1970s Chocolate Bars

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  • @MrBlueSky474
    @MrBlueSky474 11 лет назад +13

    I could just eat a Bar Six now with my coffee! Thanks for these memories. No one believed me when I said Fry's chocolate cream came in a bar with each segment a different flavour. They were twice the size then too!

    • @broche9851
      @broche9851 2 года назад

      I thought it was a Cadbury bar with six "chocolates" making up the bar. Or is that a different bar ?

    • @MrBlueSky474
      @MrBlueSky474 2 года назад

      @@broche9851 Yes Cadbury did do a bar like that, well remembered. The Fry’s bar I mentioned was shown in the video, “Five Centres”.

    • @ziggypop8106
      @ziggypop8106 Год назад

      The Fry's 'Five Centres' bar was my favourite of all time.

  • @MrDianadoll
    @MrDianadoll 7 лет назад +41

    What ever happened? I know I'm not the only one that misses those great days, everything's poop now. Thanks for a great video.

  • @The4thDensity
    @The4thDensity 2 года назад +4

    Every time I see videos like this I get tingle's in my stomach reminiscing about those great times as a 70's kid. Can't help but feel a sadness and a longing to go back in time.

  • @acaunce8213
    @acaunce8213 5 лет назад +5

    My childhood memories of going to the local shop have all come flooding back. Thank You.

    • @carouselcakes6237
      @carouselcakes6237 3 года назад +1

      And the shopkeeper telling you to ‘hurry up’
      when you were choosing something.

  • @rhyshughes7663
    @rhyshughes7663 2 года назад +6

    Good to see Amazin at 1:42, a chocolate bar that for many years I thought was imaginary because no one else remembered it apart from me.

  • @colinfaragher5373
    @colinfaragher5373 3 года назад +10

    I love the 1970s prices. The chocolate bars were also bigger and more chocolatey then.

  • @snowysnowyriver
    @snowysnowyriver Год назад +7

    Does anyone the Cadbury Milk Tray bars from the 1970s? You used to get one of the same selection as in the boxes but in a bar. I loved those.

  • @97channel
    @97channel 2 года назад +2

    Bar Six was one of the nicest chocolate bars ever. I can still vividly summon up the memory of the taste in my mouth. For anyone too young or those who have forgotten, it was like a Kit-Kit but with much creamier chocolate and a softer, crumblier wafer. I think I actually only had about half a dozen as a kid, but they left an everlasting memory with me.

  • @garygallagher5978
    @garygallagher5978 2 года назад +9

    Remember Milk Tray in a bar form, 8 different centers all joined together, all because the Lady loves Milk Tray. Ps. I really miss Bar Six and the delicious creamy bit in the middle.

    • @secondchance6603
      @secondchance6603 2 года назад

      I remember the 'Black Magic Box' chocolates and the guy skiing downhill like James Bond to deliver it to the lady.

  • @glynn36
    @glynn36 10 лет назад +16

    Come mister magic man, make me a Cabana.
    Coconut, caramel, cherries and milk chocolate........

  • @debbierichens3910
    @debbierichens3910 2 года назад +7

    One chocolate bar that I noticed was missing from these is Ice Breaker made by Cadbury’s. I even wrote to them asking if they’d bring it back but they just said something about bringing out different bars all the time. Apart from mint Aero, I can’t think of any other bar that’s minty. Ice Breaker had shards of mint inside the chocolate and the bar was wrapped in a pale blue foil wrapper. Those were the days. Most bars these days are smaller but still cost a lot!

    • @CS-mo7xp
      @CS-mo7xp 2 года назад +2

      well I got to this vid searching for 'Mint Cracknell' which was apparently a mint chocolate bar from the 70s... even tho it doesn't feature in this video

    • @luvuforeverjames
      @luvuforeverjames 2 года назад +1

      I remember ice breaker chocolate bars, I didn't like them tbh! But definitely loved the mint cracknell chocolate bars.....they were my favourite. 😋

    • @ziggypop8106
      @ziggypop8106 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@CS-mo7xp yes very similar to mint cracknel, a bit like eating sweetened fibre glass 😆

    • @CS-mo7xp
      @CS-mo7xp 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@ziggypop8106 :homer voice: "mmmm...fibre glass"

