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« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2006, 01:24:23 am »

Hello guys, just stumbled upon your site whilst reminiscing about sweets and my childhood. Following other topics on confectionary from the 70's-80's, like cabanas, 5 centres, and the infamous Cadbury's Bar Six, who can remember Banjo's which were two finger wafers covered in chocolate and came in 2 verieties, blue wrapper for peanut and the red wrapper for coconut. Also was there not a toffee bar? in the seventies called "nutty" which came in a brown wrapper and was covered in peanuts???????


Cadbury's have certainly let us all down in the past by withdrawing products like Cabana and taking the raisins out of the base of Double Deckers and I think they did it again by withdrawing coconut Boosts as well (probably the nearest they got to re-introducing the Cabana, but not quite) It'll be interesting to see what they come up with in the next 10-20 years.


 


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« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2006, 08:01:55 am »

Welcome Bonkers.


I was a huge fan of Bar Six and Cabanas and cannot understand why these were axed. Boosts I think are horrendous and I think they made a big mistake in getting rid of Wispa.

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« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2006, 11:25:20 am »
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« Reply #18 on: May 17, 2006, 01:57:44 pm »
Quote from: BONKERS

Cadbury's have certainly let us all down in the past by withdrawing products like Cabana and taking the raisins out of the base of Double Deckers and I think they did it again by withdrawing coconut Boosts as well (probably the nearest they got to re-introducing the Cabana, but not quite)



But wasn't Coconut Boost introduced in the mid-eighties anyway, which is when the Cabana was supposed to have been axed?

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« Reply #19 on: May 17, 2006, 07:56:11 pm »

I thought the Cabana dissappeared in the early eighties. From memory it wasn't around for long. Appologies if that's not the case


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« Reply #20 on: May 17, 2006, 08:43:48 pm »
I don't remember it at all myself, but I read on an eighties website that it only lasted a year. Most people on thid forum disagree with that though.
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« Reply #21 on: May 24, 2006, 08:50:00 pm »

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I don't remember it at all myself, but I read on an eighties website that it only lasted a year. Most people on thid forum disagree with that though.


I can't be certain but it must have been a very long year as I recall! Still, when you are young, everything seems to last longer. (Ok, most things)


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« Reply #22 on: May 25, 2006, 07:53:44 am »
There is no way that Cabanas lasted only a year. Three or four is more like it. Possibly longer. What do you think Lou?
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« Reply #23 on: May 26, 2006, 07:34:04 pm »
I think they were out for a few years.
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« Reply #24 on: May 26, 2006, 08:06:04 pm »
That's what i thought,
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« Reply #25 on: June 04, 2006, 09:40:09 pm »
I was hiding my stash of double deckers in the car and they melted over the weekend.  Luckily they were rescued by refrigerating and i'm sure they tasted better for it.  I think raisins would have ruined the whole experience.

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« Reply #26 on: June 05, 2006, 02:39:56 am »

If you think that you have misunderstood what a Double Decker experience is.

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« Reply #27 on: June 06, 2006, 04:47:33 pm »
Sorry but trying to remember when DD had Raisins in them? It wasn't a limited edition was it?

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« Reply #28 on: June 11, 2006, 02:51:55 pm »
No. DD started out with raisins then were dropped after a few years.

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« Reply #29 on: June 12, 2006, 11:24:31 pm »
dropped raisins? sweep them up.
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