1970s chocolate & sweets

[@paulmorphy6187]

'Toffo' wow hadn't seen that in many years, brings back memories...the different flavoured ones especially!

[@aliscat]

Thanks for the memories. Made me smile & remember my now passed childhood & parents.

[@flashdance5574]

Me too Alison, made me sad also

[@grahamhawthorn7925]

That box of Week-End chocolates brought back so many memories for me, used to buy them for my Mam.

[@independentpuppy7520]

Yes, they looked nice.

[@cableguy786]

Same

[@arthurvasey]

We often bought our mam boxes of chocolates - but we ended up eating the majority of them because mam couldn’t chew the ones with hard centres (she had no Hampsteads), didn’t like coffee flavoured chocolate (though she’d happily drink a cup of Maxwell House or Nescafé), couldn’t chew nuts or nougat - out of a box containing some 30+ types of confectionery, mam could only eat about six! 1:38 Toffee bon-bons - can you still get them? I loved them as a boy! You can still get Marathon bars today under the name of Snickers and Opal Fruits are now called Starburst! As to sherbet fountains - we tried to make them into a fizzy drink - but we put too much water in it and ended up with a concoction that was like a cross between Andrews Liver Salts and Steradent! Looked a bit like fireworks - how many parents, in poor light conditions, made their kids eat the gunpowder out of a firework, while trying to set light to the liquorice stick that comes inside the sherbet fountain?

[@wbrax2]

Olde English Spangles were gorgeous. Shame they only had them in a variety tube when I was a kid in my part of the UK.

[@derekantoine4396]

I can still picture myself going the corner shop, (so essential in those days, I miss them still(😥), and buying, & enjoying the vast range /choices of confectionery. Childhood memories are made of this. D.

[@jimbob2980]

nutty bars and frys five centres..amazing. and toffos..id love a tube of toffos right now.

[@sutapasbhattacharya9471]

Blobs - that's a blast from the past that I'd completely forgotten even though I've seen a number of these 70's sweets videos!

[@booklover6198]

Back in 1985 I lived in London for six months. And I still remember my favourite nutty chocolate bar! I loved them!

[@itsabitwindy]

Loved my Nutty bars, Rowntree's destroyed forever by the evil that is Nestle!! We need our British chocolate industry back, miss it so much.

[@dawnfinch9935]

itsabitwindy me too it doesn't taste the same anymore

[@Didda3]

itsabitwindy nutty bars were so tasty. I always tell people about them.

[@bankruptbritain6103]

Dawn Finch no and it keeps shrinking every year....

[@gavinreid8937]

Someone else loved Nutty bars? superb! a lump of caramel, covered in nuts ,like a MARATHON turned inside out & George Melly sang the jingle to the tune of Peanut Man .Also loved Coconut Boosts the plain one is tasteless!

[@qualqui]

ah, these are british candies! No wonder, had no idea of these candy bars and sweets until now, and I'm thinkin' the Peanut Marathon bar is the same as the Snicker's bar? No wonder this se Utah hillbilly was totally in the dark regarding these candies!

[@stephenroney6490]

Anyone remember Moose bars? They were a dark chocolate equivalent of Milky Bar. In 1972 when I started school at 4 they were 1 and a half Pence each. The half Pence change from my 2p tuck shop money got me a Highland toffee. At primary you left the School at 3pm. The Primary School was 1/3 of a mile from home. Walked it there and back. 50p bought you a week's dinner. I always went into my Granpas for a glass of lemonade and a tunnocks biscuit. It was either a teacake, a wafer or a caramel log which was my favourite. He died 42 years ago. 15th February 1977. 13 days after his 84th birthday.

[@wbrax2]

Must be a regional thing. I don't recall seeing Moose bars in my part of the UK (South Wales) when I was kid. I do remember the fizzy cider Blobs very well...they were my fave in junior school - as well as Fruit Climpies. They were very small round fruity boiled sweets in a see through cellophane tube.

[@beaufighter245]

I remember moose bars, favourite along with amazin raisin bar!

[@AVFC1982]

I remember early 70's at the school tuck shop. Golden cup and a bag of cheese snaps for 5p :)

[@sniperwipers]

Can you remember football crazies, they were puff ball type crisps.

[@DaveAuld]

and a packet of Farmer Browns......

[@annoldham3018]

Blobs. My God. I'd forgotten all about these. They were fantastic. 😋

[@julianaylor4351]

😋 Ate many of these. Lots of pocket money. 😁 I'm sixty. Sherbet Fountains now come in plastic tubes, instead of cardboard ones.