    • @ziggypop8106
      @ziggypop8106 11 месяцев назад +1

      @@CS-mo7xp 😁

  • @clarewillison9379
    @clarewillison9379 4 года назад +8

    Bar Six, Old Jamaica, Fry’s Five Centres, Caramac, Mint Cracknel. I mourn you all😢

    • @debrahitchman416
      @debrahitchman416 4 года назад +2

      Caramac you can still buy , I buy it ....lovely

  • @twinkle3026
    @twinkle3026 2 года назад +3

    Bar Six and Five Centres were my favourite choccy bars, when i was growing up, back in the 1970's. xxxx

  • @fossehigh
    @fossehigh 2 года назад +10

    I seem to remember Golden cup? Anyone else? It was lush!

    • @lindabiggs3905
      @lindabiggs3905 Год назад

      Oh yeah 😊used get in a mess 🤪centre soft mmmm

    • @sallyjoan
      @sallyjoan Год назад

      mmmm yeah, gorgeous

  • @michaelfleming9757
    @michaelfleming9757 3 года назад +8

    The pink panther chocolate bar is my favourite, wish they'd bring them back

    • @redblade8160
      @redblade8160 Год назад

      Michael Fleming.
      Sweets like "Milky Bar" and "Pink Panther" were not made from chocolate.

  • @borderlands6606
    @borderlands6606 6 лет назад +2

    Also, Mintola and Munchies, Truffle Bars (still available as individual chocolates), Terry's Wafer. Aztec was like an even sweeter version of a Mars Bar, if such a thing is possible.
    Golden Cup was nice and runny inside. My mother would buy a bar of chocolate on Saturday evening from the corner shop, usually a Fry's mint or fruit flavour bar, and slowly eat it over the while watching TV. My bar of chocolate took five minutes to eat. I always envied kids who made their treats last the whole day. My uncle could make a box of chocolates last a year.

  • @davegalea6689
    @davegalea6689 5 лет назад +4

    we had the best sweets and Chocolate Bars in the 60's and 70's. Nice Childhood memories. The music was the best too.

    • @gills4thrills
      @gills4thrills  5 лет назад +1

      Thanks Dave! You're right about the best sweets and chocolate coming from those eras. These days they skimp on sizes, ingredients and make up with chemicals and packaging

  • @teletubetodd
    @teletubetodd 2 года назад +2

    These appear to be all British, and some of them are still made today (albeit in different wrappers), like Kit Kat, Cadbury Fruit and Nut, and Bounty (which still has a wrapper like that). And they're all still good! Thanks for the journey down memory lane!

  • @JoFunnyOnion
    @JoFunnyOnion Год назад +4

    Ice Breaker was also fantastic! They brought it back some years ago but it disappeared again!
    Chocolate back then tasted so much nicer than today.

  • @ziggypop8106
    @ziggypop8106 Год назад +7

    I prefer the old wrappers. Much more character than the bland soulless foil ones.

  • @oktup
    @oktup 3 года назад +5

    A finger of Fudge is just enough to give your kids a treat,
    A finger of Fudge is just enough until it's time to eat,
    It's full of Cadbury goodness and very small and neat,
    A finger of Fudge is just enough to give the kids a treat.

  • @BearCubster
    @BearCubster 12 лет назад +5

    A COFFEE FLAVOURED AERO?!?
    How could I have not remembered that? I've never seen it before but I feel as if I should remember.

  • @TheHumbuckerboy
    @TheHumbuckerboy 3 года назад +5

    This presentation brings a smile to my face !

  • @grotekleum
    @grotekleum 4 года назад +4

    2p for a bar of chocolate that costs 1.25 now. Sigh, so many memories and I ate 98% of those. Great video, thanks.

  • @maureenm8462
    @maureenm8462 5 лет назад +3

    Those were the days when the chocolate was bigger. Unlike today where all produce is shrinking except the price.

  • @Humans_Eh
    @Humans_Eh Год назад +2

    My God that catapulted me back to my childhood. I could almost smell some of those, especially the 'Pink Panther' bar. 😋
    The ones still available have changed the recipes/sizes/textures and are very different today. This video made me happy and equally sad for distant and better simpler days. Thanks for posting. 👍

    • @al201103
      @al201103 Год назад +1

      Yes, I was impressed to see the Pink Panther bar - used to love that.
      Contrary to you, my memories of the 70s are generally unpleasant. I don't know why. Something about the era just makes me feel uncomfortable - the fashion, the design, the aesthetic. I was born in 1970, so I don't know why it weirds me out so much.

