These iconic Kiwi snacks have been missing from our shelves for a number of years. Photo / Pascall / Bluebird / Twitter
These iconic Kiwi snacks have been missing from our shelves for a number of years. Photo / Pascall / Bluebird / Twitter
From the 1950s through to the late 2000s, Kiwis were treated to a range of delicious chips and lollies.
While we still have plenty of goodies such as Pineapple Lumps, Caramilk and Munchos, a number of New Zealand's iconic snacks have disappeared from shop shelves.
Now, going to the moviesor having sleepovers just isn't the same.
From Tangy Fruits to CCs Corn Chips, here's a roundup of classic Kiwiana snacks that should be brought back from extinction.
A Kiwi also started a petition to bring the Snifter back, but the demands fell on deaf ears.
Tangy Fruits:
Tangy Fruits were small edible fruit flavoured round candies, often sold in New Zealand at movie theatres. Photo / Twitter
Tangy Fruits were small, round, fruit-flavoured candies, often sold at movie theatres.
They were damn tasty but often used to throw at friends during your cinema outing.
Tangy Fruits rarely lasted a whole film and were considered perfect for the movies since there was no disturbing rustling sound to worry about when one reached for a second helping.
Production ceased in 2008, again due to a lack of consumer demand.
Ex-pats were furious with one person saying in 2009: "What! The end of Tangy Fruits? As an ex-pat Kiwi what I am going to feed my kids when I come home? I'd like to be able to say 'this is what real lollies are like - not that rubbish you get in Australia'."
RIP the Tangy Fruit.
Peach Fruit Burst:
Goodbye my lover. Goodbye my friend. You have been the one, you have been the one for me. Where did the peach Fruit Bursts go? Photo / Instagram
If peach wasn't your favourite flavour, you're probably lying.
But more than six years ago Fruit Bursts made the decision to ditch the arguably most popular flavour from its range.
Why? We don't know. But tens of thousands of people have thrown their support behind the 'bring back peach Fruit Bursts' campaign.
Shoppers were so loyal to the mighty peach that some admitted to doing away with Fruit Bursts after shunning the fruity delicacy.
"I stopped buying them after they did away with the peach ones. It boggles my mind why the company would choose to get rid of the very best tasting one," one disgruntled customer said.
BRING IT BACK!
Sparkles:
Two weathered packs of 'vintage' orange Sparkles were auctioned on Trade Me back in 2016. Photo / Trade Me
Considered one of the "big three" along with Snifters and Tangy Fruits, Sparkles faced the chop in 2008 due to lack of consumer demand.
But that didn't stop Kiwis expressing their anger.
In 2016 a Trade Me user auctioned off two packets of orange Pascall Sparkles.
For what used to be the cheapest item at the local dairy, the bidding started at $10 per pack.
The black market of classic Kiwi candy has come to Trade Me in the past: In 2008, 20 packets of Sparkles were sold for over $50 each.
Toppa Strawberry Ice Cream:
Toppa ice cream made a reappearance in 2014 for a limited time only. Photo / Tip Top
The vanilla ice cream coated in a strawberry shell was a strong Kiwi favourite during summer time.
The humble Toppa was launched in the 1950s and was a mainstay in the New Zealand market until the 2000s before it disappeared.
The strawberry favourite made a return to stores in 2014 for just a limited time before the classic ice cream was withdrawn from dairies.
Upon its return the taste was slightly different after being made without artificial colours and flavours and with natural alternatives. This was after Tip Top's announcement in July 2013 to use only natural colours and flavours by January of the next year.
With summer baking our skins and drying our mouths, many of us could do with a classic Toppa right now!
Dessertalicious Ice Cream:
Remember the Dessertalicious?
Tip Top's Dessertalicious ice-cream was a popular treat back in the day.
It's honey-comb ice-cream, chocolate mousse and sponge filling was a favourite for many Kiwis. But it suddenly disappeared.
After a few years in the wilderness and a campaign by fans to bring it back, Tip Top teased us with an announcement in 2017.
"The reason we haven't been able to bring it back to date is that we don't have the machine that makes this amazing creation anymore and it's quite a specific one.
"We want you to know though, that it is still very much in our thoughts and we are always looking at ways we can get around it and bring back this much-loved flavour, or deliver something even more mind-blowing with our current set up."
While chocolate lovers settled for the change, just weeks ago Cadbury decided to can the popular treat entirely, leaving fans outraged.
It's time to do us a solid, Cadbury, and bring the original strawberry rose back!
Dunking your delicious kangaroo biscuits in chocolaty, refined sugary goop was considered a perfectly acceptable lunch time snack. Those were the days.
DunkAroos:
What wasn't fun about these little snack packs?
If you didn't finish the delicious hazelnut chocolate cream on your biscuits, you'd find your fingers covered in the sticky goodness in an attempt eat every last drop.
The iconic snack was popular in the school lunchbox and was often a bargaining chip in the playground.
