Sweets I miss

Oh well at least we have the memory of enjoying them!

Old Jamaica rum n raisin choc bar

Am I the only person who remembers Frother Bars in the 1950s? They were chewy fruit-flavoured bars that frothed in the mouth. I particularly liked the 'greengage' ones which were certainly green, but probably didn't taste much like greengages. I think they went out of production fairly early because I associate them with my primary school years (1956-1962).

When I visited my grandparents, my grandmother put a 'choclate eclair' toffee on my pillow for when I went to bed - loved it and never gave a thought to my teeth!

Does anyone remember these? We had a local sweet shop which sold these sweets, they were about a foot long and were very much like daim (crunchy) toffee on the outside, with soft chocolate running through the middle. They would come wrapped in cellophane.
I am talking 50+ years ago, mind!
No one I know remembers them.

annep - Cowan's toffee. Oh how I miss that.

I loved the picture of the Highland Cattle on the front. I still to this day call them "toffee bulls"

Anyone else remember Tobermory Tatties? I wonder if they were a Scottish thing. A flat circle of - well, I suppose it would have been nougat, about the size of the palm of your hand (child's hand!) covered in cinnamon, and with a small plastic toy in the middle of the nougat.

They wouldn't be allowed now - choking hazard and all that jazz.

Tins of Bluebird toffees at Christmas.

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You can still get Tiffin bars - in the Morrisons at Leamington Spa in the 'World Foods' section! No idea why they're there. They also have Golden Crisp and Mint Crisp and Caramello. Try a larger Morrisons.

My local Poundstretcher sells Caramac giant buttons and they do taste just how they used to!

Any Cadbury's chocolate before they were bought out by Kraft, and ruined all their products.

I used to love Chelsea Whoppers, they came in strips of ten, they were chocolatey but mixed with something that made them soft. DM said that they were the size of large rubbers when she was little but when I had them they were much thinner. I’ve never seen them since.

My best friend from childhood keeps telling me that she was really envious of a certain sweet I used to buy. She describes it as a long soft bendy tube filled with chocolate. I can't remember it. Please does anyone know. This is from 50s...60s

How about any of these? Oh the memories.. a mother’s nightmare and a dentists dream!

Sweet mushroom with coconut all over them, My datse used to bring a paper bag of them when he visited. Only ever allowed one.
I remember my nanna obtaining a Mars bar (either before of soon after sweet rationing ended) and it was cut into quarter inch slices , a slice for each grandchild.

HunnyBunny yes! I can't for the life of me remember what they were called but I remember sucking the chocolate out of the 'toffee' tube! Where they like a stick? Thinner than a stick of rock and a lovely creamy caramel colour on the outside? Im from Yorkshire. Perhaps they were a regional thing?

I was mooching in Home Bargains yesterday and came across a huge bag of bonfire toffee! I picked it up, but saw sense (and the dentists bill) so put it sadly back on the shelf.

Rowantrees made some absolutely supper fruit drops, but I don't think they were called that. I can't remember the name! They were different flavours and colours packed in the same paper roll.

Daddy kept peppermint centred chocolate bars in his consulting-room desk drawer for child patients, and sometimes his own weans too!

Yes, I do remember Tobemory tatties from your description, but not the name, I think in the Glasgow area we just called them tatties. I loved them too, and so did the dolls in my dolls' house as they benefitted from the toys in the middle of the tattie.

I loved the Cadbury bars that were tray milk chocolates joined together,also the miniature dairy milks.I worked in a sweet shop up to about 10 years ago,we had all the old fashioned jar sweets,sold by the quarter,we changed it to 100g when we went metric.People asked me if I wanted to keep eating sweets,but I didn't want them when I was surrounded by them.We sold Merry Maid toffees,they were popular.

Cadbury’s Lucky Numbers, sherbet lemons, Everton mints and pear drops were my favourites.

You used to be able to buy chocolate covered honeycomb by the quarter and liquorice sticks that were like twigs, you chewed them until the liquorice flavour disappeared. You used to be able to buy Horlick tablets in a little tin and I too loved the Victory V lozenges and gums. Bluebird toffees were good too.

Triple Bars! I've been trying to remember the name of those for years - absolutely loved them. Cadbury's did a different one which was just dark and milk layers too but not as nice. They have recently produced those huge bars which are 3 layers - I try very hard not to buy them as I eat the whole lot!

They have just brought out soft versions of the old fruit salad, Black Jacks, sherbet dips and refreshers - the ad was on earlier today and I did see them in the supermarket on Friday but didn't buy them.

I also loved Lucky Numbers, the Milk Tray bars and the boxes of Milk Tray which contained the lime barrel. I used to live near a small tobacconists who also sold sweets and lollies - he gave me the display boxes of chocolates which had been in the window one day - great fun to play shops with!

I remember the Fry's Five Boys bars being in vending machines too and Fry's 5 centre bars. You can still get the mint and original ones so don't know why they don't produce the best one! I did eat a lot of Cadbury's Peppermint Patties when I was pregnant - dark chocolate with mint filling in a round foil about the size of a biscuit! Luckily second time round I craved ice lollies and ice cubes which were much better for my teeth and figure!!

Happy days - still have a sweet tooth and have to resist as much as I can!!

We used to call the liquorice root that you chewed Spanish Wood, loved it and I have Victory V in my handbag right now. You can still get a lot of the old sweets via the internet, when I was working abroad on my 60th birthday a friend sent me a huge box of all different sorts of them, a nostalgic taste of childhood. My favourite was parma violets.

This has reminded me of an incident hidden deep in my guilty conscience. My granny lived with us and when she was busy one day I crept into her bedroom (entry always forbidden) found a bag of sweeties and pinched one, they were menthol and eucalyptus twists, very smelly when sucked, which rather gave the game away. Must add I've never eaten one since. The rest of you seem to have much sweeter memories

I stole some chocolate that I found in my mum's drawer. I got my punishment though - it was Exlax (probably wrong spelling).

Slabs of Palm toffee with banana stripe. Coconut mushrooms, tea cakes ( flat, brown and coconut) Aztec bar, chocolate with cherry and coconut filling. I see a theme developing. Aniseed balls, pear drops and a bag of Cadburys Misshape chocolates.