[@janinegranelli4636]

Cant believe it Rowntree Nutty bar 😄😍taste sensation happy times good memories 🤗

[@robertelliott2216]

Golden Cup was available in 3 sizes!!Loved me a Cadbury's five centre back in the day.Coffee Walnut Whips were also great.

[@sheilamitchell2215]

Oh my days they were the best! Golden cup was just absolutely delicious too and coffee walnut whips were gorgeous!!! Also loved a caramac mint cracknell and milk tray chocolate bar. Other thing was lime barrels you used to get in Milk Tray......revels too with coffee creams in them and a bag did last ages and ages.....better days....

[@ComtesseRochefort]

Ahhh, Treets, I miss them. Cadbury's Blackcurrant eclairs and Callard & Bowser cherry nougat were favourites in my house in the 1970s, as well as Cadbury's Dairy Milk individually wrapped chocolate that came in a push up box.

[@Mounhas]

So many, the Fry’s 5 centres was delicious and Cadbury’s milk tray on a bar, except for the marzipan one!

[@mirabellamcgarry8269]

Great video good music fabulous tune popular in the cola advert as omg thanks for creating this awesome video great singing and the musuc is wow

[@sudo_nym]

A marathon for 3p! They were the days!

[@bonniecat5346]

Sudo Nym and it actually tasted like chocolate not like today😔

[@dawnfinch9935]

Sudo Nym why did they change it to snickers never tasted the same after that

[@joannesaltfleet2071]

then they changed opal fruits to starburst and weren't the same after getting called starburst!

[@RussRockwell]

@@dawnfinch9935 Because the UK was the only region that called them Marathon so they changed it in 1990 to make it universal in all markets. I'd refute that it "never tasted the same after that" because only the name changed not the recipe or ingredients. Snickers was the world's number 1 biggest selling chocolate bar so there's no way they changed the formula. And after changing the name it went from the 9th popular choc bar in the UK to the 3rd. But you say it tasted different? Surely it would have become less popular if they'd changed how it tasted along with the name change. Don't let 'Rosy retrospection' deceive you! web.archive.org/web/20060706162521/www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/03/18/p23s2.htm

[@RussRockwell]

@@joannesaltfleet2071 Again, I think this is Rosy retrospection rather than a change in the recipe or formula. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosy_retrospection

[@samanthacasey8018]

Icebreaker bars were lush

[@dawnfinch9935]

aahhh cabana bars were delicious

[@davidcharlesworth1334]

My all time favourite chocolate bar

[@Clara-ph7my]

I think I only ever ate one. They were nice. I remember the advert also..

[@surtigurl]

Yes indeed they were very tasty

[@pollyanne234]

I make them. Mix shredded coconut with condensed milk and add glace cherries(halved). Shape into a bar and put in freezer. When firm take out and cover in chocolate. Melt the chocolate in a pan then dip the bars in. Leave to set

[@Marcus79x]

Does anyone remember Gleese Bars? They were a chocolate sponge with chocolate cream on top covered with chocolate.

[@MrAlamo1957]

Stuff they sell today is just crap compared to the sweets we grew up with.

[@RussRockwell]

Rosy retrospection: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosy_retrospection

[@atomictraveller]

my awareness of british sweets has been limited since emigrating in 1980. but when encountered the delta is overt. eg. walnut whips are hardly there compared to what they were in the 1970's, with a thick plate of chocolate and another nut at the bottom.

[@EMEM123-t2f]

these were the best sweets i have ever tasted bring them back

[@yoodoo122]

Amazin bars and Cabana....!!!

[@kenfish8814]

glad you mentioned amazin ate loads of them mmmmm amazin

[@MarkBrennan]

I loved the white mint bubble gums that looked like craters, There was also a a dark purple sour grape version which was even better.

[@MarkBrennan]

@Phil Dale Yes! -Thanks for reminding me :)

[@bankruptbritain6103]

I loved Texan and Nutty bars, I can still taste them....

[@fretboardmaster70]

I remember Texan bars. Every Thursday night was treat night.

[@Lucretia9000]

Nutty was awesome, but the nuts mainly fell off.

[@ozogozo]

Shame that Fry's stopped doing the 5 centre. Don't remember Ice Breakers but would love to try one now I've seen this

[@sheilamitchell2215]

They were absolutely delicious trust me and I wish they'd come back!

[@Jfrenchie1969]

Bring back the nutty bar

[@seekonlytruth512]

Blobs 😆 I'd forgotten about these👍

[@stellafraser8351]

Lovely video. And one of my favourite songs as a little girl🤗

[@independentpuppy7520]

I like the looks of that 5 centre bar. All different flavour creams. They should bring that back.

