whydowebother Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 I was inspecting a Sweetie factory today (Yorkshire) as part of my job and was rather surprised to see sweeties that I didn't know still get made. A range of hard boiled sweets some of which I recognise but can't remember the names / nougat/ liquorice/ sherbet dib dabs / bazooka bubbly amongst many they make. There was one on a strip of about 10 covered in cocoa powder ? Looked like a 10 finger kit Kat arrangement but it was chewy strips , I mind you could buy them from Berts van when I lived in Foxbar , can anyone remember what they might be ? What great sweeties have disappeared ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrappy coco Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 whoppers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabuddies Posted November 6, 2014 Report Share Posted November 6, 2014 Were they not Chelsea Whoppers - they might have dropped the Chelsea bit later or folk just stopped using it - or maybe I'm talking shite? (Cue the usual unfunny suspect with "maybe? lol") They were indeed and the can still be bought in Allmarks on Inchinnan Road in Renfrew along with a fair few other classics. http://www.allmarksweets.co.uk/chelsea-whoppers-pack/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickMcD Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Can't say I've ever seen or heard of Chelsea Whoppers. Maybe I'm too young. Funnily the other day I was saying to my wife I'd just seen pear drops and pineapple chunks in a shop and I thought they'd disappeared ages ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Pityme Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Sweeties nostalgia eh? Hmmm is this some kind of grooming thread for auld f**kers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isle Of Bute Saint Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 Two doors up from there is a post office the old fashioned type like everything seems to be on Bute. There two shelve around 10ft in length with nothing but Jars of boiling sweets ones I remember from being small lad. Remember these ones that looks like peanuts with the shells on. can't remember their name. Cinnamon balls , all sorts of stuff. On his chocolate shelf sells five centres. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FS Posted November 7, 2014 Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 There's a new 'American Candy' sweetie shop just opened in the Piazza next to Iceland, sells lots of yer auld classics as well as US classics like Hershey and Babe Ruth bars. If I wasn't Type 2 myself, I'd be like a pre-diabetic kid in a candy store ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whydowebother Posted November 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 7, 2014 I was back at the factory today , it was indeed Chelsea Whoppers Sampled a few sherbet lemons today , they even make them wee cherry lips that stick your teeth together amongst loads of other classics I can't remember the name of. Didnae see the sweet peanuts though in the seperate nut production area Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stuart Dickson Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 American chocolate's crap. Hershys certainly is. It's f**king vile shit. It's no wonder the Americans aren't that keen on bars of chocolate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Saint Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 American chocolate's crap. most of the supermarkets here have an "Intenational section" which normally includes British chocolate. You can get Mars bars, Bounties, Yorkies, Aeros all sorts really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 American chocolate's crap. TBH British "chocolate", as much as it's superior to US chocolate, is pretty crap too, if eaten as a "pure" chocolate. Overly sweet , packed full of vegetable oil and only about 20% cocoa solids. Does a good job when combined with biscuit,caramel, toffee etc. in a "bar". However, if it's decent chocolate on it's own, then it has to be something along the lines of European type chocolate with 40% cocoa solids minimum, for me. Some of the 60%/ 70%/80% single varietal cocoa beans from specific regions/countries are superb. Although, I draw the line at the wanky past time of eating dark chocolate with red wine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dani bongo Posted November 14, 2014 Report Share Posted November 14, 2014 Spanish Gold sold from a sliding windae in an ice cream van in a central area of Paisley. It got me hooked! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dani bongo Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 My Italian van dwelling sweetie vender also sold near to home produce; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dani bongo Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 A've nae changio wee guy, huv wanio of these instead; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) I've tried a few of the high cocoa volume chocolate bars from places like Kenya, Columbiaia etc (the sorts of places you would get coffee from) and personally I don't think there is actually much taste to them. I must have more refined taste buds. Some dark chocolate is really bitter, but there are plenty out there that have mellow, almost fruity tastes. I've got some 70% Dominican stuff at the moment that's got a smoky, nutty flavour. Best taken in small bits though, with a strong espresso. Edited November 15, 2014 by FTOF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomsons dropped it Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 (edited) Sold in the Bond offshore..... Yummy indeed Sorry, image vanished....Maribou chocolate I am on about. Edited November 15, 2014 by thomsons dropped it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted November 15, 2014 Report Share Posted November 15, 2014 Sold in the Bond offshore..... Yummy indeed Sorry, image vanished....Maribou chocolate I am on about. Here to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well st bud Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 TBH British "chocolate", as much as it's superior to US chocolate, is pretty crap too, if eaten as a "pure" chocolate. Overly sweet , packed full of vegetable oil and only about 20% cocoa solids. Does a good job when combined with biscuit,caramel, toffee etc. in a "bar". However, if it's decent chocolate on it's own, then it has to be something along the lines of European type chocolate with 40% cocoa solids minimum, for me. Some of the 60%/ 70%/80% single varietal cocoa beans from specific regions/countries are superb. Although, I draw the line at the wanky past time of eating dark chocolate with red wine. This was good chocolate if you could get it. . These wans always seemed a bit dear. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whydowebother Posted November 16, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 This was good chocolate if you could get it. . These wans always seemed a bit dear. . The Frys Cream bar was a bit pricey, but worth the money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insaintee Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 thCABTLF6K.jpg Still available Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted November 16, 2014 Report Share Posted November 16, 2014 thCABTLF6K.jpg My brother loved that stuff. Could never understand why. Preferred this myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well st bud Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 insaintee,might be avalible to you ,but im no there now and i miss some old jamacia,can get some cadburys here in oregon but mostly i have to eat herseys crap,although i can get chocolate digestives so not suicidal yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted November 17, 2014 Report Share Posted November 17, 2014 You can still get that - I saw it the other day but can't remember where. Might have been the Glenburn Road shops. Yeh , that isn't Suchard , but it is maybe as close as you get here now. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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