The correct way to eat a Sherbet Fountain is to: *Step 1.* Open it up and immediately throw away the licorice (or give it to the weird kid that likes it). *Step 2.* Slowly tip the sherbet into your mouth, when no sherbet comes out, tip tube up further and give it a good tap. *Step 3.* When the avalanche of sherbet hits the back of your throat, uncontrollably cough, covering all the surrounding area in a dusting of white powder. For bonus points, close your mouth when you cough, sending some of the sherbet up your nose, causing your nose to sting for several minutes.
@@johnturner4400 it was far easier to break up the solidified sherbet when they were made from card. Never once thought of using the plastic top to hold the licorice stick, because I'm not dainty like Alanna 😂
I love black liquorice. My favourite is Pomfret Cakes, originally made in Pontefract, Yorkshire, small cakes of black liquorice about 2cm in diameter. Yes I am old.
Alot of these I've never come across and some of the better know sweets (eg Smarties) aren't included. One treat I really used to like was Flying Saucers (sherbet filled rice paper packets).
The liquorice in the sherbet fountain was like a straw when I was a kid. You’d suck the sherbet up through the ‘straw’, cough and splutter and get sherbet up the nose. Hilarious when you’re 7. Can’t think why they made it a solid stick. 😩😋😝🤓
These aren't that retro as I don't recognise many of them and this video has made me feel old! Where are bonbons, iced caramels, Spanish Gold, shrimps, fruit salads, pear drops? Alanna, I feel as if I need to go to the shops and buy you a proper selection :) My friend's mum had a post office and sweet shop, the kind where you weighed everything out from the jars and when I visited, she'd give me a bag and say 'fill it up' :)
A fun video, especially seeing you taste the licorice based products - thanks! However, the company that produced that box of so-called (see where this is going?) 'retro' sweets need to be taken to the product description police! There was VERY little in that box that was genuinely retro British candy/sweets. And yeah, we had Hubba-Bubba.
Apparently most of the stuff I tried is somewhat new stuff, but there's older stuff in the box that I didn't try - they just didn't look that appetising!
How have I only ever heard of the Curly wurly, but the jazzes look like sweets I used to get in a pick n mix as a kid and I loved them as well as the white chocolatier ones 😋
Don't think I've ever heard of that "Hannah's" brand before (and I'm old enough to like blackcurrant licorice sweets!), but looking at their website, it seems they make the kind of sweets that never came in packets, just on the pick 'n' mix counter, so we never knew who actually made them!
Whey-hey:D, this vid was a firkin treat! Congrats on Pouch I’m gonna give it ago for defo, but why all that whey protein are your pumping iron? Tis a bin lorry btw. Oh I love the moustache lol ;) 10/10 slightly late uploads!
What about sherbet lemons coconut mushrooms cough candy twists strawberry bon bons pear drop's can anyone remember flying saucer's they're true retro sweets Sherbet lemons developed those sharp edges I've cut my tongue so many times on them Jazzles I loved them I can't believe you don't like liquorice you heathen lol I love black Jack's Love your content keep it coming Love from Plymouth
Unfortunately most of those "classics" aren't even Classics, they are post 2010...Hannahs?...Harribo??? lol wine gums from UK are Maynards ;) The sherbet fountain, nobody ate the liquorice...we threw that at our siblings :D What you need is a Wham Bar, Coltsfoot rock, Parma Violets, UFO, ect. Oh but I bet you liked the Curly wurly :D
Alanna - as you were trying the Rainbow Drops, I was remembering how I used to LOVE them many, many years ago, and I was saying "YES, Girl - you'll love those!" How disappointed was I when you didn't like them? I can only say it must've been because they'd gone stale under your couch (sweets don't keep, you know! - especially if they're made from maize and rice!). Do me a favour - go out and buy some fresh ones! I'm sure you can still get them! They are "baby" sweeties and you should just love them! Nostalgia Heaven for me!
@@AdventuresAndNaps Not Really It`s a Sugar and Peppermint bar about 4 inches log 2 inches wide and 1/2 think, It`s an Experience , The proper one is ROMNEY'S OF KENDAL Kendal Mint Cake it`s on Amazon
Firstly you need to be more hygienic and clean under your couch more regularly. I believe your boyfriend's body is under the couch as nobody has ever seen him.🤔🤔
I'm sure someone has mentioned this already but the sherbert thing you mentioned sounds like sherbert dib-dab which we have in the UK and is obviously 100x nicer than dipping liqourice in sherbert.
I'm not sure it is you know. The Dip Dab has a lolly, but there's another thing you can get which has a hard chalky candy stick and 2 or 3 different flavour pouches. Can't remember what it's called though.
Why is it that so many people dislike Black Liquorice? As an older Brit that was all you could get when I was young other than 'Shoelaces' which were Red Liquorice. Years ago the liquorice in the Sherbet Fountain was hollow. You bit the end off and sucked the Sherbet through the liquorice! Unfortunately if you sucked to hard you choked! The liquorice got blocked fairly quickly so we would eat the liquorice then tip the Sherbet straight into our mouths and eat it, cue much, much more choking!!! Happy days! Black Jacks, awesome. Oh, and Haribo is a German sweet company. They tried to get here in 1940, but had to wait a few more years before they succeeded! lol Now in my sixties I've never heard of half of those 'retro' sweets!
I think black liquorice is nostalgic for a lot of people since it was "all you could get when I was young" But if you didn't grow up with it, it's gross!
There’s an outdoor museum on the way to Newcastle, called Beamish. They sell a lot of really old school type of sweets, plus in the back of the shop, they demonstrate how boiled sweets are made. The last time I went, they did rhubarb and custard, and the samples are freeeeeee.......
Adventures and Naps The museum is based around Britain from the 1900’s to around the 1940’s. It’s a sort of living museum, spread out like a small town. The sweet shop tries to be as authentic as possible. It was featured in an old Catherine Cookson TV series many years ago.
