Help me recollect old choc bar

[bounty hunter]

I'm having my garden landscaped and when we were moving some rubbish from under the hedge yesterday, I came across a Banjo wrapper.  It was very faded and dilapidated but clear enough what it was.  However, I can't for the life of me remember anything about them.  Any help appreciated.

[goldencup]

It was a twin chocolate bar (like a Twix) but it contained peanuts.  Nothing special.  Around until the 80s I think.

[bounty hunter]

So, it's been in my garden for 20 years!!!  Is that some sort of record?

[paulham]

It was a twin chocolate bar (like a Twix) but it contained peanuts.  Nothing special.  Around until the 80s I think.

Actually it was hazelnuts if I recall correctly.

[paulham]

So, it's been in my garden for 20 years!!!  Is that some sort of record?

No it's an old wrapper. Records were round flat black things with grooves in them.

[goldencup]

I was just going to post something similar!  I'm convinced they were peanuts and having just Googled them, that seems to be the general opinion.

[paulham]

I am sure it was hazelnuts.

http://www.nicecupofteaandasitdown.com/biscuits/views.php3?icons[0][]=4&icons[0][]=16





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[goldencup]

You know that Wikopedia is never wrong.....

Banjo is a chocolate bar once available in the UK. Introduced with a substantial television advertising campaign in 1976, Banjo was a twin bar (similar in shape and size to Twix) and based upon a wafer with a chopped peanut layer and the whole covered in milk chocolate. It was packaged in distinctive navy blue - with the brand name prominently displayed in yellow block text - and was one of the first British snack bars to have a heat-sealed wrapper closure instead of the reverse-side fold common to most domestically-produced chocolate bars at that time. It was available into the 1980s

[smurfboy]

You know that Wikopedia is never wrong.....

I'll have to try that - it sounds much more reliable than Wikipedia!

[paulham]

I saw it there too, GC. It just did not ring true for me. I noticed it on other sites too.
The reason I am confident is that I do not like peanuts in chocolate bars (Reese's Nutrageous excepted) and would not have eaten such a bar.
I actually remember eating and enjoying Banjos.
That's why I am sure.

[goldencup]

Hmmm, we'll have to agree to differ on this one as I remember the exact opposite for the same reason - not being a fan of peanuts, I never liked Banjos!  We need to find that annoying jingle to 'Oh Susannah' which some sources said mentioned peanuts.

[smurfboy]

Just a suggestion... couldn't Bounty just look at the ingredients list on this wrapper?

[paulham]

It was very faded and dilapidated but clear enough what it was.

Maybe a problem?