Your favourite confectionery

[Silver_Shiney]

Hi Jo

Thank you for your welcome.

It was good to see the family again but it certainly wasn't restful - I'm now back in the office for a much-needed break! It hasn't helped that I've since gone down with a bad cold and I'm now under investigation for high blood pressure.

Happy days!!

[Frank Manning]

Who remembers Fry's 'Tiffin'? I used to have 6d a day pocket money and I used to buy one on Bletchley station on my way home from school. Delicious. Then stand close to the edge of the platform as the Mid Day Scot thundered through pulled by a Stainier Pacific, little knowing that within 5 years I would be travelling on it myself.

No wonder I was a bit like Billy Bunter in those days. I cant even start on chocolate these days, it is so addictive.

[Jan Rosser]

Much as I love chocolate especially with nuts in it I like sweeties - love the pick and mix in the cinema where you can try so many different sweets and I particularly like jelly beans and liquorice allsorts and those really really sour dummies - I once bought a big box of them and my mouth was like sandpaper from eating them - my mouth is watering now at the thought of them Caramels and toffees are a big no no as I've broken fillings on them and my dentist was not amused

[GillD46]

I seldom eat sweets and chocolate these days - it was extremely hard going to start with, but I got used to doing without and have managed to keep them to an absolute minimum in the last few months.

However, when tempted. I do enjoy Green and Black's chocolate, both the milk and plain - but not the white which is just too sickly. And very occasionally I can be forced to eat Reece's Peanut ButterCups - usually when going through an airport, but not often and not many as they are LOADED with calories!

[Boris+]

Are far as sweets are concerned I like pineapple chunks and also clove sweets. I am also partial to nuts - especially salted peanuts and various flavoured varieties of macadamia nuts.

For chocolate - yes I can remember Tiffin, and also there used to be Frys Five Boys and the peppermint chocolate bar also used to come in five fruit flavours, but I haven't seen that for years. Nowadays if it's going to be chocolate in the house at this time of year it's a close call between Hotel Chocolat products, Charbonnel & Walker etc - but I don't bother with snacks and nibbles all over the place just because it's December muchly.

I can find so much to enjoy all year round I don't save it up just for one month.

Em

[Manoverboard]

My favouritest confectiomnery would be Marmite Crisps ... or those little round balls of various flavours that Lindt sell in boxes

[oldbluefox]

Nobody's mentioned Bounty bars. If I'm in Aldi Romeo bars are just as good. I love coconut anyway so Bounty is right up my street.
Hotel Chocolat is too much of a temptation for me. The girls in Southampton must see me coming as I am always tempted in by a smile and a free sample. They must know I will buy umpteen pounds worth to take on the cruise with me. Maybe it's just as well they don't have an outlet anywhere near.

[oldbluefox]

My favouritest confectiomnery would be Marmite Crisps ...

Would that be with plain chocolate or do you prefer milk?

[Onelife]

I love my “jelly babies”

I have two posh coffee jars in which I keep my jelly babies, one which I keep at the Van and the other where my wife and daughter can’t find them...cus they’re all mine!!

Regards

OL

[Jan Rosser]

Ooh Foxy I love Bounty bars too - haven't tried Aldi's own make but if it's like their chocolate probably very nice must put it on the shopping list

[oldbluefox]

Give them a try Jan. I can't tell the difference (maybe because they don't last long enough for comparison). Aldi's Moser Roth chocolate is very nice especially the chilli chocolate.
"And your specialist subject Mr Foxy?"
"Chocolate from 1947 to the present day"
"You have 3 minutes and your time begins now.................."

[Stephen]

I love my “jelly babies”

I have two posh coffee jars in which I keep my jelly babies, one which I keep at the Van and the other where my wife and daughter can’t find them...cus they’re all mine!!

Regards

OL

Paedophile

[Frank Manning]

Nobody's mentioned Bounty bars. If I'm in Aldi Romeo bars are just as good. I love coconut anyway so Bounty is right up my street.
Hotel Chocolat is too much of a temptation for me. The girls in Southampton must see me coming as I am always tempted in by a smile and a free sample. They must know I will buy umpteen pounds worth to take on the cruise with me. Maybe it's just as well they don't have an outlet anywhere near.

How do you stay so slim? We both suffer purgatory to keep our weight down; Bounty bars? I wish!

[Onelife]

I love my “jelly babies”

I have two posh coffee jars in which I keep my jelly babies, one which I keep at the Van and the other where my wife and daughter can’t find them...cus they’re all mine!!

Regards

OL

Paedophile

Stephen

That's why I put "jelly" before babies...I knew your filthy mind would be working overtime

Regards

Keith

[oldbluefox]

My OH has me on a Tenko diet for much of the time. I suffer the purgatory of a diet in order to enjoy these little sins and my cruises. Bounty bars? Sometimes when I'm really desperate I suck them to make them last longer.

[Andrea S]

Each week I buy Liquorice ( the long sticks and Catherine wheels ) plus pontefract cakes. I like Bounty bars both plain and milk and Peppermint Aero.
I am not over keen on sweet things although I do like chocolate caramels and my favourite Thorntons treacle toffee.

[Silver_Shiney]

Who remembers Fry's 'Tiffin'?

Now there's a blast from the past! Sadly, aquarterof don't do them

[Jan Rosser]

My OH has me on a Tenko diet for much of the time. I suffer the purgatory of a diet in order to enjoy these little sins and my cruises. Bounty bars? Sometimes when I'm really desperate I suck them to make them last longer.

I nibble the chocolate off then eat the coconut - very messy but very nice I only have chocolate or sweets on a weekend (not both) for a treat - don't diet just watch my portions and try to eat healthily (except Friday night in the pub I have chips ).

[Manoverboard]

Bounty bars are, to me, sickly sweet but I do like our home made Coconut Ice Cream : Shluurrp :

[david63]

And don't forget Wagon Wheels - especially when they were life size

[suespud]

I remember my mam and dad used to freeze mars bars and bountys...It was their Saturday treat.
No idea why they did that

[gfwgfw]

A very dear lady has kindly dropped off a very exceptable after her regular Cunard cruise pressie at the wonderful art deco restored Tivoli BO sited in the heart of the Minster town Wimborne

It comes in the form of a bottle that rings a joyous peel

I would just love to recipricate this dear lady generosity with a box of the finest darzet Chocalates . . . but alas I have no idea of the whereabouts of this dear ladies UK pad

Lubooo her and you all lots

The Giant with a boken heart

[gfwgfw]

As a kiddywinks I always bought my Mum a Frys Peppermint bar and wrapped it a big box with a hand painted holly and tinsel label label for her Christmas treat

I think that I got more pleasure out of my endeavours than she did

[Dark Knight]

forgot to add Dolly Mixtures, the real ones not the additive filled copies

[Frank Manning]

As a kiddywinks I always bought my Mum a Frys Peppermint bar and wrapped it a big box with a hand painted holly and tinsel label label for her Christmas treat

I think that I got more pleasure out of my endeavours than she did

No you didn't Graham, whatever you thought; I bet your Mum was as chuffed with that, as anything she ever had. I know I would have been.