We would call that noisy vehicle a bin-lorry in my part of Scotland. Or a scaffy-wagon when I was wee. (Scaffies being the binmen and also street sweepers.) Also, the correct way to eat a sherbet fountain is to throw the disgusting bit away and just pour the sweet goodness into your mouth. Not too much at a time though or your head might explode. You don't come to enjoy black liquorice with age- I'm ancient and can't abide the muck.
You're ideally supposed to use the licorice stick in the sherbet fountain as a straw, it's hollow and if you powder the sherbet you can suck up the sherbet through it; this sweetens the licorice and rounds out the flavor. But the licorice stick often gets blocked.
I couldn’t agree more BooBaddyBig, but sadly that’s a modern plastic wrapped version where the liquorice is solid.. they just ruin everything nowadays :-(
Hi, Alanna, great video, it wouldn't be the same without the dustcart and the sun, you make them so entertaining. Your face is brilliantly expressive when you try new things. I've never heard of most of the sweets you tried, but I must admit I did used to like liquorice and blackcurrant, oh dear. I used to like the little chocolate drops with sprinkles as well although I didn't recognise their name. Another really fun video, I would encourage everyone to sponsor Alanna on Patreon she produces some great stuff on there as well. Looking forward to your next video soon.
I'm fairly old (55) and apart from the Blackjack, Curly Wurly and Sherbet Fountain I don't remember most of those sweets. Where are the Flying Saucer Sweets filled with sherbet, the Cola Cubes, Lemon Sherbets, Walnut Whips and Pineapple Cubes. I had to laugh when Alanna got distracted by the sweets at the start of the video and forgot to do the intro :-)
As it happens my Nan used to have a sweet shop just opposite St Dunstuns College in sunny south London where she used to sell even older versions of those things. I believe there's a hotel there now - it looks really naff. So it goes.
Sherbet fountains? When I was little I had two in one day. Bouncing off the walls all day turned into an spending half the evening on the toilet. Magical times. More parents should fill up their kids with sugar.
Laughed so hard at the "bubbly" section I think I've hurt my side. You should try to find a selection of the old fashioned hard candies. Cola cubes, pineapple cubes and mint humbugs were my faves back in the plastocene era.
1. They're called "Bin Men" 2. Sherbet fountain - take out the liquorice and throw it at a mate, then pour the sherbet in your gob. Now run round like a demon!! 3. Alana, you're thinning on top - Haha, made you look!! Excellent as usual, and a sponsor - yay for you, well deserved..
lol I've seen god knows how many sponsors on TH-cam over the years that I have promptly ignored and this is probably the first time a sponsor has peaked my interest.
There was something my Nan used to eat in the early 1980's that kept crackling in her mouth, but they weren't in a packet like that, they used to be in the newsagents/sweet shop a couple of minutes from her house & looked more like jelly beans rather than boiled sweets. My mum refused to let me eat them. They also sold the Walls ice creams, but never had K9 from Doctor Who which is the one I really wanted-they released a book/list on them circa 1980-1982 that we used to drool over as kids, but half the damn things were never in the shops.
Hay, if you ever get the chance, may I suggest that you take a trip to the Black Country museum. They have a old sweet shop there and they sells all the old British sweets from the Victorian times, it's a really old school shop where all the sweets are in big jars all around the walls.
@@AdventuresAndNaps it's unlike ant other museum, it's basically a small village where everyone is dressed in Victorian clothes, doing all the things people did back in the Victorian days, it's will most definitely be a memorable day out 😉
Flying Saucers , Cola Cubes , Refreshers , Milk Bottles , Blackjacks were my favourites when I was young ......now I'm old its Ibrufen , Senatogen, Vitamin D and alcohol 😂
I feel like Britain did a really good job with chocolate and sweet pastries/cakes but USA (apologies, I don't really know what sweets they have in Cananda) did WAY better in the sweets/candy department. The sweets in the UK are basically boiled sweets, gummies, and liquorice. We excel with chocolate (cadburies) and pies and cakes, but our sweets suck. Whethers Originals is pretty much the only good boiled sweet, and fudge is PHENOMENAL, but the rest I can barely stand. Hate liquorice. I hate it with a passion. I could eat American candy 'til the cows come home though. Bloody love it.
I agree! The UK has far superior chocolate/cakes/pies/pastries, etc but the sweets are weird. Lots of old stuff, like you said, that's just boiled sweets and weird gummies.
Great vid you brought a smile to my face....retro sweets but I've not heard of some of them...well it's so cold here when you milk the cows you get ice cream...only one thing left to say...DIB DAB....sweet stick in sherbet in packet....great vid cant wait for the next one.
Which kind? Lemon (or strawberry) bon bons which are round and hard and covered in tangy icing sugar, or the oblong boiled sweets in various flavours with liquid centres?
Haribo is NOT British...and certainly didn't exist in the days of "Classic" British sweets. Hannah's Jazzles are ok....but her vajazzles would be much more tempting !!!! LOL :)
I suppose there is no point in suggesting you try liquorice root. Literally dried lengths of root from the liquorice plant that were chewed to release the sweet flavour.
@@AdventuresAndNaps . I've always been very fond of liquorice in all its forms. Perhaps it's like Marmite, a love/hate thing. I did however, have some liquorice based sweets from Germany and I found some of them disgusting.
Old sweets of this country! Now there's a subject that could last a while! Cap'n fizzy, Texan bars, Ipso, Superbazooka, Orkney Fudge, Hellas bars, Cabana bars, Cadbury's Milk Tray Bars, Spangles. Just off the top of my head quickly, and that's without old crisps, drinks or sweet freezer treats! My folks had sweet shops when I was a kid, it was bloody great! Lovely video Alanna, lots of fun as ever and a couple of hilarious reactions to what you were trying out! 😊
I'm getting flashbacks to my school days, Where I was fueled by sweets like sherbert fountains and lemon drops. Luckily I still have all my own teeth after such punishment. I don't think I could handle the sugar rush nowadays. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Weird, I'm nearly 60 yrs old, English and a sugar/sweets addict and I've literally only heard of about 5 items in that box. Whoever put it together wasn't English.
