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[Mr Skrunts]

Chatting away the other day and got talking about sweets as a child, in particular, chocolate bars.

I just happend to mention Bar Six and the conversation went on for about an hour.  But the one I was trying to remember was in a pale blue metalic wrapper, and I think was called somesing like Icebreaker and had mint cracknel init.  (any one got any idea of its proper name?)

Others were

Caramac
Mars bar
Lion Bar
Nesle Brunch
Kit Kat
Galaxy
Fruit and Nut Bars
Toblerone
Wall Nut Whip (Allthough not really a bar)
Milky Bar
Marathan/Snickers
Yorkie
Whispa
Milky Way
Turkish Delight
Aero
Bounty
Crunchie
Dime Bar
Double Decker
Dream Bar
Flake
Fudge Flake
Frys Orange/Pepermint Cream
Bueno
Kinder
Hippo
Picnic
Ritter Sport
Ruffle
Topic
Star Bar
Toffe Crisp
Twix
Twirl

Yellow highlighed are a few of the ones I used to like.

[The Red Baron]

remember the coffee wallnut whip? scrummie they were

[Seth]

Chatting away the other day and got talking about sweets as a child, in particular, chocolate bars.

I just happend to mention Bar Six and the conversation went on for about an hour.  But the one I was trying to remember was in a pale blue metalic wrapper, and I think was called somesing like Icebreaker and had mint cracknel init.  (any one got any idea of its proper name?)

I'm sure that it was indeed 'Ice Breaker'

[Andy B]

Chatting away the other day and got talking about sweets as a child, in particular, chocolate bars.

I just happend to mention Bar Six and the conversation went on for about an hour.  But the one I was trying to remember was in a pale blue metalic wrapper, and I think was called somesing like Icebreaker and had mint cracknel init.  (any one got any idea of its proper name?)

I'm sure that it was indeed 'Ice Breaker'

I remember them too.
http://www.escape-to-the-seventies.com/sweets/sweets.php 

[wakeyomega]

Five Boys - (no, its not a good night out for STMO). Choc bar had the faces of 5 boys on it. Last remember seeing circa late '50's.

Pat

[Mr Skrunts]

Thats the ones, didnt realise there were 3 flavours though.

http://www.escape-to-the-seventies.com/sweets/sweets.php

[Andy B]

.... didnt realise there were 3 flavours though.
 ......

Neither did I  :-/

[Mr Skrunts]

They were bloody nice though, and I loved the Nesle Crunch as well. 

[Richie London]

texan bars and  chocolate honeycombe

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

texan bars and  chocolate honeycombe

Not dead then Richie.....

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Mint Cracknel.....Aztec.....Bar six.....

[Dishevelled Den]

Five Boys - (no, its not a good night out for STMO). Choc bar had the faces of 5 boys on it. Last remember seeing circa late '50's.

Pat

A rum looking bunch they were.

[Pitchfork]

Five Boys - (no, its not a good night out for STMO). Choc bar had the faces of 5 boys on it. Last remember seeing circa late '50's.

Pat

Made by Fry's (no not Steven Fry)!

[Big_Al]

Showing me age  , but anyone remember the Aztec bar, think that was a 70,s one

going back even more I can remember a bar called Fry's Tiffin

just realised how old I am now   

[Lizzie_Zoom]

Showing me age  , but anyone remember the Aztec bar, think that was a 70,s one

going back even more I can remember a bar called Fry's Tiffin


just realised how old I am now   

It was launched in 1969 ( although some web sites state 1967) by Cadbury's, at great expense, in an attempt to take on the Mars Bar.  It was very sickly and just did not reach expectations with it being prematurly withdrawn within about 8 years if I remember correctly