SURE, WE’RE ALL about gluten free and paleo and brunching these days, but remember when the foodstuffs you dearly craved were gelatinous and covered in sugar?

That time when your palate was less refined, and all the better for it.

1. Cadet

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2. Banshee Bones

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3. Angel Delight

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4. Desperate Dan Bars

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5. Billy Roll

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6. Woppa Bars

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7. Bullseyes

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8. Meanies

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9. Macaroon Bars

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10. Fruit Salad

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11. Frosties

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12. Burger Bites

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13. Mint Feasts

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14. Pink wafers

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15. Milky Moo Mints

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16. Smileys

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17. Kimberley biscuits

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18. Cidona

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19. Catch bars

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20. Rhubarb and custard

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21. Rancheros

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Of course, there are many, many more -

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