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Fruit Gums - yay or nay

Will · 2009-01-16 16:58:44

Had a discussion with some mates about fruit gums. They seem to be like marmite, people either love them, or hate them with a vengeance. Personally speaking I like em, mainly cos they are so chewy and it's a battle to finish them :D Others hate them equally for the same reason I like them. What think ye people of boards?

16-01-2009 5:58pm

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Had a discussion with some mates about fruit gums. They seem to be like marmite, people either love them, or hate them with a vengeance.

Personally speaking I like em, mainly cos they are so chewy and it's a battle to finish them Others hate them equally for the same reason I like them.

What think ye people of boards?

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#2 16-01-2009 5:59pm

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yay! Never actualy buy them though

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#3 16-01-2009 6:00pm

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I hate them. The flavours are gank, they're too hard.

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#4 16-01-2009 6:08pm

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I find the ones in the larger packs to be quite a bit softer than the ones in the tubes

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#5 16-01-2009 6:11pm

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I love these, the flavours are nice and they are soooooo chewy. Just writing this makes we want to get some.

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#6 16-01-2009 6:12pm

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#7 16-01-2009 6:19pm

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horrible.

a crime against confection.

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#8 16-01-2009 6:24pm

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I love them. So chewy and yummy.

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#9 16-01-2009 6:26pm

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I [refer their cousin, the Fruit Pastille

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#10 16-01-2009 6:28pm

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They're awful and I'm always scared they'll pull my teeth/fillings out.

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#11 16-01-2009 6:29pm

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Faith wrote: »

They're awful and I'm always scared they'll pull my teeth/fillings out.

You said the same thing about the pastilles

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#12 16-01-2009 8:58pm

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It's like you are tempting fate every time you eat one...

'will it pull out my fillings?
will it leave them intact?
There better be reds in here!'

It's like the extreme sport of the confectionary world

Nothing worse than getting a pack with no black or red ones Happened to me on a few occasions. On the flip side, getting the rare jumbo sized ones is always fun and deciding whether to save it till last or eat it right there and then

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#13 16-01-2009 9:48pm

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Des wrote: »

You said the same thing about the pastilles

True, because it happened a couple of years ago! I do love fruit pastilles, I'm just scared of them.

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#14 17-01-2009 11:49am

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red and purple ones are noice, wouldnt buy a packet myself but will galdy munch on them if people gave me em !

like des said rather fruit pastilles

but red and purple in any sweets are my fav:D!

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#15 17-01-2009 11:55am

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Aw man I love them! They're just so chewy... Take forever to finish too. Can't scoff them down as fast as a pack of jellytots

...not a huge fan of green ones though.

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#16 17-01-2009 11:09pm

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Des wrote: »

I [refer their cousin, the Fruit Pastille

Yup, same here.

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#17 17-01-2009 11:18pm

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oh god no!!!and as for those american hard gums ewwwwwwwwww!

pastiles are nice do:):)

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#18 17-01-2009 11:26pm

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love them, love the way the green ones are always softer for some weird reason.

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#19 17-01-2009 11:31pm

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Love them. Except for the green one...

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#20 20-01-2009 3:27am

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They are relentlessly chewey and always stick in your teeth.

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#21 20-01-2009 1:51pm

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Hate them.. Blah, stick to your teeth and way to sugary..

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#22 27-01-2009 6:35am

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Wine Gums > Fruit Gums > Fruit Pastilles

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#23 15-02-2009 12:35am

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i always preferred fruit gums. there was always a chance of getting lockjaw trying to chew them

they used to be available in boxes and they were fruit shaped. I haven't seen those ones in years though.

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#24 15-02-2009 12:38am

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Terrible... my poor teeth hurt just thinking about them:( wine gums are so much better :pac:

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#25 15-02-2009 12:38am

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Absolutely love them. Nicest chewy sweets going.

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#26 15-02-2009 5:58pm

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+1 for the fruit gums!!

I love 'em, in fact, I love anything thats fruitty and I can chew on! With the Rowntree fruit gums I like the green ones, they are the strongest flavour I believe. But yeah, any gums, any make, be they Rowntree's finest or Aldi's cheapest I'll gobble them, hard, soft, even American hard gums! Not 'that' big a fan of the fruit pastilles, I dont like all that sugar on them, gets in the way of the fruity goodness underneath!

Just gimme gimme gimme!

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#27 15-02-2009 6:02pm

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rainbowtrout wrote: »

i always preferred fruit gums. there was always a chance of getting lockjaw trying to chew them

they used to be available in boxes and they were fruit shaped. I haven't seen those ones in years though.

Those ones were actually much nicer than the tube/packet ones. They were harder and much more chewy.

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#28 15-02-2009 11:57pm

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Nay.

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#29 17-02-2009 2:29am

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They were much nicer back about ten years ago.. they were thicker (in the tubes) and *so* much tougher. I remember trying to chew one on the bus back from a school trip to the swimming pool and I only remember it because it took me about ten minutes just to get this one sweet chewed enough to swallow.

awesome stuff.

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#30 17-02-2009 2:34am

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Love them.

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#31 19-02-2009 2:44pm

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Aye I like em, but I prefer fruit pastilles

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