Those Anglo Bubblys were 1/2 pence each when I was a kid. I got 50p pocket money, bought a 100 and, yes, got all 100 in my mouth (for a short time)! And Black Jacks are the best.
AYE UP DUCK..BIN LORRY DAY,GUTTED FOR YOU........ON THE BRIGHT SIDE,THEY MIGHT NOT COME FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS....PS..THANKS FOR THE POUCH LINK,CHEERS DUCK..P.P.S....TRY EATING TOASTED CRUMPETS SOAKED IN BUTTER.P.P.P.S......HANNAHS JAZZLES.LMFAO.HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Hey Alanna.Ever thought of doing stand up.?A whole lotta people would love your style and humour.I can see you packing theatres. Seriously. Here's a joke to start you off."I can see you on stage,Alanna ". " Oh really.?". "Yeah,sweeping it.!"Stand up.Bad phrase.You could have your own show though and it wouldn't be just Brits who'd like you.What's all this to do with sweets.Sherbet limes,sherbet lemons.Don't eat a Caramac,you will never be the same again.Shame you hate black liquorice, or I'd recommend liquorice torpedoes. Know what you mean though with red liquorice, it's nice.Theres a company called A quarter of....they deal 100% in British sweets.....Coca cola bottles,y' know those little gummy things.....
I remember white-mice (as in the sweets), but not as bars. I remember them as little mouse-shaped things. They were white chocolate though. Also, you're saying you have an adventure with eating lots of new sweets... and then you need a nap? If only you could've thought of a way to work that notion into your channel name. Oh gods, blackcurrant and liquorice? that's... just... leave that. Save it for an elderly person. How dare you say that about Haribo! I suspect you'd need to eat all of them to find why they're called 'roulette'. possibly. Though would you want there to be one purposely unpleasant one? It'd make the name make sense. But then you'd have eaten a really gross sweet. Why? Just give me the star-mix. Sherbet fountain... probably the less unpleasant way to consume liquorice. Sherbet Dib-Dabs btw is the sugar-off-of-sugar thing Used to like those. Also, I've been spelling sherbet wrong all these years.. I thought it was sherbert. Huh. Also, yeah... I guess people used to like liquorice. I dunno. Don't like it either. Ok, Rainbow drops are the best. Or... they were when I was like 6. Not had any for yeeeeears. They were also like 10p a pack. The cheekiest chew bar? I mean... I guess it's difficult to argue.. what makes a chew bar 'cheeky'? So... it's a chewy bar of Lilt? I'd rather just have a can of Lilt I think. .. also, I haven't had Lilt for ages either. Alanna: "What's a whistle?" It's a whistle. You blow into it and it whistles. Ok, what alternate reality is this? They were always Jazzies! Unless one is an off-brand version of the other. I remember then having the sprinkles being on top. Agreed though, they are awesome! Don't eat the blackjack! They're gross! Oh, the double-dip that's what you were talking about before! Wow I remember those bubble-gums They were 2p at the pic'n'mix section in the newsagents. Hubba Bubba's way better, but for 2p, they're good value when you're like 12. Also, in its defence, does it say what it blows bigger bubbles than? better bubble gum? no. Than say... some fried cod? absolutely! Why I did this like this, I've no idea. The video's several months old. you were still in England. You could still go outside and do that thing where you're with other people.
"Sprinkles" is what a little boy does when he misses the toilet!!!!! at least that is what my Grand Ma said.... :-) xxx ps: I am new to your channel, but I think I love you already, You are very funny and almost British. But I lived in Canada for 8 months ( Belleville Ontario) and I would rather be there... :-)))))) xxxx
A few things things about Haribo: 1. They are as German as you can get (to whit: Haribo = HAns RIegel BOnn); 2. There are no better gummi sweets; 3. No artificial colours or flavourings. Not sure what they are doing in that box because when I came to the UK I had to wait 10 years before Haribos arrived. Also if it ain't black it ain't liquorice.
TOP TIP: You can prank the police by pouring your sherbert into a transparent plastic bag and "accidentally" dropping it in front of an officer ... then quickly pick it up and run away as fast as possible ... ... inevitably you'll get tackled and handcuffed. "I am arresting you on suspicion of possession of a Class A narcotic with intent to supply. You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you fail to mention something that you later rely on in court ..." "It's just sherbert!" The look on their face when they do that Hollywood cop thing - where they dip their finger in and taste it! HAHAHAHA! I'm sure they'll see the funny side :)
It's the 'bin men' outside.....:) Have you ever tried American Twinkies? I have and it is the most awful chemical toxic mix I have ever tried!. My son went on Holiday (or vacation) there and brought a box back. I tried half of one and chucked into the bin, along with all the others...........:)
What ever happened to sweet cigarettes? They were little cigarettes made out of candy for children who were too young to smoke real ones but wanted to practice. They came in a pack like real cigarettes too. Great days! PS. I like black licorice and can confirm that I'm quite old!
favourite sweets Fruit Salad, Sherbet but with the lolly think Dip Dap, refreshers, Drumsticks, I love the Jazzles and others. The Jazzles have an ice lolly the same with I think bubblegum underneath can't think of the name but they come in a Pink Box
White Mice is the best sweet you tried there. More Fruit Salads or Black Jacks!! You don't like Black Jacks...? Are we even international cousins lol? No eyeball bubble gum like the old days either here!! So many great sweets over the years, Strawberry Bonbons, Cola Cubes. Great for a Sugar Rush terrible for your teeth lol. Ohhh the Good Old Days!! Nostalgic hit here!!
