History of Curly Wurlies

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  • babycart
    Baldhead Growler
    • Sep 2004
    • 14062

    History of Curly Wurlies

    I've just discovered collectingcandy.com, a US site but one that covers the history of the Curly Wurly in impressive depth, including the frustrating toffee lattice's brief foray into America.

    I’ve long been uncertain of how the name of this bar should be written.  Is it two separate words as in Curly Wurly, one word but with an oddly-placed capital like CurlyWulry, or is it simply…


    Cadbury’s Curly Wurly has been a staple of British confectionery since its introduction in 1970.  But few people know that it was given a couple early shots at success here in the United Stat…




    Vardy.....¡¡¡PELIGRO!!!
  • Sonovox
    Electric Banana
    • Jun 2012
    • 1899

    #2
    Had my first curly wurly since the 80s last week. It seemed to be just as I remembered - unlike certain pyramidal Swiss confections I could mention.

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    • babycart
      Baldhead Growler
      • Sep 2004
      • 14062

      #3
      Originally posted by Sonovox View Post
      Had my first curly wurly since the 80s last week. It seemed to be just as I remembered - unlike certain pyramidal Swiss confections I could mention.
      I had a Creme Egg a while back and nearly vomited.
      It tasted like the greasy candlewax KAKE BRAND cooking chocolate that my mum used to buy and I would sometimes try when raiding the top cupboard for raisins.
      Vardy.....¡¡¡PELIGRO!!!

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      • amidar
        Lonely Jelly
        • Jun 2014
        • 3722

        #4
        Grrrr the removal of dairy milk from Creme Eggs really got my goat but not half as much as my beloved Double Decker has changed over the years.

        Originally posted by babycart View Post
        I had a Creme Egg a while back and nearly vomited.
        It tasted like the greasy candlewax KAKE BRAND cooking chocolate that my mum used to buy and I would sometimes try when raiding the top cupboard for raisins.
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        • babycart
          Baldhead Growler
          • Sep 2004
          • 14062

          #5
          Originally posted by amidar View Post
          Grrrr the removal of dairy milk from Creme Eggs really got my goat but not half as much as my beloved Double Decker has changed over the years.
          It was downhill all the way after they took the raisins out
          God we lived like young princes back then.
          Vardy.....¡¡¡PELIGRO!!!

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          • amidar
            Lonely Jelly
            • Jun 2014
            • 3722

            #6
            The decision to combine it with elements of the 'Boost' bar was the final straw for me I was destroyed. The last one I had the nougat seemed to just separate from the base like they'd removed some magic Cadbury's glue to keep costs down.
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            • Shere Khan
              Lonely Jelly
              • Apr 2013
              • 3542

              #7
              'Nutty' and 'Texan' were my favourites. Both gone now but I think I'm a bit old for sweets anyway. In the news today 'Toblerone' fans are up in arms about the spacing of the triangles
              I remember, as a child, thinking a walnut whip was the epitome of sophistication in the sweet world. They seemed to be only for adults, presumably due to cost.
              "You don't want to kill the cash donkey"

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              • SirSlim
                Chocolate Rain
                • Oct 2005
                • 6693

                #8
                Originally posted by babycart View Post

                A hi-fi geek writes - that looks like a Technics SL-1300...





                I can just about remember when Curly Wurly's first appeared in the shops, I tried them but my favourite at the time was a Picnic:

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                • babycart
                  Baldhead Growler
                  • Sep 2004
                  • 14062

                  #9
                  My favourite was the Cabana; the Tight Fit/Modern Romance of chocolate bars

                  Vardy.....¡¡¡PELIGRO!!!

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                  • Fortunate One
                    Animated Egg
                    • Jun 2014
                    • 100

                    #10
                    Originally posted by babycart View Post
                    My favourite was the Cabana; the Tight Fit/Modern Romance of chocolate bars

                    Ha! Love it! To my great shame I don't think I've given the Cabana a second thought since the late 80s!

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                    • treeboy
                      Lonely Jelly
                      • Aug 2012
                      • 3786

                      #11
                      I was partial to.....well, anything surrounded by chocolate really!
                      One that I still think about is Golden Crisp.
                      Curly Wurly almost induced hysteria when it appeared in our top shop. They were bigger then weren't they?
                      Everyone tear down your own little wall
                      That keeps you from being a part of it all
                      Because you've got to be one with the one and all
                      You've just got to be close to it all

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                      • amidar
                        Lonely Jelly
                        • Jun 2014
                        • 3722

                        #12
                        Not the only one FO it's like they erased everyone's mind. Coconut and chocolate has always been a niche market with the 'Bounty' holding steadfast. My wife is older than me yet she has no recollection of 'Spangles', 'Pacers' or 'Apple Hubba Bubba'.

                        What I always thought was the epitome of chocolate sophistication was 'Fry's Chocolate Cream' bars because my mum always had one stashed away and still does not the same one mind that would be rank!

                        Oh and picnics do not look like that picture anymore that's if they ever did, I came to the joys of the 'Picnic Bar' late in life.

                        Gah this pic makes me feel old, not that I remember them all. :

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                        • amidar
                          Lonely Jelly
                          • Jun 2014
                          • 3722

                          #13
                          I'd have imagined you halfway up a tree chainsaw in hand with a 'Yorkie' sticking out your back pocket!

                          Originally posted by treeboy View Post
                          I was partial to.....well, anything surrounded by chocolate really!
                          One that I still think about is Golden Crisp.
                          Curly Wurly almost induced hysteria when it appeared in our top shop. They were bigger then weren't they?
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                          • relkeel
                            Ugly Custard
                            • Jun 2007
                            • 1483

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Shere Khan View Post
                            'Nutty' and 'Texan' were my favourites. Both gone now but I think I'm a bit old for sweets anyway. In the news today 'Toblerone' fans are up in arms about the spacing of the triangles
                            I remember, as a child, thinking a walnut whip was the epitome of sophistication in the sweet world. They seemed to be only for adults, presumably due to cost.
                            Wurd. A hounorable mention for MacIntosh's Golden Cup too. Used to eat a ridiculous amount of sweets pop and crisps as a school bound kid. A daily ten Embassy Gold in the trouser waistband too.
                            record licker

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                            • Fortunate One
                              Animated Egg
                              • Jun 2014
                              • 100

                              #15
                              Originally posted by relkeel View Post
                              Wurd. A hounorable mention for MacIntosh's Golden Cup too. Used to eat a ridiculous amount of sweets pop and crisps as a school bound kid. A daily ten Embassy Gold in the trouser waistband too.

                              And what has happened to the once mighty Mars Bar? It seems to be shrinking in size before our very eyes! I remember feeling sorry for our continental cousins
                              when they would serve up an inferior sized candy creation....oh how we used to snort with derision when all Paul Hogan style we would whip out our enormous
                              chocs and declare: 'that's not a Mars...THIS is a Mars' brandishing what upon reflection looked and felt (but crucially not tasted) like a small log and now just looks like a largish twig!

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