    • @Humans_Eh
      @Humans_Eh Год назад +1

      @@al201103 I understand, nostalgia brightens it up a lot. It was a drab and uncertain time to experience but I think the little joys (enjoying a chocolate bar for example lol) are the bits that stand out. But overall yes it was pretty much a shitty era.

  • @carronalee
    @carronalee 7 лет назад +15

    These were the days when sweets had A SPECIFIC PRICE....and no matter where you bought them, you knew what you were due to pay. These days, shops just ask any old amount that they can get away with. When I was a kid, I could actually plan on how many 'sweeties' I could afford with my weekly pocket money.

  • @ziggypop8106
    @ziggypop8106 Год назад +8

    Does anyone remember the 'Milk Tray' chocolate bar?

  • @redblade8160
    @redblade8160 Год назад +3

    "Wagon Wheels" (chocolate, soft biscuit with marshmallow centre and covered with a chocolate coating).

  • @fulhambob
    @fulhambob 13 лет назад +3

    loved Golden Cup, and Old Jamaica reminds of going to football with my dad. anyone remember Milk Tray bars, like 8 chocolates stuck together.

  • @apemoon1731
    @apemoon1731 3 года назад +5

    I remember all if them apart from the 'Oranges and Lemons' bar.

  • @truthseeker8884
    @truthseeker8884 8 месяцев назад +3

    My weekly pocket money was 50p as a kid in the early 70s...you could buy a shed load of sweets & chocolate bars for that ... happy days 😋❤️

    • @gills4thrills
      @gills4thrills  8 месяцев назад

      I used to get 19½p per week for my pocket money in the early 1970s!

  • @John27346
    @John27346 9 лет назад +32

    Such a pity Cadbury was lost to a conglomeration.

    • @martinsteer703
      @martinsteer703 4 года назад

      @Brian London They were, but were taken over by a big American firm who were allowed to acquire them because they made a promise not to shut the Bristol factory... Which they then promptly closed and moved production to eastern Europe. The Chief Exec was required to appear before a Parliamentary committee to explain herself but told them to take a running jump.

    • @grotekleum
      @grotekleum 4 года назад

      @@martinsteer703 and I suppose we said, "Oh, right-oh in your own time then"

    • @grotekleum
      @grotekleum 4 года назад

      Hershy's I think it was; and american chocolate is like fat with brown colouring and sugar in it, I tried it, once - yuk!

    • @arthurvasey
      @arthurvasey 3 года назад

      Cadbury World is in existence - the trains I catch up to Middlesbrough (Taunton to Darlington and back), goes straight through the station (Bournville (for Cadbury World)) - I like both Whole Nut and Fruit & Nut - also pass through York, the home of Terry’s - mainly specialising in boxes of chocolate and the Chocolate Orange!

  • @PrivateWalker
    @PrivateWalker 2 года назад +3

    In 1971 I'm sure I remember the Curly Wurly costing 2p as I used buy one on the way home from junior school. Loved them too!

    • @redblade8160
      @redblade8160 Год назад +2

      Matthew Johnston.
      Do you remember "Sharp's Buttersnap"?

    • @PrivateWalker
      @PrivateWalker Год назад

      @@redblade8160 Yes I do - now you mentioned them, but wasn't so keen on them.
      Here's one in reply - Do you remember Ice Breaker? Sadly enough as a young boy I bought it once coz I fancied the girl wearing a cat suit in the TV advert 😂

    • @redblade8160
      @redblade8160 Год назад +1

      @@PrivateWalker
      Yes, I remember Cadbury's Ice Breaker, it had green, minty crystal layers inside the chocolate and it was wrapped in a electric blue, foil wrapper.

  • @gazzaboo8461
    @gazzaboo8461 4 года назад +6

    Frys, Mackintosh, Rowntree's, Cadbury, Terrys.. All down the crapper, sold out to crap like Hershey and Nestle for ruination. Glad I was around in their glory days when we had so many really good sweets.

