Blog #Retro

Taxi was a popular chocolate wafer bar made by United Biscuits back in the day, but can you still buy them? Plus, who originally made them?

A look back at the Barratt Sherbet Fountain, including the controversial move to plastic packs. Who invented it? Can you still buy them?

Do you remember Peanut Treets chocolates from the 1960s, 70s and 80s? They also came in toffee and chocolate varieties.

An engaging overview on the history and evolution of Rowntree's much-loved sweets, Jelly Tots. When were thry launched? Who invented them?

Discover the year when Tic Tac launched and what they were originally called. Plus, did you know there is a popcorn flavour and a gum?

Do you remember Spangles? The iconic retro sweets were popular in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, and included fizzy pop flavours.

These delicious and colourful, fruit-flavoured retro sweets had a chewy filling encased in a crunchy shell. But whatever happened to them?

All the essential facts about classic milk bottle gums, which were first sold by Barratt many decades ago, and look like a traditional dairy milk bottle.

A look back at Spearmint Pacers chewy sweets which were popular back in the 1970s and 80s. Can they still be bought in the UK?

Find out which year Mars' best selling chocolate bar became Snickers. Plus, is it smaller? and other essential facts and photos.

Chocolate footballs individually wrapped in foil were a popular novelty treat back in the 20th century, and remain popular to this day.

Blue Riband is a wafer biscuit bar that was popular back in the 1980s, and featured the ad slogan "The biscuit to beat the blues".