Favourite 'Giant' Confectionery Tub

[Mr Curta]

I'm referring to those ubiquitous tubs of tooth-rot that start materialising in offices at this time of year. The very few amongst any selection that I actually quite like disappear overnight, most of the remainder go in the next few days and then the unloved bastard toffees linger until the departmental Billy Bunter finally hoovers them up and the admin person pops the empty tub on top of the filing cabinet amongst all the others because it might be useful one day.

I'm partial to a Parma Violet and not fussed about what the big players try to pass off as chocolate so my vote has to go for the rare appearance of Swizzels Sweet Treats.

[Suds]

Nope, I'm not playin. It's Wurvers (soft) or nuffin for this ol' codger - till then, I'll stick to me biccy

[GraniteQuarry]

Celebrations FTW due to inclusion of Teasers.

[Papa Hotel]

Who are the perverts who prefer Quality Street over Roses??

[Suds]

Nothing wrong with purvers originals


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[sish101]

Roses are the worst. A selection of tasteless gooey creams of the worst order.

Celebrations then Miniature Heroes then at a push Quality Street.

Sent through the ether by diddling with radio waves

[AlphaOmega]

Parma Violet - surely the PP of the sweet world.

[jukeboxs]

None of these - Pick n Mix 4 me.

[enndriz]

Just shows you how hard times used to be that roses or quality street were considered a treat. Both taste like cooking chocolate these days. Thank Christ for heroes and celebrations!

[robert75]

Just shows you how hard times used to be that roses or quality street were considered a treat. Both taste like cooking chocolate these days. Thank Christ for heroes and celebrations!

Eddie can we ban this guy for this heresy?

[Sinnlover]

Swizzels sweet shop favourites for me. I do like a PV or a fizzer.

[Mr Curta]

Swizzels sweet shop favourites for me. I do like a PV or a fizzer.

Excellent taste, however I've done some research and there's a higher proportion of PVs and Fizzers in Swizzels Sweet Treats.

Incidentally, when we were living in Geneva I had an Austrian colleague who pronounced Fizzer as 'Pfizer'. It took me a while to twig what he was on about when he was telling me how much he liked them.

[JasonM]

Parma Violet - surely the PP of the sweet world.

No way! They taste like accidentally getting your Grandma’s perfume in your mouth, they instantly give me a headache.

[Sinnlover]

Excellent taste, however I've done some research and there's a higher proportion of PVs and Fizzers in Swizzels Sweet Treats.

Incidentally, when we were living in Geneva I had an Austrian colleague who pronounced Fizzer as 'Pfizer'. It took me a while to twig what he was on about when he was telling me how much he liked them.

I quite like the double lollipops mad of the same substance as fizzers

https://www.swizzels.com/shop/swizzels-sweets/bulkbags

They do 3kg bulk bags of PVs!

[AlphaOmega]

No way! They taste like accidentally getting your Grandma’s perfume in your mouth, they instantly give me a headache.

Ah, fair enough.

Changing the subject, I wonder why they're so popular in Norfolk?

This joke has been prepared for you on behalf of Pitch and Dave-O.

[Mr Curta]

No way! They taste like accidentally getting your Grandma’s perfume in your mouth, they instantly give me a headache.

I particularly enjoy them after mushrooms on toast.

[ryanb741]

Gigantic tub of Haribo Gummi Bears does the trick here.

[JasonM]

I particularly enjoy them after mushrooms on toast.

There’s clearly something wrong with you, mushrooms are fungi, so is athletes foot, ergo, eating mushrooms is akin to eating athletes foot.
Toast is fine.

[Brighty]

Prefer chalk based confectionery over chocolate any day. Fizzers, love hearts, double Lolly's. So swizzels for the win

[Top Cat]

Prefer chalk based confectionery over chocolate any day. Fizzers, love hearts, double Lolly's. So swizzels for the win

Seconded!! Love hearts and Parma violets all day long.

[wileeeeeey]

Celebrations > *

[Neil.C]

Roses here, gorgeous chocolate covered muck, although I do like a Parma violet as well.

[GOAT]

Rose and violet creams….decent ones

https://charbonnel.co.uk/product/gra...-violet-creams

Or go without
Feels cathartic now.

[deepreddave]

Teasers for the win and they used to do jars of just them, although I haven't seen such a thing for years. QS over Roses all day long but I don't but Cadburys now since the quality dropped markedly. Quite liking Chocolonely right now but no idea if they do any special Xmas things (their little Easter eggs were nice though).

I was once close to being addicted to refreshers, in boxes of 144 from the local cash and carry. Tooth rot indeed

[AlphaOmega]

I particularly enjoy them after mushrooms on toast.

I'm fairly open-minded but even I have to admit that this sounds like an experimental gap year.

[Mr Curta]

I'm fairly open-minded but even I have to admit that this sounds like an experimental gap year.

It was a weak attempt at J's nightmare menu but I ran out of things that I knew he didn't like very rapidly. I bet he isn't partial to olives so the toast is made from olive bread. It's definitely brushed with truffle and garlic infused olive oil.

[AlphaOmega]

[markrlondon]

but I don't but Cadburys now since the quality dropped markedly.

Indeed. So sad. All Cadbury's chocolate seems pasty, like cooking chocolate, now.

Cadbury went very noticeably downhill after being bought by Kraft/Mondelez, a US company. It is ironic that chocolate from Mars Foods (Galaxy, etc.), another US company, is now seemingly of better quality than Cadbury's. This is even stranger still since I note that Mondelez owns Milka, which still seems to produce good chocolate.

