bons

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

Rolos I loved them just came to me lol, sherbert dibdabs, chocolate mice, sour bombs

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

pebbles from a neighbours garden ,,, we were very poor ,,, dad told us they were everlasting gobstoppers

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

hmm not realy , used to like those wee pink shrimp things seemed to have gotten smaller , milk bottles dont taste as nice either , those wee pink and white skull things never see them anywhere anymore lol hmm think thats about it

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

Space dust

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

black jacks ,fruit salad,curly wurly,sherbert dib dabs sure theres loads more but cant remember lol

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

mojos 2 for 1p the best and dib dabs they was the best

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

Screwball icecream and rockets with the chocolate ends, I liked the pink skulls but can remember there names, wigwams where nice but the wheel has got smaller

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By *obbytupperMan
over a year ago

Menston near Ilkley

"Space dust

I used to drive my spaniel wild with space dust he loved it!

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By *irtydanMan
over a year ago

Blackpool

texas bars

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

aw god, penny sweets! how far could 10p stretch in the late 70's/80's he he!

fruit salads, black jacks, white mice, mojos loved em all! still do. still love a sherbet fountain, but of course, everything seems so much smaller now.

for those who loved space dust, at christmas time cadbury's release their elves, just like little 'freddo' bars, but they have popping candy inside! trying snogging someone at the same time, mmm!

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By *wned EmCouple
over a year ago

nuneaton

Popping Candy! Empty the whole packet into your mouth and it explodes all over your tongue, cheeks and throat.

Probably banned now!

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

Walnut whips, cadburys old jamaica, bazooka bubble gum, mint cracknle and spangles..... you can still buy those if ya look in the right shops lol

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

Golden cup

Splicer bars

Highland toffee

Whoppers

Pacers

Beta Bars

mmmm, feel a sweet tooth moment coming on

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By *riendlyfunfemWoman
over a year ago

A world of my own

Mint Cracknell, Spangles, a bag of cream soda and licorice sticks, those pink prawns (which are definitely much smaller)

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

em alone

there's loads of websites offering confectionery sweets, some containing popping candy. try www.keepitsweet.com

enjoy.

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

caramac bars and krispets mm yummy

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

Tic Tacs and Pacers

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

"Popping Candy! Empty the whole packet into your mouth and it explodes all over your tongue, cheeks and throat.

Probably banned now!"

i had a creme brulee the other month that had icecream with popping candy in - was awesome!!!

Penny sweets were great - used to take half on hour to work out which get you more value for your money lol

no sweets taste the same now they have taken all the artificial stuff out

Remeber the chocolate cigarettes you used to be able to get - thinking you were so cool pretending to smoke lol

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By *exeteraWoman
over a year ago

Bridgend

spanish tobacco

pineapple chunks n cola cubes

sweet peanuts

coconut squares covered in choccy mmmmmmmmmm

Can find a lot of the older brands on ebay

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By *wned EmCouple
over a year ago

nuneaton

"em alone

there's loads of websites offering confectionery sweets, some containing popping candy. try www.keepitsweet.com

enjoy.

xx"

Thanks but I've moved on now and prefer other things exploding in my mouth...

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

here in tamworth we have a fab sweet shop

its been in the town centre for 100 years

and its proper oldy worldy lol

everyth is is stored is glass jars and sold by the quater

they sell sweets you remember as a kid and if they havent got it they will have a dam good go at getting it for you

i love going in there as it reminds me of my childhood

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By *ob and angelaCouple
over a year ago

glasgow

Candy balls,galaxy counters,chelsea whoppers ( still get whoppers but not the same) chocolate tools mmm loved them & freshen up chewing gum, could go on & on lol.......

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

Fizzy cola bottles, and I went through boxes of the stuff.

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

Barley sugar twists, and butterscotch and chocolate twists

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By *arracks7Couple
over a year ago

Now in Warrington

sherbet pips and thom thumb drops lovely

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

fruit salads, black jacks and spangles

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By *umourCouple
over a year ago

Rushden

Refreshers! I loved Refreshers! They taste crap now, cos in line with the "Nanny State" they have reduced the sugar and other bits and they are just not the same!

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By *umourCouple
over a year ago

Rushden

"spangles,no idea what they are called now,if they even still exist

opal fruits,now called starburst(god only knows why)

nutty bar,another one that has disappeared off the shelves

texan bar,reminds me of a saturday night watching starsky n hutch on the telly

gob stoppers

rileys toffee rolls

ahh sweet memories"

Sadly, Spangles have gone. Used to love the Old English ones. Probably wouldn't be able to call em that any more! Too Jingoistic. Have to be called "Old Peoples of the World" flavour now...

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

Hmmmm...black jacks, fruit salads, refreshers, curly wurly's, milk bottles, noughart...no wonder I have so many fillings!

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By *ickedWWoman
over a year ago

Chester

What happened to Tuttie Fruitties, and the minty ones you could get..

And fruit flavoured polo's that you could never just have one of, they came out of the packet in chunks of 3's and 4's

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

"here in tamworth we have a fab sweet shop

its been in the town centre for 100 years

and its proper oldy worldy lol

everyth is is stored is glass jars and sold by the quater

they sell sweets you remember as a kid and if they havent got it they will have a dam good go at getting it for you

i love going in there as it reminds me of my childhood

trendy types are opening similar olde worlde sweet shops these days

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

"Refreshers! I loved Refreshers! They taste crap now, cos in line with the "Nanny State" they have reduced the sugar and other bits and they are just not the same!

A lot of sweets are sugar free, and I cannot stand the taste of sweetners. Hence I do not eat many sweets nowadays.

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

Gold Nuggets bubble gum; Space Dust (that crackled on your tongue); Sour Fruits chewing gum; 12" long Bazooka Joe bubble gum; a 10p mix that got you 50 sweets (try and get that anywhere these days!)

Nostalgia... hhmmmmmmmmmm ... it just ain't what it used to be.

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By *emmefataleWoman
over a year ago

dirtybigbadsgirlville

"Gold Nuggets bubble gum; Space Dust (that crackled on your tongue); Sour Fruits chewing gum; 12" long Bazooka Joe bubble gum; a 10p mix that got you 50 sweets (try and get that anywhere these days!)

Nostalgia... hhmmmmmmmmmm ... it just ain't what it used to be.

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they still sell that space dust ya know wishy....useful for other stuff too it is.....brings lets say interesting sensations to parts other sweeties may not reach

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

"Space dust

I used to drive my spaniel wild with space dust he loved it!

It has the same effect when giving oral

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

I have never seen a sweet "growing up" !!!

Just think of a 60 yr old mars bar

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