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discontinued sweets and treats from yesteryear (and I'm not talking about an episode of star trek)

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By *enerationfornication OP Man 3 weeks ago

In a place not far from...

OK, who's got any...

1st up, there was the fat frog iced lolly, followed by the Cadbury snow flake, Roy of the Rovers, the Desperate Dan Bar (guaranteed to dislodge as filling)

Any more??

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By *allie99_99Man 3 weeks ago

Loughrea

Big Time Bar

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By *allie99_99Man 3 weeks ago

Loughrea

Also Club Shandy - remember convincing ourselves we were slightly tipsy after a can

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By *iscuits8Man 3 weeks ago

Dublin / Meath / Birmingham

Never see Mini Chips around anymore sadly

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By *ichael McCarthyMan 3 weeks ago

Lucan

"Never see Mini Chips around anymore sadly"

The potato sticks in Lidl are similar and are really good.

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By *ichael McCarthyMan 3 weeks ago

Lucan

Banjo.

Texan.

And last but not least, the greatest bar of them all...

Two and two!

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By *ilkandSteel13Couple 3 weeks ago

near you

We get them in Fermanagh-the joys of been a border bandit lol. Let me know and il hook ya up

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By *ilkandSteel13Couple 3 weeks ago

near you

Mars Delights-they where amazballs

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By *enny100Man 3 weeks ago

City

Chomp

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By *enerationfornication OP Man 3 weeks ago

In a place not far from...

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By *enerationfornication OP Man 3 weeks ago

In a place not far from...

"Chomp "

Smiley bars (similar to chomp) in an orange wrapper

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By *iSi74Man 3 weeks ago

Louth, Meath, Dublin, D9

Mini chips still available

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By *lue eyesMan 3 weeks ago

cavan

Cavan cola 😋

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By *aughtynaughty900Man 3 weeks ago

Louth

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By *aughtynaughty900Man 3 weeks ago

Louth

"Mars Delights-they where amazballs "

I checked before I posted in, amazed only one person said this. What reason would they have to stop them

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By *axxxpowerMan 3 weeks ago

Rathfarnham

Buster bars

Apple jacks

Time out chunky

The one thing i really miss is the ability to go into a shop with £1 and buy half the shop

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By *indaCharmingDubMan 3 weeks ago

South Dublin

The HB freaky feet were great!

Or Cornetto Tutti Fruity (when they were still only about £0.75)

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By *he SophisticatsCouple 3 weeks ago

Casa Del Fun, Portarlington

Texan Bars

Amazin’ Raisin (spelled that way)

Then there were Fuse bars and Aztec bars.

But my favourite was Cadburys Old Jamaican rum and raisin bars! ❤️❤️❤️

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By *he General 2 0 2 5Man 3 weeks ago

Limerick City

Gob stoppers

Fat frog 🐸 ice creams

Rubble gum

Proper old skool fruit gums

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By *ilkandSteel13Couple 3 weeks ago

near you

"Cavan cola 😋 "

Can’t beat a bit of Cavan——cola

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By *he General 2 0 2 5Man 3 weeks ago

Limerick City

Ooooooooooooomg...

Postman Pats...

Anyone remember them. They were unreal 😍 👌 👏 .

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By *iscuits8Man 3 weeks ago

Dublin / Meath / Birmingham

"Never see Mini Chips around anymore sadly

The potato sticks in Lidl are similar and are really good.

Noted 📝 ta!

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By *hantomfemmeWoman 3 weeks ago

Sligo/Galway/limerick depends on the day

Whopa bars green and red

Maverick bars

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By *parkie2Man 3 weeks ago

mullingar

How has the Pink Snack not got a mention.

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By *exyfarmer2222Man 3 weeks ago

inishowen

"Whopa bars green and red

Maverick bars"

Red whopa they were my go too

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By *ep-n-PixieCouple 3 weeks ago

Kildare , Dublin, Meath

Frosties 🤪

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By *rCupidMan 3 weeks ago

Monaghan Cavan

Secrets bar

Drifter bar

Walnut Whip

54321 bar

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By *errardNo8Man 3 weeks ago

Galway/Mayo

And I'm surprised again....... how has no1 said a "cadburys" SnowFlake.

