10 sweets we loved as children
Remember the excitement of a 10p mix up? Or one of these sweet treats from your childhood?
By vwhite
1
Chewits
You loved the strawberry ones best but your friend was partial to blackcurrant. Your mum didn’t let you have the whole pack at once though…
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2
Flying saucers
You could buy these individually but in certain moments of madness (birthdays usually) your parents would buy one of those bumper round plastic cartons full of them. This was then put on a high shelf so you couldn’t just help yourself.
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3
Caramac
This was a bit love it or hate it. Not to be confused with Caramel, the bar advertised by a sexy bunny rabbit. If you loved Caramac you probably also loved Trio biscuits, which were the dream combo of Caramac plus biscuit.
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4
Cherry Lips
Floral flavoured tiny red jellies that stuck in the cracks in your teeth. They came in a white paper bag and if you left them there long enough they would eventually stick together into one big cherry lump.
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5
Turkish Delight
Sweets were quite sophisticated in the 1970s – would kids today yearn for rose flavoured jelly covered in dark chocolate? We think not.
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6
Refreshers
Too big to be a chew but too chewy to bite in half. You had to go for it and shove the whole thing in and then avoid conversation with anyone until you had chewed into the fizzy centre.
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7
Cola Cubes
Bought by the quarter and if you ate too many of them they would make your tongue go numb and your mouth hurt – especially when partnered with pear drops.
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8
Fruit Salad
Usually partnered with liquorice-flavoured Black Jack chews and the backbone of any 10p mix up. Tasted of mixed fruit juice, and in those days could count as one of your five-a-day.
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9
Highland Toffee
Toffee from Scotland, or so we were led to believe. So chewy it could take hours to get through but that was part of the appeal.
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10
Double Dip
The modernisation of a Sherbert Dipdab this came with a candy dipper and two different flavours of sherbert – orange and raspberry. Pure sugar, essentially.
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