Post by: oldspice on April 27, 2007, 07:41:09 am
Could somone help me clear up a confusion?
At work we were discussing old bars and Roger, the grandfather of our office, was talking about Nutty, an old bar from the 60s that had peanuts and chocolate in.
Cheryl, not the office baby, but almost, insisted that Nutty was actually around in the 80s and was a fudge bar covered in peanuts with no chocolate.
I contend they are different bars and that the 80s bar Cheryl is thinking of was a Nudge Bar (nut + fudge = Nudge). As far as I remember, Nudge was a chewy fudge sausage with a think layer of nuts clinging to it. The Nutty bar died out long ago and I can barely remember it.
Any help?
Post by: StarSparkle on April 27, 2007, 04:08:29 pm
i read a couple of things about nutty bar being fudge coverd in nuts but i have to say i dont remember it myself. Sounds a bit like a payday bar.
Nunch (became Nudge) - Peanut butter chocolatey thing, now Starbar and/or Peanut Boost. acording to one site.
sorry i cant help more
Post by: oldspice on April 27, 2007, 09:13:56 pm
One nutty thing I do remember from long ago is a ring-shaped nut thing with a hole in the middle in a dark celophane wrapper. Ring any bells?
Post by: smurfboy on April 27, 2007, 09:42:48 pm
Quote from: StarSparkle
i read a couple of things about nutty bar being fudge coverd in nuts but i have to say i dont remember it myself. Sounds a bit like a payday bar.
Nunch (became Nudge) - Peanut butter chocolatey thing, now Starbar and/or Peanut Boost. acording to one site.
sorry i cant help more
Well Peanut Boost was discontinued years ago, and the current Star Bar is a mix of that and a Biscuit Boost, so I don't think that's right.
Post by: goldencup on April 28, 2007, 02:20:40 pm
Post by: oldspice on April 29, 2007, 09:16:32 am
Post by: goldencup on April 29, 2007, 11:51:52 am
Nunch (became Nudge) - Peanut butter chocolatey thing, now Starbar and/or Peanut Boost.
Nutty - 'The peanut-covered turd' simlar to Picnic, but came in a sort of brown-tinted transparent wrapper. Ads by Kenny Everett displayed an odd grasp of the laws of physics - "Rowntree's Nutty has so many nutty bits, it won't stand up on its end!"
I'm sure I've found a pic of the wrapper before but can't find it now.
Post by: oldspice on April 29, 2007, 01:14:44 pm
The fudge, peanut covered bar definitely did not have peanut butter in it and I am sure the wrapper was orange or yellow.
Post by: lorri on April 29, 2007, 10:32:30 pm
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taken from a list of 18 most missed sweets from the guardian.
if you want to see whole list http://www.guardian.co.uk/weekend/story/0,,1416989,00.html
it bought back memories and made my mouth water 
Post by: oldspice on April 30, 2007, 07:55:25 am
Their description of Nutty has confused the two bars. The 80s version did not have a brwon see-through wrapper - that's the old 60s chocolate one!
Thanks for trying though Lorri.
Post by: goldencup on April 30, 2007, 08:55:28 am
Post by: smurfboy on April 30, 2007, 02:50:06 pm
Quote from: oldspice
Well, someone there got their research wrong because they claim Aztec is a 'non-chocolate bar of fudge with peanuts clinging to it'. Surely there's someone at The Guardian old enough to remember the REAL Aztec bar?
What was a real Aztec bar like?
Post by: oldspice on April 30, 2007, 05:38:40 pm
I bet that 80s bar did have a see-through brown celophane wrapper and did have nuts on the outside with fudge inside but i am sure it was not called Nutty. If it was, there were definitely TWO bars - one in the 60s with chocolate and one in the 80s without!
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