Retro Sweets
Retro sweet of the week!
This weeks sweet is a real Pick ‘n’ Mix classic. We’re sure there were a few of these in your paper bag back in the good old days, and they are still a firm favourite here at Chewbz HQ.
As far as foamy sweets go, these are up there with the best. They smell and taste so delicious, we only wish they counted as one of our five a day ;).
This weeks Retro sweet of the week is…
Yummy, juicy Foam Bananas!
Mmmm fancy winning some of these? Then just leave a comment on this post and tell us why you love Bananas!
Our favourite comment will win, so share your memories and put a sugary smile on our faces :D. All comments need to be in by 9am on Monday 18th July.
Lovely as these were, they never often managed to get into my sweetie selection. In the battle of the foam sweets I was a loyal soldier for the foam Shrimp army 😉
these are soooo tasty
We had these at our weekly poker game last week, they went down a treat and us “older” players remember them well from childhood.
I LOVE THESE SWEET AND SO DO MY FAMILY.
The smell alone just takes me back to my childhood… good times! 😀
The idea of banana sweets makes my mouth so water. It would bring back memories of the good old days…i.e. when I was young, single and carefree…. and when I didn’t have fie young children to look after!
Because I am a cheeky monkey…. (BUT, I don’t flind my poo around!)
The idea of banana sweets makes my mouth so water. It would bring back memories of the good old days…i.e. when I was young, single and carefree…. and when I didn’t have five young children to look after!
clearly I meant FLING!! ;o)
These remind me of my “uncle” who used to perv up me and my pals using these yellow beauties.Now I can get them without having to touch his soldier.
This takes me back to my childhood yum yum i would love to win
I hope these will be mine
I remember getting these from the penny box
yummy yummy banana sweets I love em
great banna sweets
These sweets completely remind me of when I was little and spending my pocket money on penny sweets in the local newsagent. Loved the banana foam sweets! 🙂
I don’t like real bananas, but I love these banana sweets.
Mmmmmmm, just thinking of them is making my mouth water! Getting pick ‘n’ mix was just not worth it if they didn’t have bananas (once put every single sweet back in a strop because I discovered at the end they didn’t have any. Not sure if the shop staff were happy but serves them right for running out! Never made that mistake again, bananas first every time).
One of your five a day!! Yummy!!!
yummmm… When i was younger I used to get these as a treat on a saturday 🙂
ooooooooooowwwwwwwwww love these
I love sweetie bananas, I buy them every week and scoff them all!
I still like these….yum!
well my username on facebook is ‘Julie B Ananadog Davies’ and @buddybanana on twitter…I’m a banana addict and my dog is even more of a banana addict! lol
Myself and my friends were given these by our favourite teacher back in primary school and we had a competition to see who could make their banana last the longest by sucking it slowly. Now we have realised that it was her very clever way of keeping us quiet for half an hour!
They were part of my weekly fruit salad: rhubarb and custard, pineapple chunks, sherbet lemons and foamy bananas.
As I child I loved all sweet but my sister only like these bananas and the shrimps, These were 2p and the shrimps 1p at our sweet shop.
I loved them as a child because of their taste, look and smell, and I have to say when we go the cinema, I always pop a couple into my daughters pick and mix for me to secretly eat during the movie!
I loved these as a kid – I used to buy them in my 10p mix-up from the corner shop. They taste sooo good, even better when you dip them in melted chocolate and then let the chocolate harden! Yum! 🙂 x
Don’t worry Chewbz we can count them as one of our our six, seventh, eight….a day 😉 Monkey magic these turn me into Pigsy!
Loved these as a kid and still do. I still buy the odd mix up with these in even though i’m now 27 lol
I actually don’t like bananas, but that means my boyfriend could have these all to himself and he’d be very happy!
yum yum
I need something tasty to feed my foam monkey.
I used to love these and the taste takes me back to my childhood.
I can remember coming out from school,
Looking at my favouites, it was bananas as a rule.
The Chewbz were so chewy and I love the yellow colour,
All the modern sweets now seem a little duller.
It’s the smell that gets me going with a taste I can’t resist,
I’d go bananas if they were not on my list.
hubbies fave
These are an absolute classic, all yellow and sweet.
Their fantastic flavour is so hard to beat!
I love to take the BIGGEST bag home…
these yummy bananas with the texture of foam..
🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂
real bananas are a quick brekkie on the go but foamy banana sweets are soo much better really
These are my hubby’s absolute favoured sweets EVER!
these where my pocket money fodder – love em
Because I’m a cheeky monkey!
They’re sooooo delcious and moorish.
