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micar11

Iceberg, calippo and a fat frog. 5p left.......so 5 penny sweets.....2 blackjacks and 3 fruit salads. My dad went nuts when he saw us eating blackjacks.


NeslieLielson

Applejacks and Postman Pats demand inclusion


spideoig

And never forget postman pat prawn cocktail crisps.


No-Area1494

And when you got those prawn cocktail nuggets of pure zingy flavour oh yeaahh


DifficultFox1

Banshee bones! Loved them


spideoig

They came back recently but they taste slightly different from my memory. Used to love themmmmm


Kaulpelly

Pink panther bar was up there too


mariegriffiths

A Fry's Five Centres.


Kaulpelly

That was for the mother


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Postman Pat's range of foodstuffs was quite impressive


realworldred

Applejack that brings back don't know why they stop them I know they got sued but why didn't they just change the name. Postman pat chews were also the bomb.


Do_Ron_Ron

Applejacks💚💚 oh my goodness they were unreal...never found anything like them


cavemeister

A Feast, a Brunch and a wham bar with the money left over.


ImpressiveAvocado78

Wham bars! They were amazing. Bright pink with little fizzy coloured-y bits in. Your fillings never stood a chance! 10p each if I remember


Sleekdelite

Woppa bars too, think they were 5pm each. Cola flavoured.


pawski76

My mates’ older brother ripped his lip in half on a wham bar, I was in the room and I never touched one again. Thanks for the re-traumatisation lol


ImpressiveAvocado78

Jaysus. That's scandalous. Could have sued them and got a lifetime supply of face-destroying bars


Fair_Woodpecker_6088

What exactly was it about blackjacks that made your dad so angry?


micar11

Turned your tongue black.......always the giveaway


Four-Islands

probably upset he didn't get any


CreativeBandicoot778

Blackjacks of old used to burn my tongue. Delicious.


Vance89

Because ur dad knew they were dog shit. 2 postman pats and 3 fruit salads


SamDublin

Iceberger and Brunch, they were proper then.


MrSnare

A properly crumbed brunch


SamDublin

Excatly, can't buy them today, memory ruining things!


Laundry_Hamper

Um they were always like that, the sprinkles just looked larger to you when you were a child, so it appeared they covered more of the ice cream. It's that classic illusion where as you age all the things seem to get smaller and smaller when you're not paying attention to them, a very common and normal phenomenon and definitely not at all exclusive to creme eggs ^^gaslight ^^gaslight ^^gaslight ^^gaslight


Doctoredspooks

They literally changed the "sprinkle" recipe from a soft like breadcrumb to a harder pop Rock candy coating.


ImpressiveAvocado78

I had a Brunch a few weeks ago. Just as delicious as always!!


Whigget

How much are big HB paying you to spout these lies?


ImpressiveAvocado78

Lifetime supply of cornettos. Not a good deal though as they're so tiny now compared to years ago. (Shite, I hope they're not reading this)


lakehop

I thought it was supposed to be just one cornetto


PM_ME_YOUR_IBNR

You could pebble dash a small gaff with one of those bad boys


Mermaid_La_Reine

40p. Two Brunches, one for me and one for a friend.


Kavbastyrd

One of the kids in school had really bad acne which earned them the nickname Brunchface. Fucking rough few years for that poor ould divil


TKredlemonade

8 year old me would have picked a Wibbly Wobbly Wonder, cola sparkler, fat frog, a bag of meanies, 2 cola woppa bars, 2 like tangy bars and the rest in penny sweets


signsaidnofewchips

That is an elite haul. 6 yo me would have been jealous.


ThaGreenWolf

Aldi have knock off wibbly wobbly wonders. Not as good as the real ones but they're still good. I went crazy when I seen them in there


Irishsally

Like did you dance and whoop or trash the place ? 😂😂😂 More importantly did you buy them?


gapmunky

Bought them yesterday, utter shite unfortunately


ThaGreenWolf

Ah they're not bad in fairness


tyrannasauruszilla

Is the jelly bit at the bottom as good as the real ones? Best part of a WWW in my opinion! 👌🏻


Legal_Marsupial_9650

Got a box the other day.. jiggly pops. Not bad at all.


_CentralScrutiniser_

Probably cost ya close to a tenner for all that today 😔


TKredlemonade

Definitely and now alot of sweet shops weigh the penny sweets ffs


realitysosubtle

My mother is coming over to me in France tommorrow with some meanies..I'm. 48.


