Sweetheart Dessert

Sweetheart Dessert came in a tin and you bought it from Woolworths during the 70s. It was so easy to make: you poured the contents of the tin into a mixing bowl, filled up the tin with cold milk and poured it onto the concentrate, mixed it together and let it stand for a few minutes to thicken. My favourite was Orange Bug, but you could get Strawberry, too.

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Do You Remember Sweetheart Dessert?

WasteMan on 2024-03-02 14:00:31

Underrated, mouthwatering instant dessert from the 70s which seems to have been forgotten in favour of the similar but far less interesting Angel Delight

Lizzi on 2022-04-18 07:18:03

I do!! I loved it!! Takes me back and I can almost taste it…sigh…so wish it was still around and I really don’t understand why not?!?!

Frostycat on 2013-07-15 06:41:54

My mum fed this to us all the time and I loved it. When my kids were young in the 90s I actually wrote to the manufacturer (was it Nestle? ?) to ask if I could still buy it, but alas no. It was probably packed full of sugar but it wss a great way of getting kids to take milk! Sadly missed!

BigKid@heart on 2010-02-17 13:36:46

Thank you Vegpot. For years and years I've had it in my head that Bob Monkhouse had something to do with Sweetheart Dessert but no-one else could remember. 35 years later I have my answer! I loved the strawberry one. BigKid@heart

hels on 2010-01-23 22:34:03

You could get a pear one as well. It looked like wallpaper paste when it was made up but tasted lovely. I'd love to taste it again

Vegpot on 2009-10-01 22:33:57

Yes I remember this strange stuff, we used to get the strawberry one, I seem to remember it was advertised by Bob Monkhouse, we used to have it as Saturday night pudding!