I'm pretty sure
it's one of those long thin plastic tubes filled with sherbert of different colours usually red/yellow/blue that children love
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sun 21 Nov 2010, 23:47, 1 reply)

I think that's after my time.
Sherbert dib-dabs and wham bars all the way for me!
(Pie of Meat ___°¬¯O¯____\o/_____/\_,____Y¯¯Y, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 0:08, closed)

Amberl is right.
Only over here sherbet is a frozen dessert made with fruit juice. Pixie Stix are filled with something akin to Kool Aid mix- that is, granulated sugar with an intense artificial flavor mixed in. Most of the time they're absolutely disgusting, but other times they're just what my inner seven-year-old craves.

That and those caramels with the weird white sugary stuff in the center. I know they're vile, but I can't stop the occasional urge for them.

As for them being after your time... well, I grew up in the early 70s. Are you that much older than I am?
( Wanderer, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 3:36, closed)

I think it's a Brit/Merkin thing.
I remember sherbert dib-dabs and Wham bars and I grew up in the 80s.
( .Yeti., Mon 22 Nov 2010, 6:25, closed)

Had a longing for chupa-chups a few months ago...
..ended up buying, and eating, loads of stuff.

www.aquarterof.co.uk/wham-xtrm-blackcurrant-sherbet-p-151367.html
www.aquarterof.co.uk/double-original-p-412.html

and one of my favourites, the kiddies cigarettes (which can't be called cigarette's anymore)
www.aquarterof.co.uk/candy-sticks-p-385.html
( Another_tragic_case wished he hadn't eaten all the cake, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 8:09, closed)

Sherbet or Sorbet?
Sherbet is fizzy dust and Sorbet is frozen fruit juice... maybe you have them confused.
(AndyC4m Eject Eject [><], Mon 22 Nov 2010, 10:48, closed)

etymology is the same for both... just took different roads to get to English
Sherbet:
from Turkish şerbet, Persian šerbet, from Arabic šarba ‘drink,’ from šariba ‘to drink.’
Sorbet is taking two extra steps:
French (sorbet) from Italian sorbetto.
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 13:18, closed)

Etymologically of descend and decease is the same (caedere)
but they have entirely different meanings today.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 15:47, closed)

i think my favourite
is cleft, two different etymologies for two words with near opposite meanings but the same spelling/pronunciation.
( Sextant goes to him is emotionally erect, on this day, Mon 22 Nov 2010, 16:16, closed)

are you not thinking of 'cleave', rather than 'cleft'? Cleft is, I think, the past participle only for the 'splitting' one - the 'adhering' one is 'cleaved'. Other autoantonyms include the rather mundane 'fast'...
( Happy Phantom has been to Hastings, Brighton, and Eastbourne too, Tue 23 Nov 2010, 9:45, closed)