h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

There's a newsagent near us that still sells penny sweets next time I go in I'll check on the price

when i was much younger, black jack's, mojo's and fruit salad etc used to be 4 for a penny.
then they went to 2 a penny and now 1.

i too used to love the pink shrimps

but i cant eat much sweet stuff today as it sets my teeth on edge and i suffer toothache for hours
i had 4 jelly babies the other day and boy, did i suffer..

talking of jelly babies, has anyone tried the new milk ones?
and what does anyone think of the new liquorice less allsorts?

I don't like those fruit Liquoric Allsorts

>talking of jelly babies, has anyone tried the new milk ones?

They are ok, nothing to write home about, the fruity ones are wonderful.

>and what does anyone think of the new liquorice less allsorts?

Gritty and horrible. Not a big fan of fruit flavoured coconut.

Milk jelly beans? Well a certain thread on Ask keeps reminding me of milk bottle lollies They're old but you can probably still get them.

Also s (ice cream and fizzy drink). You can probably still get those too (seem to remember a thread on them )

is it just me or have curly wurlys shrunk? they used to be massive but now
well they just seem awfully small!

what do you mean i've grown up surely there's something going on here!

and then there are wagon wheels! as big as your face they were and now pah
i can fit a whole one in my mouth (well nearly).

ahh the good old days... when i wur a lad we lived in a hole in the ground
but we wuz happy!

My mum grumbles about the size of Wagon wheels too

maybe theyve altered the size of the wagons and the wheels accordingly

im sure that mars bars were twice the size when i was a child.
is it the age thing or is it a way of cutting costs?

They used to be huge!

Curly Wurlys? Can you still get those?


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this business of wagon wheels shrinking... is it urban legend, or what? 'cos it worries me.
Anyhoo, I was in dear old Birmingham the other day and I found Texan bars in the local petrol station. I think that more than makes up for the lack of petrol. Yes, Texans (the chocolate, not the natives) are back on sale as part of some promotional thing. hurrah. but I think they're a bit smaller than they used to be.

...and another thing
Star bars were Star Bars until they went away for a bit and then they came back as peanut Boosts...and now they're back as Star Bars...or am I wrong...or drunk...or just old




or both

or all three

Texan Bars!

"Hold on there Bald Eagle..."



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I was in Germany about 13 years ago and they had Mint Rolos, they were plain chocolate with mint fondant instead of toffee, the were really really nice, I've never seen them again I've serched this country and Germany, every time someone goes I ask them to look out for some

Anyone remember Toffos "A man's gotta chew what a man's gotta chew"

Mmmm, lovely



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They were the only toffee's I really liked

Toffo's were lush... but what about fruit toffo's
think there must be a secret island of maniac sweet makers.

I know dave, got a brilliant idea, try this, looks like rabit droppings, but when you wrap it up in chocolate flavour sugar fondant. hey presto kids will love them.

and as for Texan bars. I only remeber them in Christmas boxes, the bar that could make it all the way to new year. Bet they arn't as chewy these days either.

I never liked the Banana flavoured toffos I prefered the toffee flavoured ones

and what has happened to orange aero's?????

im not a great chocolate eater anymore, but i do like those.

I always liked the mint one's but I know what you mean they've gone, Fry's Chocolate Cream anyone