    • @gills4thrills
      @gills4thrills  4 года назад

      Yes, we were lucky unlike today's pale offerings with hardly any cocoa in and much smaller sized bars filled with cheap sugar

    • @gazzaboo8461
      @gazzaboo8461 4 года назад +1

      @@gills4thrills Yes, todays offerings are completely removed from what they once were. Even the humble foil wrapped KitKat bears almost no resemblance to the thing of today. Taste, texture, size, packaging.. It's all wrong. Cadbury's dairy milk, I don't even recall the last time I had that because it tasted so bad. In the 60s it was yummy! How have we lost so much 😯

    • @gills4thrills
      @gills4thrills  4 года назад

      @@gazzaboo8461 couldn't agree more

  • @simonfernandes6809
    @simonfernandes6809 2 года назад +6

    Doctor Who chocolate - that really does take you back.

    • @secondchance6603
      @secondchance6603 2 года назад +1

      When Jon Pertwee ruled as the Doc : )

    • @fossehigh
      @fossehigh 2 года назад +1

      @@secondchance6603 the Best Dr Who!

  • @moominmay
    @moominmay 5 лет назад +7

    I miss fruit flavoured Toffos sooo bad!!

  • @SimonWallwork
    @SimonWallwork Год назад +3

    "It's amazin' what raisins can do, all that goodness and it's all for you..."

  • @leethomas255
    @leethomas255 Год назад +2

    Thanks for the upload and nostalgia. As a child in the UK in the 70's & 80's most of my pocket money went on sweets and chocolate bars, many i'd forgotten..untill now. I'm suprised that all the comments arent from the UK though. Maybee we exported chocolate bars to other parts of the world? But your clips make me😮 proud to be British when times were MUCH simpler,. Rmember 3p bars of chocolate and 1/2 p Mojos😅😅 👍👍😊☮️

  • @marts500
    @marts500 6 лет назад +20

    Back in the days when a regular chocolate bar actually contained a decent amount of cocoa solids & cocoa butter....reserved nowadays only for high-end chocolate.(R.I.P Cadburys)

    • @gills4thrills
      @gills4thrills  6 лет назад +4

      So very true

    • @amandadavies..
      @amandadavies.. 3 года назад

      @@keithcrocombe4441 I always thought it was to make packaging easier and in line with other countries. I used to live in France and saw Snickers and Raider ( Twix) there before ours changed. Also Cif ( Jif...cleaning product) Probably othersI've forgotten.... oh Starburst ( Opal Fruits) is another.
      I always thought Cadbury chocolate was fine till I tasted Swiss stuff ( a lot more than just Milka) and realised that was far superior. Belgian too. I'm referring to the Cadbury of years ago, not now ( people complain about it not being what it was)

  • @BOBBY1976100
    @BOBBY1976100 5 лет назад +1

    Used to love Golden Cup. It hung around for years and was quite expensive. Especially the big bars. Nice to see Waifa and Bar Six again too.

  • @gills4thrills
    @gills4thrills  14 лет назад +4

    haha! I couldn't find any decent images for Cabana - I'm SO glad you remembered it though - I thought I was the only who did! I loved it - coconut & fruit - really delicious. I wonder why they took it off the market so soon? I'd forgotten about Texan - not one of my favourites I guess, but well remembered by you though!

  • @myalfie
    @myalfie Год назад +10

    Better than todays pathetic chocolate bars made much thinner and smaller, the Americans owners have ruined Cadbury’s

  • @richardleigh9161
    @richardleigh9161 6 лет назад +4

    Proper chocolate bars back then

  • @stevenedwards2162
    @stevenedwards2162 3 года назад +9

    Nestles have ruined a lot of them , especially quality street , I think they made by Mackintosh.

    • @Simon-dv4
      @Simon-dv4 2 года назад +4

      It was made by makintosh

    • @earlgrey691
      @earlgrey691 2 года назад +4

      Nestle ruin things,it's how they roll.Very unethical organisation tbh.

  • @independentpuppy7520
    @independentpuppy7520 6 лет назад +2

    That Cadbury's oranges and lemons looks nice.

  • @mikem1966
    @mikem1966 11 лет назад +2

    Arrr the days when a bounty bar still came in a proper wrapper and a card tray.

  • @drsyn9616
    @drsyn9616 4 года назад +3

    Caramacs don’t taste the same anymore,and loved the Cadbury Milk Tray Bars 😃

  • @johnmacleod4481
    @johnmacleod4481 6 лет назад +1

    My grandmother and I adored Fry's chocolate cream and sit and eat a bar in the sports pavilion in insch Aberdeenshire. UK.