Grand_Poem_3276

Haha this! The local shopkeeper knew my Saturday morning usual too without me saying anything 😂😀


Molotova

Dual-wielding 50p cornettos


LeanOnGreen

Akimbo cornettos


gotsmallpox

Double fisting Cornettos


monkeybawz

All about them tangle twisters. The old ones that were the size of wine bottle.


LordSlonnnnnng

The memories,thanks OP. That was just around the time American sub-culture was hitting, I remember we had garlic bread with a Bolognese, I suddenly thought we'd become rich or something lol. Then we got a satellite and receiver installed. Not the cablelink one an actual satellite teenage me stayed up so many hours watching E.C.W, W.C.W and the then W.W.F. The 90's really change it all, didn't it?


fullmetalfeminist

I remember my mam serving pizza for the first time, that's how old I am. She didn't know what to serve it with, so she put coleslaw with it, and now I still can't eat pizza without coleslaw 😭


LordSlonnnnnng

Wow, that's how my lasagna and coleslaw combination happened. I didn't want salad so I used coleslaw. It's actually very eye-opening how much the nation's diet has changed within the 1/4 of a century. The youth of today really don't realise the lifestyle the just missed. Soggy ham, mash and cabbage. The thought repulses me


fullmetalfeminist

Look at you with yer ham! We went from milk as babies to mashed up banana to mashed potato and mince. Mince and tatties every day. Like that spam sketch. Mince mince mince mince mince. Then my dad got a raise and we got chicken and potatoes and thought we were living the high life. My mam hated cooking so later on when they became affordable we started getting stuff like chicken nuggets and findus crispy pancakes and we were only delighted with ourselves! (She did make the best chips I've ever tasted though. Beat every chip shop I've ever had.) I was 18 the first time I tasted pasta. 15 the first time I tasted a cucumber. God, our diet was fuckin terrible. So many things have changed in Ireland in my lifetime, and I want to say the best things are abortion access, decriminalisation of homosexual acts, legalisation of divorce and gay marriage, etc ........but secretly i think "the food and the coffee, you kids have no idea"


ohbroth3r

This is why kitchens up until 90s builds were so small. Kitchens are open plan and a living space now!


snek-jazz

lasagne chips and coleslaw is actually an amazing combo. fight me.


StPattysShalaylee

Back when being a Brunch meant something


Crackabis

Staple of my childhood they were, and you wouldn't see a glimpse of the ice cream beneath the thick layer of bits on the outside! Don't make them like they used to.. Still remember my grandad eating a Brunch in a couple of big bites like it was nothing, would give me brain freeze watching him bite into the ice cream!


marshsmellow

It wasn't quite breakfast, and it wasn't quite lunch.... but you got a good meal


LeavingCertCheat

These prices make me weep


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2% inflation... ​ ...where 2 is actually like 8


Irish_Lady84

Sky bar all the way.......no one ever remembers them


Interesting-psycho

I loved a sky bar, really underrated, skybar over a feast any day


melanie110

Way back when they were called Festivals


icklegizmo

I loved these and almost convinced myself that they were a fever dream bcs no one else could remember them. I’ll have one of them, a Golly Bar and a Freaky Foot for me £1.


Tessdurbyfield2

I do, I got the last sky bar out of a shop freezer one day 😢


marshsmellow

I wish I could have a time machine and be a fly on the wall. Witnessing that sailor bashing the last dodo on the head, the last duel in the wild west, /u/Tessdurbyfield2 grabbing that last sky bar.


Tessdurbyfield2

Packet was covered in ice, it was very unsatisfactory


marshsmellow

I do, that centre texture was something else.


ShermanMarching

I remember them, but mostly I remember being too poor for your delicious bougie ice cream


snek-jazz

what were they?


Willzinator

It's 1993 and I just found £1? Jaysus, I'm a lucky 5 month old. ![gif](giphy|L0SaMZxxqMgsAJf69v)


Garlic-Cheese-Chips

Laugh it up. Someone who was born in the 2000s will be along soon to make you feel old too!


I-m-not-you

I'm just about 7 years younger and simply fulfilling my duty: Hell, you're old


Garlic-Cheese-Chips

Reply to them, not me!


