Author Topic: Star bars / original Boosts (Read 9579 times)

smurfboy · « **Reply #15 on:** June 06, 2006, 02:38:01 am »

I did have Peanut Boosts but at the time I preferred the Biscuit variety. If they were around now I would probably buy them.

andrew1971 · « **Reply #16 on:** June 06, 2006, 04:45:11 pm »

Anybody else think that Boost make you desperate for a drink?

Logger · « **Reply #17 on:** June 06, 2006, 05:32:06 pm »

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Could someone please help settle an argument. Is it fair to say that star bars are similar to an original boost but with peanut instead of coconut and maybe a little smaller? And are they both discontinued now or have I just not been shopping in the right places?

Boosts were originally made in three flavours- Original (coconut), Biscuit and Peanut. The coconut ones were discontinued in the nineties and the peanut ones are now called 'Starbar' (they might be slightly different now though). They definitely still make Starbars because i had one last week

smurfboy · « **Reply #18 on:** June 06, 2006, 05:43:12 pm »

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Boosts were originally made in three flavours- Original (coconut), Biscuit and Peanut. The coconut ones were discontinued in the nineties and the peanut ones are now called 'Starbar' (they might be slightly different now though). They definitely still make Starbars because i had one last week

Not quite - Boosts were only originally made in Peanut and Coconut. Biscuit was a later addition (around 1989 if memory serves).

EasterBunny · « **Reply #19 on:** June 07, 2006, 12:17:04 am »

So do they still Star bars, the boost I saw was blue and had added glucose i think, great for all the diabetics!

smurfboy · « **Reply #20 on:** June 07, 2006, 01:37:08 am »

Boost = Biscuit Boost

Starbar = Peanut Boost

oldspice · « **Reply #21 on:** June 07, 2006, 08:09:01 am »

I can't believe Boosts have been around since the 1980s! They used to be quite nice but now they really are vile. They are over-poweringly sweet and claggy.

Logger · « **Reply #22 on:** June 07, 2006, 01:51:41 pm »

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Quote from: Logger
Quote from: EasterBunny

Not quite - Boosts were only originally made in Peanut and Coconut. Biscuit was a later addition (around 1989 if memory serves).

Nope. I think Boosts were originally only made in the coconut flavour and the other two were introduced around the same time as one another...when i said 'originally' i meant in the 1980s...

Did anyone else like the coconut ones? I thought they were very sweet but strangely addictive.....

smurfboy · « **Reply #23 on:** June 07, 2006, 03:04:10 pm »

Sorry but you're wrong! I distinctly remember the adverts for 'NEW Cadbury's Biscuit Boost' a few years after the original Peanut and Coconut varieties were introduced.

bethypoos · « **Reply #24 on:** June 07, 2006, 09:25:33 pm »

Can you get normal biscuit boosts or do they all have added glucose? Why - why do that?!!!!

I used to buy coconut boosts from my school tuck shop! Those were the days....

smurfboy · « **Reply #25 on:** June 07, 2006, 09:27:07 pm »

I think you can still buy normal Boosts (non-boosted Boosts, if you will).

Logger · « **Reply #26 on:** June 08, 2006, 05:55:13 pm »

Quote from: smurfboy

Sorry but you're wrong! I distinctly remember the adverts for 'NEW Cadbury's Biscuit Boost' a few years after the original Peanut and Coconut varieties were introduced.

They must have been bought out one at a time then because i'm certain that the coconut one was out before the others...my mum used to be strangely addicted to them

Logger · « **Reply #27 on:** June 08, 2006, 06:06:51 pm »

Just found this-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boost_(candy)

Very informative

smurfboy · « **Reply #28 on:** June 08, 2006, 08:07:40 pm »

This is even more informative!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boost_%28chocolate%29

minty · « **Reply #29 on:** June 08, 2006, 08:16:49 pm »

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Author Topic: Star bars / original Boosts (Read 9579 times)