Whatever happened to Spangles?

Friar Tuck

Spangles were fruity boiled sweets, with a very slight fizz about them. You could suck them thinner and thinner until you felt like you could cut your tongue on them, but upon trying they would always snap in your mouth. They were relaunched a few years ago, but didn't seem to take off. The wording on the packaging was in that big fat-bottomed font, the same one that The Goodies used on their opening titles. 'Old English' spangles were a more 'traditional' boiled sweet, with flavours like butterscotch and humbug rather than a non-medicinal version of Tunes (a cold sweet) They were a kind of aniseed/boiled molasses/cough medicine flavour and were the sort of sweets you ate for penitence. They came in a black and white packet. At one point, Spangles launched a 'guess the mystery flavour Spangle' competition. There were two in a normal packet and they were wrapped in white waxed paper covered in question marks. I always thought they tasted of pear drops but no one ever found out what the mystery flavour was. http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A546040 which also mentions other past sweet/candy memories Oct 31 02, 10:35 PM

Barrow boy

Spangles originally were launched in 1948. The product was taken off the market following concern about tooth decay among children. In April 1994 Spangles were relaunched. http://www.synchronic.info/confectioneryUKind.htm SPANGLES %96 Mars' sweets were last originally available in the 1970's, but they made a comeback for no apparent reason in 1995. http://www.webspawner.com/users/televisionnostalgia/101ads.html Spangles I remember fondly from my Christmas Selection Box! But they made a recent reappearance. Then disappeared... http://www.medschool.soton.ac.uk/staff/peterg/chocolate/forum.asp?TID=258 So it seems they came, they went, they came back, and they went again. Unless....any of you guys eaten any lately? Oct 31 02, 10:37 PM

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