23 Undeniable Tastes Of An Irish Childhood

We’ve established time and again how an Irish childhood is different from the others. 

Combining teachers commanding you to ‘téigh a chodladh’ when they were sick of you, playing Red Rover at any given opportunity and praising a telly on wheels – it’s quite a ride. 

But what we’re interested in, is the treats we used to get, used to buy for a penny (thems were the days) and sly from the press when no-one was watching. 

This is our ode to them. 

1. Infant Calpol

Manna from heaven.

2. Roy Of The Rovers bars

Which you can STILL BUY right here. 

3. TK Lemonade

Our teeth are blackening just thinking of it. 

4. Liga

Baby biscuits?

Human biscuits. 

5. Angels Delight

A dentist’s nightmare.

Serve in a fancy glass or GTFO. 

6. Wexford strawberries

All those summers spent in Curracloe, stopping on the motorway for healthy treats. 

7. Funny Feet ice creams

Gross, yet delicious. 

8. Cadet Cola

Somehow, this often tasted corked. 

We thought that could only happen to wine. 

9. Snax

The bag was always WAY TOO SMALL.

10. Billy Roll

Teaching us to love coloured in food from an early age. 

11. Fruit Salad sweets

Fruit Salad, my eye. 

12. Bullseyes

Literal balls of sugar. 

13. Cidona 

Sitting up at the pub with a pint of Cidona.

No one would ever know…

14. Edible money

Remember this came in when the Euro did?

15. Fake Cigarettes

♫ I love bad bitches that’s my fuckin’ problem ♫

16. Flying saucers

Two ingredients: sugar, and cardboard. 

Heaven. 

17. Winders

Truly the gift that kept on giving. 

18. Dairylea Lunchables

Plastic ham ‘n’ cheese – what more could you want?

19. Frubes

It’s like they were programmed to burst in your schoolbag. 

20. Fish fingers

Debatable as to whether it was made of real fish or not – considering they tasted like soft wood. 

21. Communion bread

Body of Christ.

#Ireland

22. Mr Freeze

Sticky, sticky goodness. 

23. And finally, ketchup and potato waffles

Breakfast of champions. 

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