    • @earlgrey691
      @earlgrey691 2 года назад

      Strange that they retain their fine flavour despite being owned by Kraftburys?

  • @dawnfinch8232
    @dawnfinch8232 6 лет назад +3

    Cola spangles mint toffo and frys five centre bar six heaven

  • @thegreyman7449
    @thegreyman7449 3 года назад +5

    Either I've turned into the jolly green giant or chocolate bars have really shrunk since then!

  • @BABYWOLF--1966
    @BABYWOLF--1966 Год назад +4

    😢😢😢makes me sad that we won't have the package or the bars JUST LOOK AT THE PRICES 😂😂😂

  • @robertcaffrey6097
    @robertcaffrey6097 4 года назад +3

    Star Bars and munchies, yum yum.

  • @normasouthwood3182
    @normasouthwood3182 Год назад +4

    Cabana bars...chocolate, cherries and coconut.🤗🤗🤗😍

    • @richardgraham2303
      @richardgraham2303 Год назад

      A woman after my heart ❤️ I loved that when I was a kid . 😊

    • @normasouthwood3182
      @normasouthwood3182 Год назад

      @@richardgraham2303 Can you remember who made it? Was it Fry's? I wish they'd bring it back.

  • @parsareshite1
    @parsareshite1 2 года назад +5

    The choc bars then were about three times the size of them now.

    • @secondchance6603
      @secondchance6603 2 года назад +3

      I know and some of the prices, 2p. Oh happy days!

  • @jeffreygrant45
    @jeffreygrant45 3 года назад +8

    Amazon bar bar six and golden crisp were yummy strange they didn't show the chocolate bar called ice breaker came in a, metallic blue wrapper chocki was full of a green mint kind of cracknel stuff

  • @elizabethlangley5643
    @elizabethlangley5643 3 года назад +2

    Wow, so many memories! If only I could get a bar six now, my absolute favourite!

    • @darkvader7231
      @darkvader7231 3 года назад

      Me too, way better than kit kat!!

  • @massivley
    @massivley 12 лет назад +1

    bar 6 one of my all time fav sweets, how i would love to go back to the 70s again

  • @desertman00
    @desertman00 5 лет назад +2

    Old Jamaica - marvellous! Wish I could still buy one.

  • @chrism3701
    @chrism3701 Год назад +1

    Tiffen , Bar Six, and Swisskit. Oh the joy to have these as a kid. I might have missed , but did not see Caramellow bar. I used to have one out of the vending machine in Heath Town baths after a swim. Happy simple day's compared to the hi tech isolation that we have today.

  • @jackieyoungman7970
    @jackieyoungman7970 Год назад +4

    Those prices!

  • @rosetinteddays2605
    @rosetinteddays2605 Год назад +4

    Every Friday I got 10p and with that used to buy 5p worth of cola cubes+half penny sweets and starship crisp for 3pence!

    • @redblade8160
      @redblade8160 Год назад +2

      ROSE TINTED DAYS.
      When I was a kid in the 60's, I could buy lots of little sweet with just one shilling (5p =12 pennies, old money).
      1. Penny chews
      2. Fruit Salad
      3. Black Jacks
      4. Shrimps
      5. Flying Saucers (with sherbet inside)
      6. Liquorice strings
      7.Jelly snakes
      8. Sherbet Fountains
      9. Gobstoppers
      10. Lollipop (very hard)
      11. Fizzy sweets
      12. Milk bottles (white chewy sweets)
      And the list is endless.

  • @michaelhawthorne8696
    @michaelhawthorne8696 10 лет назад +10

    Boy did that bring back memories.....
    Swisskit (I'll riskit for a Swisskit)
    Aztec's
    Golden Crisp
    Golden Cup
    Marathon !! (Not Snickers)
    Old Jamaica
    Amazin (Loved these)
    GREAT COMPILATION, thank you for the memories.........

  • @BoudicaJ
    @BoudicaJ 10 лет назад +17

    I really, REALLY miss Golden Cup...wish I could have it just once more..

