Lost Sweets You Wish Were Still Around Today

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  • Опубліковано 4 лис 2023
  • From Toffos to Tooty Frooties and Pacers to Spangles, today’s Stuview TV video remembers those classic sweets from the past that you wish were still around.
    So far in the Lost and Forgotten series on Stuview TV, we’ve reminisced about chocolates, ice creams, crisps and fizzy drinks from the past that are sadly no longer available. If there are any of these videos you haven’t seen, I’ll put some links up at the end of the video and here in the description (check out below). Today’s nostalgia trip takes us back once more to the sweet shops of the past to remember a few old favourites that no longer exist.
    10 Lost Chocolate Bars You Wish Would Come Back
    • 10 Lost Chocolate Bars...
    More Lost Chocolate Bars You Wish They Would Bring Back
    • More Lost Chocolate Ba...
    Lost Fizzy Drinks You Wish They Would Bring Back
    • Lost Fizzy Drinks You ...
    Lost Crisps and Snacks of Days Gone By
    • Lost Crisps and Snacks...
    Lost Ice Creams and Lollies You May Have Forgotten
    • Lost Ice Creams & Loll...
    Whatever Happened to Spangles?
    • Lost Ice Creams & Loll...
    If you have enjoyed this video, there are lots more just like it on the Stuview TV channel. From memories of 70s and 80s TV shows and classic British comedy, to forgotten nostalgic treasures and fun 70s/80s quiz games.
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  • @jeanlongsden1696
    @jeanlongsden1696 8 місяців тому +546

    does anyone else remember the chocolate cigarettes? they was basically chocolate with white rice paper wrapped around it.

    • @julesb7707
      @julesb7707 8 місяців тому +42

      Yes, the chocolate always tasted greasy! Lol

    • @giuglianacamelia217
      @giuglianacamelia217 8 місяців тому +5

      Yeah could find them in the pick n mix section in the sweet shops 😁

    • @danieladams9950
      @danieladams9950 8 місяців тому +23

      They were awful. About as chocolate-y as cucumber.

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 8 місяців тому +6

      They had names the parodied real cigarette brands.

    • @cigmorfil4101
      @cigmorfil4101 8 місяців тому +27

      I remember the paper being more normal paper, not rice paper (as used to be on the bottom of nougat pieces my dad got us).

  • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
    @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 8 місяців тому +113

    Mackintosh's "Golden cup" anyone? A foil covered choccy confectionary shaped like a dog's bone and filled with tooth rotting soft toffee.... GORGEOUS !!!

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +5

      Oh yes, Golden Cup was great!

    • @sallywalton5375
      @sallywalton5375 8 місяців тому +2

      Tooth rotting!!!😂😂😂😂😂

    • @penelopepitstop1437
      @penelopepitstop1437 8 місяців тому +6

      Omg that was my favourite. It was yummy

    • @Lamby1010
      @Lamby1010 8 місяців тому

      Very sickly though

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 8 місяців тому +3

      Not a sweet but, toffee and mallow eggs, anyone?

  • @jofisher9692
    @jofisher9692 8 місяців тому +90

    Bring them all back. I was born in 73 so I think I've chewed my way through them all and I remember Space Dust and I don't know if anyone else remembers Gold Rush bubble gum. It came in a drawstring bag and was made to look like gold nuggets. Thanks for the nostalgic video ❤

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +4

      My pleasure. Thanks very much for watching!

    • @wulfgardtt6483
      @wulfgardtt6483 8 місяців тому +7

      Yeah i remember those lol.

    • @rw8733
      @rw8733 8 місяців тому +7

      Gold Rush. I remember. Gritty and flavourless. I'd still go back.

    • @jstanders6973
      @jstanders6973 8 місяців тому +6

      Omg I do remember them lol. Oh I got through a few bags of them even though they were pretty nasty looking back 😅

    • @twood7759
      @twood7759 7 місяців тому +5

      There is an old fashioned sweet shop in lincoln that had some gold rush bubble gum when i was last there pre covid!!

  • @Unemployed_Jedi
    @Unemployed_Jedi 8 місяців тому +26

    I remember all those sweets, fruit salad and black Jack's I bought a lot as they were only half pence each. I used to love the big gobstopper called 'Jawbreakers' too.
    Oh those simple slow paced days when it was sunny in summer and snowed in the winter.

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому

      Great days.

    • @HB-oi3lb
      @HB-oi3lb Місяць тому +2

      Apparently, if you didn't know, jawbreakers are still around in different flavours. Available do corner shops. The huge ones are only one flavour I think. Used to be called gobstoppers 😂

  • @supergran1000
    @supergran1000 7 місяців тому +36

    I was born in 1955. My favourite sweets were milk bottles, sweet peanuts, chocolate limes, and Old English Spangles. I also loved the chocolate with the liquid lime centre in Milk Tray!

    • @spendor9377
      @spendor9377 7 місяців тому +4

      I mentioned the Dracula ice lolly that was sold in the 70s to two women in their 60s, but they couldn’t remember it. It was black on the outside and had a red jelly inside that looked like a tongue. I loved those.

    • @user-qh8nh7oe6d
      @user-qh8nh7oe6d 7 місяців тому +1

      Yes, it was lime barrel I think! They were much better then, than now

    • @user-qh8nh7oe6d
      @user-qh8nh7oe6d 7 місяців тому +2

      There were other boxes of chocolates too. I can remember Good News, Contrast and Weekend boxes .
      I can remember long twisty sticks which were a sort of butterscotch with chocolate in the middle.
      The little corner shop near my primary school had a tray of sweets in the window, either 4 for an old penny or 2. I loved wrapped solid squares of a fizzy sweet in 4 fruit flavours, the pink foam shrimps and stretchy jelly snakes. There were threepenny Lucky Bags too which contained a few sweets and little toys. I once got a tiny green plastic bear which I loved. And the packs of chewing gum I think which gave free cards of the Monkees.

