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PhilW1

Cue the diabetes thread

SPECTRUM001

hollywoodrox said:

Perdix said:

All this chocolate is all well and good but I would much rather have a pack of Toffos. Plain ones would do but could murder a pack of the flavoured ones. mmm.

They were a staple as a kid if you wanted something that would last a while 

Yeah Toffos are probably responsible for some of my dental misgivings.

I liked the flavoured pack too.

hollywoodrox

I think there was a bar called Bitz around the time of pyramint etc . I can remember finding an after eight left over under the cardboard tray inside sometimes .

i quite enjoyed a cabana it was full of coconut cherry and caramel , caramac was a weird one 
. I remember some things called swisket but I never had one ,but the advert was “I’ll risk it for a swisket”   Prize was a lovely bar with fruit and nuts in it . Pacers were like mint flavoured opal fruits . Fry’s Turkish delight was lots better than the real stuff . I can remember my first cornetto around 76 77 and my first Yorkie bar .

Dominic

Anybody remember TIFFIN ?

SPECTRUM001

Dominic said:

Anybody remember TIFFIN ?

Yep - a strange concoction.

SPECTRUM001

Always thought it had too many raisins

rsvmark

Twirl. Just leave this here

chillidoggy

There was one drawback with the Fry's Five Centre - the fruit fondant never matched the segments in the chocolate. Invariably, this meant two flavours in one segment. This production error almost certainly caused widespread public rejection, and hence its demise.

EricTheWeary

hollywoodrox said:

Can anybody remember when dairy box and milk tray had proper centres instead of all this mocha type stuff that just tastes the same . I used to like weekend and carousel too , Roses are not so good now either. The only proper ones left are quality street 

We had some Milk Tray this year, given to MrsTheWeary on her birthday. They are not great yet seemed the height of poshness when I was a child. 

Philly_Q said:

EricTheWeary said:

SPECTRUM001 said:

Philly_Q said:

Anyone a fan of minty chocolates?  It's an absolute crime that they stopped making Mingles.

After Eights or nothing !

I am notorious within the Weary family for my love of After Eights so I would often get bought Mingles ( people assuming they were similar enough). But they were like chocolate topped with toothpaste. So wrong. Not missed by me. 

Wow, interesting.  I honestly thought Mingles were awesome, but maybe I'm the only person who liked them.  Which would explain their early demise.

Now I'm off to see if I've got some Lindt and some Colgate....

...I’m waiting on the outcome. 

Next door to Eurotunnel in Calais is Cite Europe which is a big shopping mall place and part of it has outlet shops. Includes a Lindt shop, quite a big one. I have spent hours wandering around trying to catch the eye of the shop assistant giving out free samples. No pandemic, freedom of movement, tiny bits of free chocolate - who knew I was living my best life then. 

jonnyburgo

scrumhalf said:

Mint Cracknel. Like a Dime bar but with crystalline minty stuff in the middle. The advert said it "takes you somewhere cool and green", "somewhere you've never been". The mind boggles. 

Shetland Isles?