My mum went to an old fassioned sweet shop, and brought me "Tobacco".
It's like small strings of coconut covered in chocolate, and they're SOO good.

I've never heard or seen of this stuff before.

Let's talk about sweeties, what was your fave as a kid?
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:09, 102 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Texan bar

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:12, Reply)

Girl in work was going about these last week
She made us watch a series of these www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqqHbhnZBwA
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:15, Reply)

Sure is a mighty chew.
I fucking loved those as a kid.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:19, Reply)

I got it mixed up with Toffo

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:21, Reply)

Toffos!
They used to make fruit flavour ones, too.

Texans were ace.
(Spleep Shit, or get off the internet., Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:38, Reply)

they brought these back out a few years back
about half the size and five times the price
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:42, Reply)

Mint Aero
or chocolate cigarettes, funnily enough.
Cola Cubes.

EDIT: Crushed up Maltesers, by the quarter. Or "A bag of that crumbly fing please" as a girl in our school requested it from the shop.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:13, Reply)

I used to have a magic pack of chocolate cigarettes that never ran out

( broadsword, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:24, Reply)

Was it your mum or real magic?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:26, Reply)

It was real magic
just so long as I didn't look at the actual pack, and just grabbed a cigarette from my pocket, the pack never ran out.

Until it did. I was quite disappointed.
( broadsword, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:04, Reply)

I'm sorry for your loss

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:20, Reply)

Rosy Apples
Not that muck with the custard part to it, but just the red and green ones mmmmmmmm

Oh, and Yorkshire mix is the choice of champions
(b3tamax Mate, you're fat and I'll throw you in the river, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:15, Reply)

Nerds, Dweebs, chewie bar things like iron-bru.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:17, Reply)

Ahhhhhh
Nerds! You can still get them in Selfridges and those Ye Olde Sweet Shops that seem to be popping up around the place! When I went to Vegas last year I brought masses of Nerds - they are available in HOOOOOGE boxes there! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:58, Reply)

OH BOY OH BOY OH BOY

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:48, Reply)

the cheapo life savers that came out at christmas time in the boxes with Santa on them
oh man I was always so jealous of my cousins cause they got them every year and I didn't, couldn't my mom get a clue? gosh, no
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:18, Reply)

I used to always want those and never get them too.
We both had deprived childhoods. (I made sure my daughters got plenty of lifesavers when they were little).
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:26, Reply)

also, the suckers that came in long packs and were shaped like each holiday like hearts for v-day with white writing
man I love cheap candy
but only hard candy
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:37, Reply)

Oh, really fizzy things that make your face screw up
Like Astro Belts
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:18, Reply)

you guys have such great names for candy

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:21, Reply)

Yeah, like 'sweets' for a start!!!
:P
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:23, Reply)

I like 'sweeties'

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:24, Reply)

We call my aunty 'sweety'
Because she's a mental bitch. Bless her.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:26, Reply)

office lol
that's fucking grand
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:27, Reply)

Whenever my nana says "Sweety's been on the phone"
or "Wonder what Darling will say about that..." everybody cracks up because what she means is "TROUBLE, STRIFE AND MURDER!"
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:29, Reply)

do you say "nan-uh" or "nah-nah" ?
I like "nan-uh". I wish I had been taught "nan-uh" but I wasn't, I was taught "gram-aw"
I also know a girl that says "nah-nah" and she's a dirty slut whore.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:35, Reply)

I'm from Liverpool
so it sounds more like 'nanner' or 'nanneh'.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:37, Reply)

well that's way better than "nah-nah"
I approve of this usage of Nana.

tell me more about your crazy Sweety.
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:42, Reply)

Seriously, I was gonna give her a mention in 'family feuds' but there are too many tales.
She went through a phase of following me around when she was drunk, or coming into the pub I work in and having a fight with her fella.

I once saw her have such a tantrum that it looked like an exorcism. That was the night she threatened to cut off her tongue.

She asks the most outrageous things as though they're normal, like "Mother, I'm worried about my dad travelling alone. Does one of his walking sticks have a sword in it by any chance?"

She hates me.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:48, Reply)

that's awesome but it also quite sucks that she hates you
what was she going to do with her tongue after she cut it off?
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:57, Reply)

Throw it on the fire I think...
Nana and my uncle got the knife off her and shook her up until she stopped writhing. We all laugh about it, even her.
She hates me because she was the baby until I came along. She was 6 when I was born. "I'm the fucking baby!!" she said when I was 13. Baby Jane Hudson, anybody?
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:03, Reply)

YES !
I forgot about them.

Do you remember those lemon sweets where it was like a game to see how long you can suck on one without making a face? They had Hot ones too, but that wasn't my cup of tea.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:25, Reply)

Oh yeah I couldn't do hot sweets
I used to have a cup of water on hand when I dared to eat an Extra Strong Mint.

