Candy...Sweets..Treats

I miss Chocolate twizzlers and Pepermint patties!  Oh and Baby ruth's yum!!!

Strawberry Twizzlers and Boston Baked Beans (the candies).

Both of which I can get at Cybercandy and neither of which has been too hard to live without, considering the plethora of choices of sweets here in the UK!

Love Marks & Spencer's Red & Black gums. 

I remember Sees, and it is a big treat. We get sent a box for Xmas every year - cause it was always a Christmas/Holiday tradition, a box of Sees. MMmmm. And when I was little and we went shopping at the mall it was always a treat to stop into Sees for one piece of candy, and it seemed a big deal, too!

Skor bars. Although I suppose I could find something like it here if I was so inclined.

Good substitute for Skor bars are Daim - Actually swedish, but are in most shops.  You can also get a bag of little bit size ones in Ikea.

I am a candy freak, the top drawer of my bedside table is filled with sweets, and I have been known to indulge before I even get out of bed in the morning.  I miss tons of US sweets:

Hot Tamales
Laffy Taffy (And taffy type products in general)
Peppermint Patties
Charleston Chews
Sprees
Sweet Tarts
Blow Pops/Tootsie pops

Luckily the chocolate over here is so much better, that I can accept the lack of the above.  Also, Cybercandy has all of the above (except Sprees), so I can get a fix when needed.  I tend to stock up whenever I go home.  It just doesn't seem to last....

I miss Red Vines.

Weren't Peppermint Patties available here not so long ago? Or am I remembering wrong?

Weren't Peppermint Patties available here not so long ago? Or am I remembering wrong?

Can you remember where?  Yum.

If I could I'd be scarfing them down lol. Must be confusing something else with them.

Oh well, I'll keep my eye out!

i LOVE DAIM BARS!!!!!!!!

I miss Peppermint Patties, Payday bars, diners, huge things of spaghetti sauce.. Grocery stores in general.

In America, I miss Thornton's candies.

I miss Peppermint Patties, Payday bars, diners, huge things of spaghetti sauce.. Grocery stores in general.

In America, I miss Thornton's candies.

I forgot Cheez-its, marshmallow fluff, Slim Jims.... So many more.

I forgot Cheez-its, marshmallow fluff, Slim Jims.... So many more.

I was in tesco this week and saw a jar of fluff!  I didn't get it, but it was there.

I missed See's candy (Godiva of the west coast I like to call it) when I was overseas. It's a special treat with fond childhood memories. I had a friend from WA I met in Kenya who actually SHARED her See's gift box (one piece, but it was a bit o' heaven out in the bush) with me because she knew I would appreciate it. Any other See's fans out there know what I am talking about?

I certainly do!
ALL family trips as long as I can remember, and every holiday (Christmas, Thanksgiving) has ALWAYS involved a box of See's!  And every time I go home, I bring boxes back for my friends and my boss.

My mother grew up with them as well; you can point to any piece in the box and she can tell you exactly what it is!
(I like it better than Godiva!)

I have to admit, I have only had the See's lollipops.  I've never had the chocolate, sounds wonderful.