70's and 80's Sweets

[Ticker]

Highland toffee

And of course my childhood fav' Winter Mixtures

[valleywatch]

Last post was about winter mixture............made me remember............cough candies!

[barryw]

That Dentene had the strangest flavour and those American hard gums were rock hard!

[vRSG60]

Proper Midget Gems, Poor Bens, Licquorice Tablets, Butterscoth Tablets and Fruit Salad made by Lion in Cleckheaton, not the poor substitute now available.

My local newsagent sells Lion's Midget gems & Sports Mixtures. The Maynard ones are tasteless.

[saggs]

Mint Cracknell, as already mentioned - like eating minty broken glass - fantastic

cadburys 'nutty'? looked like squirrel shit but was fantastic

regards

Saggs

[monogroover]

I remember with fondness..... Spangles, Sherbert DibDabs, Marathons.......

I loved Spangles, especially the 'Old English' ones. The ones I really miss though are licquorice gums, Rowntrees I think. Their advertising was cowboy-themed, for some reason. The old Fruit Gums were much nicer than the present incarnation too, especially the boxed ones.

What else - oh yes Fry's Five Centres - like Chocolate Cream, but with five different fruity flavours (and colours).

Happy days.

[Neil.C]

I loved Spangles, especially the 'Old English' ones. The ones I really miss though are licquorice gums, Rowntrees I think. Their advertising was cowboy-themed, for some reason.

Everything was cowboy themed in those days!

What else - oh yes Fry's Five Centres - like Chocolate Cream, but with five different fruity flavours (and colours).

Gawd yes. Dark chocolate with a seductive series of fruit flavoured centres.

Yummy.

[barryw]

My local newsagent sells Lion's Midget gems & Sports Mixtures. The Maynard ones are tasteless.

Yes but I think they're owned by Maynards now, too soft and no liquorice! Definitely not the real deal anymore.
Spanish liquorice sticks, they were rock hard and very bitter..........lovely :)

[adam164]

Freddo the frogs & Furry friends chocolate

Old Jamaica

Nutty bars

And has anyone mentioned you don't get chocolate spanners, saws or screwdrivers in selection boxes or stockings any more?

[tsunami]

That Dentene had the strangest flavour

Cinnamon if I remember correctly. Used to love these.

[AlphaOmega]

Cinnamon if I remember correctly. Used to love these.

Yes. There always seemed to be a decaying piece of that in my car somewhere...

[barryw]

Do they still sell Dentene?

[ETCHY]

Do they still sell Dentene?

I'd forgotten all about that !

[the.admiral]

Do they still sell Dentene?

Google Dentyne....

I bought some whilst in the US last year...couldn't help myself. Wife just looked at me......

[neebsta]

Yes but I think they're owned by Maynards now, too soft and no liquorice! Definitely not the real deal anymore.
Spanish liquorice sticks, they were rock hard and very bitter..........lovely :)

No, Lion is owned by Tangerine confectionery and the product is still made in the Lion factory in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire.

Maynards produce the 'Sports Mix' in a hanging bag which is in no way anything like Lion.

[Tenko]

Bazooka Joe's and Bubalicious

[barryw]

No, Lion is owned by Tangerine confectionery and the product is still made in the Lion factory in Cleckheaton, Yorkshire.

Maynards produce the 'Sports Mix' in a hanging bag which is in no way anything like Lion.

Yes you're right both are my favourite, the harder the better for me!
Cheers.

[Neil.C]

Bazooka Joe's and Bubalicious

Bazooka Joe's, that takes me back.

Used to get a little comic in the packet with some special offer or another if you saved up enough comics.

I got a "werewolf ring" that you blew into and made a siren-like sound.

Still remember I had to post off to Harold Hill, Essex.

[j111dja]

My favourite was one of these: