Faves We Must Save

EYE RECKON FAVES WE MUST SAVE the THE STOLEN ICONS OF GENERATIONS PAST ARE WORTH WAFFLING ON ABOUT SLOW WORDS: SIAN JEFFRIES FACE ood news, friends. SPEARMINT LEAVES The Polly Waffle is back. Mmmmmmm. Mint leaves. In 2016, the G It’s been 10 years since the iconic distressing global news broke that lolly candy bar graced Australian shelves. manufacturer Allen’s was ceasing production LIFT Devoted fans of the choccy-coated wafer of its Spearmint Leaves and simultaneously and marshmallow treat have been baying for stealing our chance to sporadically re-live the its return ever since. flavours of our childhoods. Thank goodness There was cause for much celebration this Chicos, Pineapples, Jaffas, Fantales and week when Robern Menz, the same company Freckles live on. that last year revived the Violet Crumble, CADBURY MARBLE announced it would take ownership of the Despite a 10,000-strong online fan group famous recipe under an agreement with food bellowing for the blood of the executive who Age doesn't have to production giant Nestle. knocked their “all-time favourite” chocolate The Polly Waffle was created in on the head, we’re still mourning the loss of look the way it's used to. Melbourne in 1947 and Cadbury Marble. I’m not later manufactured by part of any chocolate-based Nestle until it was fan clubs (yet), but I’d It's more subtle. More gradual. discontinued in 2009. definitely love to see the The news got me THE SHIRTS marbled swirls of milk and thinking about a few CHANGED COLOUR white chocolate return. other iconic treats that WITH THE HEAT AND TOOBS REGEN PLATELET RICH PLASMA seem to have been MIA WERE UBER COOL IN Another ’90s state school for a while, or are just THE MID-90S tuckshop staple, Toobs IS A VERSATILE TREATMENT USED TO harder to find these days, were first created in 1954 by and are probably due for Albert Cranum and later FACILITATE HEALING AND MANAGE a major comeback. owned by The Smith’s BURGERMAN CHIPS Snackfood Company. The company stopped These human-shaped snacks were a staple at making Toobs in 2015, citing poor consumer AGEING WITH MINIMAL EFFORT. school tuckshops in the 1990s. You could get demand. your mitts on a packet of these sauce- WHITE KNIGHT flavoured chips for a couple of silver coins I’ve never eaten one of these, but I do recall Prevent, Rejuvenate, Protect. and their crispy texture was super addictive. I their distinct blue and white packaging. Since saw an online petition late last year asking the Great Polly Waffle Announcement of Snackfood Co to bring them back, but I 2019 this week, a lot of people have been haven’t seen them at the shops yet. calling for the return of this old favourite, too. MILO BAR There were around in the ’80s and are a I loved the original Nestle Milo Bar, but I chocolate-coated, chewy, mint-flavoured haven’t seen them on supermarket shelves confectionery bar. Bring ’em back, too. for yonks. It was basically just a heap of Milo HYPERCOLOR SHIRTS compacted into a rectangle and coated in These aren’t a candy bar – but it would’ve chocolate and the next best thing to eating been a real treat for me to get my mitts on Milo with a spoon straight from the tin. one of these as a 10-year-old kid. The shirts ROLO changed colour with the heat and were uber Do you love anyone enough to give them cool in the mid-’90s. Mum always said they your last Rolo? That was the slogan for Rolo were too expensive, but now I have a job, I chocolates between 1980 and 2003, when wish they’d bring them back so I could finally they were sold in a tube. It’s not easy to get own one. your hands on a pack anymore, although Which other old favourites should we be there have been plenty of reincarnations of bringing back? this Nestle favourite, including block 4053 3021 chocolate, ice cream and Easter eggs. [email protected] www.facetodaycairns.com.au V1 - CTME01Z01MA.

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