Tuck Shop

[Kashgar]

I'm sure I can't be alone in associating reading comics with eating sweets. That blissful mixture of literature and gluttony, which left you with a life-time love of comics and a mouth full of amalgam fillings.
For me the best combination was a chocolate bar consumed whilst reading a Broons or Oor Wullie book as you could apportion a bite of chocolate to the reading of a single story, although on 'low-rent' days a packet of Polos, which would last you longer but with less hedonistic delight, could be consumed with something like the same effect.
Chocolate bars of choice would range from the jobbing, bog-standard, bar of Dairy Milk, through to the more up-market Fry's Chocolate Cream' and on to the absolute winner the Aztec Bar, Cadbury's superior answer to the Mar's Bar. The Aztec, with its inner layers of toffee and brown and white fondant was the ultimate confection of my childhood and if you ate it slowly it would see you through eight Broons or Oor Wullie stories no bother.
The only thing that came close to matching the Aztec, and then only on special occasions as it was a too pricey for pocket money item, was Cadbury's Milk Tray bar. A feat of confectionery engineering unsurpassed before or since in which they gave you a whole box of Milk Tray assortment, but still in their recognizable chocolate box parts, in a single large chocolate bar. The only problem being that you had to have the skill of a surgeon to seperate the concommitant parts before eating them for fear that whilst attempting to extricate the fudge you did the lime barrel a mortal injury and it bled to death all over your hands.
Ah! For the days of the original Aztec bar (not that insult they 'resurrected' for the Millennium). A sweet that gave you eight Oor Wullies at a sitting.

[Shaqui]

Does anyone remember 'Old Jamaica' (rum flavour and raison) or 'Icebreaker' (the original cool minty chip bar)?

[Lew Stringer]

Does anyone remember 'Old Jamaica' (rum flavour and raison) or 'Icebreaker' (the original cool minty chip bar)?

Yes! Launched around 1971?

As for Aztec bars; I thought they were sickly, but those Milk Tray bars were great!

I think the (relaunched) Knockout had a cut out coupon in issue 3 which you could exchange for a Super Mousse!

Lew

[Shaqui]

I think the (relaunched) Knockout had a cut out coupon in issue 3 which you could exchange for a Super Mousse!

Ah, Super Mousse! Any remember the advertising strips for those that used to appear in comics like 'Countdown'?

[brisey]

I used to like Texans-the Mighty big chew-recently I bought a load as there was limited edition retro bar and the were awful.

Same wwith Cresta lemonade

What happened.

Brian

Still hanker for Corona Cherryade though

[Cap Haggis]

I have loads of comics with those "Super Mousse" strips on the back page- that sweet was launched in England first as I remember and took ages to come up to Scotland (well it felt like it) the weekly reminder of the sweety in my comics never helped - Anyone remember the advert for BLOBS the candy type sweet that had some (for the time - early 1970s) strange flavours? Of course there was the Anglo man bublbew gum character and strip as well. My fav was Count Draculas Dark Secret ice lolly and a nice advertising comic strip as well - fav choc bar to read with my comics was usually a Topic (a hazelnut in every bite).

[Lew Stringer]

I think the (relaunched) Knockout had a cut out coupon in issue 3 which you could exchange for a Super Mousse!

Ah, Super Mousse! Any remember the advertising strips for those that used to appear in comics like 'Countdown'?

Yes, I believe the ones in Countdown were exclusive to that comic, (by Peter Ford I think?) and featured a new strip every week. However other Super Mousse strips also appeared in other comics.

Lew

[Captain Storm]

"Does anyone remember 'Old Jamaica' (rum flavour and raison) or 'Icebreaker' (the original cool minty chip bar)? "


Shaqui,you just transported me back several decades I remember seeing these sweet delights on sale at the local comic shop.But alas,my pocket money could not extend to a savoury purchase

[Captain Storm]

"Count Draculas Dark Secret ice lolly"

Hmmm,Cap Haggis...me want..!Yup,remember that one too!

Jeez,the years are just slipping away here!Funny how comics and sweets were such an integral part of our youth,eh?So easy to please back then I think this topic(pun intended)deserves a full blown feature,or at least a time machine to go back and taste these yummy confections from yesteryear.Okay,I know Topic is still on sale.I had one last week...slurp...

[Captain Storm]

Here's a challenge for the Archivists in us all!Can anybody track down pictures of these belated sweeties??If only we could project our memories onto a scanner

[Shaqui]

If only we could project our memories onto a scanner

Believe me... you don't wanna go there!

[Peter Gray]

I always liked the free fruit gum posters given away in the 80's..
where the person chews and chews and the backgrounds change...to show that the sweet lasts a long time to chew...
e.g. the seasons are shown in 4 pictures
the boy ages into a old man still chewing the same sweet

my favourite memory of a sweet
was when The Beano gave away the sweet that bubbles, crackles and pops in yoiur mouth.....I always liked it when Dennis enjoyed the sweet with you in his menacing way......he did the same with black sticky strip sweet.Gnasher covered up his teeth in a coal shed to hide...loved it when the comic talked directly to the reader..

I remember getting Whizzer and chips with a free sweet which I enjoyed eating watching ET at the cinema which mum bought 2 copies so my sister could also have the free sweet in the 80's...

I also liked the adverts for Walls comic with K9...Dracula..funny face...funny foot...I may add the advert on here another time. I wonder who drew the comic?

[AndyB]

Cover to cover Bob Nixon, as I recall!

[David]

Does anyone remember a chocolate bar with different centres (it wasn't Milk Tray bar and wasn't Five Boys as I was born after Five Boys ended) - I think it was made by the same company as Golden Cup bars - they were nice too.

There are quite a few bars and sweets that still exist - Frys Peppermint/Chocolate/Orange Creme - now owned by Cadbury's, Parma Violets (though many shops don't sell them!), etc .

[Brendan McGuire]

Aah! Memories! Old Jamaica "Don't Ee knock it all back at once!" (I tend to remember the telly adverts rather than the comics I was reading at the time.)
i.e.
"Can I have a box of chocolates for sixpence?"
"You can't have a box of chocolates for sixpence, sonny. But you can have a bag of Revels!"