    • @Leon-lt5gv
      @Leon-lt5gv 14 днів тому

      The milk bottles ' lovley ' i just use my imadgination now 😫👀

  • @owenmcghee1666
    @owenmcghee1666 8 місяців тому +33

    This is a BRILLTASTIC look back. I probably had lots of these sweets back then which explains why I keep my teeth in a glass by the bed overnight. ❤

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +3

      Thanks as always!

  • @peterbarker6249
    @peterbarker6249 8 місяців тому +48

    Anyone remember Cherry Drops . They were hard boiled and (not sure ) soft centred ? Think they were made by Pascall / Murray . Had a much stronger flavour than cherry Tunes , and the round shape meant you could quite easily accidentally swallow them whole !

    • @Dollypops43
      @Dollypops43 8 місяців тому +4

      Cherry drops can still get them
      Home bargain

    • @mikkifly
      @mikkifly 7 місяців тому +2

      They were really sour if I remember

    • @iliketowatchvideos47
      @iliketowatchvideos47 7 місяців тому +1

      Yes they are hard no soft centre

    • @SL0409
      @SL0409 7 місяців тому

      Can still buy cherry drops

    • @mikeraphone6745
      @mikeraphone6745 7 місяців тому +2

      I remember. They still sell lots of these sweets at St Fagans Museum in south Wales . Cherry drops , sherbet pips . Army and navy , dried flies . All sorts they have .

  • @stevenaveriss5761
    @stevenaveriss5761 7 місяців тому +31

    Who remembers the Cabana chocolate bar? and Old Ship sweet tobacco?......these old ads really bring it back 😁

    • @victoriasmith2512
      @victoriasmith2512 4 місяці тому +4

      Tobacco made with coconut yummy

    • @yodenman
      @yodenman 3 місяці тому +5

      I remember the sweet tobacco. It came in a pouch to mimic loose tobacco and was called Spanish Gold

    • @charlesjames799
      @charlesjames799 3 місяці тому +3

      Yes I remember that like hand rolling tabacco very sweet. Obviously it’s been many many years since I’ve had these confectionery 71 now.

    • @jc-246
      @jc-246 28 днів тому

      Yes, I remember in the 80s the cherry pieces. So yummy. The closest to that today is Cherry Ripe.

    • @karenh-r7845
      @karenh-r7845 25 днів тому

      Love cabana

  • @wulfgardtt6483
    @wulfgardtt6483 8 місяців тому +11

    One of the earliest sweets i can remember were Mojos, they were wrapped chews similar to opal fruits and were sold separately for half a penny each.

  • @SlackHoffman
    @SlackHoffman 8 місяців тому +18

    I grew up above my mum n dads sweet shop,tobacconist,newsagent, in the late 60’s until the early eighties so I remember all of these incredible sweets n chocolate bars . I still have a couple of double agents badges 😊. I loved Texan Bars and Sugar Tots and Walkers Toffee and also Bluebird Toffee was my favourite and I’ve still got a little bluebird toffee hammer 🔨😎🙂😊
    Loved King Kong chews and space dust but wasn’t so keen on spangles 😊😝. Also loved black jacks, fruit salad and Anglo Bubbly n Bazooka Joe 😜✨🙏💙thanks for the memories so much .
    I just lost my mum so this really bought back some wonderful memories as a child in mum n dad’s shop !
    My favourite bar of all time that I wish would come back was rowntrees Nutty Bar 😋😋😋
    Thanks again 😊

    • @Pooky-Cat
      @Pooky-Cat 8 місяців тому +1

      I loved Nutty too. Made a change from the choccy bars. Thanks for the memory jog.

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому

      So glad the video brought back such wonderful memories for you.

    • @witchelm3734
      @witchelm3734 7 місяців тому +1

      Do you remember black cat bubble gum ?

    • @SlackHoffman
      @SlackHoffman 7 місяців тому

      @@witchelm3734 yes I do ☺️🤘

  • @Mike-vd7ee
    @Mike-vd7ee 3 місяці тому +7

    born in 65 so remember most of these..so lucky to have lived through the 70s...Awesome decade..for kids anyway😂

    • @Genevieve-qe1br
      @Genevieve-qe1br 3 місяці тому

      Yes, absolutely 😊

    • @dalesmith1275
      @dalesmith1275 2 місяці тому +1

      Way better than this BS world we live in today😢

  • @KarrierBag
    @KarrierBag 8 місяців тому +15

    Fruit Polos were lovely, I miss them.
    My parents second house was an old closed village shop in the late 60's, in 1970 my mum opened it for the summer as a music festival was put on by Led Zeppelin, I remember the hippies coming to buy sweets and cigs etc, she kept it open a few years and when it closed as she had another kid, we got to slowly eat our way through the sweets and ice cream 🙂

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +1

      Must have been great eating your way through all that.

    • @KarrierBag
      @KarrierBag 8 місяців тому +1

      @@stuviewtv Oh was the best, so much ice cream and choc bars, as a kid I was so happy.....till it all ran out 🙄

  • @alisonmcveigh3571
    @alisonmcveigh3571 Місяць тому +4

    Pacers and toffo should definitely make a comeback.

  • @kennethmacgregor-Gregorach
    @kennethmacgregor-Gregorach 8 місяців тому +30

    As someone that's (a little) over 50, this is my childhood flashing in front of my eyes here. I remember eating the assorted Toffos and ripping a filling out.

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +3

      I love Tic Tacs too. The orange and lime ones are my favourite.

    • @kennethmacgregor-Gregorach
      @kennethmacgregor-Gregorach 8 місяців тому +6

      @@stuviewtv Oh yeah! had forgotten about those! I had a flashback to Cola Cubes (don't know f you remember those) they used to scrape the skin off the top of your mouth when you sucked them long enough.

    • @sallywalton5375
      @sallywalton5375 8 місяців тому +3

      @@kennethmacgregor-Gregorach yes and coconut t cakes, were yummy

    • @sallywalton5375
      @sallywalton5375 8 місяців тому +2

      Oh dear!!!