[@chadchadman5056]

Wish I had all my teeth back !

[@janeokeeffe5297]

🤣

[@Salamander6969]

Class!

[@porlina8784]

Mackintosh's golden cup mmmmmmmmmmm!!!!! My treat off Mum on the way home from school ....... BRING IT BACK !!

[@qualqui]

Rowntree nut bar roll looks something similar to Pearson's salted nutroll sold in the States, that nut roll is so CRUNCHY good, crunchy peanuts and a soft, white nougaty center! :)

[@myalfie]

Proper size bars of chocolate , unlike to 1/2 size crap they serve today.

[@RussRockwell]

Marginally smaller perhaps but our hands were little when we were kids so they probably seem bigger with Rosy retrospection.

[@cliveevans9795]

Loved the weekend chocs ..who remembers carousel

[@davedoogan6650]

a nutty would look the same on the way out

[@papslap6495]

So good Blobs aaaaa Texan bar Why aren't these companies jumping on the obvious market for these discounts lines Marvelous vid Thanks so much Ant P UK teacher

[@mohammednadeemanwar2213]

Definitely remember Marathon at 3p shortly after Decimalisation of British currency. Curly Wurly still exists as does

[@debrahitchman416]

Fry's chocolate bars were lovely

[@RussRockwell]

Still are too....

[@cos66]

Remember butterscotch in those strange bars, fangs crisps, bazooka Joe, were you could order stuff,like xrey speks, etc, pez tubes , with that croc thing, 76 long summer t.v strikes Robinson crusoe in the morning followed by banana splits and the monkeys and clangers around 4 and captain pug wash good old days as a real kid with my tomahawk bike .

[@darrylstubbs5221]

Remember nutty,used to love them as a kid.

[@mytye]

Same here they was my favourite wish they would bring them back

[@juliethompson1786]

Mint Toffos- I LOVED them and the assorted flavoured ones too. 3p for a Marathon!! Wow!

[@richardboyes9215]

Just gone back to my childhood

[@sidefish8362]

Trebor Blobs, I can't believe it. I've been looking for ages for evidence of those.

[@bigbov]

My mum worked in Rowntree's in Edinburgh when a was a wee laddie. God man we ate loads of chaoclate.

[@eon14873]

i remember i had sore leg. dad bought me a texan bar and miracle. achy leg was gone! who needs jesus. really need to bring them pacers back. first time i saw celtic football team i thought they looked like pacers

[@jimmyjones9780]

Yeah .... Nutty Bars and Topic's .... How about Bazooka Joes and the Jelly Snakes called Wrigglers .... The early seventies .... The U.K. was a brilliant place to be as a child .... What happened to it ???

[@adelef8280]

Ah, golden cup

[@johnmacleod4481]

My brother sister and I used to share sweets from the selection boxes st Christmas time.

[@careytitan9097]

Thank you for sharing my childhood with me X

[@asowle]

Came here for the nutty bat..and saw the ice breaker image..Yes i had that...6 fucking P..!!!

[@emmaheyes1694]

Loved pacers

[@davidr63]

loved the nutty bar . can anyone else remember hanky panky sweets .

[@darryllharden9141]

If you go into any of those American Candy Stores in the U.K.Today.The U.S.Version of the Payday Bars are just like those Rowntree's 'Nutty' Bars only with a slighty salty content on the peanuts nowadays.

[@Smartion]

Ahhh nice one thank you for that ⭐️🙏🏼

[@stuartmack7658]

I remember the Nutty Bar ad had an astronaut reporting that he saw the nuts but couldn't see the fudge. I can't have been older than 7 or 8 and astronauts were cool. They still are to be fair.

[@liesl7617]

Blobs sound great!

[@katharineh.7560]

We used to live above and work in Martins ( who remembers them) so I remember all those sweets.

[@beaufighter245]

Yes I remember Martin's the newsagent. Had one at the end of road and bought weekly sweets and beano comic. Come Christmas used to buy the annual. Happy times and wonderful memories. What Martin's was it incidentally as all in Essex I believe?

[@katharineh.7560]

@@beaufighter245 one was in carpenters park and one in pinner.

[@beaufighter245]

@@katharineh.7560 a little further than I thought. One I recall in Basildon Essex

[@katharineh.7560]

@@beaufighter245 yes is a little bit further😄. Just glad someone else remembers them.