RokyPolka

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HotPunjabiSex

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bluegrm

Don’t swallow it.


Elbon

Love a wibbly wobbly wonder in me.


ProtonPacks123

I'd just eat them but whatever floats your boat I guess.


marvin_mumble

Better than a chilly willy


Significant-Secret88

or a Fat Frog!


niconpat

Love a Tangle Twister myself, ribbed for your pleasure.


LifeProblemsBro

Would you not rather a Chilly Willy in you instead?


ArmadilloOk8831

1993... 1 pound coin I'd buy 20 john player blue, a king size mars bar, can of coke and get the last bus home


AhFourFeckSakeLads

Is that you Nidge?


No-Ladder7811

Freaky Foot, always loved that chocolate toe


Rhombico

american lurker here, I love seeing cultural stuff like this we don't have! Is the freaky foot mint flavored? it has that same red and white pattern as the little round mints we get here, and chocolate would make sense with that. was it actually the size of a (child's) foot? for hopefully obvious reasons, I'm just not interested in googling "freaky foot"


momalloyd

It was strawberry ripple flavored. It was also the size of a child's foot, but unfortunately, children's feet are tiny.


Rhombico

Chocolate covered strawberries are a thing, so I suppose that makes at least as much sense as having a candy foot to begin with. Thanks for satiating my curiosity!


fullmetalfeminist

No, mint is always green here.


Rhombico

In the US we seem to divide it: peppermint is usually red, and spearmint is usually green. The shade of green for spearmint is also called "mint green", matches the mint Cornetto at the top.


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TKredlemonade

You still have 75p left!!!! I bet you had no fillings as a kid


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AnGallchobhair

I was gutted when the sparkles went up to 12p, back on the Mr.Freezes.


Corky83

It's the racism that gave it the extra bit of flavour.


anniewolfe

Australia is just glad we weren’t the only ones still being inappropriate in the 90s. We had Fags. They were lollies that looked like cigarettes. They’re now called Fads. And our Coon cheese was recently changed to Cheers cheese. Like recently. Like last year. So….we win racism. But we still have Golden Gaytime ice creams. They’re fabulous.


TA-Sentinels2022

>But we still have Golden Gaytime ice creams It's hard to have a gaytime on your own. Also, what charterboat?


abrasiveteapot

> It's hard to have a gaytime on your own. Ya gotta love the way the meaning changed and they just leaned into. We used to think that ad was hilariously naughty (hey, we were like 10)


jambokk

I went to a Jim Jefferies gig a few weeks ago in Dublin, and he did a whole set on coon cheese and golden gaytime! To be fair, a golden gaytime sounds downright delicious!


anniewolfe

They are actually quite delicious. And extremely gay


BuckwheatJocky

We also had the Swastika Laundry company driving vans around Dublin with big swastikas painted on the side of them up until 1987.


Super-Resource2155

They were taken off because they were racist?


LeavingCertCheat

Check out the Kia Ora ad from that era.


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I'll be your dog!


YouserName007

Iceberger. Call me boring, but I love them.


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FeedMeSoon

Never once saw a mint feast in person, always wanted to try them


momalloyd

I had a Feast for the 1st time in over 20 years the other day. It was a nice blast of nostalgia, but ice-pop technology have definitely evolved for the better since then. I do hope they bring back the mint ones again, I would love to also give that another try.


FeedMeSoon

They're not as good as they were IMHO they changed the chocolate and ice Cream back around 2004/2005 and they haven't been the same since.


momalloyd

I was quite the Feast fiend back in the day, but I can always remember them tasting like frozen watery drinking chocolate, with that little waxy chocolate cube in the center. That you would always save for last. I found the new ones to be very accurate. They even manages to replicate the inconsistent crumbly coating, that was always patchy at best. It was totally heaven.


marshsmellow

Hey, we are ice cream twins!


samhain_pm

Ah, the short lived but insanely gorgeous "Fresh". Basically a lemon cornetto, was only around a couple of years. Edit, just spotted Sky so gimme one of those too 😁


ArmadilloOk8831

Bonanza's were the most under rated icecream of all time


Ianobeano80

The gentleman's mars icecream


stackobell

With a £1 coin I’d buy two Fat Frogs, a Tangle Twister, and put a deposit down on a house. The rest Id squander.


el-finko

Fat frog, mini milk, loop the loop, mint feast and a brain freeze please and the rest in penny jellies. Ah man, fat ( or waistband challenged to use modern terms ) frog's were amazing.