    • @BoudicaJ
      @BoudicaJ 9 лет назад

      No.it's really not...lol...where have you seen it? It literally is nowhere in England...here is also a copy & paste. And I have looked everywhere. x
      Golden Cup
      Introduced by Mackintosh in 1967, this chocolate candy bar was very popular in its early years.
      However, it´s rumoured that the sales of this confectionery classic declined and was overtaken by its rival, Cadbury´s Caramel.
      This retro sweet bar was discontinued by nestle.

    • @BoudicaJ
      @BoudicaJ 9 лет назад

      I really wish this was true but I have searched and searched in many places...markets, shops, the net...I haven't seen it for literally years x

    • @spookybaba
      @spookybaba 9 лет назад +2

      sugarkaneandchloe Tell me about it. Oh, they were the best. Why do manufacturers always wreck things by changing them, or discontinuing them?

    • @spookybaba
      @spookybaba 9 лет назад +2

      sugarkaneandchloe They HAVE been discontinued, unfortunately. Anybody stating otherwise are Liars!!!! :P

    • @BoudicaJ
      @BoudicaJ 9 лет назад +1

      lol agreed (sadly!!!)
      Wish I could find a bar of it! It was Heaven!!

  • @lornawillockify
    @lornawillockify Год назад +5

    I miss old Jamaica rum n raisin

  •  4 года назад +1

    Bar six was my favorite.

  • @michaelvronksy8748
    @michaelvronksy8748 3 года назад +4

    Golden Cup? I loved those. And three pence?!! When will someone build a time machine... please!

    • @gills4thrills
      @gills4thrills  3 года назад +1

      That would be magical! I'd love that

    • @CS-mo7xp
      @CS-mo7xp 2 года назад

      I'll build you a time machine, but I'm gonna warn you in advance that it'll cost £5. think wisely.

  • @Steve20127
    @Steve20127 5 лет назад +3

    Prices shot up and quality and size plummeted!!

    • @juho6903
      @juho6903 5 лет назад +1

      I couldn't agree more. "New Shape". What rot. Just a way of shrinking the bar and giving you less for more money.

  • @johnmacleod4481
    @johnmacleod4481 6 лет назад +3

    A teacher bought me abar of strawberry chocolate when a seagull accidentally landed on me years ago.

  • @rickyj5547
    @rickyj5547 2 года назад +7

    When it was better

  • @97channel
    @97channel 8 лет назад +12

    Oooh, Bar Six were laarr-ve-ly!!!

    • @cyphrinfinity9992
      @cyphrinfinity9992 6 лет назад +1

      I loved the Bar Six. I wish I could eat it again! Loved that hazelnut creme.

  • @gregmardell6653
    @gregmardell6653 8 лет назад +9

    I could just eat an Aztec bar right now.

  • @MrTonyballony
    @MrTonyballony 3 года назад +4

    Treats were the fore runner to M&Ms

  • @nervo6321
    @nervo6321 5 лет назад +2

    Swisskit now that is one blast from the past....

  • @jh2419
    @jh2419 3 года назад +2

    They used to do a plain bounty bar in a red and white wrapper I think. Love pink panther bars and golden cup. Poppets were good too. Used to get them on the station platform vending machines. Happy days.

    • @gills4thrills
      @gills4thrills  3 года назад +1

      Oh Yes Poppets! I loved those too

    • @stellastar5277
      @stellastar5277 3 года назад

      The red wrapper bounty was the dark Chocolate version, blue is milk chocolate.

    • @apemoon1731
      @apemoon1731 3 года назад +1

      You can still buy the plain chocolate Bounty.

  • @luvuforeverjames
    @luvuforeverjames 2 года назад +8

    Does anyone remember mint cracknell? I absolutely loved them.

    • @lesley8568
      @lesley8568 Год назад +1

      I remember the mint cracknel it came in two peices mint flavoured crispy centre and dark chocolate covered coating

    • @luvuforeverjames
      @luvuforeverjames Год назад

      @@lesley8568 that's the one...we loved that as children. Wish they would bring it back.

    • @hobgoblinpix
      @hobgoblinpix Год назад

      Apparently it's still available in Australia ...

  • @debrahitchman416
    @debrahitchman416 4 года назад +3

    Old Jamaica was really nice ,

  • @Paul-010
    @Paul-010 2 года назад +4

    “Aztec” was delicious, wish they would bring it back.

