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EasyEasy · Post by **EasyEasy** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:19 pm

fruit salads or blackjacks?

petera · Post by **petera** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:21 pm

ooooooooh now thats a tuffy
I reckon I am gonna go with Blackjacks !
and to hell with the dental bills !!

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:21 pm

I'm not going to go on, but this should be in the lounge, so I'll shift it for ya.

Anyway, a mixture of both for me!

Does anyone remember 'HOBO's'? Very similar, as in they were a small rectangular chewy sweet, but you got different flavours. Apple was my personal fave.

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:22 pm

Applejacks.

EasyEasy · Post by **EasyEasy** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:24 pm

never heard of apple jacks?

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:32 pm

same as blackjacks but taste of err well err.... apples, i can't stand blackjacks, horrid taste.

RUDE · Post by **RUDE** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:17 pm

Postman pat chews!!!

Kinda blue and pink but really fruity...top drawer!!

(or refresher chews but they were 3p rather that 1 so I think that disqualifies them!)

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:20 pm

I think they are called bruisers eddie, apple/blackcurrant flavour? Maybe they are something else.

Love fruit salads and blackjacks though, both awesome....except when the paper sticks to them!

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:24 pm

they definately used to be called applejacks, used to go shop on my school dinner break to stock up, early 90's time.

possibly had a name change since then

marathon is now snickers
opal fruits are now starburst etc.

i'm sure someone will remember applejacks.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:36 pm

the applejacks i remember were sour boiled sweets . i remember fruit salad at a mere half penny each and they were much bigger then aswell.
salad v blackjacks = salad ,although both tended to stick in your teeth alot

Mattb · Post by **Mattb** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:41 pm

Hmm maybe, i only remember applejacks as cereal! Definietly brusiers now though...

mmmmmmmmm! A great site is http://www.aquarterof.co.uk which does loads of sweets, old and new. Have ordered there a few times!

Scott · Post by **Scott** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 5:50 pm

They are what i know as applejacks, looks like they've changed the name.

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:17 pm

luxury,when i wor a lad,i'd get six pence a day sweet money ,enough for 2 ounces of "everybodies mixture" which contained about a dozen low grade boilies,mainly pineapple cubes ,cola cubes ,the occasional apple jack(boiled)and these things that looked like a monkeynut shell,also if you had a bit of bad karma going on you got a couple of winter mixture( :x ) in the bag.

Matt Vinyl · Post by **Matt Vinyl** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:21 pm

Have a browse here for some more sweety goodness!

mr lugsy · Post by **mr lugsy** » Wed Aug 20, 2008 6:25 pm

there goes the rest of my teeth ,wicked links from both matts