Really enjoyed this one Allana and I was half expecting you to pull out the old 'Victory V' lozenges which I would have enjoyed your reaction to, but sadly they weren't there :-( You should try and find some for a future vid, along with some Horlicks pastels if they can still be found. We have an old fashioned style sweet shop in Leicester (which I can't remember the name of!) which still have all the sweets in big jars like the shops did when I was a kid. I bet they could put together a fantastic selection for you. Let me know if you want me to find out more details about the shop for you and I will get their details when I'm next in town. Anyway, enough waffling - great vid, keep smiling :-)
Blackjacks (with Golliwog logo) were a favourite of mine ! So much of these sweets were changed over the years ,even the ones that are still made are different now. Funny ,a variation on the Sherbert Dab , was a liquorice pipe , yes you filled the bowl with Sherbert ! Does anyone else remember a long multi coloured chew called "Splicer" ,mid to late 70's? It did exist , although most others I asked around my age (50) ,don't seem to remember it at all.
This reminded me of shrimps and the instruction at my local when getting a 20p mix up of "anything but shrimps". No 'Saddam's balls' gobstoppers? Retro and historical, nutritous and you learn a little something.Dip Dab?!
From a British/Australian point of view - Liquorice Comfits. The end. However, if you are freak try Dutch Dubbel Zout. Oh my lord. Great vid tho - makes me a *little* nostalgic for home.
Ohhh Alanna I'm just reading that Madonna has said " Canada is so boring I've offered to sublet my New York apartment to Harry and Meg".....go get her girl. Yeah and its Toffee not taffy...As you were.
What's your favourite classic sweet??
The old style Rolos when the toffee was harder. These days it’s caramel.
Sugar. Just sugar.
Sherbert lemons
Rhubarb and custards
Not had a chance to watch the vid yet but i hope you try Army & Navy.
The correct way to eat a Sherbet Fountain is to:
*Step 1.* Open it up and immediately throw away the licorice (or give it to the weird kid that likes it).
*Step 2.* Slowly tip the sherbet into your mouth, when no sherbet comes out, tip tube up further and give it a good tap.
*Step 3.* When the avalanche of sherbet hits the back of your throat, uncontrollably cough, covering all the surrounding area in a dusting of white powder. For bonus points, close your mouth when you cough, sending some of the sherbet up your nose, causing your nose to sting for several minutes.
Get out of my head!
Were you watching my childhood?
What the heck was that plastic thing? It used to be card and paper. Sometimes mistaken for a firework.........don’t ask.......
@@johnturner4400 it was far easier to break up the solidified sherbet when they were made from card. Never once thought of using the plastic top to hold the licorice stick, because I'm not dainty like Alanna 😂
David Powell
Exactly.
"I don't eat a lot of sweets"
Have you seen your channel?
I'd hardly call you a "foreigner" Alanna. You are a much treasured Canado-Brit who we welcome as our own!👍
You're very sweet!
Yes! You say sweets instead of candy, deffo british now
Alanna, what's this "cooch" you keep things under eh? :)
Hmm, I'm not sure she's fully integrated yet. She said sprinkles, not hundreds and thousands. We must cure her of these foreign ways.
@@AdventuresAndNaps Do you date Allanna?
Black Jack's and fruit salads love those sweets.
Fruit salads YES Blackjacks a firm NO but both were some of the cheapest sweets you could get in my youth :)
Robert Price
Yep, one farthing each.
@@georgeridewood9503 got change for a groat?
5 penneth worth when they were a 1/4 of a penny each
I love Black Jacks!
I love black liquorice. My favourite is Pomfret Cakes, originally made in Pontefract, Yorkshire, small cakes of black liquorice about 2cm in diameter. Yes I am old.
Freak 😂
Alot of these I've never come across and some of the better know sweets (eg Smarties) aren't included. One treat I really used to like was Flying Saucers (sherbet filled rice paper packets).
Dip dab has been in UK for decades.
An old friend has returned. Welcome back garbage truck. We’ve missed you. Where have you been?
It's a bin lorry!
😊
Where’s yer bin?
It’s “BIN” busy!
What a rubbish joke
The liquorice in the sherbet fountain was like a straw when I was a kid. You’d suck the sherbet up through the ‘straw’, cough and splutter and get sherbet up the nose. Hilarious when you’re 7. Can’t think why they made it a solid stick. 😩😋😝🤓
Its not a refuse lorry its a bin lorry, hence the Derbyshire saying. "Has bin man bin mam? reply, Dust mean dustman me duck?"
Its not a bin lorry its a dustcart 😁
@@Rogue66669 Yep, dustmen "on the dust" drive dustcarts!
New series idea 💡
I Can’t Film This:
Foreigner Tries Filming On British Bin Day!
*puts recycling box out on on non recycling pick up day* DIES OF SHAME.
As a Canadian, you're not a foreigner in Britain, you're family!
These aren't that retro as I don't recognise many of them and this video has made me feel old! Where are bonbons, iced caramels, Spanish Gold, shrimps, fruit salads, pear drops? Alanna, I feel as if I need to go to the shops and buy you a proper selection :)
My friend's mum had a post office and sweet shop, the kind where you weighed everything out from the jars and when I visited, she'd give me a bag and say 'fill it up' :)
You're not a foreigner - you're one of us now 😜
I've been telling her that for ages!
A fun video, especially seeing you taste the licorice based products - thanks! However, the company that produced that box of so-called (see where this is going?) 'retro' sweets need to be taken to the product description police! There was VERY little in that box that was genuinely retro British candy/sweets. And yeah, we had Hubba-Bubba.
Apparently most of the stuff I tried is somewhat new stuff, but there's older stuff in the box that I didn't try - they just didn't look that appetising!
