Sweet Treats
By pgn
@pgntwo (22408)
Derry, Northern Ireland
January 29, 2016 11:34am CST
What sweet, confection or candy bar do you most think would be nice to see back in the shops again?
I used to enjoy the Rowntree Nutty bar, peanuts pressed onto a bar of sweet fudge. For a chocolate kick, the Fuse bar hit the spot, it had fudge pieces, rice krispies, peanuts and raisins in a solid bar of Cadbury's dairy milk chocolate. Both of these were popular in the UK in the 1980s.
Which would you look out for if presented with a display of retro treats today? And would you share it with anyone, or secretly scoff it on the way home...?
If you have a strong desire to see a comeback, why not search for a picture or image of the treat and add it to your comment below using the "Add Image" button/link below the Comment box?
Come on, get drooling... 
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15 responses
@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
30 Jan 16
I'm not a candy person. I looked online and found lots of candies from my childhood, but none of them made me drool. Now, salty things? Yum. I remember big jars of mixed olives and pickles. Those were great.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
30 Jan 16
@ElizabethWallace Sounds delicious!
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@ElizabethWallace (12074)
• United States
31 Jan 16
@pgntwo They are. The sea salt is in decent sized chunks and so thrilling to the taste buds.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
29 Jan 16
@sishy7 Ah, no, this shows one cut open:
Open main menu This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009) Double Decker Product type Confectionery Ow
@allknowing (130064)
• India
30 Jan 16
As kids as long as anything was sweet would be my choice. I do miss those sugar drops. They were available in many colours and sticky too.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
30 Jan 16
I remember a product a bit like the straws of sugar in Pixy-Stix, but can't remember what they were called:
Open main menu This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2014) A packet of small Pixy Stix Pixy Stix is a
@allknowing (130064)
• India
30 Jan 16
@pgntwo They are called barley sugar but they are hard and not sticky. What we ate then were balls and got stuck in our teeth. Used to take ages to finish one (lol) Mother made it at home too sometimes.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
31 Jan 16
@allknowing Barley Sugar is one of the products made by Oatfield, not far from me:
Open main menu Oatfield Type Confectionery Manufacturer Founded c. 1900 Headquarters Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland Area served Worldwide Products Confectionery Number of employees 95 Parent Zed Candy Ltd. Oatfield is a chocolate and confectionery ma
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)@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
30 Jan 16
@jaboUK I must have them confused with something else, I remember cola-flavoured fizzy sweets that had the same shape.
Open main menu This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (May 2011) Fizzy Orangeade Spangles wrapper from 1974, pric
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
21 Feb 16
There is much debate, in certain circles, about the differences between the same chocolate candy in one geography from another. I know the Cadbury chocolate bar sold in Canada is much different from that sold in England, even down to the way the bar softens as it gets warm. I guess it is the same way with many products, the local ingredients and local tastes are different, so the taste and consistency will also be different.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
21 Feb 16
@DianneN The consensus around these parts is the Dairy Milk bar made in Cadbury's Dublin factory is a better-tasting bar than the one made for the UK/British market.
Cadbury Ireland has just revealed details that it is to scrap the foil surrounding its half-pound bars, an integral part of the Cadbury bar of chocolate
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@buenavida (9985)
• Sweden
5 Feb 16
I am happy I can find chocolate with 70% cocoa or more, in our stores. 
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
30 Jan 16
@pgntwo this is one of absolute favorites....yum PayDay!!
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
30 Jan 16
@Marilynda1225 The UK Nutty Bar, the red wrapper pictured in my post at the top of this thread, is exactly the same idea, and was one of my favourite treats. Yum.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45496)
• United States
29 Jan 16
I think there is already enough candy out there in the world!
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
29 Jan 16
Undoubtedly there is - but few of them match some of the oldies-but-goodies, and I could think of many today that could be dropped from the shelves and I'd never miss them...like the one pictured on the right here, I could do without that one!
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@Marilynda1225 (79731)
• United States
30 Jan 16
I love any that's probably too sweet for most people like Peeps, Candy Corn, Cotton Candy, and Circus peanuts (those orange candies that are shaped like peanuts in the shell)
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