Food and drink

Milk chocolate fondant bar in the style of fry's chocolate creamThey were originally Scottish hand made bars, and are a classic retro sweet. ...

Anyone remember Magical Dream bar from the early 70s? it was white chocolate swirled with either orange or red (strawberry) chocolate. I remember eating one after school, circa 1973. I definitely remember it although I have been able to find zero ...

Mammoth Straws were, hence the name, large, lengthy, tall, thin straws. The straws themselves were inedible and made of plastic; they had differently coloured fruit flavour sherbet crystals in them. The box was, like the straws, tall, thin, large and ...

Before the UK went all American and European, we had the great Marathon Bar, and yes, it did really satisfy!I am sure that I am not alone when I still refuse to call them the s... word. No, they will ...

Matheason cakes where one the nicest cakes ever tasted. Use to buy them in Great Yarmouth but sadly believe they went bust with the big bakery strike in the late 70's.  ...

Matotaki was a wonderful pseudo-Japanese fizzy drink, flavoured with orange and ginseng extract. Where are you now Matotaki? ...

This has to be my absolute favourite chocolate bar ever. A mixture of chocolate, toffee, biscuit and raisins covered in chewy caramel. Delicious. ...

As far as I can remember, Maxi Bars came in mint and orange flavours - mint was the best! They were a chocolate-coated sort of honeycomb and, unlike today's types, these were quite big. We always bought them from the ...

I always used to love just how pretty Yorkshire Mix was. Made by Maxons (always has been I think), you could buy it from the jar and enjoy choosing which one you’d eat first. The mixture offered a fabulous combination ...

Available in the 70's sold singly large and small for a half penny and a penny each, respectively. They were available in all the colours and flavours of wine gums, tasted a lot like midget gems do now - ...

Maypoles were tubes of paper, about a foot long, striped like a barber's pole and full of sherbert. The trick was to unwind them and eat as you went along. They were a favourite to buy on our way home ...

McCoys Traditional Cheese Flavour Crisps  ...

In the 1960's, McDonald's advertised the "All-American" lunch: a hamburger, fries, and a shake. The total cost was $0.49. That's right -- forty-nine cents. Of course, a McDonald's hamburger was no bigger then than it is today, ...

I had a trifle for dessert at a McDonald's near Heathrow in 1993. This unexpected find was surprisingly tasty though, understandably, it didn't have real sherry in it. ...

About 20 years ago me and my friend used to eat Fish 'n' Fries from McDonalds. The box contained fries, 2 pieces of fish and a carton of tartar sauce. They were lovely! ...

My favourite bickie as a child! They were smaller than plain Digestives, with a creamy buttery filling and came wrapped in cellophane in a red box, if I remember rightly. Ate them whole or split them in half and scraped off ...

Meanies were pickled onion flavoured crisps or rather corn snacks with a VERY strong pickled flavour. These crunchy snacks came in a green packet with dark blue writing. I think the still-going Space Raiders won the race on 10p crisps ...

Newberry Fruits were big jelly sweets in a box. The sweets had liquid centres with crunchy sugar on the outside...mmm! I think they were in the shape of the fruit they represented. Nestle now do a similar range of ...

Meri Mate Drinks came in plastic tubes with nipped closed ends and had a hole on the top for the straw. They came in orange and cola flavours I think. Great explosion if you jumped on them! ...

Does anyone remember Merlin's Brew ice lollies from the 70s? It was a mint-flavoured, chocolate ice-cream lolly with a wizard on the wrapper. I think they cost 9p! They were popular at the same time as Nobbly Bobbly ice creams ...

Made by Jamesons (who also made Raspberry Ruffles) and had a wrapper with a picture of an archetypal smiling country lass; that illustration was unforgettable!They were essentiall Milk Chocolate Caramels - chewy toffee with a chocolate coating. They are stil ...

My Dad had a general store so I was brought up to know all the sweet and drinks. I loved Merry Mate drinks, Cola, orange and lemonade where the ones Dad sold. Yes, I thought I was the only one ...

Does anyone remember the Midland Counties Choc Stick? ...

Tell me I'm not crazy but does anyone else in Scotland, England, Ireland or Wales remember a Choc Ice called something like 'Midnight Mint' from the 1970's? Funnily enough it was mint flavoured, possibly with a plain chocolate coating and ...

One of the strongest tastes you might ever taste! Unforgettable - if you can't remember them you quite simply weren't there!They were tiny (very tiny) black squares of strong licorice, with a menthol kick that could lose your taste buds ...