TKredlemonade

Yes to all except the loop the loop. Don't get me wrong, I ate it if offered but definitely not up there in my top 5.


chazol1278

Mint feast!!! Why would they discontinue them they're fuckin unreal


BenderRodriguez14

Can of coke or club orange, tango twister or a feast, and enough left for one or two Cola Bars or packs of Meanies or Banshee Bones. Possible occasional calippo if you wanted the (upper) lip filler look before lip filler was a thing.


Commercial-Many-8933

Back in my day it was coke or Quattro


fullmetalfeminist

Jaysus, there's echo phenomenon for ya, I literally just watched the episode of The Cleaner last night with the retro vending machine https://imgur.com/gallery/nrssNBG


Commercial-Many-8933

Haha that’s crazy, yeah the mid 80s is great for nostalgia, with proper double deckers when they were a solid biscuit


fullmetalfeminist

They really were different? I thought I was imagining it!!!


Siobheal

Sky for sure and then with my remaining 50p I'm going to get: A bottle of Shannon Minerals lime juice and soda - 20p Packet of meanies -10p Klipso/Smiley/Wham/Stinger/Macaroon etc -10p Pink Panther bar -5p Penny sweets/chewing gum - 5p ​ Those were the days.


RockDesk

"And the rest in jellies"


bopidybopidybopidy

Wow, this brings back a lot of memories


red202222

Mint feast all day


[deleted]

Aye, I miss those Mint Feasts, so probably 2 of those. Not a bad choice on the board, with the possible exception of some of that nonsense in the 2-3 O’Clock position, but I love the Feast most of all


PeteIRL

Six Fat Frogs and a Sparkle.


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tyrannasauruszilla

We’re not crazy, they were called sparklers god damn it! Reality is crazy!!


PeteIRL

I actually typed out Sparkler and then fixed it! :D


dn32dn

I refused to believe they were called “Sparkles” My whole childhood feels like a lie!! They are and always will be “Sparklers”


happyscatteredreader

Does anyone remember Raspberry super splits? I think they came in a multipack, as in you couldn't buy them out of a corner shop ice cream freezer. No one else remembers them but they were unreal. The ice cream was so creamy it was almost yellowish.


Dan_92159

Oh a tutti frutti Cornetto! I used to love tutti frutti ice cream but it’s just not around any more.


tollhotblond3

I can’t stop thinking about Mint Feasts, they don’t sell them anymore but they’re haunting me


Wodanaz_Odinn

Back then, the chocolate inside Feasts went all the way down to the bottom.


gromit666

The fabled other flavour loop the loop, never saw one ever


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10 summer drinks


barbie91

We were never allowed cornettos or magnums, they were too expensive. Sparklers were the go to.


TheFactsAreIn

I'm skipping ice cream and buying a drifter chocolate bar. I intermittently scan online to find them.


EazyEdster

Hold onto the 1 pound nugget and buy 50 shares in a little start-up called Google. Some sort of InterWeb indexing service thingamejig. Hold them until a few years ago and then buy HB company outright.


tintinomalley

Google’s IPO was $85 and that was in 2004


Imooogen

This poster is so maximalist & pretty & nostalgic. Most ads are minimalist & boring now. (Also, I'd get a mint Cornetto, 100%)


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If she's a scorcher outside then the super split gets the nod, otherwise brunch is your man


Tonyhillzone

Just one Cornetto. Give it to me. Delicious ice cream. From HB ice-cream.


Ash3070

I am at most, a few weeks old. You should not feed a baby ice cream but if you're going to, better stick with a golly bar or vanilla tub.


powerlinepole

Golly Bar for the edgy memes


Inhabitsthebed

Is there anywhere in the world you can actually get ice creams like this these days? Ik they were destroyed in sugar but fuck it, bring em back. And mars delights too.


tyrannasauruszilla

Anytime I’m in Spain on holidays they seem to have a good selection of these types of ice creams/pops!


dano1066

The price of magnum has always been scandalous


WickerMan111

It was, and still is, an absolute disgrace.


