Anyone remember this sweet?

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 02:51

They're very similar in taste/chewiness/colour to Haribo's Maoam Stripes, but the individual sweets were longer and narrower (and roughly same thickness, like a couple mm max), and they came in bunches, in those red fishnet style nets, with a paper tag attached.

Used to get them as stocking fillers at christmas when I was younger but I haven't seen these sold anywhere... I am convinced they taste better than the Maoam's

Anyone know what I'm talking about, and if so where I can get some?

edit: i added a pic lol (label of sweet in pic likely wrong, but font is surprisingly similar, I think)

edit 2: FINALLY FOUND after 4 years of searching! (see end of thread)

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 03:34

very much so

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 03:48

I hadn't but just looked now in the "chewy and soft" section which is what they'd fall under and couldn't see them.

I think they might have been called "fruit chews" or something like that

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 04:14

wez130 said:
pez or something like that

I remember pez, those are hard brittle sweets, also very nice... but not what I'm thinking of no, however the design of logo and colour theme (even possibly the fonts) on the wrapping was very similar, except on the sweets i'm thinking of they were long thin and narrow:

K.C. Leblanc said:
It wasn't fruitella was it?

Nah, wasn't anywhere near as common as them

We're getting closer!!!

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 04:21

Ah ha! seems I'm not alone!

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 04:53

Dingleberry88 said:
Not much help, but I think I know what you mean.

They were a bit thinner than Maoams, but like you say a lot longer.

The paper was kind of waxy I think.

Spot on, the wrapping for each one was pretty simple too, no tearing was required to open them, but merely "splitting" them open.

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 05:09

Ooh how long ago?

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 11:26

Ripper said:
I know exactly what you mean. They were all in different colour wrappers but they had the same taste. They only sold them in Woolworths to my knowledge though.

I had that impression too...

Delvis said:
Are them Maoam Stripe things like those refresher bars?

No

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 11:28

yeah but dimension-wise they were much smaller than those big refresher bars u could get, think of a stick of gum but stretched longer and more narrow

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 11:48

Hopefully this pic i just made in ms paint might jog some memories

They looked something like this, obviously the labels might be wrong:

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 12:17

MiNxYyY said:
I am awesome.

getting warmer, but not quite

those look like they're a tube shape, the ones i'm talking about are flat

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 12:34

cheets64 said:
Just buy a hammer, No?

but.. but.. they're note even the same sweet!! :mad:

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 12:43

MiNxYyY said:
what about my 2nd pic?

lol dude, have u even tasted haribo maoams? they aren't fizzy

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 12:55

damn you woolworths whyyyyyyy?

yeah MiNxYyY, they were always sold in those red netting bags, never individually, and I remember the netting was always a PITA to rip open with your fingers cos the netting material was pretty strong and finely woven, and I think it even had a wee metal ring at the top keeping the bag closed.

All these details I could remember but not the name lol :mad:

Shape-wise, I'd say each stick was 10cm x 1.5cm x 2mm

damn I'm committed to finding these!!!

It'll be so worth it though...

Heofz · 3 Jan 2009 at 13:49

Sweet

(sry for pun, lulz)

Heofz · 25 Feb 2014 at 21:01

Totally resurrecting this thread, but this is extremely important.

But just wanted to thank Pierre19871. I can say with 99% certainty that "Softi Strips" by Hitschler are the new name for the product we were looking for.

Just ordered a couple of boxes (400 total), so will let you all know if anyone still cares

Heofz · 27 Feb 2014 at 20:32

100% Confirmed. They are the ones