Childhood sweets and chocolate
By shikiraclare
@shikiraclare (79)
June 26, 2010 5:39pm CST
A few years ago I came across a site called Retro sweets whilst looking for archive footage of cult television programmes. It brought back memories I seriously had forgotten about and ended up making a comprehensive list of all my favorite food
stuffs so that I could put them in my diary for future reference and tell my children of what sort of edible goodies I used to consume after doing my rounds at Brownies.
Here are some you might recall if you are in your 30s or older:
Outer Space disks with sherbet inside
Teeth and Gums
Pyramid ice cubes
Cosmic pink ice pops
Rainbow puffs
Alphabet letter candies
Fruit flavored wallpaper strips
Edible sugar paper
Chocolate mice
Chewits, fruit salads and Blackjacks
Candy necklace and watches
Mr Men ice lolly
Exploding candy
Golden nugget chewing gum
Finger of Fudge
Topic Bar
Star Bar
Pink Panther chocolate bar
The list is even longer but this will suffice I think. I know that many of these sweets have returned to shop shelves but have no idea of the period gap of when some of them completely disappeared and made a real comeback? - Many of them I guess have just stuck around because the demand for them have remained unchanged so it would be great to hear from people in their twenties if any of these sweets and chocolates are familiar to you?
2 responses
@StephanieAnnC (4274)
• United States
26 Jun 10
Chocolate mice? Interesting. I think I might have tried one of those if I was alive back then.
I do remember when I was little though that I wanted a blue lollipop for Christmas. And back then, there weren't many around. I drove my parents and my neighbors crazy looking for them. Now, you see so many blue lollipops around! How times change!
@shikiraclare (79)
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28 Jun 10
Children have a fascination for color, I remember when I wanted a pair of bright pink boots and got them for my 13th birthday!
@airakumar (1553)
• India
29 Jun 10
Star bar is something I love a lot. I like it so much and also cutie pie with lots of colors outside and we use to choose the color. Pink and red was my favorite. Lollipops was amazing with so many colors. We use to decorate our Christmas tree with loads of chocolates of different colors, and fascinating colorful toffees. I wish I was a kid again and go back in my childhood days I enjoyed a lot.
@Shairbearg (24)
• Canada
26 Jun 10
OMG I use to eat a lot of those. Seriously, do you remember how nasty that sugar paper was??? I had a friend who was addicted to the stuff, but I really thought it was gross ha ha!
@shikiraclare (79)
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26 Jun 10
It was even nastier when placed in water and went floppy - I'm amazed my teeth hadn't fallen out after all that chomping on sugar load! - I'm glad it bought back some memories for you though as it's a real culture shock to look back and think how on earth did I ever eat some of those things?
I loved Dip Daps the best but forgot to put it in my list. My brother used to use the lolly as a signal post for his Action Man truck in the garden until the ants feasted away on it during the night!