The liquorice is for your dad. Everybody just eats the sherbet from the tube
Send me all unwanted black liquorice....I can't sit by and watch it go to waste. It's literally the best thing.
Yes, that’s what we did. Mainline the sherbet then eat the liquorice ice after.
iPhone added ‘ice’ there.
Or get a 5p lolly and substitute it for the liquorice
No no no. Throw away the sherbet and just rejoice in the liquorice.
Any other brits out there never heard of Hannah’s white mice?
I know the pick n mix mice but not that. Must be made up.
I can't ever remember white mice being a bar, they where mice, you could get pink ones too.
Pink sugar mice with a string tail. And little white chocolate mice, two for a penny.
HappyAitch No they were not a thing back in the day only the little ones were
But which colour bin day is it? (the struggle is real!!!) 🤔
How have I only ever heard of the Curly wurly, but the jazzes look like sweets I used to get in a pick n mix as a kid and I loved them as well as the white chocolatier ones 😋
Alanna, queen of the Canadians
Trish Stratus music hits.
'Bin Men' is what we call em.....not to say you can't have a 'Bin Woman', although i have never seen one.
Yeah, funny how equality works, isn't it. ;)
and they drive a "Dust Cart"
Bucket men or scaffies, that's what we call them up here.
There's one in Braintree Essex...
@@ajadrew One Bin man? For all of Braintree? He must be busy😳
Can we all now agree that Sherbet is officially to be renamed Fizzy Business. Thanks.
Don't think I've ever heard of that "Hannah's" brand before (and I'm old enough to like blackcurrant licorice sweets!), but looking at their website, it seems they make the kind of sweets that never came in packets, just on the pick 'n' mix counter, so we never knew who actually made them!
Whey-hey:D, this vid was a firkin treat! Congrats on Pouch I’m gonna give it ago for defo,
but why all that whey protein are your pumping iron? Tis a bin lorry btw. Oh I
love the moustache lol ;) 10/10 slightly late uploads!
What about sherbet lemons coconut mushrooms cough candy twists strawberry bon bons pear drop's
can anyone remember flying saucer's they're true retro sweets
Sherbet lemons developed those sharp edges I've cut my tongue so many times on them
Jazzles I loved them
I can't believe you don't like liquorice you heathen lol
I love black Jack's
Love your content keep it coming
Love from Plymouth
Had the biggest smile on my face for ages now. You are brilliant!
Funny… very funny lady…
Unfortunately most of those "classics" aren't even Classics, they are post 2010...Hannahs?...Harribo??? lol wine gums from UK are Maynards ;)
The sherbet fountain, nobody ate the liquorice...we threw that at our siblings :D
What you need is a Wham Bar, Coltsfoot rock, Parma Violets, UFO, ect.
Oh but I bet you liked the Curly wurly :D
I used to love the chewy bugs with a goo filling. They discontinued them though. Best thing is the Randoms but it's not the same.
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Original Curlywhirlies were brilliant they had real toffee in them. Soft in the summer brittle in the winter, then they were improved....
Alanna - as you were trying the Rainbow Drops, I was remembering how I used to LOVE them many, many years ago, and I was saying "YES, Girl - you'll love those!" How disappointed was I when you didn't like them? I can only say it must've been because they'd gone stale under your couch (sweets don't keep, you know! - especially if they're made from maize and rice!). Do me a favour - go out and buy some fresh ones! I'm sure you can still get them! They are "baby" sweeties and you should just love them! Nostalgia Heaven for me!
Never tried Hannah's Jazzles, but Hannah's Vajazzle is pretty good 🌚
bom tish. hes here all week folks..
Never heard of Hannah’s. what company are they???
If you are looking for a Sugar Rush Try Kendal Mint Cake I Dare You, However might need an appointment with the dentist
Oooh! Is it like an After 8? I love those.
@@AdventuresAndNaps Not Really It`s a Sugar and Peppermint bar about 4 inches log 2 inches wide and 1/2 think, It`s an Experience , The proper one is ROMNEY'S OF KENDAL Kendal Mint Cake it`s on Amazon
Firstly you need to be more hygienic and clean under your couch more regularly. I believe your boyfriend's body is under the couch as nobody has ever seen him.🤔🤔
I'm sure someone has mentioned this already but the sherbert thing you mentioned sounds like sherbert dib-dab which we have in the UK and is obviously 100x nicer than dipping liqourice in sherbert.
I'm not sure it is you know. The Dip Dab has a lolly, but there's another thing you can get which has a hard chalky candy stick and 2 or 3 different flavour pouches. Can't remember what it's called though.
@@mrmessy7334 I remember that too!
double dip is what you are referring to
you can see her slowly getting more high on sugar lol
High as a kite!
...and is being peeled off the ceiling as we speak...
Why is it that so many people dislike Black Liquorice? As an older Brit that was all you could get when I was young other than 'Shoelaces' which were Red Liquorice. Years ago the liquorice in the Sherbet Fountain was hollow. You bit the end off and sucked the Sherbet through the liquorice! Unfortunately if you sucked to hard you choked! The liquorice got blocked fairly quickly so we would eat the liquorice then tip the Sherbet straight into our mouths and eat it, cue much, much more choking!!! Happy days! Black Jacks, awesome. Oh, and Haribo is a German sweet company. They tried to get here in 1940, but had to wait a few more years before they succeeded! lol Now in my sixties I've never heard of half of those 'retro' sweets!
I think black liquorice is nostalgic for a lot of people since it was "all you could get when I was young" But if you didn't grow up with it, it's gross!
No Bar Six, no Spangles, no Poor Bens. Haribo is just edible plastic..
...and barely edible at that!
Bin lorry!
Bin waggon
Dustbin Lorry is correct.
Bin waggon. Lorry is for fancy people or southerners
old ppl call it a Dust Cart
Dust cart
There’s an outdoor museum on the way to Newcastle, called Beamish.
