CHILDHOOD SWEETS - A BLOGALONG POST

I bet that little slideshow got your taste buds going...and those memories of a bygone age...an age of innocence, fun, laughter, ...those days when calories DIDN'T count......those days when the sun seemed to shine EVERY day during the Summer Holidays.....those days when you could be certain that the toboggan would come out and BE USED during the winter.....those days when snow was GUARANTEED on Christmas Day..................that's it.....I hear it .......that wistful sigh......ahhhhhhhhhhhh

Do you remember how you had to sort out the Love Hearts so that the dishy 6 year old lad in the next desk would get the "I LOVE YOU" one...and that cute little blush on his cheeks as he read it? And the sniggers of your friends if the chubby kid with the runny nose got it instead!

And the Jelly Babies...everyone loved the black ones......did you bite off the head first or the feet?

OH! and the Wine Gums......didn't we feel grown up having WINE!

I think I must be getting old?......I remember when Wagon Wheels were HUGE ......now they are tiny round things that taste like cardboard. No wonder that have to sell them in 8 packs now!

But the piece de resistance (or should I say the piece of LEAST resistance).....COCONUT ICE..............

It's so strange that this month's Blogalong topic should be Childhood Sweets; last month I paid one of my regular visits to Elsie's blog....and what did I see but a recipe for Coconut Ice....just click on the picture above if you fancy trying it yourself.

I've not even mentioned sweet cigarettes, sweet bananas, gobstoppers.........................................etc......... etc......... etc...