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Out of production sweet, name required

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  • 26-05-2010 9:06pm
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    Dugtang
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    Hi,

    Can anyone tell me the name of the following sweet / candy, from my best description below!

    - Out of production, was in production 10 years ago
    - Sour sweet, or at least had sour flavour
    - Sweets came in small packages much like chewits, however they were arranged side by side, not one above another, so the whole pack was long and thin, around 20cm
    - Packaging at least for the sour flavour was purple, with small stars printed everywhere

    This is a childhood memory, hence the vague description!


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    Random
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    they weren't sour chewits were they?


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    Faith
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    Oh that sounds so familiar. Were they bigger and a bit flatter than Chewits? And there was only about 5 or 6 in a pack?


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    Truley
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    Do you mean 'Fizzy Chewits?' They were fizzy and sour and packaged similar to how you described. There was a lemonade flavour from what I remember.


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    Lornen
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    Sour Chewits are still VERY much in production... I saw a load of them in a Centra just a few days ago!

    http://www.retrotuckshopsweetsdirect.co.uk/images/xsour%20tutti.jpg


    Don't think these are what you're after though.. I didn't think they were that old..


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    CombatCow
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    Maybe the OP is talking about "spangles" I don't remember the originals in the 80's, but I remember the relaunch of them in the 90's. They were more like Opal Fruits with tiny sour crystals in them....

    spangles3kx7.jpg


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    Miaireland
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    Dugtang wrote: »
    Hi,

    Can anyone tell me the name of the following sweet / candy, from my best description below!

    - Out of production, was in production 10 years ago
    - Sour sweet, or at least had sour flavour
    - Sweets came in small packages much like chewits, however they were arranged side by side, not one above another, so the whole pack was long and thin, around 20cm
    - Packaging at least for the sour flavour was purple, with small stars printed everywhere

    This is a childhood memory, hence the vague description!

    Were they hard sweets of chewy?


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    Miaireland
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    Jolly Ranchers/Rogers were the ones that sprung to mind when I read the first post.


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    Faith
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    Lornen wrote: »
    Sour Chewits are still VERY much in production... I saw a load of them in a Centra just a few days ago!

    http://www.retrotuckshopsweetsdirect.co.uk/images/xsour%20tutti.jpg


    Don't think these are what you're after though.. I didn't think they were that old..

    These are what I was thinking of! Thanks.


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