They sell a lot of really old school type of sweets, plus in the back of the shop, they demonstrate how boiled sweets are made.
The last time I went, they did rhubarb and custard, and the samples are freeeeeee.......
Wow! There were a few rhubarb and custard hard sweets in the box - wonder if those are basically the same as old-school shops?
Adventures and Naps The museum is based around Britain from the 1900’s to around the 1940’s.
It’s a sort of living museum, spread out like a small town.
The sweet shop tries to be as authentic as possible.
It was featured in an old Catherine Cookson TV series many years ago.
@@krazytroutcatcher Beamish is brilliant, got me some Pontefract Cakes in the sweetie shop :)
MsRiverdee I used to get Pontefract cakes for free.
My relatives both worked at Wilkinsons and Dunhills in Pontefract.
I still love 💕 them.
We would call that noisy vehicle a bin-lorry in my part of Scotland. Or a scaffy-wagon when I was wee. (Scaffies being the binmen and also street sweepers.)
Also, the correct way to eat a sherbet fountain is to throw the disgusting bit away and just pour the sweet goodness into your mouth. Not too much at a time though or your head might explode. You don't come to enjoy black liquorice with age- I'm ancient and can't abide the muck.
Pear drops, black jacks, cola cubes. they'll make your mouth sore if you eat too many. Not the black jacks, they'll make your tongue black.
They also made my poo black when I ate too many 😂😂
You're ideally supposed to use the licorice stick in the sherbet fountain as a straw, it's hollow and if you powder the sherbet you can suck up the sherbet through it; this sweetens the licorice and rounds out the flavor. But the licorice stick often gets blocked.
I couldn’t agree more BooBaddyBig, but sadly that’s a modern plastic wrapped version where the liquorice is solid.. they just ruin everything nowadays :-(
You’re eating the sherbet fountain wrong...you throw away the liquorice stick and just down the sherbet :-)
Thank you for subjecting yourself to tooth decay for our viewing pleasure...👍😊
Note to self, don't drink tea while watching her! "Am I pretty now?" nearly killed me.
I love how you say “byeee” 😂
Random,I know 🤷🏻♂️
I agree... it's great
Hi, Alanna, great video, it wouldn't be the same without the dustcart and the sun, you make them so entertaining. Your face is brilliantly expressive when you try new things. I've never heard of most of the sweets you tried, but I must admit I did used to like liquorice and blackcurrant, oh dear. I used to like the little chocolate drops with sprinkles as well although I didn't recognise their name. Another really fun video, I would encourage everyone to sponsor Alanna on Patreon she produces some great stuff on there as well. Looking forward to your next video soon.
Thanks so much Stephen, that's really kind of you!!
Sorry, Alanna - I'm back to my old tricks of revving my engine outside while you record A&N !
garbage trucks are called 'bin lorries' where I'm from.
I'm fairly old (55) and apart from the Blackjack, Curly Wurly and Sherbet Fountain I don't remember most of those sweets. Where are the Flying Saucer Sweets filled with sherbet, the Cola Cubes, Lemon Sherbets, Walnut Whips and Pineapple Cubes. I had to laugh when Alanna got distracted by the sweets at the start of the video and forgot to do the intro :-)
As it happens my Nan used to have a sweet shop just opposite St Dunstuns College in sunny south London where she used to sell even older versions of those things. I believe there's a hotel there now - it looks really naff. So it goes.
Sherbet fountains? When I was little I had two in one day. Bouncing off the walls all day turned into an spending half the evening on the toilet.
Magical times. More parents should fill up their kids with sugar.
Laughed so hard at the "bubbly" section I think I've hurt my side. You should try to find a selection of the old fashioned hard candies. Cola cubes, pineapple cubes and mint humbugs were my faves back in the plastocene era.
Ok ... haven't heard about most of these sweets and I'm 63. Must have been made c. 1920 and been under your "cowch" since then! 😩😉😂
You're reaction to anything licorice is priceless !"Oooh no thankyou" luv it ♡
1. They're called "Bin Men"
2. Sherbet fountain - take out the liquorice and throw it at a mate, then pour the sherbet in your gob. Now run round like a demon!!
3. Alana, you're thinning on top - Haha, made you look!!
Excellent as usual, and a sponsor - yay for you, well deserved..
2... Then get a Sherbet Dip Dab instead.
Dustmen, and its a dustcart
lol I've seen god knows how many sponsors on TH-cam over the years that I have promptly ignored and this is probably the first time a sponsor has peaked my interest.
Alanna have you ever tried 'Space Dust' ?
Ugh, popping candy?? I hate that stuff!
There was something my Nan used to eat in the early 1980's that kept crackling in her mouth, but they weren't in a packet like that, they used to be in the newsagents/sweet shop a couple of minutes from her house & looked more like jelly beans rather than boiled sweets. My mum refused to let me eat them. They also sold the Walls ice creams, but never had K9 from Doctor Who which is the one I really wanted-they released a book/list on them circa 1980-1982 that we used to drool over as kids, but half the damn things were never in the shops.
I have to eat them now because they've come out of the package - yeah right !!
You FORGOT that you had sweets in the house? What is wrong with you??
Hay, if you ever get the chance, may I suggest that you take a trip to the Black Country museum. They have a old sweet shop there and they sells all the old British sweets from the Victorian times, it's a really old school shop where all the sweets are in big jars all around the walls.
That sounds really cool, thanks so much for sharing!
@@AdventuresAndNaps it's unlike ant other museum, it's basically a small village where everyone is dressed in Victorian clothes, doing all the things people did back in the Victorian days, it's will most definitely be a memorable day out 😉
You can get old british sweets anywhere you dont have to travel there lol
Flying Saucers , Cola Cubes , Refreshers , Milk Bottles , Blackjacks were my favourites when I was young ......now I'm old its Ibrufen , Senatogen, Vitamin D and alcohol 😂
My teeth hurt just watching this....
