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General Category => Old Products => Topic started by: woky on October 08, 2006, 12:05:36 am

Title: Wrecking my brain!
Post by: woky on October 08, 2006, 12:05:36 am

Hi its probably been on this forum before but its wrecking my brain! Does anyone remember goldencup bars? Goldencup a member of this forum i was hoping at least could you help me!?!? they were really nice and i normally wouldnt bother searching so much but im desperately trying to prove my bf wrong as he thinks there was no such thing! please someone help me! i would really love it if there were some online pix of wrappers or who even made it!


Cheers

Title: Wrecking my brain!
Post by: goldencup on October 08, 2006, 12:19:12 am
Hi Woky - welcome to the forum!  Golden Cups were made by Mackintosh - later Rowntree Mackintosh.  They were available as both a small dome-shaped bar or as a larger conventional bar in squares.  Both consisted of delicious soft toffee covered in chocolate.  Don't know of any pictures of wrappers though!
Title: Wrecking my brain!
Post by: goldencup on October 08, 2006, 12:23:34 am

And here's an extract from the 'History of Rowntree' on the Nestle website but it doesn't say very much.


  • 1967 - Golden Cup is introduced.
  • 1968 - Matchmakers is introduced.
  • 1969 - Rowntree & Co Ltd and John Mackintosh & Sons Ltd become Rowntree Mackintosh Ltd.
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    Post by: smurfboy on October 08, 2006, 03:34:03 pm
    We think it died out in around 1991 when Nestle took over Rowntree.
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    Post by: Freddie on October 21, 2006, 04:19:47 pm

    that's a shame..Goldencup used to be a favourite of mine..


    wasn't the wrapper gold colored foil with brown writing..bordered with red ?

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    Post by: smurfboy on October 21, 2006, 07:16:25 pm
    I think so.
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    Post by: on October 22, 2006, 09:03:37 am
    I think they were around since 1991.
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    Post by: andrew1971 on October 27, 2006, 03:29:37 pm
    I thought they were still around? Funny when you're mind remembers something
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    Post by: DrewsMilitia on May 02, 2007, 11:47:25 pm
    The smaller ' Dog Bone ' shaped bar was far preferable to the chunkier 'Standard' type one.
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    Post by: goldencup on May 03, 2007, 01:28:56 am
    Quote from: DrewsMilitia
    The smaller ' Dog Bone ' shaped bar was far preferable to the chunkier 'Standard' type one.

     

    I always thought the same.  And sadly they died out first! 
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    Post by: oldspice on May 03, 2007, 07:55:20 am
    God yes, those little bars were heaven!
     

    Of course, Makintosh also made Toffee Crisp and Caramac. Both of these are still around but neither taste anything like their originals from the 60s and 70s.