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The Curly-Wurly seems way shorter than when I was a kid!, with those great adverts starring UK comic actor Terry Scott. I always called Bruce Springsteen's Blinded By the Light (better known here as sung by Manfred Mann's Earth Band) the Curly-Wurly song as it's mentioned in the lyrics. I know it's not the chocolate bar but it always makes me chuckle when I hear it on the radio at work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS1_hqw12UI Revels are great. You never know which one you're going to get next, and if you're not careful you end up with too many boring toffees and orange creams. Jelly Babies are a strange thing. Who on Earth came up with the idea of babies you eat?? Love 'em of course. Tom Baker's Doctor Who wouldn't be the same without them. Bounties are sublime whether milk or plain (dark), and I remember Old Jamaica first being advertised. Seemed a very grown up chocolate bar when I was a kid. But, and stop me if we've already been down this route, what about the battered deep fried Mars Bar? Originating I believe in Scotland. We got them in Elsecar many years ago at a chip shop that is now a pizza takeaway/kebab shop. They were much nicer than we might have a right to expect. And they did Double Deckers too!
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Sep 16, 2020 - 11:41 AM
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Jim Phelps
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Revels are great. You never know which one you're going to get next, and if you're not careful you end up with too many boring toffees and orange creams. Jelly Babies are a strange thing. Who on Earth came up with the idea of babies you eat?? Love 'em of course. Tom Baker's Doctor Who wouldn't be the same without them. Bounties are sublime whether milk or plain (dark), and I remember Old Jamaica first being advertised. Seemed a very grown up chocolate bar when I was a kid. But, and stop me if we've already been down this route, what about the battered deep fried Mars Bar? Originating I believe in Scotland. We got them in Elsecar many years ago at a chip shop that is now a pizza takeaway/kebab shop. They were much nicer than we might have a right to expect. And they did Double Deckers too! I am obsessed with orange creams and/or chocolate orange creams. They used to be commonplace in boxed chocolate assortments, but the nation's taste has apparently shifted to caramel-filled and truffle-filled chocolates. Nothing wrong with either of those, but I prefer the creams. I have two bags of Jelly Babies on hand, ready for action. Fried Mars bars seem to be a Scottish phenomenon. Norn Iron comedian Tim McGarry mentioned those fried Mars bars in his "Ulster-Scots Journey" show. Some people here deep fry the Mars equivalent, the Milky Way bar, which is different from the Euro Milky Way but identical to the Mars.
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It's good that folks do like the orange and coffee creams. In our house they're the kind that always get left until last.
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I'm happy with the first three flavours there. I do enjoy the black stuff when I have it. The allsorts are good fun. Unlike some I don't have a favourite allsort so enjoy the different one each time just as with Revels.
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Jelly babies are something I loved until I didn't. In college I spent a semester in Watford, and a few friends of mine and I were excited to give them a try, as we were all Tom Baker fans. The first couple of months I couldn't get enough of them, and then one day they suddenly tasted terrible, and I haven't been able to enjoy them since. I did, and still do, enjoy plenty of other U.K candies, including Bounty, the Bassett's licorice all sorts as well as smarties. (The candy shell covered chocolate not the fruit(?) flavored tablets they sell in the U.S.)
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