Lucky Charms

[saratink]

Back to American goodies...

If anybody is in Manchester there is a place not too far out in Ashton Under Lyne

http://www.americansoda.co.uk/uk/American-Soda/Home/default.aspx

The guy who runs it is a real all things American nut and they have a huge collection of American foods that you can buy online or at the warehouse.

Nothing is cheap though unsuprisingly

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I'm becoming addicted to chocolate covered coffee beans again, but this time I'm mixing it up by also getting the strawberry & cream covered beans too.

[ampersand]

tried lucky charms for the first time in forever last month. as good as i remember them. and nutrionally, i think they're actually better than crunchy nut cornflakes

had nerds as well. not quite as good as i remember. seemed a lot smaller than i thought they were, but that'll be cos of my bigger adult mouth!

our american candy shop is now fully stocked and up and running

[rachbon]

tried lucky charms for the first time in forever last month. as good as i remember them. and nutrionally, i think they're actually better than crunchy nut cornflakes

had nerds as well. not quite as good as i remember. seemed a lot smaller than i thought they were, but that'll be cos of my bigger adult mouth!

our american candy shop is now fully stocked and up and running

Edited October 11, 2010 by _rachelbon

[rachbon]

does anyone remember terry's mint bitz?

why do they always stop making the best sweets?!

[ampersand]

nerds are amazing! i bought some from candy n shake in glasgow, but it was like £1.60 for one packet.

[rachbon]

which flavour? i got strawberry and grape. think there's probably better flavours to have.

ours are £1.50. still shocking but they probably last me longer than a £1 bag of haribo

£2.50 for lucky charms which is shocking!

[ampersand]

i can't remember what flavour, i bought a few different ones. they had a decent selection.

£2.50 for the wee pot? i was in the supermarket eariler, complaining about the price of cereal.

[rachbon]

yeah think they've got at least 4 in ours. but obviously at £1.50, you can't really go wild. well you could

aye for an individual one (though it does fill a big bowl which surprised me). i moan about the price of clusters. but then i prefer them to lucky charms, so don't mind.

[ampersand]

i couldn't pay £2.50 for a big bowl of cereal. i won't even pay that for a box. i went for sainsburys own brand today cause the price of branded cereal annoyed me. it doesn't taste any better anyway!

[ampersand]

having a disagreement with a workmate. have skittles got bigger or are they the same size? i'm eating some from a wee box and i'm convinced they're bigger now!

[fraser_k]

having a disagreement with a workmate. have skittles got bigger or are they the same size? i'm eating some from a wee box and i'm convinced they're bigger now!

[ampersand]

1. nah i'm adamant that they're a bit fatter. did you get them in a 45g poppets style box?

2. nah they don't, not for the want of people asking for them back. you get irn brew flavour wham bars but they're not the same.

[rexclark]

I had to buy a packet on the way back from the bookies cause of you!! But nah I reckon they have always been the same size...

Do you know if you still get Irn Bru bars? I used to love them as a kid, must have been the most sugary e-number ridden sweet on the market!

[saratink]

Ohhh i might treat myself to some branded cereal today

[ampersand]

You can't get actual Irn Bru bars anymore sadly but you can get Wham Bru bars which taste exactly the same.

LINK

We were in a sweet shop in Glasgow the other day and saw Desperate Dan bars. I haven't seen them in years.

[fraser_k]

1. nah i'm adamant that they're a bit fatter. did you get them in a 45g poppets style box?

2. nah they don't, not for the want of people asking for them back. you get irn brew flavour wham bars but they're not the same.

[rexclark]

don't get the boys hopes up. they do not taste the exact same. they're bland and a bit shit. irn bru bars made your face go as if you were sookin a lemon. i miss them

what flavour were desperate dan bars? i would always go to the ice cream van and buy one of them with an irn bru bar

[saratink]

oh i love the WHAM bars, and the toffee bars that were 10p too (duno if you can still get them?)

anyone noticed cream eggs have shrunk in size?

[fraser_k]

oh i love the WHAM bars, and the toffee bars that were 10p too (duno if you can still get them?)

anyone noticed cream eggs have shrunk in size?

[ampersand]

Desperate Dan bars were very similar to Irn Bru bars, they were Orange flavoured with black sour sugary bits.

[saratink]

Apprently they havn't got smaller here and they have only done so in America.

[ampersand]

A what??!

[saratink]

i was sure they had a cow on it when i was wee

[rachbon]

having a disagreement with a workmate. have skittles got bigger or are they the same size? i'm eating some from a wee box and i'm convinced they're bigger now!