Chocolate wish list needs a few more golden oldies

I’D heard Cadbury intended to introduce an Oriental chocolate bar, but it turned out to be a Chinese Wispa.

There is, however, a public clamour to bring back Wispa Mint, a confectionery on shelves from 1995 to 2003 that I was blissfully unaware of. The bar tops a list of sweets and crisps that snackers want resurrected. Many of the much-missed items revealed in a survey, commissioned by Gala Bingo, mean little to Yours Truly.

But feelings are running high, with devotees of Rowntree’s Tooty Fruities, which bit the dust only this year, raising a petition for its return.

The 35 strong list is brimful with calorie-crammed delights that I’m relieved I swerved, snacks that deserved to be ditched.

Vanilla is a welcome addition to ice-cream and sponge cake. It does not sit well with puffed corn, yet Vanilla Ice Cream Monster Munch is number 31 in the poll, presumably voted-in by those who like jam on their hotdogs. I can also see the marketing flaw in 3D Doritos - Number 24. They’re all bloody 3D.

And never mind the clamour to get Galaxy Truffle - Number Two - back in Celebrations chocolate boxes, why is no one protesting over the loss of Quality Street’s Toffee Deluxe?

Did we need white chocolate McVitie’s digestives or white Maltesers? Clearly not. As a man in his 60s, the list leaves me cold.There is no place for the bars of my youth: Old Jamaica Rum and Raisin, Five Boys, Texan, Aztec, Dairy Milk Tiffin and Cadbury’s Rumba.

The lost confectionery list has certainly proved a talking point in my local. My drinking companion Colin scanned it and announced: “I used to love those big, pyramid shaped bars covered in chocolate and hazelnuts. What were they called?” “Toblerone?”

“Nah,” he corrected. “I think they were Pharaoh Rocher.”