Confectionery Of Years Gone By

[TheDonbytheDee]

42 minutes ago, BigAl said:

Sad to think that kids nowadays will never know the excitement that the Bon Accord lorry coming down your street brought back in the day 

And the cool lorries used to deliver it. 

Freezing cold bon accord ale, delivered on a Friday night.

Pineapple was a particular favourite of mine. 

[BigAl]

25 minutes ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

No, it was an old Cadbury chocolate brand.

Going back a lot of years with that one.

You can buy it in B&M or at Amazon

[swaddon]

I had one of those Star bars that people were mentioning earlier.

It was okay. Like a Boost but without the biscuit.

[tom_widdows]

30 minutes ago, swaddon said:

 

It was okay. Like a Boost but without the biscuit.

If cadburys dont pick that for their ad campaign you might be able to sell it to viagra

[swaddon]

33 minutes ago, tom_widdows said:

If cadburys dont pick that for their ad campaign you might be able to sell it to viagra

I already came up with:

"Life's hard. When it's not, use Viagra".

I still haven't heard back from them.

[Elgindon]

4 hours ago, RicoS321 said:

You still get them at Aunt Betty's in Stonehaven.

Saw them first over 40 years ago,then they disappeared soon after.Not sure they merited a comeback

Still see Ritter sports chocolate bars these days

Bon Bons

Sherbet fountain(with the liquorice stick)

Top deck lemonade shandy

[CurlsLikeTattie]

1 hour ago, swaddon said:

I had one of those Star bars that people were mentioning earlier.

It was okay. Like a Boost but without the biscuit.

They predate Boost, but in the 90s were rebranded Peanut Boost.......before they saw sense and put them back to Starbar.

"It was okay". Nae taste. I thought better of you.

[swaddon]

1 minute ago, CurlsLikeTattie said:

They predate Boost, but in the 90s were rebranded Peanut Boost.......before they saw sense and put them back to Starbar.

"It was okay". Nae taste. I thought better of you.

I'm not easily pleased.

[TheDonbytheDee]

4 hours ago, OneBrianIrvine. said:

Was going to say cheeky basterd I’m not that old I remember buying it relatively recently in Bruce Millers.

Then looked up and they’ve been closed 15 years

There is a new Old Jamaica under the Bournville  range but not a patch on original.

Never knew it was still available. Thought it was discontinued way back in the day.

[Nordicus]

only place for today's confectionery is in the bucket

nobody who experienced the taste & variety of yesteryear  - probably up till the end of the 80's 

would touch what passes for chocolate today

[Nordicus]

20 hours ago, BigAl said:

You can buy it in B&M or at Amazon

kind of like newco

   in name only

[Reekie_Red]

Ive been living in NZ for 24 years now, and miss a heeeeap of UK sweets. Biggest misses are:

- double decker

- Gold biscuits 

- Ritter Sport -the yoghurt one

- Caramac 

- Kendal Mint Cake

- revels 

- UK Maltesers- the ones here are made from aussie chocolate, and are mingin 

[manc_don]

On 16/12/2025 at 23:23, Nordicus said:

only place for today's confectionery is in the bucket

nobody who experienced the taste & variety of yesteryear  - probably up till the end of the 80's 

would touch what passes for chocolate today

I would genuinely recommend kiwi chocolate brand Whittakers. Proper chocolate and I can’t touch Cadbury anymore, just doesn’t come anywhere near close. Not made with any of the palm oil shite either.

[TheDonbytheDee]

Had my first ever Walnut Whip last night, very enjoyable.

No chocolate snob by any means and still like a bar of Cadbury chocolate, but undoubtedly went downhill since the yanks got involved in them.

A Penguin biscuit can't be classed as a chocolate biscuit anymore, due to lacking the required level of cocoa in them. Same with a club biscuit.

I think that rule will be applied to a well known chocolate bar, soon enough. 

 

 

[ErchiePlum]

On 15/12/2025 at 13:37, TheDonbytheDee said:

And the cool lorries used to deliver it. 

Freezing cold bon accord ale, delivered on a Friday night.

Pineapple was a particular favourite of mine. 

Lorry tipped its load in Mastrick and parked up in car park where rent Office is now.

It was like a non alcoholic version of whisky galore as bottles disppeared  .

Pineapple ,strawberry ,american ice cream soda etc.

Actually sickened ourselves of it and ended up putting hole in caps , shaking it and spraying each other like we had won the grand prix.

My favourite drink though was actually scotch cola ( which I think might have been hays )

Hays lemonade and advocaat & scotchmac & sweetheart stout were actually acceptable drinks at new year parties for under 12s back in the day plus the scoofs from cans of mcewans export when pouring them into  those dimpled beer mugs with handles ( krugs?) for your uncles.

 

Hardly drink alcohol now and "ale" of choice  currently is pepsi max..would love to try scotch cola again

 

[TheDonbytheDee]

33 minutes ago, ErchiePlum said:

Lorry tipped its load in Mastrick and parked up in car park where rent Office is now.

It was like a non alcoholic version of whisky galore as bottles disppeared  .

Pineapple ,strawberry ,american ice cream soda etc.

Actually sickened ourselves of it and ended up putting hole in caps , shaking it and spraying each other like we had won the grand prix.

My favourite drink though was actually scotch cola ( which I think might have been hays )

Hays lemonade and advocaat & scotchmac & sweetheart stout were actually acceptable drinks at new year parties for under 12s back in the day plus the scoofs from cans of mcewans export when pouring them into  those dimpled beer mugs with handles ( krugs?) for your uncles.

 

Hardly drink alcohol now and "ale" of choice  currently is pepsi max..would love to try scotch cola again

 

I remember Scotch Cola, and it was Hays. You can see a picture of a bottle in the below link, hopefully it works. Not sure that's the original stuff the bottle though and certainly wouldn't want to drink it.

Woodpecker Cider and Bon Accord Blackcurrant cordial was drink of choice for kids in our house. Advocaat and Babycham too.

Never liked McEwans when I was young, but my pint of choice now.

I find my taste buds have changed a lot, as I get older.

https://www.gumtree.com/p/hobbies-collectibles/hays-vintage-scotch-cola-bottle-unopened/1494814821

[manc_don]

Not of yester year, but I think if the recipe changes it counts right?

After looking up Lutz's contact deets for OD, I found out that Penguin chocolates are now chocolate flavour coated rather than chocolate coated?!? 

[InversneckieDob]

On 15/12/2025 at 00:56, Radiored said:

As a bairn ma fave cheap sweeties ( as in 2, 3 for 1p) were prob Lemfizz, Bazooka Joes, Fruit Salads, Mojos. Ah liked sports mix ... especially cos they were 5 for a penny, but Ah hated the black anes. 

Many a time Ah would ask "5p o' sports .. nae blacks". .... an' aboot half the time the wifie (it wis nearly ayewis a wifie) would look at ma wi an expression which read "Are you haein a fuckin fun??" and would stick the scoop intae the sports mix indiscriminately an' coont oot the sweeties intae the bag .... blacks 'unfiltered'. Actually, Ah think there wis usually a disproportionate number o' black anes - oot o' spite, in reaction tae fit Ah thought wis a reasonable request. Still, like a bampot, Ah'd hand ower ma 5p.

Anither firm fave wis 'Crispets' ... ye can still get them, but they cost a fkn fortune ... same goes wi Chelsea Whoppers  

Sports mixtures 'nae blacks' was the recognised norm.

The licorice eens were nae enjoyed.