I'd leave an orgy for 1 of those

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By *exyScientistsCouple 3 weeks ago

Castlebar

"Secrets bar

Drifter bar

Walnut Whip

54321 bar"

Walnut whip is still available? I'm sure I've seen them

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By *er50Man 3 weeks ago

athlone

Funny feet ice cream

Golly bar

Highland toffee bar

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By *rxmrsCouple 3 weeks ago

dublin westmeath Dublin all over

Frosty sweets 😭

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By *ichael McCarthyMan 3 weeks ago

Lucan

"Cavan cola 😋 "

Now there was a glorious drink!

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By *ichael McCarthyMan 3 weeks ago

Lucan

"And I'm surprised again....... how has no1 said a "cadburys" SnowFlake.

I'd leave an orgy for 1 of those

It was the very first thing that was mentioned

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By *onderingpurposeMan 3 weeks ago

Belfast

Barry McGuigan crisps

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By *dfabMan 3 weeks ago

Dunboyne

Dark Bounty.

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By *ermbiMan 2 weeks ago

Ballyshannon

Pacers

They were a peppermint sweet. Green and white in colour

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By *n RiochtMan 2 weeks ago

SVI

Wispa Mint

Hudson Blue.

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By *ouble Trouble 1000Couple 2 weeks ago

ireland

Spangles

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By *enerationfornication OP Man 2 weeks ago

In a place not far from...

54321 bar

I have told people about this for years and had the whole meh, but I remember these being in Dunnes back in the day.

Someone mentioned frosty sweets, they were the red ones, there was also an apple flavour for a bit which were sour/tangy at the start

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By *lensManMan 2 weeks ago

South Dublin

A packet of King "Crun-Cho" hot dog flavoured crisps. Absolutely delicious treat in the 1990s

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By *orthdubcdTV/TS 2 weeks ago

swords

Lilt 😭

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By *aseylee324Couple 2 weeks ago

Valley of Squinting Windows

And last but not least, the greatest bar of them all...

Two and two!

Yes!!! I knew I wasn't imagining it!!

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By *apoleons_noseMan 2 weeks ago

belfast

Riley’s rolls

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By *exicansCouple 2 weeks ago

wexford

"Frosties 🤪"

Omg I remember them 🤣

Mrs

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By *xstevenxxMan 2 weeks ago

dublin

Flying saucers- they’re fizz in the middle

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By *ormalfornorfolkMan 2 weeks ago

Norwich

I used to like a bar six after swimming

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By *damandevieCouple 2 weeks ago

barntown

bear in big blue house crisps and cornetto softs

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By *rCupidMan 2 weeks ago

Monaghan Cavan

"Secrets bar

Drifter bar

Walnut Whip

54321 bar

Walnut whip is still available? I'm sure I've seen them"

I need to shop wherever you are shopping Mrs SS

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By *IGANTUCwillyjayMan 2 weeks ago

Leitrim

Pink snack (3 fingers)

Chomps

Timeouts

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By *rRiosMan 2 weeks ago

dublin

Not a sweet per se, but remember old school sweet shops that sold sweets by the 1/4 oz. Apple drops, cola cubes, lemon bon bons etc.,

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By *ightsOutCouple 2 weeks ago

It’s a long way

Mars delight, I will never get over it 😭 and Cornetto soft ice cream.

Only recently discontinued but Milky Way crispy rolls.

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By *readfred2024Man 2 weeks ago

just over here

Texan bar

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By *errardNo8Man 2 weeks ago

Galway/Mayo

"And I'm surprised again....... how has no1 said a "cadburys" SnowFlake.

I'd leave an orgy for 1 of those

It was the very first thing that was mentioned

How did I miss that.

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By *orkcouple81Couple 2 weeks ago

west

Just to love Topic bars Haven't seen them in years

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By *dfabMan 2 weeks ago

Dunboyne

"Just to love Topic bars Haven't seen them in years"

Same. Loved Topic but always were the smaller of the bars, so only when I was buying something else also.

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By *enlikesbothMan 2 weeks ago

york or visiting

There’s ye olde sweet shop in York… just saying haha but the prices will make you cry for your favourites Kop Kops

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By *enlikesbothMan 2 weeks ago

york or visiting

"Secrets bar

Drifter bar

Walnut Whip

54321 bar"

Drifter!!!!

54321! Omg sat nit in front of grannies fire memories lol

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By *iamond_AligoCouple 2 weeks ago

letterkenny

Benos like smarties

Lucky charms cereal

Biarritz chocolate

Double centres

God I miss them

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By *ukecar2026Man 2 weeks ago

lanark

Burtons puffs...