I love these because my partner hates them, means I actually get some!
I love them as they give you that sweet kick you need without the chocolate!
Haven’t seen these in years – simply loved the gummy, almost rubbery banana texture! x
go bananas with the foamys
wow !! i have to win this, to this day my nick name is chimp because i constantly had a sweetie banana in my mouth. my mum even tried replacing them with a banana shaped teething toy! needless to say it didn’t work because it never tasted as good as the sweets
Haven’t had these in AGES! Love the taste
i need these to keep my little monkeys quiet during summer holidays!
Easy – you’ve got to admire a fruit that makes you self-conscious eating it in public.
These are mega nasty – but for some reason my wife loves them !!
I LOVE bananas because I always put them in my mouth over my teeth and scare my children by giving them a big yellow banana smile 🙂
Love em!!! Yum yum Yum
Cos they make the perfect retro toasted sandwich (done in a Breville, 70s style!!)
Aw they totally remind me of being in primary school! On the way home I would stop at the local shop and buy a couple of them for the walk home, two was always enough aswell, as they were so much bigger back then!…or was that just because my hands were smaller? Who knows! I love them!
A long time ago, when the world was young
Someone put some food on their tong
They tasted the food, and thought it was nice
Most fruit liked it – but banana’s thought twice.
They held a meeting at quarter past eight
Whilst the human’s were getting home late
They decided they didn’t want to be eaten
they said “No way, we’re not going to be beaten”
So time went by, and human’s got old
Banana’s got ready, for their prophets had told
That soon shall come the dawn of war.
Where humans will rule the earth no more.
The humans knew not of the evil banana’s plans
They made their cars, guitars and aluminum cans
And the banana’s began to take over the east
While humans knew not, and kept having their feast.
But time has run out, no more hiding there can be
Or else the banana’s will kill George, you and me
We must take up arms, and fight to the end
Because, believe it or not, a banana is not a friend.
Good reason to eat them ALL at once 🙂
Because they are the only fruit which wears clothes (bananas in pyjamas) 😉
i love these so much and one of my favourite me and my friends would love to eat these and it is tthe last week at school so some sweets will say a good sumer goodby x
I love these, they are the only narna flavoured sweetie I know!
Yummy.
Yes, We Have No Bananas – unless you send me some! Please?
Yes please chewbz! id love these please! zx
I love Bananas they’re just so fliging-flanging good.
coz they make me feel like im having 1 of my ‘5 a day’ ;o]
love these
I thought I was getting old then I saw these – must be going bananas!
i love banana cause its lovely yum
yes please as my dentist is rather tasty and if I eat all these I will need to see him xxxx
Banana Split with squirty cream drizzled with chocolate sauce and a sprinkle of crushed nuts…..the epitomy of a lazy hot summer day!
Well a banana split would be pointless without a banana?!?!?!
I am bananas for them as so is my little monkey xx
these are so yummy, once i start cant stop!
I love bananas! My blood sugar level drops really quickly but a banana soon revives me.
They are lovely so tasty
I love the fact they are as popular today as they were with kids when i was little (i work in a sweet shop so i know this lol) 🙂
Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana
Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana!!!
ew ew gross!!! but my daughter lovessssss them!!!!!
Cos they’re yellow & yellow makes me HaPpY 😀
I absolutely love these!! I would have to hide them from my husband though!! :o)
Bizarrely, bananas are my least favourite fruit but foam bananas are my favourite sweet!
It’s my Dad’s birthday on tuesday, he’s a legend or leg end, and these would make a great belated gift for him!
My girlfriend would love these, she loves a good banana lol.
Because the children know that when I tell them I will eat them if they are naughty – it’s a promise and not an idle threat, so they tend to behave – I LOVE THEM
I love these, they remind me of my youth when trips to the tuck shop were a real treat.
x
These take me back to the eighties/nineties!!! Bros! Boogie! Blagging! (mis)Behaving!!!! BANANA!!!!
BRING IT ON
Got to love a BBBBBBBBB
Thet are just so scrummy!
my grand kids favorites
i just love bananas because they remind me of when i was little
‘cos I’m a little monkey who goes bananas for these
LOVE THESE, also remind me of banana medicine i use to get for bad ears/throat as a kid
They’re like me: sweet, fruity and totally bananas.
Easy! Bananas in pyjamas, are coming down the stairs! I’m bananas for bananas, I even bought a bikini with them on 🙂
still one of my many favourites, packed with flavour scummy x
they are my favourite
mmmmmmmmmm bannanas, expecially in pijammas
My dad loves these – he takes them after his chemotherapy tablets to take the taste away!!