[@beaufighter245]

@@katharineh.7560 indeed, I don't know why I thought they were only within Essex. Remember very well with fond memories. Walking my dog Nebo, to collect the Sunday papers. Penny sweet counter and the jars at the back from which my favourite, a quarter, or half pound of chocolate raisins, would be weighed and then placed into a white paper bag. Staff in pale blue uniforms if I remember correctly. Evoking many happy memories

[@gerardmaynes6685]

Great compilation

[@trudilm3864]

Most excellent in every way: Thank you!

[@ddraigmafon4725]

Fry’s Five Centres - a sad loss, along with the lime barrel in Milk Tray 😭

[@thevibesss7831]

Happy days were time gone

[@wickedwitch2169]

Those were the days sweets tasted like sweets ..All the proper colourings and proper tastings..Now they have removed everything and sweets are tasteless and boring

[@tetsucat13]

Wow I was a child again

[@crazycraigy01]

Cabana bars i miss... and 3p for a Golden cup...😢

[@Wee_Chuck2634]

I loved the Texan and a Cobana chocolate bars. Golden cup yummy. Bring them back please

[@mickandmj]

I feel old!!!!!!!

[@paulhirst7602]

TEXAN , it sure was a mighty chew.

[@derekporter7658]

Where's the Trophy bar? I know it changed to Banjo, but I can't see them now.

[@alecneate76]

3p for a big bag of counters, why was I born in 2003

[@michaelfleming9757]

I really like the pink panther chocolate bar and the topic

[@davegalea6689]

wish we can go back to the 60's and 70's. All the sweets and Chocolate these days are crap.

[@RussRockwell]

Rosy retrospection: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosy_retrospection

[@SlackHoffman]

I used to put ice breaker bars in the freezer and counters 😃😄delicious with a hot cup of tea 🫖

[@janinefarnell8570]

Double dipped flakes

[@Mark-cv9cd]

Aaaaah, diabetes..😄 Good memories of those sweeties though. Nice post!👍

[@jimbob2980]

wheres the caramac bar.?

[@RussRockwell]

Good point but they do still make Caramac bars. Apart from the big brands that were (and still are) available in international markets too, this is mostly a list of discontinued chocolates and sweets from the UK.

[@Hillers62]

As an American, I don't recognize any of these candies...are they British? Regardless, they all look delicious!!!!

[@SlackHoffman]

Nutty bar was fantastic …much better than pay day bar

[@nervo6321]

Now i know why i have no teeth left now i am in my 50,s 😂

[@janeokeeffe5297]

🤣

[@jasongentle6446]

My mam Owen paper shop in 70 s grate for a kid who loves is sweets still does at 51 😂😂😂😂

[@19blox]

Bring back Cabana!

[@bonniescott6470]

wow blast from my past

[@mred3525]

Nice one.

[@jandavison7288]

I really want the nutty bars

[@peternall6566]

Thanks Mum. Thank you looking after me and buying alll these thes different sweets. But... Ewww. Those spangles never got anywhere near my mouth.

[@sannimcable]

i need to eat too

[@PeteDabbs]

Cabana. The best ever

[@vallejomach6721]

I liked Nutty bars and Texans.

[@garyowens1517]

Why did they get rid of spangles.

[@RussRockwell]

Who knows the executive's decisions, but the fizzy cola flavour were definitely my favourite!

[@garyowens1517]

@@RussRockwell my friend and I used to buy them on our school lunch break and eat them in the back of the class during double maths

[@farzanachoudhary9615]

DOES ANYONE REMEMBER MINSTRELS ?

[@derekporter7658]

Still going. Galaxy minstrels as they're known now.

[@rosegolding925]

❤

[@RussRockwell]

What has a hazelnut in every bite? Squirrel shit!

[@karenwhoisthegirlintheadve9348]

Topic I think

[@RussRockwell]

@@karenwhoisthegirlintheadve9348 Squirrel Shit 🐿💩‼️

[@annettetonan7774]

I used to like spangles and I think they should bring back the old sweets with the English names like opal fruits instead of them being called starburst marathon bars instead of calling them snickers we live in England we do not need the American sayings for or British sweets we do not live in America stick to our own sweets and stop changing the names of them

[@janetmcneice6246]

Does anyone remember gleese, they were like skittles of today

[@scunnerdScottishbird]

Wh😮ere was the splicer vkmkj

[@Lucretia9000]

Black spangles were horrible, but I don't really remember that they tasted like, only not nice.

[@papslap6495]

BLISS ANT P UK TEACHER

[@papslap6495]

Just all round simpler times Ant p uk Teacher