    • @jofisher9692
      @jofisher9692 8 місяців тому +4

      I've had a flash back to Sherbet Fountains chocolate logs and Mojo chews which were 2 for a penny. I loved Friday when I got my pocket money ❤

  • @groundhoglife
    @groundhoglife 8 місяців тому +29

    Double agent sweets brings back memories I’d totally forgotten about them. The sweet cigarettes I always bought with my pocket money but the ones I liked the most were the chocolate ones and you could eat the paper. I also remember the chocolate cigarette sets which had a lighter and cigars. No wonder so many of us took up smoking back in the day 🙈. Excellent video as usual 👍.

    • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 8 місяців тому +4

      Yeah, I remember white "chewy" ciggies (made from the same type of stuff as the "Pacers" wrapped in "rice paper" that you ate (well at least WE ate it). Another one I remember but no-one else I know EVER remembers were "cigars" made from a brown chewy type of foam which had a gold label wrapped around them like a "cuban cigar".

  • @hazeyjane119
    @hazeyjane119 8 місяців тому +29

    There’s something strangely compelling about your videos.
    The reverb in the room gives your voice a mesmeric lo-fi quality that I can’t get enough of. I’m not sure how much material remains for you to plough this particular furrow, Stu, but I don’t want you to stop. It’s fab!

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +7

      That's fantastic to hear. Thank you so much for that. Lovely comments such as this are always an absolute tonic. I've got ideas for a few more so should be good for a little while yet!

    • @grahamdrummond2412
      @grahamdrummond2412 22 дні тому

      ​@@stuviewtvyeah, I'm enjoying them as well, I've not watched the crisp one yet.

  • @jonathanfinan722
    @jonathanfinan722 8 місяців тому +31

    Big fan of tooth looseners like Toffo and Highland Toffee. I recall Spangles having stronger flavours than others of its type. I know they're not lost, but I can get lost in a bag of Midget Gems even now.

    • @ramblingrob4693
      @ramblingrob4693 7 місяців тому +3

      Lol@@krankinkogs

    • @Tidybitz
      @Tidybitz 7 місяців тому

      ​@@krankinkogs... true, I remember one pulling my only filling out at the time. It put me right off Toffo and toffee in general.

    • @Stevefoster80
      @Stevefoster80 7 місяців тому +1

      I’m lucky I live near walkers nonsuch toffee factory , as a kid we used get all the seconds from a guy who worked there. Huge bags of toffees that couldn’t be sold

  • @gillianhutton9776
    @gillianhutton9776 8 місяців тому +17

    I was born in 1969 and have therefore eaten many packets of all these sweets! I’m sure that they are the reason why I have so many fillings today! Thanks for this video, it brought back so many good childhood memories 😊

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed the memories. Many thanks!

    • @steunited1969
      @steunited1969 7 місяців тому +2

      Same here lol

    • @dkane2067
      @dkane2067 7 місяців тому

      @@steunited1969me too 🙈😂

  • @aggie5490
    @aggie5490 8 місяців тому +13

    I still crave the original Rowntrees fruit gums which came in boxes. Vile now.

    • @shauncunningham8628
      @shauncunningham8628 7 місяців тому

      i agree, now theyve made them 'vegan' they are horrible, same as Fruit Pastels, they are vile now too,

    • @aligiff17
      @aligiff17 7 місяців тому +5

      I remember those, always bought a box at the cinema & got one in my xmas stocking too, you're correct, they're not the same now, nothing is.

    • @anniemacdonald3957
      @anniemacdonald3957 2 місяці тому +1

      And fruit pastilles

    • @alisonmcveigh3571
      @alisonmcveigh3571 Місяць тому +1

      Agreed - a box of them could last you all evening. These days they are soft like wine gums

  • @anjkovo2138
    @anjkovo2138 8 місяців тому +9

    Lol. Toffo's were notorious for pulling tooth fillings out👍👍

  • @Julie-sm7sp
    @Julie-sm7sp 8 місяців тому +12

    Loved tooty fruities and spangles ❤ i used to love those sweets on elastic as a necklace, you could wear them and eat them at the same time 😂

    • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 8 місяців тому +5

      Aye remember them pastel coloured hard little "beads" on the elastic. Sis wore them as a necklance, we wore them doubled up as a "bracelet".

    • @Julie-sm7sp
      @Julie-sm7sp 8 місяців тому +4

      ​@walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 yes that's them 👍loved that idea as a 'bracelet' bet your sis wondered where all her necklaces were going 😂

  • @nicolasykes6637
    @nicolasykes6637 8 місяців тому +25

    I loved toffos and fruit polos, but my favourite was tootie frutis and I actually thought they’d gone a long time ago, but discovered them again when my daughter was having swimming lessons back in 2004, so like the dutiful parent got her addicted to them as well. 😂

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +10

      Such a shame they discontinued Tootie Frooties.

    • @Snootyboss
      @Snootyboss 8 місяців тому +8

      I'd forgotten about fruit polo's! Loved them, if you could get them apart after being in your pocket

    • @chatteyj
      @chatteyj 7 місяців тому +2

      Toffos were the dogs b.......x! And yes snooty hat was a problem but they were tasty, but i never remembered pacers as born 81. Were the any good?

  • @davidboyce8683
    @davidboyce8683 8 місяців тому +22

    Magic ,as usual Stu .I loved Tooty Fruities and the minties as well as a kid .Toffo 's all the flavours were excellent. So many memories, cheers mate .

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +2

      Many thanks as always!

    • @iliketowatchvideos47
      @iliketowatchvideos47 7 місяців тому +1

      You can still get tooty frooties

    • @SNUSNU-lz7dh
      @SNUSNU-lz7dh 7 місяців тому +3

      Absolutely loved fruit toffo’s and fruit polo’s “ put 3 flavours in your gob at once “ epic 😋

    • @chatteyj
      @chatteyj 7 місяців тому

      Why can you buy Toffos in the UAE ?

  • @peternicol6527
    @peternicol6527 8 місяців тому +10

    Loved pacers always remember black jacks and fruit salad loads more to think about

    • @gazinessex2
      @gazinessex2 8 місяців тому +2

      8-a-penny. Those were the days!

