Nostalic Sweets! (Barratt's Dip Dab)

Member Name: Amanda2114

Product:	Barratt's Dip Dab
Date:	09/06/09 (72 review reads)
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Advantages: Tasty blast from the past

Disadvantages: Sugar, Sugar and more Sugar!

It was recently my birthday and a good friend of mine gave me a great selection of sweets from The Happy Sweet Shop (http://www.happysweetshop.co.uk) - and I have to say it was one of the best gifts I have every been given.

There was a wide range of sweets including some really great classics - Flying Saucers, Uncle Joe's Mint Balls, Aniseed Twists, Rolos, Cinder Toffee, Love Hearts, and of course Dib Dabs.

So what is a Dip Dab?
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It is sherbet that comes with a strawberry lollipop to dip into the sherbet. My brother and I used to get these from the shop when we were little (probably for about 10p).


The Packet!
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No different to how I remember them in the 80s. A yellow packet with red lettering on, and a picture of a sherbet river running along the bottom and a strawberry lolly dipped into that river.

How do you eating yours?
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I know people have different ways of eating their dip dabs - I eat mine like this:

Ripping the packet open along the top you will instantly smell the sherbet - Yum Yum! Then I lick the lolly and dip, dab some sherbet on and lick again, and on and on until there is just the lolly left.

Price and Postage!
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As I mentioned I got mine as part of a gift package, but I have had a look on the website:

£2.38 at Happy Sweet Shop (£2.38 for 5 packs with free postage).
£3.88 at A Quarter Of (£2.22 for 5 packs plus £1.66 postage).
£3.98 at Retro Tuckshop (£1.99 for 5 packs plus £1.99 postage).
£5.65 at Sweet Selecta (£1.70 for 5 packs plus £3.95 postage).
£7.26 at Treasure Island Sweets (£2.27 for 5 packs plus £4.99 postage).

(These prices were correct on the 9th June 2009)

And Finally!
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A great treat or gift for a friend - I loved it and will be buying some more now I have been re-introduced to this classic sweet.

Summary: Yum, Yum, Yum!