Star Bar

What is it?  
Milk chocolate bar with a caramel and peanut centre.

What's it made of?
Caramel (34%) (glucose syrup, hydrogenated vegetable oil, sugar, dried skimmed milk, glycerol, emulsifier (E471), flavouring), milk chocolate (milk, sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fat, emulsifier (E442), flavourings), peanuts (20%), hydrogenated vegetable oil, dried whey, crisp rice (rice, sugar, wheat gluten, malt extract, dried whey, salt), sugar, glucose syrup, emulsifier (soya lecithin), flavourings, salt.

What do I need to know?
Made by Cadbury Ireland, Star Bar's are suitable for vegetarians. In Canada this product is sold under the name Cadbury's Wunderbar.

Do you remember?
In the Mid 1970s Star Bar's used to be called 'Nunch'. It was rebranded to 'Nudge' in the 1980s and then briefly became 'Peanut Boost', only to return later to 'Star Bar'. Whilst called 'Nunch' the bar featured in a famous television advert where an exotic dark-haired woman was seen walking alongside a white horse that was pulling a barge down a canal.

Drifter

What is it?  
Crispy wafer dipped in chewy caramel and covered in real milk chocolate

What's it made of?
Milk chocolate (sugar, cocoa butter, cocoa mass, dried skimmed milk, whey powder, butterfat, vegetable fat, lactose, emulsifier (soya lecithin), flavouring), wheat flour, glucose-fructose syrup, vegetable fat, glucose syrup, sugar, sweetened condensed milk, cocoa mass, salt, yeast, raising agent (sodium bicarbonate), flavourings, calcium sulphate, treacle.

What do I need to know?
Launched in 1980 Drifter is made by Nestlé.

Do you remember?
The famous television advertising slogan 'the chewy chocolate bar that you really have to get your teeth into'.

Fry's Chocolate Cream

What is it?  
Dark chocolate bar filled with a white fondant centre

What's it made of?
Chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fat, emulsifiers (soya lecithin, E476), centre (54%) (sugar, glucose syrup, glycerol, flavourings).

What do I need to know?
Launched in 1866 Fry's Chocolate Cream is one of the oldest chocolate bars in the world. Made initially by J. S. Fry & Sons it is now manufactured by Cadbury's and is available in plain, peppermint and orange flavours. This product is suitable for vegetarians however it may contain traces of nut and milk.

In some parts of West Scotland a Fry's Cream sandwich is especially popular. This is made by chopping the bar into small pieces and placing them between two slices of buttered bread.

Do you remember?
There used to be a version known as 'five boys', and later 'five centre', which contained five different flavours of fondant. Unfortunately this is no longer available though.

Caramac

What is it?  
A unique pale coloured caramel flavoured white chocolate bar that's not really caramel and not really chocolate!

What's it made of?

Vegetable fat, sugar, lactose, sweetened condensed skim milk, skimmed milk powder, butter, emulsifier (soya lecithin), treacle, salt, flavouring.

What do I need to know?
Manufactured by Nestlé this product has been made in Fawdon, Tyneside since 1959. Up until it closed in 1996 it was also made at a factory in Norwich. There is some debate as to whether or not this should be categorised as chocolate because despite looking like a normal chocolate bar it contains no cocoa. The product is gluten free, egg free and suitable for vegetarians.

Do you remember?
The television advert song 'I've got 5p, what can you buy for 5p, you can buy a Caramac bar, there's some for you, and you, and me. We never knew 5p went so far!'

Fry's Orange Cream

What is it?
Dark chocolate bar with orange fondant centre

What's it made of?
Chocolate (sugar, cocoa mass, cocoa butter, vegetable fat, emulsifiers (soya lecithin, E476)), Centre (54%) (sugar, glucose syrup, glycerol, flavouring, citric acid, colour (E106e).

What do I need to know?
Launched in 1866 Fry's Chocolate Cream is one of the oldest chocolate bars in the world. Made initially by J. S. Fry & Sons it is now manufactured by Cadbury's and is available in plain, peppermint and orange flavours. This product is suitable for vegetarians however it may contain traces of nut and milk.

In some parts of West Scotland a Fry's Cream sandwich is especially popular. This is made by chopping the bar into small pieces and placing them between two slices of buttered bread.

Do you remember?
There used to be a version known as 'five boys', and later 'five centre', which contained five different flavours of fondant. Unfortunately this is no longer available though.