  • @SL0409
    @SL0409 7 місяців тому +6

    Toffos we're my absolute childhood 😍😍😍😍
    Even peeling off the waxy wrapper around each sweet was a joy

  • @gloomyvale3671
    @gloomyvale3671 8 місяців тому +9

    I loved traffic light lolly pops.

  • @clarewillison9379
    @clarewillison9379 8 місяців тому +6

    Mint Cracknell. I miss it almost every day. (Apart from razoring your soft palate occasionally on the harder shards.)

    • @derekmiller6091
      @derekmiller6091 Місяць тому +2

      That REALLY hurt

    • @Tony-ke1ce
      @Tony-ke1ce Місяць тому +1

      I Cut my tongue on a bar of them ❕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

  • @christastic100
    @christastic100 8 місяців тому +9

    I get more nostalgic every year. It’s great watching these memories. Thanks Stuveiw-TV

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому

      So glad you ere enjoying the nostalgic memories. Many thanks for watching.

  • @Spiderbaby66
    @Spiderbaby66 8 місяців тому +8

    Another wonderful nostalgia fest, in a world that's slowly falling apart your videos take us back to much simpler, happier times.

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому

      That's great to hear! Many thanks. Glad you enjoy the memories!

  • @elemar5
    @elemar5 6 місяців тому +9

    I loved Tooty Frooties and Glees.
    Nicholas Lyndhurst in the Spangles advert.

  • @Richard-fv7rq
    @Richard-fv7rq 8 місяців тому +11

    Absolutely glued to your nostalgia trips as i find as I get older (now early 50,s) these memory lane trips become fascinating. Must admit, pretty much liked all of the sweets you reviewed 🙂

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +1

      Glad you are enjoying the memories! Many thanks for watching. It's much appreciated.

  • @caberet
    @caberet 8 місяців тому +13

    my most missed sweet was a Nutty Bar, it was nuts with like a fudge type center i think.

    • @davidpaterson3443
      @davidpaterson3443 8 місяців тому +3

      Absolutely loved them 👍

    • @OllyBockus
      @OllyBockus 4 місяці тому

      CENTRE! CENTRE!CENTRE!CENTRE!CENTRE!

  • @janelake6076
    @janelake6076 8 місяців тому +12

    How I wish cabana would come back ...I loved seeing those bay city rollers cards I was obsessed with collecting those.😊

    • @julesb7707
      @julesb7707 8 місяців тому +4

      I said that about Cabana too, my fave ever bar.

    • @aclubcalledRAGE
      @aclubcalledRAGE 7 місяців тому +2

      Cabana ruled. I remember it being one of the most expensive bars so was a real commitment to buy one vs more of ‘lesser’ sweets and choc. FYI there’s a lady on Etsy making homemade cabana. I haven’t tried yet….

    • @julesb7707
      @julesb7707 7 місяців тому +1

      @@aclubcalledRAGE I also make my own version…just for myself though! 😁

    • @aclubcalledRAGE
      @aclubcalledRAGE 7 місяців тому

      Oooooh clever! How close are they? How many out of ten do you give yourself ? Do you use glacé cherries or dried sour? Something else maybe? @@julesb7707

    • @pathfinder1962
      @pathfinder1962 3 місяці тому

      Hi everyone wants the cabana bar back. I don't know what it was taken off the shelves in the first place. There must be literally hundreds of discontinued chocolate bars and sweets that should never have been taken off the shelves

  • @RedLimeVideo
    @RedLimeVideo 8 місяців тому +20

    Such GREAT memories Stu. I was a Pacer fan for sure. On the subject of Candy Cigarettes, my brothers and I used to get the chocolate and paper wrapped ones in a soft pack - you could eat the paper they were rolled in too.
    One final memory which your video brought to mind was Golden Nuggets. random chunks of yellow/gold bubble gum in a cotton draw-string bag. I used to use the empty bag for my Action Man :)

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +4

      Oh yes, I remember the chocolate cigarettes with the paper wrapping. As a kid I used to think they were more like thin cigars!

    • @janetmcneice6246
      @janetmcneice6246 8 місяців тому +3

      Ahhh yeah, I remember the golden nuggets,

    • @SlackHoffman
      @SlackHoffman 8 місяців тому +1

      Yeahhh I remember golden nuggets in the little white material bags !!😁😄I think I used em for my Britains Toy Soldiers lol 😜

    • @ArtJourneyUK
      @ArtJourneyUK 7 місяців тому +2

      I my dad worked at the Bubble Gum factory (as we called it!) in the 1970s and we had a pretty endless supply of Bazooka Joes and Gold Nuggets! I too used the little drawstring bags for my Pippa Dolls 😂

    • @kn0t2brite
      @kn0t2brite 7 місяців тому +1

      Wow. Yes I remember golden nuggets. Thanks for jogging that memory from my aging brain. I used to get the candy cigarettes too. If I remember correctly they were coloured red at the end so it looked like they were alight.

  • @mikeswift6713
    @mikeswift6713 8 місяців тому +12

    WOW, I was born in 1946 and your videos really take me back.
    I remember some of the sweets from this episode but a couple stick out that weren’t mentioned probably because I don’t think they lasted long.
    My aunt had what we now call a corner shop in the early 1950’s and took me to a Confectionary Exhibition at a large hotel in Leeds.
    She concentrated on the sweets, biscuits and cake sections, an Aladdin’s Cave to a 5 - 6 year old after years of sweets on ration, although with two aunts with shops, cough, I didn’t go without.
    As a youngster I was given lots of free samples, the two I remember were Penny Arrows and Pez.
    I came home with two carrier bags full of the full range of Penny Arrows and Pez tablets complete with half a dozen Pez Dispensers.
    Pez were little oblong tablets of various flavours which you loaded into the dispenser, when you pressed a catch on the side a tablet was ejected, my brother and I were kept in sweets for months.
    My aunt also came home with lots of confectionary items some of which she passed on to my mother.

    • @julesb7707
      @julesb7707 8 місяців тому +2

      Someone else mentioned Pez, they have a website & you can still buy them today although the only shop I’ve seen selling them was on Scarborough beach.

    • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 8 місяців тому +2

      Great memories. My god "sweets" to a child born in the late 1930s early 1940s must've been like a long cherished dream come true !!!! All the best.

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому

      Marvellous memories. Aladdin's Cave sounds like a very apt description!

    • @janetmcneice6246
      @janetmcneice6246 8 місяців тому

      I loved tootie fruities and arrow bars, spangles and fizzy spangles

  • @rw8733
    @rw8733 8 місяців тому +7

    Brilliant memories. Thanks, Stu. 😊

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +2

      Thanks as always for watching!

  • @lottiecooke9262
    @lottiecooke9262 8 місяців тому +50

    I wrote a poem about sweets and got first prize for it in college
    The time has come to vote on sweets.
    To choose the greatest sugary treats.
    As we revisit childhood shops.
    With flying sauces acid drops.
    Sherbert stuffed in cardboard tubes.
    Jelly babies cola cubes.
    Sherbert lemon chocolate lime.
    (The easiest sweet of all to rhyme)
    Drumsticks blackjacks penny chews.
    They made us a toffo we couldn't refuse.
    All these sweets where childhood fixtures.
    (Also wine gums dolly mixtures)
    But who will win this championship.
    Something old like Sherbert dip?
    I'm sure that retro sweets can do it.
    Fruit gum? Allsort? Maybe Chewit?
    Those days all seem long ago.
    We hadn't heard of haribo.
    We didn't have those new recruits.
    Like starburst (clearly opal fruits )
    Skittles where unknown to us.
    As we sucked spangles on the bus.
    These days there's a lot of pressure.
    Of love heart tic tac and refresher.
    Time to get your forces mustered.
    Strawberry cream and rhubarb custard.
    By the end they will be one winner.
    And you won't have room for dinner.
    Enjoy the vote enjoy the sweeties.
    I hope you don't get diabetes.

  • @harpersmythe658
    @harpersmythe658 8 місяців тому +14

    Old English flavour Spangles, McCowans Highland Toffee and Mint Toffo were my favourites. I remember Promise bars and Tiffin bars, but they were more of a 60’s thing, still nice though 😋😋

    • @julesb7707
      @julesb7707 8 місяців тому +2

      Cadburys recently brought tiffin bars back.

    • @dryflyman7121
      @dryflyman7121 8 місяців тому +2

      You have great taste 😂

    • @solatiumz
      @solatiumz 7 місяців тому +1

      You can still buy the highland toffee.

    • @harpersmythe658
      @harpersmythe658 7 місяців тому +2

      @@julesb7707 did they? Not seen them in the shops. Bet they don’t use the same recipe

    • @julesb7707
      @julesb7707 7 місяців тому

      @@harpersmythe658 You can easily find them online, I’ve had the new version but I don’t remember the original so I can’t say if it tastes the same or not.

  • @DarylJewkes
    @DarylJewkes 8 місяців тому +27

    I remember a fruit flavoured product called Frosties that were similar in size to Fruit Pastels, but were a hard candy with a sugar coating. The packet was about half the length too. There was also a cola flavoured variety, but I don’t recall the name

    • @gilgammesh1
      @gilgammesh1 8 місяців тому +5

      I remember Frosties, they were kinda chewy in the centre and cola flavoured from what i remember.

    • @DarylJewkes
      @DarylJewkes 8 місяців тому +2

      @@gilgammesh1 yes that's right! I don't remember if there were other flavours apart from the fruit and cola varieties

    • @jrsc01.
      @jrsc01. 8 місяців тому +7

      Yes they looked like red fruit pastilles, used to buy them in the 90s, 10p a pack, tasted like red cola cubes.

    • @aclubcalledRAGE
      @aclubcalledRAGE 7 місяців тому

      Yes Trebor Frosties. You used to get them in the excellent Trebor Booty Bag

    • @iliketowatchvideos47
      @iliketowatchvideos47 7 місяців тому +1

      Cola frosties where lovely

  • @jonathanh2605
    @jonathanh2605 7 місяців тому +3

    Now there's a walk down memory lane....happy days!!

  • @evacuatedspace6946
    @evacuatedspace6946 2 місяці тому +3

    Also miss the sweet shops with tons of plastic jars full of different sweets you pick, awww. It was heaven going in there and deciding what you could afford. :-)

  • @99fruitbat94
    @99fruitbat94 8 місяців тому +4

    Chocolate smokers kit. Got one at Christmas most years 😂

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +1

      Fantastic! Can you imagine that these days?

  • @Jon6429
    @Jon6429 8 місяців тому +8

    Was quite partial to a Cabanna (Coconut, Caramel & Cherry, like a Bounty crossed with Mars bar).
    Presently addicted to School Chalks (peppermint liquorice).
    I know, I got problems, my confectioner says I'll be ok so long as Tovali stays open.

  • @lonequark2224
    @lonequark2224 8 місяців тому +13

    Hey Stu, I really enjoy all of your uploads. Really transports me back to a time when life was simple and uncomplicated... Keep up the great work. Always look forward to new videos - puts a smile on my face every time...

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому

      That's really great to hear. Many thanks!

  • @sjstu
    @sjstu 8 місяців тому +3

    So glad a channel like yours exists. Cheers.

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +1

      That's great to hear! Many thanks for watching.

  • @witchelm3734
    @witchelm3734 7 місяців тому +3

    Old English Spangles were my favourites 😊

  • @nurserytime2299
    @nurserytime2299 8 місяців тому +10

    I used to love toffee Treats. The peanut and chocolate Treats seamed to turn into M&M’s but they didn’t ever taste the same. Toffee Treats were really chewy with a crisp candy shell, delicious 😋

    • @mrsgenehunt48
      @mrsgenehunt48 8 місяців тому +1

      My favourite too. I miss peanut banjos aswell

    • @jimjones1652
      @jimjones1652 7 місяців тому

      Same here M&M’s just taste of the colouring.

    • @80sandretrogubbins25
      @80sandretrogubbins25 7 місяців тому

      It's not really fair that M & Ms spawned such a huge phenomenon when Treets were here before them. You are right about the ones filled with caramel, they were fab.

