Retro sweet of the week!

September 19th, 2011

This weeks Retro sweet of the week has been part of a great British sweetie tradition that started way back in 1899- wowza!

These are (err, the best) part of the iconic Liquorice Allsort mix, but they don’t actually contain any Liquorice, so we reckon these were added in for all the Liquorice-haters out there…

We’re of course talking about the ever delicious and squishy Jelly Button Spogs!

Spogs

Hands up who used to buy a bag of Allsorts just for these?

We certainly did and it seems lots of you did too, since you’ve been loving the chance to get your hands on a stash of pure Spog goodness!

If you fancy winning some, just leave a comment on this post. Tell us how much you love or hate (if that’s even possible?!) Jelly Button Spogs and you could win some yummy pink and blue treats :D .

Just be sure to get your comments in before 9am next Monday, the 26th September.

YUM!

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  1. 1. Lisa Marsh says...

    Omg!!! These sweets are AMAZING! when my nan was alive she always had a bag of liquorice allsorts as she loved them but always gave me the jelly button spogs. I don’t like liquorice so i haven’t had any since she passed away 9 years ago!

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  2. 2. Dell Selter says...

    I love these because I remember my mum buying a big bag of licorice all sorts and giving me these. It wasn’t that she didn’t like them, they turned out to be her favorite part of the bags. Love you mum :) xxx

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  3. 3. Emma Sly says...

    I used to buy the bags just for these.. until my parents got annoyed with me wasting all of the liquorice. So, I forced myself to like the liquorice so that my parents would still buy me them, and now I love them all (although these are still the best bit by far.. :P )xx

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  4. ‘Spogs’ is just the best word ever.

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  5. 5. carole maciver says...

    love them to the bitter end

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  6. 6. Claire D says...

    Please Bertie Bassett,let me win

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  7. 7. laura banks says...

    i’ve gotta say i hate these sweets but my son loves them

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  8. I loved the colour of these so much,in 1980,I had a burgundy bathroom suite fitted,and painted walls blue,bought blue roller blind,pedastal mat and bath rug,and placed never to be used jars of blue/pink bath salts and baby blue cotton wall balls on window sill! Plus I had pink toothbrush,and ‘Man U’ supporting hubby had to use ‘Spurs’ blue coloured one. we divorced in 1981!

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  9. 9. Keith C says...

    Definitley the worst in the licquorice allsorts bag, my mum loved them though so there was always a swapsies available ;)

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  10. OMG love these sweets takes me back to childhood .Would love to win some for my kids to experience the yummy retro sweets too xx fingers crossed xx ♥

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  11. 11. Anna smith says...

    Yumm! Deffinatley the best part of the licourice alsorts! These would be great to take along to my first day of uni! Well done chewbz uve now got me craving retro sweets agen :( xx

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  12. 12. Tracy Nixon says...

    My dad is a huge fan of licorice sweets but only ever gets them at Christmas – I would love to win him some as a mid-year treat to say I love you Dad – thanks for all the things you do for me!

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  13. 13. Julie Johnson says...

    I love these sweets these are the first one I go for in a bag of Liquorice Allsorts, they make your mouth tingle and they make your tounge coloured too, brill

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  14. 14. Helen Boys says...

    I loved that licorice flavour.

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  15. 15. SARAH L says...

    WOW i just luv these they are my ultimate fav ever sweets YUMMY YUMMY YUMMY :)
    xx

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  16. 16. marie whitworth says...

    Omg i love these sweets! I never knew they were called Spogs! I am pregnant and was craving these not long ago so had to keep buying Liquorice Allsorts for them! I actually wrote an email of complaint because there was only i Spog in one of the bags i bought :(

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  17. 17. Samantha Hodges says...

    OMG!! I LOVE these! and the best thing is my hubbie doesn’t!! so I get to have them all to myself!! hahahaha

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  18. 18. Ian Worthington says...

    :) These sweeets are fantastic, I love them! They remind me of my childhood! I just cant get enough of them!

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  19. 19. Gemma Harrison says...

    I have never had one of these, I hate liquorice and must admit I thought these had liquorice in the middle. I feel a little silly now!

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  20. 20. diane findlay says...

    oh i love these i like sucking them till all the nobbles come off then munching on the aniseed stuff inside

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