You would smash the bag up or hopw you got half a bag that wasnt smashed up

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By *ric_twingeMan 2 weeks ago

Portrush

Lilt! Totally tropical taste

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By *ew adventures99Man 2 weeks ago

city

"Lilt 😭"

Both lidl and aldi do there own versions, very nice

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By *og-ManMan 2 weeks ago

somewhere

"Lilt! Totally tropical taste "

Its called Fanta now....still same product in the bottle

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By *og-ManMan 2 weeks ago

somewhere

Macaroon bars

Toffee that would break your teeth with thick chocolate....made in a local factory as a kid

Fizzle sticks....my god they were gorgeous

Maybe a dodgy memory but the orange ice pops you could buy off the woman during the interval at the cinema were nicer than anything since

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By *enkoMan 2 weeks ago

OMAGH

Spira bar was lovely with a cuppa tea

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By *ittleBoPeepingWoman 2 weeks ago

Galway, Clare

Flying saucers - the inside would make your eyes water as the outside stuck to the roof of your mouth.

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By *otownkid1967Man 2 weeks ago

Portlaoise

BAR 6

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By *og-ManMan 2 weeks ago

somewhere

"Flying saucers - the inside would make your eyes water as the outside stuck to the roof of your mouth."

Communion wafers

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By *ittleBoPeepingWoman 2 weeks ago

Galway, Clare

"Flying saucers - the inside would make your eyes water as the outside stuck to the roof of your mouth.

Communion wafers

My kind use actual bread 😁😁

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By *ric_twingeMan 2 weeks ago

Portrush

"Lilt! Totally tropical taste

Its called Fanta now....still same product in the bottle "

Aye, but nostalgia tastes different

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By *icko48Man 2 weeks ago

dublin

"Banjo.

Texan.

And last but not least, the greatest bar of them all...

Two and two!

Urneys 2 an2 loved them

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By *ickedBusinessCouple 2 weeks ago

kilkenny

Postman Pats.

Please tell me someone else remembers

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By *clcCouple 2 weeks ago

Athlone/Dublin

Sherbet Flyers

Yummy

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By *traight sligoguy67Man 2 weeks ago

sligo

"OK, who's got any...

1st up, there was the fat frog iced lolly, followed by the Cadbury snow flake, Roy of the Rovers, the Desperate Dan Bar (guaranteed to dislodge as filling)

Any more?? "

Ah man desperate dan and roy of the roversthey were the biz

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By *orkandMindyCouple 2 weeks ago

KTown

Age will show with this one

HB Golly Bar

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By *obbym522000Man 2 weeks ago

Galway

does anyone remember the fizz bar?

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By *obbym522000Man 2 weeks ago

Galway

cleeves toffee

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By *adger BrocMan 2 weeks ago

North Cork

Trigger bar.

Perri crisps with the separate sachet of salt inside.

Tanora.

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By *weetpea2000Woman 2 weeks ago

Wexford

"Trigger bar.

Perri crisps with the separate sachet of salt inside.

Tanora."

Frys chocolate cream (fruit flavour)

Caramac

Smiths 'salt n shake' crisps

Pear drops

Rhubarb n custard

Recently tried Tanora 😋

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By *mn42Man 2 weeks ago

Centre

Smiley bar, especially out of a fridge

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By *upermanslovechildMan 2 weeks ago

Killiney

Haribo's Giant cola bottles and the cola bar. I would include Cadburys Dream bars but I came across them when I was in Japan

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By *otownkid1967Man 2 weeks ago

Portlaoise

TK lemonade

Dwans orange.

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By *inkyDragonMan 2 weeks ago

D15 / Meath border

Highland toffee bar

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By *adger BrocMan 2 weeks ago

North Cork

Cream Pies....🍦🍦

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By *enerationfornication OP Man 2 weeks ago

In a place not far from...

You can still get TK, (Red TK) only decent thing to use for making an ale shandy.

Any one remember the 3 litre country spring bottle or orange, whkte/red lemonade. There was a cola too, but the best was the apple flavour!

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By *enerationfornication OP Man 2 weeks ago

In a place not far from...

"Cream Pies....🍦🍦"

Only in Ireland, can a cream pie have a completely different meaning. I tried explaining these to an American lady, I worked with years ago as she looked at me bemused 🤔

It was around that time, she discovered the joys of of a claffey's snowball (again she thought made up) and mug of tay

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By *omtom07Man 2 weeks ago

galway

Sherbert Cola

Sherbert Fruits

Frosties

Opal Fruits(Starbursts can go fuck off, same with Snickers. We grew up on MARATHONS,MARATHONS I tell you)

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