I feel like Britain did a really good job with chocolate and sweet pastries/cakes but USA (apologies, I don't really know what sweets they have in Cananda) did WAY better in the sweets/candy department. The sweets in the UK are basically boiled sweets, gummies, and liquorice. We excel with chocolate (cadburies) and pies and cakes, but our sweets suck. Whethers Originals is pretty much the only good boiled sweet, and fudge is PHENOMENAL, but the rest I can barely stand. Hate liquorice. I hate it with a passion. I could eat American candy 'til the cows come home though. Bloody love it.
I agree! The UK has far superior chocolate/cakes/pies/pastries, etc but the sweets are weird. Lots of old stuff, like you said, that's just boiled sweets and weird gummies.
Werthers Originals are German...
@@jerry2357 ya know, now that I see it spelled correctly that makes sense
I guess we just have fudge then
Nice video Alanna. Your ranking system is the best! 🙂
Thank you!!
Great vid you brought a smile to my face....retro sweets but I've not heard of some of them...well it's so cold here when you milk the cows you get ice cream...only one thing left to say...DIB DAB....sweet stick in sherbet in packet....great vid cant wait for the next one.
"Garbage day!!" Like if you get the reference lol
Do you have some bon bons? I used to love those as a kid. 😊
Which kind? Lemon (or strawberry) bon bons which are round and hard and covered in tangy icing sugar, or the oblong boiled sweets in various flavours with liquid centres?
@@EASYTIGER10 the round ones with icing sugar.
@@MoviesNGames007uk I like them! The lemon ones preferably.
@@EASYTIGER10 boiled with liquid center? Never seen them.
Didn't they used to come in tins? Very tasty.
Haribo is NOT British...and certainly didn't exist in the days of "Classic" British sweets.
Hannah's Jazzles are ok....but her vajazzles would be much more tempting !!!! LOL :)
Like the moustache in the thumbnail - reminds me of my ex-girlfriend!
I don't know about everyone else that Tash is really Doing for me
I suppose there is no point in suggesting you try liquorice root.
Literally dried lengths of root from the liquorice plant that were chewed to release the sweet flavour.
I think I'd rathe die
@@AdventuresAndNaps .
I've always been very fond of liquorice in all its forms. Perhaps it's like Marmite, a love/hate thing. I did however, have some liquorice based sweets from Germany and I found some of them disgusting.
You must have bought the junk "retro" sweet bundle! This stuff wasn't even nice back in the day! :D
My nan had that sweet jar too. Once I'd fished out all the Cadbury's chocolate eclairs, I lost interest.
Old sweets of this country! Now there's a subject that could last a while! Cap'n fizzy, Texan bars, Ipso, Superbazooka, Orkney Fudge, Hellas bars, Cabana bars, Cadbury's Milk Tray Bars, Spangles. Just off the top of my head quickly, and that's without old crisps, drinks or sweet freezer treats! My folks had sweet shops when I was a kid, it was bloody great! Lovely video Alanna, lots of fun as ever and a couple of hilarious reactions to what you were trying out! 😊
I don't think anyone ever used the liquorice stick - chuck that in the bin and just chug the sherbert powder!
I'm getting flashbacks to my school days, Where I was fueled by sweets like sherbert fountains and lemon drops. Luckily I still have all my own teeth after such punishment. I don't think I could handle the sugar rush nowadays. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Thanks for watching!!
Weird, I'm nearly 60 yrs old, English and a sugar/sweets addict and I've literally only heard of about 5 items in that box. Whoever put it together wasn't English.
You can't trust Amazon. A lot of them weren't classic retro British sweets. Who's Hannah? No idea.
Black Jack > Fruit Salad!
Come at me.
I'd rather die
That's a tough one
Those Anglo Bubblys were 1/2 pence each when I was a kid. I got 50p pocket money, bought a 100 and, yes, got all 100 in my mouth (for a short time)! And Black Jacks are the best.
Are you pretty now? YES. You are, you always were, and you always will be.
AYE UP DUCK..BIN LORRY DAY,GUTTED FOR YOU........ON THE BRIGHT SIDE,THEY MIGHT NOT COME FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS....PS..THANKS FOR THE POUCH LINK,CHEERS DUCK..P.P.S....TRY EATING TOASTED CRUMPETS SOAKED IN BUTTER.P.P.P.S......HANNAHS JAZZLES.LMFAO.HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
its got to be rhubarb and custard they are the best classic sweets
Those were in the box, too!
To some of us these aren't yet old enough to be called retro or vintage they are still quite new.
Now that's when you know your old 🧓
Hey Alanna.Ever thought of doing stand up.?A whole lotta people would love your style and humour.I can see you packing theatres. Seriously. Here's a joke to start you off."I can see you on stage,Alanna
". " Oh really.?". "Yeah,sweeping it.!"Stand up.Bad phrase.You could have your own show though and it wouldn't be just Brits who'd like you.What's all this to do with sweets.Sherbet limes,sherbet lemons.Don't eat a Caramac,you will never be the same again.Shame you hate black liquorice, or I'd recommend liquorice torpedoes. Know what you mean though with red liquorice, it's nice.Theres a company called A quarter of....they deal 100% in British sweets.....Coca cola bottles,y' know those little gummy things.....
I remember white-mice (as in the sweets), but not as bars. I remember them as little mouse-shaped things. They were white chocolate though. Also, you're saying you have an adventure with eating lots of new sweets... and then you need a nap? If only you could've thought of a way to work that notion into your channel name.
Oh gods, blackcurrant and liquorice? that's... just... leave that. Save it for an elderly person.
How dare you say that about Haribo! I suspect you'd need to eat all of them to find why they're called 'roulette'. possibly. Though would you want there to be one purposely unpleasant one? It'd make the name make sense. But then you'd have eaten a really gross sweet. Why? Just give me the star-mix.
