Favourite sweets/snacks from back in the day

[IndyJones]

So there has been a few sweets mentioned in another thread so thought I'd just ask what everyones favourite sweets & snacks were from yesteryear or ones you remember that are no longer about

Mine are cola bottles, tooty fruities & fruit salad

I remember something called yorkshire mix that you used to buy from the jars, it was an assortment of bits & pieces, probably the bits from the bottom of other jars but nice all the same

I suppose the obvious big change I remember is when marathon became snickers, not sure what the logic was but I think it was ok as marathon.

Wagon Wheels, I used to have these at a mates house in the early 80's, never had one for a decade or more, bough a pack & I'm sure they are half the size now to what I remember.

Oh yes, just remembered something called hedgehog flavoured crisps, not sure I ever had a pack but I'm not sure they would get away with those today
IndyJones2013-10-26 13:08:56

 

[ben76]

Laser bars....
All I can find on the interweb is this.....

http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/wordpress/category/whatever-happened-to/laser/

- Ben

 

[trm]

The Hedgehog crisps were a kind of spicy beefy flavour. Quite disappointing Marathon became Snickers to match with the rest of the world's branding, same as Opal Fruits and loads of others.

The nearest thing to Laser bars (which were AWESOME!) that I know of are Frosties. They are Laser flavoured, toxic orange coloured and semi-hard round boiled sugar sweets in a tube about 3 inches long. They do a cola flavour in red and a Laser flavour in a green wrapper.

Here are the cola (which are pretty nice too!)

http://www.bestbritishsweets.co.uk/full-boxes-of-sweets/barratts-frosties-rolls-cola-sweets-full-box.html

I really liked Pacers - imagine a white and green striped Opal Fruit but spearminty

 

[trm]

I didn't realise up until a few seconds ago that Pacers were originally called Opal Mints! Learn something new every day

 

[Milky]

Drifter and Wagon Wheels - obviously

 

[IndyJones]

Cheers trm for clearing up the marathon mystery, I never knew that, so hedgehog crisps were a spicy beef, thats actually made me think of something else I actually miss, I don't think walkers do the beef & onion flavour crisps anymore or at least I can't seem to find them anymore, used to love that flavour & have been forced onto smokey bacon now as I can't seem to get on with steak flavour crisps.

Laser bars I seem to have missed totally

but I do seem to remember the pacers (or something similar) with the stripey section.

Yes, thumbs up to Drifters & Wagons (ignoring size) not old school but Fuse Bars I thought were quite nice as well, see they went out 7 years ago.

I also remember when you could not only but 1p sweets but also .5p sweets, I think the little mice fell into the .5p price point.

 

[strykr]

Choc-etts.

But no-ones ever heard of them so i'll get my coat....

I also remember a sort of toblerone yet mountain shaped with snow on top choc bar that was gorgeous bitd.

add secret bars & pyramint too.

damn I need some chocolate now....

 

[IDCHAPPY]

 

[strykr]

I remember them, and the chicken n chip were great.

 

[thechop]

Texan bars, remember them well nearly breaking my teeth.

 

[IDCHAPPY]

There's a salt and vinegar flavour of these that are very similar to the burtons fish'n'chips. Give them a bash if you see them, I could quite easily bash a big bag of them in a row

 

[thechop]

Smax.......mmmm...

Ringo's too but they went down the pan they used to be flat and they changed them and ruined them for me, although I had a bag just the other day and they were almost back to there best.

Also have a space raiders addiction

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Smax.......mmmm...

Ringo's too but they went down the pan they used to be flat and they changed them and ruined them for me, although I had a bag just the other day and they were almost back to there best.

Also have a space raiders addiction

Pickled Onion FTW

 

[thechop]

Smax.......mmmm...

Ringo's too but they went down the pan they used to be flat and they changed them and ruined them for me, although I had a bag just the other day and they were almost back to there best.

Also have a space raiders addiction

 

Pickled Onion FTW

Oh yes, had some incarnations I remember when they were spaceships, outer spacers then.

Also remember bones, fangs and bats...showing my age now

 

[IndyJones]

Blimey, there are some tasty things being mentioned, I'm starting to feel hungry

Space Raiders, yes, very tasty, I remember buying a full carton of a similar snack called petrified prawn flavour from wilko's, just looked up a picture, usual 10p sized smaller bag & they were round iirc, kept buying 2 or 3 packs & became addicted to them so asked the other half's auntie who works there if she could get a full case in for me

 

[IDCHAPPY]

I remember these, I'm sure they came in a coffin shaped container though :

 

[samusaran]

Galaxy counters
Mint cracknell
Cabana
Space dust

 

[IDCHAPPY]

Frys 5 centres

 

[cools]

Nevermind decades ago, these were the best crisps I've ever tasted:

http://www.realcrisps.com/products/real-crisps/4-jalapeno-pepper-.html

I bought one box full. Then a couple of weeks later the factory burnt down and you can no longer get them.

 

[muddymusic]

I used to love Spicy tomato snaps, then earlier in the year spotted them in my local garage so bought the lot

.
Went home and found Amazon stock a lot of my old faves (snaps included by the box!) so have a few half empty 3kg bags of haribo in the cupboard now. Whoops. Best ones are Needlers Turkish Delight chocs. Mmm.

I always used to have time for transform-a-snack, quarterbacks, and salt & vinegar puffs. 10p crisps were the best