  • @arthurvasey
    @arthurvasey 3 года назад +7

    I remember Aztec bars having a panel which you rubbed with a pencil to reveal a hidden number, the significance of which I was unsure of!
    Kids I knew bought peppermint Aeros - to me, mint and chocolate don’t really work together!
    Marathon is now Snickers!
    You can still get Bounty bars - the blue one is milk chocolate, the red one is plain chocolate!
    I half- remember Cadbury’s Toffee Buttons!
    Caramacs were nice - more than one is a bit much, though!
    Fry’s Turkish Delight - chocolate covered soap!
    I once won a fancy dress parade as The Milky Bar Kid - a cowboy outfit, a pair of round-framed spectacles that had previously belonged to my older sister, with the lenses removed and a waistband or whatever made up of Milky Bars - which, under the hot sunshine that we had that day, melted - got covered in condensed milk - the Milky Bars were on me - literally!
    Curly Wurlys were originally 6d - then we went decimal and they became 2 1/2p, rising to 3p - Terry Scott, in his schoolboy character role, used to advertise them - one ad featured him on a ghost train!

    • @gills4thrills
      @gills4thrills  3 года назад +3

      Great reflections, an interesting and funny read Arthur! Thanks for posting :-)

    • @redblade8160
      @redblade8160 Год назад

      Arthur Vasey.
      The hidden number was obviously, to win something.

  • @Carolynj
    @Carolynj Год назад +2

    Remember when you could actually buy a chocolate bar for pennies?
    I traveled by train a lot in my early twenties. There were Nestle vending machines on the platform. Chunky chocolate bars in various varieties for 10p.

  • @donsimon2830
    @donsimon2830 3 года назад +4

    I'll risk it for a Swisskit.

  • @joannefalkinder393
    @joannefalkinder393 2 года назад +4

    Some are still about. Though they don't taste the Same

  • @errolnicholson3595
    @errolnicholson3595 12 лет назад +1

    Those were my days eating my favorite Chocolate's in the 60's & 70's

  • @lesley8568
    @lesley8568 Год назад +4

    What ever happened to country style chocolate raisin and biscuit in gingham pink wrapper and Fry's mint cracknel with dark chocolate coating

  • @alexbernard8907
    @alexbernard8907 Год назад +1

    I especially like the prices back then, many you can still buy, like the crunchie, fry's chocolate and many have been lost to history, even a packet of crisps were less than 10p in the 1970s

  • @self-preservationsociety7057
    @self-preservationsociety7057 2 года назад +7

    A bag of Revels please

    • @patriciaoreilly8907
      @patriciaoreilly8907 Год назад +1

      Revels are awful these days . Use to be delicious & a treat to have a large bag of revels to yourself.

    • @self-preservationsociety7057
      @self-preservationsociety7057 Год назад

      @@patriciaoreilly8907 nothing stays the same, quality is lacking in a lot of things now days

    • @sallyjoan
      @sallyjoan Год назад

      they're not awful, something wrong with your tastes@@patriciaoreilly8907

    • @ziggypop8106
      @ziggypop8106 Год назад

      @@sallyjoan haha trolling a sweety video

    • @sallyjoan
      @sallyjoan Год назад

      i'll actually write whatever i like.@@ziggypop8106

  • @notasbignow1
    @notasbignow1 2 года назад +9

    Oh those were the days the best not like these days all the chocolate are crap now why do they change everything no need if it’s not broken don’t fix it 😢😢😢

  • @loonylinda
    @loonylinda 10 лет назад +13

    does anyone remember mint cracknell and ice breaker?..my faves

    • @MrPlownds26
      @MrPlownds26 10 лет назад

      yes.

    • @jrros1957
      @jrros1957 10 лет назад

      Yes! I used to love them, my favs too.:)

    • @davidshakespeare2408
      @davidshakespeare2408 9 лет назад +2

      I remember Ice Breaker, It had mint flavoured shards of glass in it and on the advert they snapped one in half over the zig zag design. I used to try it but it never came out like on the advert

    • @melcomepay6668
      @melcomepay6668 6 лет назад

      loonylinda yes !

    • @dawnfinch8232
      @dawnfinch8232 6 лет назад

      Yes ice breaker was my favourite

  • @chrisevans4006
    @chrisevans4006 Год назад +3

    Milk Tray Bar, Texan, Cabana.....

