Let's talk travel sweets

[Davecrawf]

Heading for Cabopino on Sunday.
One of the most important provisions is travel sweeties
Our recent discovery is that Lakeland sell a delightful selection. Anyone else found these

 

[Mr porky]

Mint humbugs for me and any fruit boiled sweet for him.

 

[bigwood]

We have one of the round tins of sweet’s bought from Lidl in the glove box. They need the tin bashing before opening because they have become one big sweet.
Personally I prefer the mixed mints from Sainsbury’s but management has banned them because the toffee like ones are filling pullers.

 

[carolyn]

I can’t remember what sweet it was but it was a nice sugar free one that we took a liking to. Unfortunately it was a while before we realised the sorbitol was upsetting Nick’s guts rather more than mine shall we say. Fortunately it was a blue job but we did change our travel sweet selection.

Dental hygiene is of course vital.

 

[Fatmrsgeorge]

Buchanan's dark chocolate caramels, chocolate creams, wine gums, cola cubes , pineapple cubes, etc etc - hence the username.

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[The Coops]

Licorice root lasts for hours and cleans teeth!

 

[Nirvanauk]

Fishermen’s friends for me.

 

[suavecarve]

Fishermen’s friends for me.

Before this latest cold I would not have considered them, thought they tasted awful, then wife bought the honey and lemon and am currently on cherry, blackcurrant and the H and L. Really helping with the cough and can easily see us having them for holiday as we have run out of the pure honey sweets purchased a few years ago from a honey farm which are delicious.

 

[Davecrawf]

Buchanan's dark chocolate caramels, chocolate creams, wine gums, cola cubes , pineapple cubes, etc etc - hence the username.

Very nice selection

 

[Simon Select]

Smith Kendon travel sweets!

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[Wonders]

Problem is i’m a cruncher so they last seconds

Me too. I get told off too. Tried to mask it or stop it . But can't do it.
We also have a competition to see who can suck a hard sweet through to nothing.
A moments drop in concentration and crunch. Lost again.

 

[Al n Val]

Me too. I get told off too. Tried to mask it or stop it . But can't do it.
We also have a competition to see who can suck a hard sweet through to nothing.
A moments drop in concentration and crunch. Lost again.

I had to smile because you’ve described exactly what happens here

 

[Jabstatt]

Extra strong mints need to mature in the open packet for a week so they are soft!

Smints!

Maltesers.

Mini eggs.

Tony

 

[Jimbohorlicks]

To all those who reckon haribo are easy to eat try doing them with my teeth they last for hours

Is that Grummyb or Gummyb?

 

[Rob Turner]

Lions Midget Gems for me.

And they’re still midget and not mini like the woke supermarkets now call them.

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[JnJ]

Mint imperials for me. Those Army Navy things for Mr JnJ which are sugar coated and end up as a big lump in the bag

 

[Mr Mrs T]

Vimto fizzy pencils

 

[pagey]

humbugs or humbugs or maybe humbugs

 

[VWDrooper]

Fishermen’s friends for me.

Used to use these to mask the smell of fags on my breathe when a kid

 

[Rollingwheels]

To all those who reckon haribo are easy to eat try doing them with my teeth they last for hours

When we were kids a guy a the youth club had false teeth we used to feed him Toffo’s, it was hilarious to a 12 year old took him about 10 mins sucking it to death

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[Scottish Scrutineer]

Smints

Sugar free too

 

[Rollingwheels]

Not a travel sweet really but a block of Blue Riband toffee, smash it on something hard first or else you’ll get jaw ache trying to bite through. Happy days

 

[Chris]

opel fruits ( or whatever they are called now) but not the purple ones

 

[KNWH]

Licorice root lasts for hours and cleans teeth!

I had to give up liquorice when I went onto Amlodipine for high blood pressure.
And grapefruit. Weird.

 

[Reallyretired]

Whatever swmbo passes me.

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[fishplug]

Smints

Sugar free too

As already mentioned, a lot of those 'sugar replacements' are right up there with picolax....

I'll stick to almonds, thanks.

 

[Nirvanauk]

To all those who reckon haribo are easy to eat try doing them with my teeth they last for hours

Can you post your teeth over to me to try out please?

 

[Puddleduck]

Henleys – Connoisseurs of Confectionery

Connoisseurs of Confectionery

www.henleysweets.com

For all the old fashioned favourites.

 

[Hezbez]

Used to love Edinburgh Rock. That would make a good travel sweetie.

 

[scotzsue]

Used to love Edinburgh Rock. That would make a good travel sweetie.

My late sister didn't have a sweet tooth, but these were her favourites, she didn't like the brown ones though. I loved stra'ven toffee but think they have shut down, am also a fan of American hard gums, the grandkids love them too.
We don't tend to eat sweets on journeys, i do when on my own. At some point though we buy a snicker and a mars bar, for pudding.

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[Burgo]

Mentoes.
Fed by Vasco, always exciting to guess the mint/fruit flavour!
About as much excitement as I can manage nowadays...

+1. But fed by Mrs. B. There's so many different types & flavours, from fruit to mint to toffee types,we've usually got at least 3 or 4 rolls on the go at any time.
Also a bag of gummy style sweets but the most "sharp" citric mouth watering ones we can find.
Then, for final variety, we usually hoover up a fistful of the assorted "caramelos" (aka small boiled sweets /chocolates) out if the dish at site reception / the bank / anywhere that has them.