Growing up in Sunderland: The retro chocolate bars you remember buying with your pocket money

Now a paper shop staple, the sticky sweet treat is a top choice for many when they’re after a chocolate fix. These days it’s the perfect companion to a cuppa, but, what was your go-to back in the day?

It was a lucky time indeed when some pocket money landed in your hand and when you were little, if often meant one thing – sweets! In this month’s Wearside Echoes newsletter – which you can sign up for on our website here, it’s free – it’s a sweet treats special as we talk about what your favourite bottle of fizzy from the pop man (were you sasp, or D&B?)

And we also wanted to know the first chocolate bar you can remember parting ways with your pocket money for – and there are some really classics in the discussion. What we wouldn’t give to bring some of them back!

See how many of these retro chocolate bars you would love to see back on the shelves.

Spending a penny

Sean Johnson: “Caramac I think.”

Veronica Knowles: “Probably a penny (1d) bar of Cadbury’s milk chocolate.”

Mary Donnelly: “5 Boys.”

Reginald John Hewins: “2oz of pineapple chunks 3d.”

John Mitchell: “Five bars of Cadbury’s Dairy Milk for 2/6d.”

Spoilt for choice

Remember when you got such a variety of fillings in ONE bar of chocolate?

Caramel, coconut and lime – all in that one Milk Tray Bar! Honourable mention, too, for the Fry’s Five Centres which offered a great selection of fondant flavours in the middle.

Edward Brannigan: “Bar of Milk Tray.”

Jean Davis: “Bar of Six, lush.”

Shirli Traynor: “Bars of Milk Tray.”

Can’t beat a classic

Michael Hol: “The Texan bar.”

Bette Dransfield: “Golden Cup.”

Maria Jefferson: “Crunchie.”

Dianne Hunt: “Lion Bar.”

Karen Anderson: “Finger of fudge . Still lovely.”

Stephen Clinton: “Either Curly Wurly or Maltesers.”

Lilian Loraine: “Mars Bar.”

Robert Thompson: “Nux Bar.”