  • @The_Capri_Kid
    @The_Capri_Kid 3 місяці тому +3

    The McCowans toffee factory used to be close to Stenhousemuir FC's football ground. When we had an away game there some of the younger fans would disappear to apparently rake about in the skips looking for discarded factory seconds sometimes with success. Free toffee, a kiddies dream!

  • @helencook9055
    @helencook9055 7 місяців тому +3

    My grandmother used to buy nutty bars, covered in peanuts and a soft carmel centre i loved them, another bar i miss was pink panther bars made with real strawberries and i loved the milk tray bars yummy

  • @lilac9639
    @lilac9639 8 місяців тому +6

    Can anyone remember when shops only opened half days on a Wednesday and very few if any on a Sunday? I told my son but he thinks I'm winding him up lol

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +2

      I remember that. Sundays were more special before Sunday opening came along.

    • @julesb7707
      @julesb7707 8 місяців тому +2

      Wednesday was always ‘half closing day’ where I live too with very little ever opening on a Sunday. This was in the 70s.

  • @stephaniemurphy3443
    @stephaniemurphy3443 7 місяців тому +2

    Brings back so many memories thank you

  • @clairrollings3988
    @clairrollings3988 8 місяців тому +2

    Spangles hold a special place in my heart as I remember my Father bringing them back from working in London.

  • @michaelshearing6410
    @michaelshearing6410 8 місяців тому +10

    Space dust is still available but is now known as popping candy. Last Isaw of it it was available in poundland stores

    • @julianaylor4351
      @julianaylor4351 8 місяців тому

      There are chocolate bars with it in and packets with a dipping lolly too. 😋

  • @barrymurphy1337
    @barrymurphy1337 8 місяців тому +7

    Fantastic trip down memory lane Stu! I'd completely forgotten about Secret Agents, I used to have some of those badges. I've realised I'm old enough to remember Opal Mints, before Pacers! Your mention of sweet cigarettes reminded me of sweet tobacco (grated coconut in a pouch).

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +1

      Glad you enjoyed the memories! You can still get the sweet tobacco from online sweet shops, just not in the pouches anymore.

  • @dklabratful
    @dklabratful 3 дні тому +1

    I’d completely forgotten Tooty Fruities! I adored those.

  • @jono.pom-downunder
    @jono.pom-downunder 8 місяців тому +4

    Fan bleedin tastic. Makes me feel old as buggery. Remember All the different flavour toffos, my faves were liquorice and the mint.
    I even remember Opal mints, one of my faves. Oh hell, blobs yum. 😊

  • @martinwebb1681
    @martinwebb1681 8 місяців тому +17

    I loved spangles and Tooty Frooties, pacers were also nice. Toffos were okay but a little boring although I did like the banana ones. The secret agents ones were okay but there were so many similar hard boiled sweets about that I only had them a few times. As for the sweet cigarettes I thought they tasted awful and always dried your mouth out, but it didn't stop me eating them and all because of the picture cards 😂... UFO, Doctor Who, Captain Scarlett, I loved them collectors cards. 🙂

  • @JohnSmith-ki2eq
    @JohnSmith-ki2eq 7 місяців тому +5

    The one I miss is "Spanish Gold", it was shreded coconut dyed brown to look like tobaco and loded with sugar, it even came in a pouch that looked like a tobabco pouch.

  • @johnhamilton7762
    @johnhamilton7762 6 місяців тому +2

    OMG! Pacers. I remember them. Thankyou for this!

  • @gabbymcclymont3563
    @gabbymcclymont3563 8 місяців тому +2

    So many great sweets, Tooty Fruties and Toffos, loved the fruit ones.

  • @ashfaq1999
    @ashfaq1999 7 місяців тому +3

    Classic sweets !! I lost a few teeth eating these 😂

  • @djanil9733
    @djanil9733 8 місяців тому +5

    Who remembers Rainbow Puffs

    • @julesb7707
      @julesb7707 8 місяців тому +2

      You can still buy them, I bought some from Poundland a few weeks ago.

  • @Michelle-qd9gm
    @Michelle-qd9gm 8 місяців тому +2

    Loved tooty fruiities these lots of them I miss loved the yorkie bar I k ow you can still buy these but back then they were really thick chocolate bars lovely thankyou for all the memories

  • @davidpaterson3443
    @davidpaterson3443 8 місяців тому +7

    Trevor Toffee Apple Blobs, the greatest sweet of them all. Nobody else seems to remember them, they were like the Trebor Double Agent sweets.

    • @robbrittain9369
      @robbrittain9369 8 місяців тому +2

      I remember Blobs.
      They were my favourite.
      Some very strange flavours.
      Strawberry & cream was my favourite.
      I still have my Blobs disc, which is a yellow plastic Frisbee style disc that you could get by sending off loads of wrappers to Trebor.
      The plastic used was so brittle that the disc would easily break when it hit a hard floor surface.
      The remaining I have is kept safely away from children who would destroy it in 2 seconds.
      Bring back Blobs!!

    • @rustymackemingrancanaria6360
      @rustymackemingrancanaria6360 8 місяців тому +1

      I remember them too.Sadly 😂 (or not ?!) I can even bring to my minds eye (thoughts of this particular flavour sweet is always this memory) sucking on them trying not to crunch to get to that inner heaven too soon .Wow, what a taste ... with my brother and mates walking through our town's car park's dark basement, discussing the merits of the various flavours each of us had bought. Toffee apple always being mine.❤ Strange things memories 😊

  • @JAY1892
    @JAY1892 8 місяців тому +4

    Another melancholy trip down memory lane Stu. I enjoy your uploads yet always feel a little sad after as I miss those days terribly. Does anyone remember Fresh n Up? They were a square shaped chewing gum with a liquid centre.

    • @derekmiller6091
      @derekmiller6091 Місяць тому

      Yeah, they were gross. You could add to the grossness by washing it down with a can of Fresca.

