Sweets

Recently treated myself to little jars of sweets from the milkman. Pear drops, cola cubes and rhubarb & custard

I loved the lime barrels that they used to have in Dairy milk chocolates Sadly they dont do that one now.Its such a shame that a lot of the sweets/chocs mentioned on here are not around anymore..theres even some ive not heard of (im 59) as they dissapeared years ago..some of the older ones you can still get are an extortionate price now on specialist websites or manufacturers site but still overcharged.Shame..if i had a lottery win i'd open up an old- fashioned sweetshop but just sell them at going rate.😊😇

McCowan’s Highland Toffee was called ‘ coo candy ‘ where I live.

Zines also Spanish wood..

MrsKen33- i loved Crunching Horlicks tablets- they were sold in our local chemists in a tiny pack (about as long as your thumb) and my mum got me one as a 'reward' if we'd been at the drs! Strangely though i disliked Horlicks to drink! (Still not keen)😆

I also loved Cherry Lips, there are some old fashioned sweet shops that still sell them, and some on-line. I love most sweets as I still have a very sweet tooth, love all the jelly style sweets made for kids these days but I am still a big kid at heart.

Do you remember the sweet shops we got as Christmas presents? The tiny jars were all filled with the really small sweets like cherry lips, midget gems and floral gums.

Could black bullets have been a local nick name for pontefract cakes? Hated those also.

Love butterscotch.

Some of my friends used to chew those liquorice roots- i hatedthem- i still hate liquorice or aniseed flavours. My mam used the root to soak in water to use for sore throats.

Im in the North.we call toffees, toffees! No one says caramels for them(maybe thats just the posh northerners?🤣😂)But yes we have treacle toffee and treacle toffee lollies at bonfire night.

Anything that smelt of flowers or herbs. I loved liquorice and butterscotch. Chocolate not so much.

Mayisay- i know its not same asking for a hundred grams! Theres a little sweetie stall in market where they are all in glass jars and as stall lady is in her 60's you can get away with asking for 'a quarter of so&so'....

Fruit salad chews, flying saucers, sherbet fountains, liquorice allsorts, frys five boys chocolate.......loved them all.

Saggi😄😉

I disliked liquorice root. you could buy small pieces of it. It tasted awful and made your mouth feel foamy!! Unfortunately I liked everything else!!... cola cubes, penny dainties, fruit salad, gypsy tobacco, lucky charm tatties, and anything with aniseed.

Never heard of black bullets.How far north?

I loved flying saucers.(still do when im given the occasional one!) My eldest son also loves them.😁

I also think it was great that we could buy 2oz, or if feeling flush, a "quarter" of sweets, that were weighed in little scales, and put into white paper bags. Very nostalgic!

Black bullets. Think they were just in the North.

Loved Merrymaids and raspberry ruffles, think the pink bubbly gum was a Bazooka Jo

Bought my son in law a confectioners size jar of ‘flying saucers’ for Xmas …. They’re sitting on his fireplace and the grandkids are forbidden to delve!

Pips not Pops.. 🙄

I loved Satin cushions. Such lovley pastel colours. I loved sherbert Pops too,same colours

Sherbet Lemons, Mint Imperials, Troach drops. Love them.