Retro sweets

[Dagman]

Hi all, I'm searching for retro sweets, getting some together as part of Mrs D's birthday prezzie. I have trawled ebay for some she has mentioned in the past, all from the 70's by the way! So far I've got fruit salad and blackjack chews, monkey bars (toffee and banana flavour) and anglo bubble gum. the others I can't find are the ones that had free skin transfers with yellow smiley faces and others with cartoon like pictures, don't remember if they were gum or chews! I remember licking the back of your hand and holding the transfer on. There was another sweet that was like a square tablet of fizzy chalky textured stuff that crumbled when you bit it. Anyone know if these are still available somewhere? What sweets do you remember?

[Mamyalynne]

Try here

http://www.aquarterof...s=quarter+of&x=23&y=9

[Jan1957]

My favourites were mainly all the sherbert ones. Sherbert strawberries, lemons, pips, cola cubes and pineapple chunks.

[annie0000]

Morrisons do a nice bag called sweet shop mix - it has pear drops and pineapple and cola cubes and apple somethings too.

I loved MB bars.

[mrsmaveric]

sherbet dips which you had to suck the sherbet up through a liqurice stick,mint cracknel,frys creme bars,love hearts and football fizzers ohhhh the list and memories are endless.......

[Maydup]

Another few of sites to try:

http://www.oldfashion...eets.co.uk/index.php/

http://www.sweetsenti.../store/insideshop.asp

http://www.thesweetie...8_T1KkCFcxzfAodfnZqNg

[Jemisa]

Put 'Retro Sweets' in Google then you can trawl for hours.

jem

[Dagman]

All your suggestions are great, I feel like I'm 12 again back in the sweet shop, how many have I forgotten about!!! sweet tobacco, flying saucers, and yes annie0000, cola cubes. They used to make the roof of my mouth sore, so did pineapple chunks, sweet peanuts (we bought some in a so called retro sweet shop in Whitby, they were tat, didn't even have bits of peanut in, wot a swizz). Thanks for the links, gonna scour them and maybe even sneak mesel something ;)

[Maydup]

Sweet peanuts were the best. We have a little old fashioned sweet shop in a nearby town but I can never decide what to buy - too much choice! But its a great idea as a present, got me thinking about making up a sweet hamper/mixed jar for a friend now. What are you going to put yours in Dagman?

In this day and age do we buy a quarter of sherbet lemons or 100g?

[scrummyyummy]

"There was another sweet that was like a square tablet of fizzy chalky textured stuff that crumbled when you bit it"

Are they called Pez sweets which you put into a dispenser? If it it, they still sell them.

I remember Texan Bar (chewy bar covered in chocolate) and Fizzy Lizzies both of these were good at pulling fillings out!

[Dagman]

I remember the Pez sweets, like tiny bricks I think? The ones I'm looking for were a 1n1/2" square about 1/4" thick so were much bigger. The sweet peanuts I remember had bits of peanut in and when you bit through it tasted salty, wonderful. I've spotted red sweet lips and foam bananas, they're going on the list. Still no sign of the smiley face transfers tho!

[emmie]

cigarette sweets, aniseed twists, humbugs, cola cubes, flying saucers, sherbert dips, and jublee, the orange pyramid, that took ages to eat, because it was so cold. Lots of shops now selling these old sweets, many haven't gone away, but children of all ages, me included still like them
shrimps, liquorice strings, love hearts, refreshers, takes me back

[lankeela]

I think the smiley face things were bubble gum. Pink square ones.

[lankeela]

Bazooka?

[lankeela]

http://reviews.ebay.c...gidZ10000000005081508

[JMR27]

Penny dainties, probably 1p dainties now, if they still exist.

[redcrx]

gum with tattoos http://www.aquarterof...bblegum-p-151079.html

[OrdsallSi]

Take a look at this site to see what they are still making

http://www.swizzels-matlow.com/

[Davethedog]

For anyone who is near, or holidaying near, broadstairs there is an old fashioned sweet shop in the high street all of those mention that came out of glass jars.

[emmie]

That's one of the things i missed when Woolies went bust, one the best place to get penny sweets, that and our Mr Browns newsagent, how he must have loved us lot...