  • @merlin5476
    @merlin5476 8 місяців тому +3

    Pacers were lovely ! This has also bought back the memories of Spanish tobacco 👍

  • @alanglasgowbassist
    @alanglasgowbassist 2 місяці тому +1

    Toffo! Loved them. Totally forgot about them ( and the ad ) until I watched this

  • @Fa-uk5fb
    @Fa-uk5fb 7 місяців тому +1

    Takes me back to when I was a child. Many many moons ago.

  • @pauliesk.7102
    @pauliesk.7102 8 місяців тому +10

    Great video, as ever: I can just taste Pacers now! I remember a sweet called 'Bon-Bons'. They came in a big bag, were covered in a yellow, semi-crunchy sherbet coating, and had (I think) a chewy chocolate centre.

    • @borusa32
      @borusa32 8 місяців тому +4

      I thought they were toffee in the middle?

    • @pauliesk.7102
      @pauliesk.7102 8 місяців тому

      You're maybe right: I just remember it was a sugary, chewy concoction of some kind!@@borusa32

    • @JuliaHarrisx
      @JuliaHarrisx 8 місяців тому +3

      @@borusa32yes and they were covered in white powder. I think they did a lemon one with yellow powder. I used to buy them by the quarter.

    • @eleridragon
      @eleridragon 8 місяців тому +2

      They're one of my mum's favourites. The plain ones with toffee centres are white, the lemon ones, unsurprisingly, are yellow, and there are pink strawberry ones as well. You can still get them from some of the online sweet shops, i buy her some every so often. Think I preferred fizzbombs over bon-bons though, especially the blue ones, although they ripped your mouth to shreds if you had too many.

    • @Lamby1010
      @Lamby1010 8 місяців тому

      Still get them everywhere

  • @TheMeerkat2323
    @TheMeerkat2323 8 місяців тому +4

    I remember all of these except double agents, dandies, blobs, star wars, king kong, buster, bay city rollers and fizzy lizzy. Spangles were my all time favourite childhood sweets, and I absolutely loved toffo's as well, their creamy flavour of the toffee was like anything I'd had before or since

  • @beckysmithers8094
    @beckysmithers8094 3 місяці тому +2

    I was born in 72. Weirdly, i don't remember spangles. Most of the others though. I remember the gold rush bubble gum too. It is lovely wandering down memory lane.

  • @dklabratful
    @dklabratful 3 дні тому +1

    I just adored Toffos. Especially the liquorice flavour.

  • @gwheregwhizz
    @gwheregwhizz 8 місяців тому +7

    I'd like the return of Oveltine chocolate bars, Rowntree Secret, Harlequin neopolitans, Terry's Pyramint and Cadburys chocolate that tastes like chocolate.

  • @weekenderTone
    @weekenderTone 8 місяців тому +4

    Loved Toffos. Surely I didn't dream of the divine coffee flavoured Toffo. I need to know it existed.

    • @martinwebb1681
      @martinwebb1681 8 місяців тому +4

      It didn't exist, Toffos came in Plain, mint, Blackcurrant, Strawberry, Apple, Pineapple and Banana flavours. Your memory is playing tricks on you.

    • @derekmiller6091
      @derekmiller6091 Місяць тому

      Don’t forget the chocolate toffos…kinda like the inside of Riesens today.

  • @iwasglad122
    @iwasglad122 6 місяців тому +1

    My dental cavities were weeping with nostalgia!!! Thank you SO much for this blast from the past!
    I remember that in a packet of clear fruit Spangles, every so often you would discover an opaque one which was a mint. The kudos of finding one of these and the competition between us kids for that 'special' spangle was like searching for a Wonka Golden Ticket.
    God, what simpler pleasures we had as kids in the 70s!!

  • @manwithanaccent4315
    @manwithanaccent4315 Місяць тому +1

    OMG I remember Toffos!! Pacers were good too, but Spangles were in a class of their own.

  • @pazthakrar9270
    @pazthakrar9270 8 місяців тому +3

    I was a huge fan of Toffo especially Banana flavor, i was not a huge fan of Spangles, but Tutti Fruiti and Pacers yes please, thanks for another great trip to good old innocent and happy times.

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks!

  • @johnwheelan3703
    @johnwheelan3703 8 місяців тому +3

    I will always miss my tooty fruitys. I remember eating them at school and I used to share them. I used to pretend that they were indigestion tablets. Precious memories.

  • @Mistysmudge1
    @Mistysmudge1 8 місяців тому +1

    Oh my gosh the nostalgia, loved Toffo's and Spangles and Pacers, Tootie Frooties loved those :D

  • @PlasticGirl65
    @PlasticGirl65 7 місяців тому +2

    I'd completely forgotten about Pacers until I saw this, I now have the taste in my mouth.

  • @julesb7707
    @julesb7707 8 місяців тому +7

    I love reminiscing about old confectionery. Does anybody remember Ipsos, they were like tictacs & came in a square plastic box that fitted together like Lego?

    • @juliejones2103
      @juliejones2103 8 місяців тому +3

      I remember them. Miss all these old sweets. They were the best 😊

    • @WadeyUK
      @WadeyUK 8 місяців тому

      ipso right here in the video 8:54

    • @the-icephoenix
      @the-icephoenix 8 місяців тому +2

      Yes ,yes I do

  • @garypayne6233
    @garypayne6233 8 місяців тому +3

    God that was a huge blast from my childhood I remember the sweet tobacco also and the gold nugget chewing gum in small sack

  • @cricketexplained8526
    @cricketexplained8526 8 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for mentioning Ipsos. Loved them.

  • @alleynealisleem9777
    @alleynealisleem9777 4 місяці тому +3

    I Remember Toffos Makes Me Feel Old 🥰🤣!!!