This was a chocolate flavour milk drink, delivered by the milkman. Very rich, creamy and delicious! It was sold, I think, in the 1960s. It came in a clear glass bottle with blue, white and brown pictures and text. ...

The Milk Tray Chocolate Bar was several shaped chocolates joined together in a bar. I used to love the lime cordial one and the orange... ooh and the strawberry too! It used to be so yummy. ...

Milka Praline Crisp was just about the best chocolate bar around at the time - circa '89 - '92. Melt in the mouth hazelnut cream with a subtle rice crisp. Even better than Nestle Crunch I feel. ...

Made by the company Lovell's in Wales, Milky Lunch was a bar of whipped nougat with a crispy rice centre and all covered in chocolate. What's more, they used to only cost 10p. However, like other retro favourites, such as ...

Milkybars were great when you were a kid; because they were white chocolate (and very thin) you were often able to sweet talk your parents into letting you have it at times when you wouldn’t normally be allowed sugary stuff. ...

Miner 49ers were very, very, strong spring onion crisp snacks late 1970's early 1980's in the shape of cartwheels. They were the strongest crisps I had ever tasted and my pal's Dad used to ban me from eating them in ...

Mini Milk was a small cylindrical vanilla ice milk bar on a stick, introduced around 1976/77. My most vivid recollection is of eating them on the way home from school - my first year at senior school, I was having ...

I seem to remember that the advertisement went something like..."Mint Cracknell takes you somewhere cool and green. Somewhere cool and green."It was a chocolate bar consisting of two small squares held in a small cardboard tray. A little like ...

Do you remember Mint Cracknel chocolate bars?  ...

These little nobbly mint flavoured tasted really nice. Though I can only recall buying them from the ice cream van along with those massive Snooker ball chewing gums.They were cheap. Two a penny. Literally! ...

Another 'to die for' confection of the 70s and 80s had to be Mintola (by Mackintosh). These were mint fondant-filled dark chocolates (bit like After Eights, but more like Pyramints) shaped as little cubes and came in a roll with ...

Mivvi Ice Creams were made originally by Lyons Maid. They were an ice-cream centre with a fruit ice outer shell and were available in orange at first but later strawberry and raspberry were added as alternative flavours. Walls made a similar ...

We loved Mojos! They were something like 3 for a penny and came in different flavours: strawberry, banana and spearmint were just a few. They were a small brick like size chew,and used to make your 10p worth of sweets ...

Monster Munch are still available in UK but are considered nostalgic by many! They are basically corn crunch puffs shaped like a small doughnut with a three pronged crown! I think they're meant to be claws or something. They are ...

Moon Dust was a fruit flavored sugar topping for breakfast cereals available in seven different flavors. It was very popular in the early 70's when men were going to the moon. ...

Does anyone out there remember Moose bars? No one believes that they existed. They were in a dark blue paper wrapper with a picture of a moose wearing (I think) a red scarf. The chocolate bar was a little bit ...

Sometimes you might ask... What ever happened to that brand of?They were huge in the 80's and just disappeared, only to discover that they are still being made.Well Mothers pride was one of THE bread brands of the 70's and ...

Mount Everest ice lollies had a cardboard wrapper that you peeled off adorned with pictures of Mount Everest. The ice lollies had a lovely creamy orange flavor and were very soft when you bit into them. ...

Mountain Dew was around mid 90's. It's still sold in America and Europe but has been discontinued in the U.K. ...

I remember when Mr Blobby (large pink character with yellow spots that used to say blobby blobby blobby at everything) became part of Noel's House Party show, that they brought out bottles of pink lemonade (to match the colour of Mr ...

A puzzle AND a sweet in one! These were small, chalky and came in the shape of various parts of a skeleton. The taste and texture were probably the same as you'd get if you licked a real bone, sort of ...

I'm not sure if they were Mr T or B.A. Baracus ice lollies but they were cola flavoured and in the shape of Mr T. Does anyone apart from me and my brother remember them? They were my favourite ice ...

Mumbo Gumbo bars were orange coloured and tasted a bit tropical. I think the design on the wrapper was a jungle theme. ...

Made by Trebor, Maidstone, England circa 1980. 'Fiendshly Black Sherbet Centred Sweets With Hidden Fruit Flavours' in a white wrapper with green lettering, or 'Fiendshly Black Soft Centred Sweets With Hidden Fruit Flavours' in a white wrapper with orange lettering. ...

Sooner Foods made both. Better than Walkers. ...