[JasonM]

It was a weak attempt at J's nightmare menu but I ran out of things that I knew he didn't like very rapidly. I bet he isn't partial to olives so the toast is made from olive bread. It's definitely brushed with truffle and garlic infused olive oil.

It was a good effort, you could throw some tuna ( or any fish really) and tomatoes on the toast to really stimulate my gag reflex though.
And then there is quiche, my mum tried to poison me with quiche once when I was a kid, ( everyone else was fine except for me, but I blame the quiche) the thought of it brings on nausea to this day.

Strangely I have become quite partial to olives, but came to them quite late in life,
I love black olives especially, last year I had this crazy idea of finely chopping them up with some olive oil to make a paste to put on crackers and excitedly showed my wife my groundbreaking culinary delight, I was quite pleased with myself until she told me I had invented Tapenade and could buy it in Tesco.

[Mr Curta]

I’m with you on quiche.

[TheFlyingBanana]

Celebrations FTW due to inclusion of Teasers.

That is a good call, along with mini snickers, but then Heroes have that mini-cream egg thing... so...

It's a tough call.


I went for Roses though, as they don't have any duffers in there, or sweets that might pull a tooth out.

[TheFlyingBanana]

Strangely I have become quite partial to olives, but came to them quite late in life,
I love black olives especially, last year I had this crazy idea of finely chopping them up with some olive oil to make a paste to put on crackers and excitedly showed my wife my groundbreaking culinary delight, I was quite pleased with myself until she told me I had invented Tapenade and could buy it in Tesco.

I also didn't discover olives until in my late twenties, but the two decades since have been filled with the little green and black savoury grapes of joy.

I absolutely love the things, and the sheer number of varieties and way of serving them is a neverending source of pleasure.


Everyone else in my family finds them repellent though, which actually suits me fine as I know that a pot of them in the fridge are mine, and mine alone!

[tiny73]

Where’s the Haribo rhubarb and custard giant tub as an option??

[magirus]

It was a good effort, you could throw some tuna ( or any fish really) and tomatoes on the toast to really stimulate my gag reflex though.
And then there is quiche, my mum tried to poison me with quiche once when I was a kid, ( everyone else was fine except for me, but I blame the quiche) the thought of it brings on nausea to this day.

Strangely I have become quite partial to olives, but came to them quite late in life,
I love black olives especially, last year I had this crazy idea of finely chopping them up with some olive oil to make a paste to put on crackers and excitedly showed my wife my groundbreaking culinary delight, I was quite pleased with myself until she told me I had invented Tapenade and could buy it in Tesco.

You might try adding anchovies, chilli and garlic to the mix.

[BillyCasper]

Barratt Retros because (1) Hadn't received a vote, (2) Contain Black Jacks, although I don't think my teeth could survive them anymore. Parma Violets, aren't they girls' sweets?

[Mr Curta]

You might try adding anchovies, chilli and garlic to the mix.

I think that the fishy bit bit might be a problem... I love tapenade but these days use a vegetarian recipe.

[Mr Curta]

Where’s the Haribo rhubarb and custard giant tub as an option??

[Kingstepper]

Indeed. So sad. All Cadbury's chocolate seems pasty, like cooking chocolate, now.

Cadbury went very noticeably downhill after being bought by Kraft/Mondelez, a US company. It is ironic that chocolate from Mars Foods (Galaxy, etc.), another US company, is now seemingly of better quality than Cadbury's. This is even stranger still since I note that Mondelez owns Milka, which still seems to produce good chocolate.

I find Cadbury's Milk Tray to be quite passable, far nicer than I remember from years ago.

[adrianw]

A kilo of jelly beans

[monogroover]

Just a digestive biscuit, please. A low fat one if you've got one.

[Robsmck]

I would be selective from each genre. Green triangles and big purple ones from QS, galaxy caramel and Maltesers from GC, and creme egg and wispa from CH.

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[Kingstepper]

Don’t get the love for the Purple One. Was good when a whole Brazil in chocolate, now it’s just a generic hazelnut offering.

[Tazmo61]

Haribos are a big favourite at our house , so they get my vote .

[Mr Curta]

Barratt Retros because (1) Hadn't received a vote, (2) Contain Black Jacks,

I'm sucking on an aniseed ball right now as it happens. I wonder if there is a Finnish version of these tubs that features a variety of liquorice treats.

[JasonM]

I think that the fishy bit bit might be a problem... I love tapenade but these days use a vegetarian recipe.

It would indeed, on her sadistic days, the wife makes me make the kids tuna sandwiches, just to see me hold my breath for the duration.

[verv]

Swizzels sweet shop for me. Love the refresher chews and drumsticks.

[Carlton-Browne]

I wonder if there is a Finnish version of these tubs that features a variety of liquorice treats.

You just need to arrange some sort of exchange with Anti - the consignment he sent me was so large that my neck started throbbing after a week and I had to take a break (probably doesn't technically meet the criteria of a tub).

Aniseed balls were a favourite of mine as a kid - I always remember the crestfallen look on Mr Carey's face every time I arrived in his shop clutching 2 pounds. They were a halfpenny each and he didn't have a scales.

[Stanford]

Aniseed balls were a favourite of mine too, along with jelly spogs, aniseed twist and sherbet fountains (apparently, the cardboard tube has been replaced with a plastic one - progress? and the liquorice 'stick' that used to be hollow so you could suck the sherbet through it is now solid).

[sickie]

You're all heathens and ferrero rocher is the way to go.
Although I love parma violets. But then again anything that's sweet is within my tastes.



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[markrlondon]

I find Cadbury's Milk Tray to be quite passable, far nicer than I remember from years ago.

Interesting. The christmas stock is in at my local supermarket and so I shall partake of a box and possibly report back.