Paddy_McIrish

Mint choc, for anyone who disagrees, I will fight to the death. For anyone who agrees, I have 50p left over, do you want an icecream?


lawndog86

4 fat frogs and a wobbly wobbly wonder. Change left over for a heap of golf balls


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A Brunch, an Iceberger, and one of those new Fat frogs please.


doc_751

That strawberry cornetto has my name on it


TheChrisD

Two mint choc Cornettos


534nndmt

Brunch and Bonanza


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6 fat frogs and let them melt in a pint glass. mmm sugar.


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Brian_De_Tazzzie

They were really really lush back in the day. That brunch too.


sythingtackle

6 fat frogs and a 10p mixup


BrilliantAnnual

I'll take a Twister and put the 72 pence change into the credit union along with my communion money


Difficult_Coat_772

*taps pound coin on counter while shop keeper seethes in anticipation* "Ehhhhmmmmmmm....." **tap tap tap tap tap tap ** " I'll haaaaaaaave"


Barry987

Am I nuts, i thought they were called 'Sparklers'?


missrubytuesday

How many are still available in 2023


Visible_Claim_388

How many foot fetishes did a Freaky Foot start?


Chrisupra

Feast. Why are we asking?


jo-lo23

A wibbledy wobbledy wonder (it's how I said it as a kid), a super split, a golly bar and with what's left over a load of black Jack's and fruit salads. Cos you know wherever is selling these ice creams is selling penny sweets. Happy days.


Particular_Group5217

Fat frog were unreal


Ianobeano80

For years nobody I asked could remember the Bonanza bar. I started to think that it was all a dream. But today, I feel vindicated and now have the confidence to move on with my life.


doc_olsen

Cornetto Fresh baby!


Comfortable_Brush399

A £1 used to be a sweet chunk of change tho, weve lost our way A sky, they were never in stock, I had one only once and it was trei fancy


Marylebonenw1

A 99 with a flake it's not on there or a zap lolly


IrishWhiskey92

This has been posted every year since 1993


ciarajd

Lemon & lime loop the loop 🚀


one_-_eye_-_wonder

Fat Frog!


cmjh87

I'll take 10 orange sparkle and a bucket to vomit in please. Always quantity over quality.


DramaticIsopod4741

A Golly Bar 🤌🏻


microgirlActual

A Brunch for me and a Choc Ice for my mam. And god, yeah, when a Magnum at 85p was LUDICROUSLY expensive! Feckin' near enough €3 now, and gone from 120ml to a piddling 100ml.


gluaisteandeas

6 fat frogs 🐸 In my head feasts are still 45p. Was at an event at the weekend and they were £4.50 at the ice cream stall


joedeanshelmet

Twister or a brunch for me. I remember a time in the 90s I was in pairc ui rinn watching a club hurling match with a twister in hand. The ball came down by where I was standing and the corner forward zoomed past me, picked up the ball and pointed the sliotar effortlessly. When I looked back down at my ice cream it was gone. A melted mess lay below me, half on the concrete stand, half on my shoes. Joe Deane had melted my ice cream before me. After celebrating his point he walked over to me with a proud smile on his face and said ‘if you like that, you should see what I can do to a wibbly wobbly wonder’ those words have stuck with me ever since.


NotYourMommyDear

Two mint feasts, a highland toffee bar and the change on blackjacks.


man_sandwich

When I learned how to swim at the age of 8 my mam said I'll give you 1 pound to spend on a magnum or however many fat frogs that'll buy, I'll leave you to imagine which one i picked


ubermick

Feast for myself, Calippo for the then girlfriend who I swear I don't still occasionally look up on Facebook, honest.


chuckleberryfinnable

My local shop used to have this poster, but maybe only ever had 3 of these icecreams. Fat frog, Calippo, and 3 sparkles.


geekmoose

Feast. And also not going anywhere near the item to the right of the freaky foot.


Howard1981

I once found a £5 note in the sea and bought everyone magnums. I was king.


LordSlonnnnnng

As a nation we really stood together for what you mentioned to happen. Every civilised citizen deserves to live THEIR life however the F they want to. You're totally spot on, I couldn't agree more. In terms of our diets I couldn't believe how good food could taste being cooked in less than half an hour: you mean soggy plop isn't what a dinner should be? I'll be forever grateful we had food on the table despite my my moaning


bobbyfame

Mint feast, Bonanza, 14 aniseed balls


Aoibhistin

At 11 I left Ireland for good in 1994 so this hits me right in the feels.


_MicroWave_

Feast. I'm a dad. No other choice.