I wasn't allowed hard sweets but I used to sneakily have them.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:28, Reply)

I was on this treatment called "CT3211", made by nestle.
For 2 months, I was only allowed this forumlar, that tasted/smelt of off-milk and had the consistancy of a McDonalds milkshake. It was that and medicaly-sterial water (not just a kettle boiled, it tasted bitter). I wasn't even allowed mouthwash, and brushing my teeth I could only do twice a day, which when going through this stuff, was a complete pleasure. Two. Months.

Once a week my dad would let me have a few licks of a lollypop( special ones from Harrods) and then chuck it away (I think he kept it for himself, but he didn't do it infront of me) , and they were amazing, they're still my favorite and I sometimes make trips up there just for these lollys, they're called "Linda's Lollys".

The third time I was allowed Crusha milkshake, as that had the least stuff in, it didn't make it taste nice, but at least it was tollerable. Dad wrote to crusha about it, and they sent us boxes of the stuff, including loads of flavours that never made it to market, like grape and coconut.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:40, Reply)

God blimey Gonzicle
You've been through the mill.
Our jake used to have special feed but they put it through a tube so he didn't have to taste the cack.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:43, Reply)

The stuff was to thick to be put through a tube.
There was some kids on the ward who had another similar forumla who could use one, they also got a bit of chocolate.

Those tubes are horrible though, I've had them a few times, it's double bad when you sick it up and it goes out your mouth.

Although it was quite an ordeal, afterwards, they re-introduced you back into foods every week, first was potato (no butter, no skins), and even though it was even hospital-food jacket potato, I will never taste anything nicer than that in my life. The next week was marmight, so it was potato and marmight drinks for me... after a couple of months, it went down to 3 days, then ever day.... the idea being, if you get ill, you can narrow down the food group.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:02, Reply)

God I hated it enough when I had the runs and my mum wouldn't let me eat
Then after a whole day Grandma would say "Give her a Marie biscuit and see how she is."
A fucking Marie biscuit... I didn't know I was born!
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:09, Reply)

i like breasts

( broadsword, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:23, Reply)

holy sheeeit.....

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:23, Reply)

chocolate?

(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:23, Reply)

Chocolate cocks
smearing their mallow on chocolate tits.
(Spleep Shit, or get off the internet., Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:41, Reply)

*hungries*

( thealternativefact, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:43, Reply)

BAN THIS SICK FILTH!

( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:34, Reply)

Report them!

(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 16:00, Reply)

I used to love chocolate cigarettes and cigars
but I don't think it is even possible to buy candy smokes in the US or at least in Vermont anymore as they "promote smoking" (which probably has some truth to it). I have never seen candy "tobacco" but don't think it would go over well here. They used to (and may still) sell bubble gum in pouches that looked like the pouches of chewing tobacco baseball players use. I remember this causing a major uproar.

My fav as a kid was basically anything with sugar in it.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:23, Reply)

I used to love it when my dad went to the states and brought me home sweets and special pogs.
That bubblegum in pouches that looks like candy-floss (cotton-candy) was great, along with all those amazing flavours of Life Savers.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:30, Reply)

you can still get the candy cigarettes here, I always loved the packages with an indian or a cowboy on the front

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:43, Reply)

I must live in a much more socially advanced state
than you do. After all, we are the only state with a self avowed socialist as one of our elected US Senators.
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 16:01, Reply)

I read that as "I am better than you, blahblahblah"

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 16:38, Reply)

Fizzers, and I still love them.
Spearmint chews were also a favorite.
( girlinthehole, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:26, Reply)

Do you remember Pacers?
Like Opal Fruits but mint and striped.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:30, Reply)

I do *grins*
I love anything mint flavoured.
( girlinthehole, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:31, Reply)

Oh em gee do you remember the advert?
A man and woman ice-skating in green outfits...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:34, Reply)

I don't remember that : (

( girlinthehole, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:56, Reply)

OH YEAH BABY!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=61l4F3Q-uBg
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:16, Reply)

I never bought sweets
I would just bully the other kids into giving me theirs.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:28, Reply)

I can believe this
you awful penis.
( Davros' Granddad a voice of calm reason in a world of spastics., Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:34, Reply)

Poor childhood, gutted.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:42, Reply)

Did you grab them by the ankles and
shake them upside-down until all the sweeties fell from their pockets?
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:02, Reply)

I hear he's grabbed his own ankles more than once, if you know what I mean.

