10p Chew Bar?

nervous_twitch

I heard these delightful treats mentioned in another post, and couldnt help myself.. what gum-pulling sugar-corrupted 10p chew bar tickled your fancy, back in the day before dirty aul pints and cigarettes (unless chocolate) ate all your disposable cash?

I was a Roy of the Rover child myself; like kids on speed we were

Donegal Lass

not on the poll but stinger bars were the business!

oh and woppas of course! great times when you could rot your teeth on 5p!

c - 13

Put stingers in that poll god-damn you ! //Shakes Fist
Stingers were the buisiness, they dont taste the same anymore though :mad:

Mint Woppas !! Oh the nostalgia !

whiteboard

Have a look here to jog your memory
http://aquarterof.co.uk
then select chewy bars from the side menu.

grahamo

Time bars, chomps, black jacks,fruit salads, fizzy lizzies. I can feel my teeth loosening just thinking about them.

Trampas

Smiley bars.

I remember eating tonnes of them

Degag

Donegal Lass wrote:

not on the poll but stinger bars were the business!

oh and woppas of course! great times when you could rot your teeth on 5p!

What were woppa's again? I remember the name alright!!!

mickith

its a tough choice but think i will haev to go for cola bars. they were the bees knees
did ye ever get your fave chewy bar, roll it up and stick it in yer gobs and then try and proceed to chew, hours of fun

r3nu4l

Stingers FTW I did also like Wham bars and Dan bars. I wouldn't touch any of them today though, although if a Chomp bar was on offer I'd happily eat that

Kolodny

The only ones I've tried from that list are Dan Bars. Loved Stingers too.

c - 13

Tackle69 wrote:

What were woppa's again? I remember the name alright!!!

Woppas were about 10CM - 15CM long and a bit wider than your average plastic ruler. I remember them being available in two flavours - Mint and Cola (Green and Red packaging respectively, both with blue writing). I also remember them being sold for 5p and the fact that they'd pull the teeth out of your head

caffrey

i remember these bars called "the big chew" cost a little extra, 15p, but it was huge, very similar to a strawberry refresher bar

Degag

c - 13 wrote:

Woppas were about 10CM - 15CM long and a bit wider than your average plastic ruler. I remember them being available in two flavours - Mint and Cola (Green and Red packaging respectively, both with blue writing). I also remember them being sold for 5p and the fact that they'd pull the teeth out of your head

Yes i do remember them.... i remember going into the shop with 50p and coming out with 10 woppa's... those were the days!

Faith

Poll edited, Stingers added.

Stingers were great, but I picked Dan Bars. Mmmm. I pretty much loved all of them though!

c - 13

Actually what were BlueRaves, I cant seem to recall those ones, I remember all the rest though.

dumbyearbook

The Whoppa bar was not that chewy! A roy of the rover now that was chewy.....and a bitter bite to be sure

Ruu_Old

Mmm so many good bars, probably Roy of the Rovers for me though I often ended up eating bits of the wrapper as well as it was so hard to get the damn thing off!

johnny_ultimate

Back in the day, a Dan Bar or Roy of the Rovers were the bars of choice.
But it is certainly one of the childhood foods I could not bring myself to eat these days.

Donegal Lass

caffrey wrote:

i remember these bars called "the big chew" cost a little extra, 15p, but it was huge, very similar to a strawberry refresher bar

Oh.My.God. i loved those bars.....

Country-Bumpkin

I loved Dan Bars and the orange version of the chomp....smileys?? I also loved postman pat sweets, I wonder could you still get them anywhere, haven't seen them in years?

Degag

Are Woppa's actually available anymore?

Beans_On

anyone remember Howler bars? kinda purple with sherbet inside...

lady_j

Dan bars... used to think it was peoples fillings in the bar... but I still ate them

Black_Venom

Stingers reli sour...

Also liked chop bars and those little taz mania 2p bars but there chocolate so not sure if they count

Thrill

Shockers are pretty sour as well, the sherbet in the middle is face scrunchingly bitter.

Blisterman

I remember finding Irn Bru bars in a shop once, which were absolutely lovely. Never saw them again afterwards. They built up a sort of mythical status among me and my friends. I love to try one again.

Ruu_Old

I think they were at least the same colour as the Desperate Dan bars, did they have those black sugar crystals in them as well? Something about Irn Bru bars and the drink was magical alright (or so we thought).

brianthebard

caffrey wrote:

i remember these bars called "the big chew" cost a little extra, 15p, but it was huge, very similar to a strawberry refresher bar

Ah, strawberry refreshers, so wrong and yet so right!

brianthebard

Blisterman wrote:

I remember finding Irn Bru bars in a shop once, which were absolutely lovely. Never saw them again afterwards. They built up a sort of mythical status among me and my friends. I love to try one again.

This site says they stopped making the irn bru one's, but perhaps you could try these wham bru ones?

Skellington

Although Roy Of the Rovers bars were my favourite, only because of the sourness, I still think you're missing a few great ones from the poll, like bruiser bars (apple and blackcurrent, I think), fruit salad bars,
but most importantly of all...Lazer bars, I'm surprised nobodies mentioned these. They were like time bars - lumps of toffee, except covered in white chocolate (instead of normal chocolate) and in a blue wrapper made of paper.

Delicious...

whiskeyman

Blisterman wrote:

I remember finding Irn Bru bars in a shop once, which were absolutely lovely. Never saw them again afterwards. They built up a sort of mythical status among me and my friends. I love to try one again.

After Wham bars, these were my favs!!
Such a real tangy zing to them.

Did anyone else ever put these bars in the fridge, and then chuck them against the ground - you were left with lots of little 'chew bits' that seems to last longer!!! And there was the added bonus of not having to pick away the wrapper if it stuck