Sherbet fountain... probably the less unpleasant way to consume liquorice. Sherbet Dib-Dabs btw is the sugar-off-of-sugar thing Used to like those. Also, I've been spelling sherbet wrong all these years.. I thought it was sherbert. Huh. Also, yeah... I guess people used to like liquorice. I dunno. Don't like it either.
Ok, Rainbow drops are the best. Or... they were when I was like 6. Not had any for yeeeeears. They were also like 10p a pack.
The cheekiest chew bar? I mean... I guess it's difficult to argue.. what makes a chew bar 'cheeky'? So... it's a chewy bar of Lilt? I'd rather just have a can of Lilt I think. .. also, I haven't had Lilt for ages either.
Alanna: "What's a whistle?" It's a whistle. You blow into it and it whistles.
Ok, what alternate reality is this? They were always Jazzies! Unless one is an off-brand version of the other. I remember then having the sprinkles being on top. Agreed though, they are awesome!
Don't eat the blackjack! They're gross!
Oh, the double-dip that's what you were talking about before!
Wow I remember those bubble-gums They were 2p at the pic'n'mix section in the newsagents. Hubba Bubba's way better, but for 2p, they're good value when you're like 12. Also, in its defence, does it say what it blows bigger bubbles than? better bubble gum? no. Than say... some fried cod? absolutely!
Why I did this like this, I've no idea. The video's several months old. you were still in England. You could still go outside and do that thing where you're with other people.
"Sprinkles" is what a little boy does when he misses the toilet!!!!! at least that is what my Grand Ma said.... :-) xxx ps: I am new to your channel, but I think I love you already, You are very funny and almost British. But I lived in Canada for 8 months ( Belleville Ontario) and I would rather be there... :-)))))) xxxx
A few things things about Haribo:
1. They are as German as you can get (to whit: Haribo = HAns RIegel BOnn);
2. There are no better gummi sweets;
3. No artificial colours or flavourings.
Not sure what they are doing in that box because when I came to the UK I had to wait 10 years before Haribos arrived.
Also if it ain't black it ain't liquorice.
TOP TIP:
You can prank the police by pouring your sherbert into a transparent plastic bag and "accidentally" dropping it in front of an officer ... then quickly pick it up and run away as fast as possible ...
... inevitably you'll get tackled and handcuffed.
"I am arresting you on suspicion of possession of a Class A narcotic with intent to supply. You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you fail to mention something that you later rely on in court ..."
"It's just sherbert!"
The look on their face when they do that Hollywood cop thing - where they dip their finger in and taste it!
HAHAHAHA!
I'm sure they'll see the funny side :)
It's the 'bin men' outside.....:)
Have you ever tried American Twinkies?
I have and it is the most awful chemical toxic mix I have ever tried!.
My son went on Holiday (or vacation) there and brought a box back.
I tried half of one and chucked into the bin, along with all the others...........:)
Needs Uncle Joe's.
Proper old sweet (not 'retro', that's for gaming).
What ever happened to sweet cigarettes? They were little cigarettes made out of candy for children who were too young to smoke real ones but wanted to practice. They came in a pack like real cigarettes too. Great days! PS. I like black licorice and can confirm that I'm quite old!
You used to get ones made of chocolate with paper wrappers. Can occasionally find the white candy sticks.
@@agwtaw2 oh god yes they were great too. Thanks for reminding me 😀
There was also fake tobacco strands that were great...came in a pouch just like the real stuff..
They were a dry crumbly candy if I remember. Like those mints that melt in your mouth.
@@susie2251 yeah that's right and they had a red tip so they looked like they were lit. I remember thinking how cool I looked 'smoking' them 😂
favourite sweets Fruit Salad, Sherbet but with the lolly think Dip Dap, refreshers, Drumsticks, I love the Jazzles and others. The Jazzles have an ice lolly the same with I think bubblegum underneath can't think of the name but they come in a Pink Box
White Mice is the best sweet you tried there. More Fruit Salads or Black Jacks!! You don't like Black Jacks...? Are we even international cousins lol? No eyeball bubble gum like the old days either here!! So many great sweets over the years, Strawberry Bonbons, Cola Cubes. Great for a Sugar Rush terrible for your teeth lol. Ohhh the Good Old Days!! Nostalgic hit here!!
Really enjoyed this one Allana and I was half expecting you to pull out the old 'Victory V' lozenges which I would have enjoyed your reaction to, but sadly they weren't there :-( You should try and find some for a future vid, along with some Horlicks pastels if they can still be found. We have an old fashioned style sweet shop in Leicester (which I can't remember the name of!) which still have all the sweets in big jars like the shops did when I was a kid. I bet they could put together a fantastic selection for you. Let me know if you want me to find out more details about the shop for you and I will get their details when I'm next in town. Anyway, enough waffling - great vid, keep smiling :-)
Blackjacks (with Golliwog logo) were a favourite of mine ! So much of these sweets were changed over the years ,even the ones that are still made are different now. Funny ,a variation on the Sherbert Dab , was a liquorice pipe , yes you filled the bowl with Sherbert ! Does anyone else remember a long multi coloured chew called "Splicer" ,mid to late 70's? It did exist , although most others I asked around my age (50) ,don't seem to remember it at all.
This reminded me of shrimps and the instruction at my local when getting a 20p mix up of "anything but shrimps". No 'Saddam's balls' gobstoppers? Retro and historical, nutritous and you learn a little something.Dip Dab?!
From a British/Australian point of view - Liquorice Comfits. The end. However, if you are freak try Dutch Dubbel Zout. Oh my lord. Great vid tho - makes me a *little* nostalgic for home.
Ohhh Alanna I'm just reading that Madonna has said " Canada is so boring I've offered to sublet my New York apartment to Harry and Meg".....go get her girl. Yeah and its Toffee not taffy...As you were.