  • @colinp2238
    @colinp2238 8 лет назад +2

    We usen to get Tiffin bars in rations in the army in tins with boiled sweets.

  • @unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765
    @unitedkingdomoffiveeyes9765 Год назад +3

    Some of those prices deary me.

  • @johnpatterson4272
    @johnpatterson4272 3 года назад +3

    Most of this great stuff we didn't get in Canada. Yet I want to try it all.

    • @gills4thrills
      @gills4thrills  3 года назад +2

      Lol 😂 Me too!

    • @crystalwestergard2500
      @crystalwestergard2500 3 года назад +2

      @@gills4thrills contact us, we just brought back the Rum and Butter bar from the '70s. (Canadian Candy Nostalgia)

  • @grotekleum
    @grotekleum 4 года назад +3

    I was thinking .. does anyone remember when their fav was suddenly no more, I can't, they just seemed to disappear without a by-your-leave.

    • @gills4thrills
      @gills4thrills  4 года назад +1

      I remember when Marathon gave way to the Snickers bar. Very sad day

    • @grotekleum
      @grotekleum 4 года назад +1

      @@gills4thrills Me too; I boycotted them for a while in silent protest - I mean 'Snickers' what sort of a name is that, sounds like the school sneak laughing - just to appease the americans I suppose. Pffft.

    • @gills4thrills
      @gills4thrills  4 года назад +1

      @@grotekleum yes, Marathon was a perfectly good name! And I'm sure they were bigger in size too.

    • @grotekleum
      @grotekleum 4 года назад +1

      @@gills4thrills I thought they were bigger too - a common wheeze is to put 'New Shape' on the packet. The double size bars I think were used the same way, bring them in for a while then remove them and make the standard bar smaller. There is no value for money anymore.

    • @gills4thrills
      @gills4thrills  4 года назад +1

      @@grotekleum you're right there. They use less cocoa because it's more expensive and add more sugar and reduce the size these days in lots of chocolate bars

  • @andreawood6312
    @andreawood6312 Год назад +1

    Great video. Thanks for cheering me up ! Those were good days. The pick and mix . Sherbet flying saucers. Jelly teddy's. Sweet cigarettes. And sherbet pip's 😁 . We were always scrounging money for sweet's. 😊

  • @SuperGingerBickies
    @SuperGingerBickies 13 лет назад

    I saw the Bounty bar wrapper. I remember what the wrappers looked like even further back than the one on show. It was plain dark blue for the milk chocolate bounty and dark red for the plain chocolate with the word 'BOUNTY' across the centre. No palm trees in the corner. When I posted my comment about Cadbury's Roses, I meant the current 'variety', not the ones from years ago when there was a variety. Who remembers Macintosh's Weekend choccies in a box?

  • @ziggypop8106
    @ziggypop8106 Год назад +4

    If they brought back 'Five Centres' I'd be buying them in bulk. The nearest I can get is Fry's Orange, Peppermint and the blue one 😕

    • @musicgarryj
      @musicgarryj 11 месяцев назад +1

      There;s Fry's Raspberry Creme, sold in B+M stores. It has a disappointingly bland taste :(

    • @ziggypop8106
      @ziggypop8106 11 месяцев назад

      @@musicgarryj I had a look in Home Bargains for raspberry ….. nothing.
      I’ll try B&M thanks 🙂

  • @dalriada842
    @dalriada842 13 лет назад +1

    @chocitout They'd probably be too expensive to be commercial these days. The size and composition of sweets has been debased over the years to try and keep the price down. It would be nice if the manufacturers made the recipes available to specialist makers though. I'm sure they must still have the recipes in a vault somewhere for most of these sweets. I'd happily pay more for my childhood favourites!

  • @Wolffur
    @Wolffur 3 месяца назад +1

    I noticed that a few of these were released in the USA under different brand names. (Rountree's Nutty is marketed as Payday, for example)
    And some of them are still around (Rolo, for example).
    Good video.

  • @ATVmidlands5581
    @ATVmidlands5581 12 лет назад

    Good Grief!! The packaging on these took me right back to the 1970's. Awesome. Thank you for posting. Never thought id see a Bar 6 again!!
    cheers
    ATV Midlands

  • @pollyanne234
    @pollyanne234 2 года назад +3

    I used to love old jamaica