I will just say this "Feed Aztecs to me".

Then I'll say re Treets etc. It's Globalization. Sensible names like "Marathon" have been turned into pan European drivel "Snickers" wtf is that all about?

Funniest choc ad for me was Hot Chocolate's Greatest hits (ie You Sexy Thing etc.) when the singer's (Errol Brown)head was melded out to become a Malteser on the front cover of the record sleeve.

How cool is that?

I've kicked stuff like this off before. There are tons of things people my age seem to deny ever existed. Maybe I was on an alien ship when normal **** were being replaced (BIG TIME) by New Smoking Material. Claimed as x million times more safe than smoking......

Oooerrr, but they hadn't fessed up that they knew smoking was dangerous yet!!! EEk clear the shelves, pretend it never happened.

And I just need to find one person who had "whipped margarine" on their butties in the 1970s. Where did that go then?

I could go on. But I'll let someone else.

And no Maltesers were never advertised as melt in your mouth not in your hand, largely because they do.

Treets melt and leave sticky cack on your palms. The "cheap wax" coating is the much talked about Carnauba wax what you put on your posh car. Honest, check the wrapper. M&Ms, Skittles blah blah blah.

[Edited by BarryK - 11/6/2001 10:41:44 AM]

 

oh man, Texan bars - loved them!

I think we should write to the powers that be and bring back the texan bar!!

Anyone remember Caramac ?

Who's getting a selection box this Christmas ?!?!?

[Edited by DazV - 11/6/2001 12:00:10 PM]

 

Didn't black jacks used to be sambos, or were they different?

Oh and while I'm on, Fruit Salads and Rhubarb and Custards.

Caramac and Milky Bars, mmmmmmmmmm.

Selection boxes, oh yes please!!!

[Edited by BarryK - 11/6/2001 1:09:12 PM]

 

[Oops, double post]

[Edited by carl - 11/6/2001 6:03:48 PM]

 

You can still buy Caramacs but I haven't seen any Icebreakers around for a while!!!??? I also miss Poppets!! Would you Risk It for a Swisket?


[Edited by Web Guru - 11/8/2001 7:00:07 PM]

 

Remember the advert slogan for minstrals.....
"milk chocolate that melts in your mouth & not in your hand"?
well was the same slogan ever used for malteasers around 30/40 years ago, some of us at work are pretty sure it's just for minstrals, but 'the scarecrow & conspiracy theory dave' are adamant
it was also done for malteasers.
Anyone know any websites I can visit etc...

Also, can anyone tell me what the phrase "a dutch uncle" means??
Read it in a book and didn't have a clue, never heard it before!

CRAFT

 

Have you tried
totallyuselessfactsaboutchocolate.com

SCOOP

 

Why would maltesers not melt in your hand? The thing about Minstrels is they had this coating on that stopped them melting.

 

See http://www.quinion.com/words/qa/qa-dut1.htm for brief explanation of various "Dutch" terms.

Don't recall anything other than Minstrels using that slogan.

Maltesers were introduced in 1936 so may have been before my time

"Melts in your mouth, not in your hands" was used for M&Ms from 1954! Must find something better to do than searching for trivia.

[Edited by Silent Monkey - 11/5/2001 8:31:04 PM]

[Edited by Silent Monkey - 11/5/2001 8:41:32 PM]

 

CRAFT,

i think the confectionary that you are talking about are (were) Treats - however you could get them to melt if you kept them in your hand for long enough

mb

 

or were they TREETS
peanuts covered in luverly yummie choco-late
alan

 

alan,

i think that you are correct, it was "Treets".

Funnily enough, CRAFT is not the only person to worry about such things, see:

http://www.newsgate.co.uk/uk/uk.food+drink.chocolate/msg00419.html

mb

 

I thought it was minstrals that didn't do that thing..in there

 

"Melts in your mouth, not in your hand"
-Aren't you thinking of Anthrax ?


Minstrals melt in your hand too.

Minstrals used to be called 'Treats' and came in a blue wrapper I think. The peanut treats came in a yellow wrapper.

Showing my 30 years now.

 

YELLOW - PEANUT
BLUE - TOFFEE
I THINK ORANGE FOR CHOCOLATE
DEFINATELY 3 TYPES

ONLY AWARE OF MINSTRELS NOT MELTING, SPRAYED WITH A LOW GRADE POLISH TO MAKE EN SHINNY YOU KNOW.

LIKE WHEN REVELS WERE IN A WHITE BAG WITH RED WRITING AND CRUNCHIES WERE ORANGE WITH WHITE WRITING AND OH **** IM OFF ON A CHOCOHOLIC NIGHTMARE IT WILL BE CABANAS AND NUTTY'S NEXT ANYONE REMEMBER THEM? DIFFERENT GRADE, AND YOU KNOW YOUVE LOST IT WHEN YOU BRING UP A TEXAN, OH CHRIST IVE BEEN CLEAN FOR 24 HOURS MAN, NO CHOC, COLD TURKEY............

 

lol@funkii, bang on with the Texan bar, just been discussing
that at work! Nobody had heard of it, what a fantastic choclate
bar, used to ache your jaw coz it was so chewy!! The nutty bar was always sold as the healthy snack, a bit like trackers today, and that dire packaging, see through brown wrap, seem to remember only my aunties buying this for me.
I remember Treets as well, just like peanut m&m's.

CRAFT

ps. Bob, what are you doin' in here m8, this forum's for sensible
peeps not full time muppets
oh, let me guess...you came in here by mistake, yeh

 

Craft & Funki,

Texan
Texan
Texan

We've discussed this at work too - whatever happened to the Texan bar - it was pretty popular so I can only assume it was full of funny 'e' numbers. How about a campaign to bring it back.

Kevin.

 

I think it was the depleted plutonium content that made it soooo chewy. Sellafield stopped selling them the vital ingredient, so they had to cease production.

Does anyone remember the ad where the chick eats a Malteser and jumps off the diving board then floats away. must have been late 70's. you just don't get quality ads like that in these days of advertising honesty

 

Reminds me of another advertising slogan,
Marathon I think was,
"Whats got a hazlenut in every bite"
Answer "Squirrel ****"

SCOOP : :

 

SCOOP -- that was Topic

 

Caramac! I used to love that when I was a kid. Every Saturday, my parents would take me to visit one of my aunties, and she would always buy me and my sister sweets from the corner shop across the street. I always had caramac. Funnily enough, it's still on sale and it still tastes the same. Ah! takes me back...
Does anyone know if Curly Wurlies are still on sale?

 

yes Curly Wurlies are still on sale as are Parma Violets,Cherry Lips and Black Jacks.

All seem smaller though.

 

Any one remember "Spangles"? Not chocolate, but a hard sweet.

Caramac. Yuck! After one mouth full it was enough for me!

 

Well, at least Golden Nuggets have returned after a long break!

BJH

 

All I can add to the thread is 2 words:


SPACE DUST


Sean

 

I never fed Space dust to the dog. Honest. Please don't lock me in the dark cupboard again auntie.....

 

Anybody ever by that taboco stuff that you could eat? It came in a read pouch like packet (like real tabaco). I think it was strips of cocanut covered in some red/brown colouring to make it look like tabaco.

I wounder why they don't make that anymore..?

 

ROTF @ rapid chap - now you come to mention it, I did feed Space dust to the dog. It kept tring to cover its nose with its paws, but it always came back for more.


Did a dentist invent highland toffee? New filling Saaah?

 

Does anyone remember 'Pacers' which looked like opal fruits (Sunburst) except they were green and mint flavoured? They were great!

 

Yea, had that green strip through the middle...