  • @j0hnf_uk
    @j0hnf_uk 8 місяців тому +7

    I remember those Double Agent ones particularly well. Definitely on my list to buy on a Saturday, back in the day, with my pocket money. I think the lime and chocolate ones were probably my favourite simply because they were pretty unique at the time. Sweet cigarettes never encouraged kids to take up smoking in later life. It was just the idea that they were deemed a, 'gate way', to such habits that was enough for the usual malcontents to moan and groan enough to get them changed. I'm sure they used to have a confectionary that was actually like rolled up cigarettes, make with candy styled, 'tobacco', and paper you could eat. I haven't a clue what they were called, though. Fruit Polo's were another of my favourites. Anyone else see a very young Nicholas Lyndhurst in the Spangles ad? 😁

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +1

      There used to be a sweet tobacco called Spanish Gold, which was basically coconut shreds. Very tasty. Actually, it's still available now from online sweet shops, it's just not called Spanish Gold anymore.

    • @Pythonaria
      @Pythonaria 7 місяців тому +1

      Yes. I saw him too. Also remember the chocolate cigarettes wrapped in paper. Tried them once and once was enough. The chocolate was similar in taste to cheap cooking chocolate.

  • @giuglianacamelia217
    @giuglianacamelia217 8 місяців тому +4

    I was born in 1980 & to this day have wondered what those striped spearmint sweets were. Pacers!!🥳

  • @martinsmith1538
    @martinsmith1538 3 місяці тому +1

    Brilliant upload. Remember them all. Fond memories.

  • @markuk7935
    @markuk7935 8 місяців тому +2

    I liked Texan bars, and the advert "a last request gringo"..... "sure is a mighty chew". Hahaha.

  • @tracy6568
    @tracy6568 8 місяців тому +3

    OMG!! I forgot about some of them!! Oh man do I miss them especially Pacers footie frooties and spanles 🤦 can't stan them horrible jelly sweets they have today!! This brought back memories of the taste 😔 they were really popular back then why they got rid is ridiculous nothing comes close these day! Thankyou for the trip down memory lane! 💪👏👏

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому

      Glad you enjoyed the memories. Thanks!

  • @TensaiDragon
    @TensaiDragon 8 місяців тому +3

    omg..i loved pacers..its so weird, every so often for the last 30+years i'd been trying to remember them!
    I moved abroad in 82, came back in 84(i suppose shops/supermarkets stop picking them up around then), and being young, never remembered them. But over the last 3 decades the vague chewy spearmint sweet would pop into my head, and i'd go, what was that again..?
    British sweets, theres nothing like em! 😍

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +1

      Absolutely, there's nothing quite like a classic British sweet!

  • @michaelfleming9757
    @michaelfleming9757 25 днів тому +2

    Pink panther chocolate bar, my favourite 70s classic.

  • @the-icephoenix
    @the-icephoenix 8 місяців тому +1

    I remember meny of those and meny more like rolos and the chocolate bar trio but the picture of the old fashioned sweet shop with the jars of sweets that took me back

  • @sarahlouise7163
    @sarahlouise7163 8 місяців тому +12

    being a kid in the 70s, it seemed like there was a new chocolate bar or sweets every few months! thanks to global brands buying up everything in sight, not only have we lost innumerable confections over the years, but there have been almost no new inventions. too little competition these days between manufacturers. i can't even think of one! and cadbury adding oreo and m&ms to their chocolate doesn't count. and don't get me started on the ubiquitous and hideous salted caramel 😁

    • @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684
      @walterkronkitesleftshoe6684 7 місяців тому +1

      Hear Hear !!!! Can't agree more.

    • @aclubcalledRAGE
      @aclubcalledRAGE 7 місяців тому +1

      Well said Sarah. Same goes for ice lollies. You’d get new ones throughout the year with Lyon’s maid vs wall’s

    • @iant9461
      @iant9461 7 місяців тому +1

      Soon us British indigenous people will be discontinued too! Along with Caramacs.

  • @anjkovo2138
    @anjkovo2138 8 місяців тому +8

    Hey do you remember Spanish Gold Coconut Sweet tobacco. Teachers would confiscate it off us..🤣

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +1

      Yes, used to love that stuff! You can still get the sweet tobacco from online sweet stores, it's just not called Spanish Gold anymore.

  • @DuffElmer
    @DuffElmer 4 місяці тому

    Double Agents!!! Fantastic, I've been trying to remember the name of them for ages! Thank you

  • @marklastname5656
    @marklastname5656 8 місяців тому +2

    That sure looks like a young Nicholas Lyndhurst at the beginning of the Spangles advert. I had an instant memory of being at school when the space dust packet appeared on screen! I remember the double agent logo but not the sweets lol. Boy did I love toffos. I'd totally forgot about the Ipso's! I had a few of those boxes in my Lego box (which was a cardboard box from a chippy, they used to have great big block of lard in them)

    • @stuviewtv
      @stuviewtv  8 місяців тому +1

      It is indeed Nicholas Lyndhurst.

  • @robbrittain9369
    @robbrittain9369 8 місяців тому +3

    Bring back Blobs!!
    The sweets with the weirdest flavours.
    Glad that you mentioned them as I thought everyone had forgotten them.

    • @lucius4556
      @lucius4556 8 місяців тому +2

      I was trying to think of the name when he said about that other boiled sweet, I had forgotten all about them then could actually taste them😅..think they did a cherry one. Bring back Blobs lol.

    • @robbrittain9369
      @robbrittain9369 7 місяців тому +1

      @@lucius4556 I think you are correct, but I don't like cherries so that was a no no for me.
      My favourite was strawberry and cream.
      I ate loads, mainly so that I could collect the wrappers to send off to Trevor for Blobs disc frisbee.
      Not surprising that I have loads of tooth fillings.

  • @RUSH2112RUSH
    @RUSH2112RUSH 7 місяців тому +3

    I remember a 'bar' of toffee from the early 70s that had similar dimensions to a six inch ruler, and about as thick as one as well, and it would snap into shards of rock hard toffee that were very sharp and it was a wonder we children never cut our mouths on them.

  • @AlexMitchell-sj4sb
    @AlexMitchell-sj4sb 2 місяці тому +1

    You made me remember and then strangely so did my taste buds too

  • @alexkane5608
    @alexkane5608 8 місяців тому +2

    When the kids ask 'what's for dinner?', my favourite response is 'SPANGLES!'. They haven't a clue!