Weekend box (chocolates by Mackintosh)

Weekend box of chocolates and candies. In the centre of the box would be the orange and lemon slices, there would be a chocolate lime one, a nougat one, a praline type thing. They came in a white box with bright colours on it. Made by Mackintosh - just like Quality Street, Highland Toffee bars and Rolo's. The advert went - you can have your own kind of weekend, the chocolates made for two, have a nougat weekend, have a jelly weekend, you can have your own weekend!

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Do You Remember Weekend box (chocolates by Mackintosh)?

Jeanipin on 2021-02-07 19:40:16

They weren't my first choice but they were a lovely change. Someone mentioned lucky numbers too, loved those,

m6m62 on 2014-09-30 22:42:39

I loved these so much that I used to ask for a box instead of an Easter egg. The chocolate lime ones were amazing. Would have been late 70's for me

suebowes on 2013-06-11 23:35:33

I loved weekend , I was never a great chocolate lover so these were great for me , love the nougat amd montelemar was my fave would love them to come back.

Cherryfest on 2012-05-26 16:31:57

My first grown up box of chocolates. My dad bought me and my sister one home on our Birthdays as children and we felt dead grown up. Loved the sugary lime one drizzled with dark chocolate :)

Suki on 2011-05-15 02:42:22

I didn't like Weekend either - they weren't all CHOCOLATE!!!!

Frostycat on 2011-01-04 21:28:21

My god these were AWFUL. There was a similar thing on the go at the time called Good News. I always seemed to get one or the other for Christmas. Redsa - I posted a memory about Milk Tray bars earlier today, complaining that nobody remembered them! I'm so thrilled to see that you do too!

gp1509 on 2010-11-15 19:09:26

My cousin used to love Weekend box of chocs, I was never that impressed with them though. I remember Terrys Moonlight chocs though, they were the milk version of Terrys All gold or they might have been half milk selection half dark, anyway they were better than Weekend!

janw on 2010-10-28 03:02:00

does anyone remember moonlight chocolates?

Marion Taylor on 2010-09-29 18:51:48

It was a real treat to get a box of Weekend!

redsa on 2010-08-10 08:16:16

I never cared for these as much as Fry's 5 center bars and can anyone remember when you could get Cadburys Milk tray in a bar, usually out of a vending machine outside shops or on the train station? Also tins of lucky numbers chocolates, not sure who made these.