WTF Have they done to Black Jacks

Crilly

Crilly

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Are there 2 types of black jacks now or have they ruined them?

These are black jacks

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The only type I can find now are these

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The old ones, were usually hard, stuck to the wrapper, really chewy and got stuck in the teeth.

The new ones are soft, hardly have any flavour and have a waxy after taste, can barely taste aniseed after I eat them.

I'm ****ed off.
 
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Oh man, remember the bag that had black jacks and fruit salad in them?

You ended up looking like a dog chewing a toffee.
 
Fortnum and Mason sell them for getting on for a tenner per small jar (still have the barratts papers on).

I cannot understand how people could justify spending that.
 
Crilly said:
The new ones are soft, hardly have any flavour and have a waxy after taste, can barely taste aniseed after I eat them.
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thats how i remember the old ones tbh , they where always hit and miss between getting soft ones and getting hard ones , the hard ones that where stuck to the wrapped had just been left in the sun , usually on the newsagents shelf
 
They ruined them :( and now charge more for them.. I remember getting 50 black jacks for 50p. Ah the good ol' days.
 
Marff said:
They ruined them :( and now charge more for them.. I remember getting 50 black jacks for 50p. Ah the good ol' days.
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I remember them & salad creams being half a pence each. (oh the shame). Those were the days, scouring the streets for half pennies.
 
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