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:05, Reply)

Hehehehehe
I know what you mean
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:10, Reply)

he was doing yoga
Right?
(MichaelS wasn't picked again, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 16:02, Reply)

Aniseed Balls
I used to buy 100 at a time, I should be fat and have no teeth.
( Peej, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:29, Reply)

try this place
www.aquarterof.co.uk/

I am going to order the bumper 1970's box I think
( RadG Drinking Mojitos in the sun, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:29, Reply)

I used to treat myself once every couple of months from there.
The 'jumbo' series of lollypops are soooooo good.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:31, Reply)

We have to get my dad Lion's Sport Mixture from there
because he will not have inferior imitations...
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:32, Reply)

Lions midget gems ftw.
No other brand will do.
( girlinthehole, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:57, Reply)

You should speak to my brand-loyal father
He rants so much about imitations. he telephoned a shop to ask if they sold "LION'S!!" Sports Mix. When he got there they were, oh, Maynard's or something. He was almost crying.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:00, Reply)

QUARTER OF!!!!
*Calls Trading Standards*

Mind you they craftily get around it by selling quarter of a kilogram. Bah A quarter was and always will be 4oz!
( Peej, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:39, Reply)

or seven grams
*skins up*
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:52, Reply)

Flying saucers.
You know, the rice-paper-and-sherbet things.

Also, fizzy cola bottles. And white mice.

EDIT: Oh, and popping candy. I could never decide which was better: eating the stuff, or throwing it at the floor so it went bang.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:38, Reply)

Eat the flying saucer whole, or tip out the sherbet, THEN eat the rice paper?

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:39, Reply)

Desolve it on the tounge

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:41, Reply)

You'd have been a good catholic

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:44, Reply)

Haha

( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:04, Reply)

"Are you chewing the Host??? Don't you chew the Host!!"

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:10, Reply)

Oh, I just got that, I thought you were bein' rude.
=/
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:47, Reply)

You're going to hell
We've got a hell as well so you can't cop out by being all Jewish.
( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:51, Reply)

Either all at once,
or sherbet first.
( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:09, Reply)

Fazakerley

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:10, Reply)

Chelsea Whoppers
Only 1p each, chocolately nirvana
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:45, Reply)

Loads of different ones
Astros
Mavericks
Strawberry Bon Bons
Atomic Fireblast

And many more!
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:50, Reply)

TERROR EYES
Used to have a nasty word on the back as well like EVIL or BLOOD...

Big 5p motherfuckers they were, quite a light minty sugary flavour as well. Anyone remember them?

www.retrotuckshopsweetsdirect.co.uk/images/sweetpics%20086.jpg

I was also a huge fan of the 2p magic mushrooms. They weren't psychadelic but were certainly scrumtastiacious.
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 14:54, Reply)

Those Terror Eyes
Are wicked. I think you can still get them on A Quarter Of! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:11, Reply)

My kinda thread
I won't name them all because the list is frankly neverending, but my favourite favourites are:

Tiny Turtles
Foam Mushrooms
Fizzy Cola Bottles
Pink/Blue Cola Bottles
Astro Belts
Flying Saucers

I am hungry now!! :S
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:04, Reply)

Tiny turtles??

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:11, Reply)

Oooooh
www.aquarterof.co.uk/tasty-turtles-p-1409.html

They call them Tasty Turtles, but in the sweet shop I used to go to they were always called Tiny Turtles! *beams*
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:14, Reply)

They look like terrapins...

( Roota zweeeeeoooooowm, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:17, Reply)

They're
amazing sweeties, I need to stockpile before Xmas!! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:26, Reply)

No, its just the way my trousers hang

( broadsword, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:15, Reply)

Booooobs

(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:26, Reply)

The ones that were half jelly and half foam?
mmmmmmmmmmmmm *nostalges*
(TheColonel, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:52, Reply)

Yup
They're wicked!! :D
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:59, Reply)

Aztec Bars...
...where did they go?
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:22, Reply)

wiped out by the conquistadors, I'll be bound

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:53, Reply)

Dirty Spanish bastards...
...add them to the French in my list of hated nations.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 16:01, Reply)

I have one of those
but I call mine simply 'my complete list of all nations', to save time.
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 16:06, Reply)

That works...
...in the same way that the members of the Caravan Club of Great Britain is much the same as the sex offenders list.
(Tugnut Ex of this parish, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 16:16, Reply)

Rhubarb & Custard
and Jelly Pigs - they were the yummiest!

Bubble King was pretty ace as well - it was a bar of bubble gum... A BAR!!!
( SpikeyPickle wishes he was mabazaritchie, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:37, Reply)

Woolworths (RIP) used to sell all sorts of novelty bubble gum
There was some in a ribbon on a tape measure-esque roll and one in a tube; toothpaste stylie.
(TheColonel, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 15:53, Reply)

What about those ridiculous 'liquid' sweets ?
You know the type that look like a bottle of roll on deodorant, and have citric acid in them and not much else. You lick the ball at the top and dissolve the enamal off of your teeth and the top few layers of skin from your mouth. My kids were banned outright from having them, which probably made them all the more alluring.
(Cancer Joy was short lived, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 16:12, Reply)

Something I only found in France
Popping candy, which after it's all popped, turned into bubblegum. It was great.

Also, I once had a Secret (remember them?). It was nice, but I didn't have another one before they discontinued them. I've had a mild craving for one for years, simply because I can't have one!

Edit: also Aniseed Balls, Cables, lemon bonbons, nougat etc...
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Wed 25 Nov 2009, 17:32, Reply)