I Googled and found that Poundland sells it - annoyingly I was next door in Hobbycraft yesterday, before I read this thread! I see another trip coming up, haha!
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I still love Lolly Gobble Bliss Bombs though I don’t buy them too often. They just melt in your mouth.
But I am even fonder of Violet Crumble another Aussie treat that has come home. So much nicer and crunchier than a Crunchie bar
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I remember sweet cigarettes, they tasted vaguely of chalk and the tips were dyed red.
There was a little plastic cigarette holder taped to the side of the box so that you could pretend to smoke before you scoffed your fags.
I doubt very much that the sweetie shops still sell them!
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I think there are things called candy sticks, which are the sweet cigarettes without the red tip! At least, they used to be available for a long while after it was considered unsuitable to sell children sweet cigarettes - they may not still be around.
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I used to be a sweetie monster as a kid and remember quite a few of the aforementioned brands. One that comes to mind though is American Hard Gums. I loved those, are they still available?
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Oh yes …I binged out on a packet only yesterday 
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They still sell candy cigarettes but they’re not quite the same.
Ah, gum drops. From Amazon UK
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Okaaay…if you say so! 
Well excuse me I’m sure!
We all have our little indulgences.
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Oh, of course…mine are little too. A little too many… boom boom 
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sherbet flying saucers are still available.
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Oh I loved them…please don’t tempt me because they’ll be in my basket before you know it
glances down
Oh now, would you look at that! 
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Liquorice Roots, Tiger Nuts, Invalid Toffee, Bull’s Eyes and Coconut Ice !
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got a bag of blackjack from a local farm shop
Oh yes, lovely fizzy spangles! Fruit pastilles, fizzy coca cola jellies, pear drops, I was a sweet freak, I’m sure I ate too many as a youngster, especially lollypops. I loved Bazooka Joe bubble gum too. I went to the dentist a lot, in fact it was a real trauma for me and I still have a dentist phobia! 
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Ah!
Bazooka Joe, grief that stuff could give your jaw a serious workout! Yes I was pretty much hooked on everything in your retro confectionary list. We mustn’t forget those lemon sherbet sweets, they were hard and crunchy on the outside, when you got through the shell there was an eye wateringly sour helping of sherbet 
But yes, I take your point, my dentist and I weren’t exactly the best buddies either 
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Yes, I remember those too. I also liked sherbet dips. 
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you can still get sherbet lemons