Cannot abide fruit polo's or wine gums.

[Sue Pertwee-Tyr]

What did they do to Victory Vs? Loved these in the ‘70s, proper warming in the mouth, but they disappeared from general view for a bit and reappeared a few years ago. Not how I remembered them.

Either my sense of taste has changed, or they removed something from the recipe. Probably political correctness gone mad, or health and safety, or data protection. Or sumfink.

 

[StephenB]

black jacks
fruit salad
parma violets

 

[PhilofCas]

Surprised Curly Wurly's haven't been mentioned (for their greatness! (especially when a little cool)).

 

[Big Tabs]

I saw the biggest selection of Fisherman's Friends ever when we went to Iceland a few years ago. Must have been 12 flavours of Fisherman's Friends in the supermarket.

(I love to roam supermarkets when in holiday abroad.)

 

[Rug Doc]

A few friends of mine bought the Maynard wine gum factory in north London when they relocated. A very well built structure!

I very nearly bought the 15 ft long metal Maynard‘s sign that once hung on the exterior wall.

 

[Barrymagrec]

I saw the biggest selection of Fisherman's Friends ever when we went to Iceland a few years ago. Must have been 12 flavours of Fisherman's Friends in the supermarket.

(I love to roam supermarkets when in holiday abroad.)

I`m not surprised, they have an entire wing of their National Gallery given over to pictures of "The Salt Cod".

 

[Big Tabs]

I`m not surprised, they have an entire wing of their National Gallery given over to pictures of "The Salt Cod".

Yes.
There was lots of dried cod/fish for sale in the supermarkets, I declined the opportunity.


Looked chewy.

 

[Colin L]

Old English Spangles were rank.

Pah! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

 

[Big Tabs]

Pah! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.

My dad used to buy Old English Spangles, I think because we hated them.

He also used to like 'chewing wood,' which I also dislike. Aniseed or liquorice flavour? Horrible.

 

[Bodkin]

I loved 'Fizzy cider blobs' , one of my favourite sweets from the early 70's.

 

[deebster]

Strawberry or lemon Bon Bons did it for me.

But not the white toffee ones, oh no.

 

[gintonic]

I saw the biggest selection of Fisherman's Friends ever when we went to Iceland a few years ago. Must have been 12 flavours of Fisherman's Friends in the supermarket.

(I love to roam supermarkets when in holiday abroad.)

we saw many flavours in Hong Kong

 

[Big Tabs]

Strawberry or lemon Bon Bons did it for me.

But not the white toffee ones, oh no.

Exact opposite.

The powdery white outer coating... yummers.

The strawberry ones were just wrong. I could tolerate a lemon one, if forced into a corner.

 

[Thorn]

Sherbet lemons rule OK!

 

[PaulMB]

I can’t abide the misuse of apostrophes.

Quite! Why "Polo's" and not "Orange's"? Is there some misconception that a proper noun gets an apostrophe?

 

[sean99]

Wine gums are OK, but Jelly Babies are much better IMO.
I haven't had fruit polos in decades. Are they still a sticky gooey mess that sticks to the wrapping paper prior to being opened ? Not only are they not very nice, I seem to remember spending ages trying to peel off the bits of wrapper left behind on the sweets.

Mint polos are nice - sufficiently minty without being excessive. M&S buttermints were the Rolls Royce of mints when I was growing up.

 

[sean99]

Surprised Curly Wurly's haven't been mentioned (for their greatness! (especially when a little cool)).

Perhaps because you may as well chew a toffee while sprinkling some chocolate on the carpet. Banned in my household.

 

[Barrymagrec]

Mint polos are nice - sufficiently minty without being excessive.

I`ve had a packet of Mint Polos in my toolcase since 1983 - there`s still some left.

 

[deebster]

I leave a packet in each album rack, so I can sell stuff on Discogs as near mint.

 

[cooky1257]

Lion Fruit salad.