Favourite Sweet (Candy)

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ASMO
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This one wont be contentious, cause open warfare on the board i am sure.

I will start with my all time favourite which is....and i still get the 3kg bags off Amazon, but i have to be careful or i just mow through them.

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Chocolates or wrapped sweets?..
My ability to remember 70s lyrics far outweighs my ability to remember what the fuck I walked into the kitchen for..
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ASMO
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Wrapped sweets
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I stopped eating sweets decades ago, but when young I was partial to a sherbet fountain.

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I still find cola bottles hard to beat, maybe with the odd fizzy version for variety
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Are you still allowed to eat these .....

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Romans said ....Illegitimi non carborundum --- Today we say .. WTF
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tabascoboy wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:36 pm I stopped eating sweets decades ago, but when young I was partial to a sherbet fountain.

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I remember putting a whole tube in my mouth and frothing like a rabid dog.
Romans said ....Illegitimi non carborundum --- Today we say .. WTF
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Sandstorm
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Liquorice Allsorts
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sorCrer
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Sandstorm wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:37 pm Liquorice Allsorts...
...are disgusting.
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Calculon
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Apart from crisps I haven't really eaten candy since i was a teenager. My favourite was probably the Tempo


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Sandstorm wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:37 pm Liquorice Allsorts
Yep, but they have to be Bassett's. Used to love wine gums as well but played havoc with my teeth!!!
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Sandstorm wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:37 pm Liquorice Allsorts
I like the crunchy blue ones.
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GogLais wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 4:53 pm
Sandstorm wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:37 pm Liquorice Allsorts
I like the crunchy blue ones.
Bassetts or nothing. Triple decker white and yellow for the win.
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Those are tasty too
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Used to love a Pacer.
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Oxbow wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:24 pm Image

Used to love a Pacer.
Christ, they were a looong time ago
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I should add a mention for acid drops, at the nearest sweet shop to school good old fashioned watch them poured out of the jar sweet

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sorCrer wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 2:27 pm
Sandstorm wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:37 pm Liquorice Allsorts...
...are disgusting.
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Blake wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 5:48 pm
sorCrer wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 2:27 pm
Sandstorm wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:37 pm Liquorice Allsorts...
...are disgusting.
:sick:
Actually I don't mind the liquorice but the pure sugar colours icing is grim.
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Sandstorm wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:37 pm Liquorice Allsorts
You'd have had a field day mid-late January here. My local grocery store over-bought and they had boxes and boxes left at least until the end of Jan and maybe into Feb, with the price being something like $2.50. I did one one old time's sake.

Being the 'old man' that I am, I have a massive pack of these in my kitchen...

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BnM
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Spogs - the pink or blue aniseed sweets from liquorice allsorts.
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Ymx
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If we are talking about filling removers, you can’t go past these.

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mat the expat
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ASMO wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:32 pm This one wont be contentious, cause open warfare on the board i am sure.

I will start with my all time favourite which is....and i still get the 3kg bags off Amazon, but i have to be careful or i just mow through them.

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I did not know this was a thing!!

I usually go to a place in the Blue Mountains that's has every sweet from all over the world.

Army and Navy are my all-time faves
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Niegs wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 8:23 pm
Sandstorm wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:37 pm Liquorice Allsorts
You'd have had a field day mid-late January here. My local grocery store over-bought and they had boxes and boxes left at least until the end of Jan and maybe into Feb, with the price being something like $2.50. I did one one old time's sake.

Being the 'old man' that I am, I have a massive pack of these in my kitchen...

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mat the expat
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I also love Callard and Bowser toffees but they get heat damaged when they are shipped here.

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Used to love a drumstick
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Niegs
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Another classic...
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https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/580 ... ater-taffy
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Wine Gums


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Fangle
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The other day I was thinking of fruit pastilles (Rowntrees?). Really missing them.
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mat the expat
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Fangle wrote: Sun Apr 25, 2021 8:09 pm The other day I was thinking of fruit pastilles (Rowntrees?). Really missing them.
They are great - and wine gums
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Jimmy Smallsteps
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Shirley you can get those from the Pom section of Coles and the likes.
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Ymx
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Kiwias wrote: Mon Apr 26, 2021 12:33 am Image
Oh yes!! And pineapple lumps (chilled).

I have a supply in UK

https://www.sanza.co.uk/New_Zealand_Food.asp
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Jb1981
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Another from the no longer available list:

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laurent
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Only one

Carambar

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Ovals
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sorCrer wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 2:27 pm
Sandstorm wrote: Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:37 pm Liquorice Allsorts...
...are disgusting.
That's heresy !
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Ovals
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Always used to bring loads of these back from the States

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Ymx
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Jb1981 wrote: Mon Apr 26, 2021 7:40 pm Another from the no longer available list:

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RIP.
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Mr Tim Buktoo
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Cant beat wine gums. Plus not as easy to choke to death on as some of the other nominees on this thread.

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