jk136 Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Me and a friend at work got on to discussing old sweets we used to get when we were young. Personal favourites were lager bottles, cherries and flying saucers. We both were talking about a particular sweet box where you had 2 types of coloured 'granules' in two seperate halfs of the box. It was pretty small, but you could choose which ones to eat first. The packaging is something like the drawing below.... (poor I know) http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/3449/81792449.th.jpg Can anyone name that sweet....I though it had 'double' in the title or something.... Its really annoying us as we cant remember!! Oh and if your like me, check out these links: http://www.villagesweetshop.com and http://www.aquarterof.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRACIE_LOU Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Yeah i remember them, not sure on name nerdz or something stoopid probably, then again prob totally wrong:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Tic Tacs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Not double dips? http://www.northstargiftshop.co.uk/Photos/DOUBLE%20DIP.gif I used to love nerds and dweebs: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4d/Nerds_box.jpg/180px-Nerds_box.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I used to love nerds and dweebs I wonder why that could be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Was it the lime and rasberry flavours and I think they did orange and strawberry as well. EDIT: didnt they withdraw them as someone found glass in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk136 Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Yeah I think it was Nerdz...nice one! A massive weight off my mind! haha - you can guess how bored I am at work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I remember the sweets you're on about - they were like mis-shapen blobs of candy. Can't remember the name though. There were also bone-shaped sweets that came in a plastic coffin that you could put together and make a skeleton, I think you got a reflective badge as well. I liked them. I also liked the Germoline flavoured spuggy, but quite why it was that flavour I've no Idea. You used to get little transfers of smiley faces in the wrapper. I've actually got a little box with a load of them and the 'pirate tattoos' that came with other spuggy. I found it last time I moved house, lol. Rice paper and kali were always good, too. [edit] Yep, it was Nerdz I was thinking of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk136 Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 http://snapshot.parade.com/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1157945&g2_serialNumber=3 These are the bad boys. Very sour taste if I remember rightly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 There were also bone-shaped sweets that came in a plastic coffin that you could put together and make a skeleton, I think you got a reflective badge as well. I liked them. That's so random! I remember those... I wonder if they still make them!? Do you remember Garage Pail Kids? gruesome stickers (no doubt 'banned' as some point) with chewing gum... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Do you remember Garage Pail Kids? gruesome stickers (no doubt 'banned' as some point) with chewing gum... Yeah I think I had almost a complete set of the first series stickers (long since lost). On the same vein, I've still got an almost complete set of Disney's 'Black Hole' bubble gum cards. That's just reminded me of another one - I think it was another spuggy-related thing, but there was a Pac-Man thing you could get that had stickers and a Pac-Man game that was the maze on a scratch card. My bedroom door was covered in those stickers. I'm going to have to have a search to see if I can find more info on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jk136 Posted March 2, 2009 Author Share Posted March 2, 2009 Ive opened a can of worms now!! Heehee! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 lol, I'm bored at work, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 http://www.geocities.com/kjnorth/star.htm and this sticker seems very wrong now... http://www.geocities.com/kjnorth/yvy1wwpp.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Ive opened a can of worms now!! Heehee! I'm told I used to like them too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRACIE_LOU Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 black jacks were always my fav still love them now, and these Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Ooh, I used to like toffos until I choked on one. I was eating one whilst riding my bike and I took a deep breath pedalling uphill and the sticky little sod got stuck in my throat. Managed to cough it up, but never ate one again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 http://www.dailyping.com/images/pacman.jpg Yes! I can't remember for the life of me how these were sold? with random chewy as everything else was? How bloody old are we!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Space Dust...mmm...fizzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobSoarerTT Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 I used to love the Wham bars when I was a kid, then about 3 years ago they reappeared!!! I also use to love those burgers that where made up of various sweets. You'd get the buns, the burger, lettuce etc. If I recall they where stupidly expensive though and out of the budget of a youngster like myself with a pound to spend. Also what about those sweets that looked exactly like smokes, the packaging the sweet etc it was chocolate wrapped in sugar paper I think, guess they where banned long ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Animal Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Yes! I can't remember for the life of me how these were sold? with random chewy as everything else was? How bloody old are we!? Follow the link I added - it explains all, and has pics of the stickers. How about 'Hit Pops'? Miniature shaped bubble gum records that came in an album sleeve. I remember being chuffed when I got the Judas Priest 'British Steel' one as the rest were all pop rubbish, lol. And, yes, we're all old, lol. The 70's were a great time to be a kid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbm Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 For those who may be interested: http://www.britishcandy.com/sections/1/nostalgic_and_retro_sweets.html Bubbleyum...there's another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRACIE_LOU Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 have to be the 80's for me. or late 70's may remember a little:D animal think you should give a toffo another try they are still lovely!... i'm sure you wouldn't be so daft this time around hehe:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Toffos are amazing... do they still do those flavoured ones? I also still love Dime bars (as a recent trip to Ikea revealed) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRACIE_LOU Posted March 2, 2009 Share Posted March 2, 2009 Toffos are amazing... do they still do those flavoured ones? I also still love Dime bars (as a recent trip to Ikea revealed) Yeah they do!! not many shops tho, i hadnt' seen them for years until a few months ago, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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