r/southafrica • u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice • 11d ago
Just for fun Okay, who eats this nasty stuff?
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u/FormalCryptographer Free State 11d ago
I do and I will fight anyone that talks shit on Musk Flavour
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u/Dobvius 11d ago
Hell yeah. These and the pink XXX mints.
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u/FormalCryptographer Free State 10d ago
Took me a while to remember the name of these, so when I was googling south african XXX candy, I got flashbanged a few times
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u/tall_cappucino1 Gauteng 11d ago
Love them!
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 11d ago
What is the appeal? Can you explain it to me. They remind me of my childhood and getting them as a consolation sweet that tastes like perfume and chalk.
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u/sgtsturtle 11d ago
Perfume and chalk perfectly describes the taste. I, personally, love it.
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u/Ok_Dimension143 11d ago
Exactly, the sweet does a good job of mimicking the texture and snap of chalk while making it palatable. What's not to love.
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 11d ago
Crimes against humanity and my palate.
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u/No_Context_4747 11d ago
My grade 1 teacher used to give them to us if we did well on a test or answered correctly in class.
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 11d ago
That is a reason enough to fail grade 1
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u/Ok-Honeydew7703 11d ago
It's one of those flavours you either love or hate. Musk is a pretty strong flavour. Personally i am very much in agreement with you and i HATE it. A lot of men's scents use musk and i hate it so much i made my husband change his deo cause the smell of it made me naar.
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u/jessyfastfinger 11d ago
Also eat Manhattan Senties? They’re jelly sweets that tastes a bit like perfume.
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u/Silent_Giant_12 10d ago
* These tasted better when I was younger. I swear they changed the mix. Anyway, what then were those small black squares that came in that tiny paper packet that also tasted like a perfume but were very herbal aswell?
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 10d ago
There are more of this nastiness? UGH!
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u/cannonvoder 11d ago
I always bought them at sweets from heaven at the cinema when I was younger, absolutely loved snacking on them during the movies
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u/Educational_City2076 11d ago
I eat them from time to time just for the memories and nostalgia, my late granny used to always have lil bowls of them around the house..so I guess that's mainly why
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u/Charles-Monroe Gauteng 11d ago
My 6yo likes them. We call them Oupa sweeties, because my dad used to liked them too.
Also, I think there's a correlation between people who like liquorice allsorts and these pink sweets.
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 10d ago
I love liquorice all sorts. Not those nasty pink devils.
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u/BroccoliByte 11d ago
My mom loves them. But think she loved the fact, that none of the kids liked it, so can be all hers even more.
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u/Silly_Bookkeeper9319 Redditor for a month 11d ago
This😂 Everyone in my family hates mint flavoured snacks like biscuits and chocolates. I learned to like them and now when anything mint flavoured is bought in our house I know that I get to have it all to myself with no worries of someone else getting to it before I do.
Sidenote: I've also learned that spearmint flavoured snacks usually taste like Colgate (at least for me) and so you should always opt for peppermint flavour where possible.
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u/SpinachnPotatoes Gauteng 11d ago
I was just slightly disappointed when I found out that my husband then boyfriend also enjoyed Turkish Delight. Meant I had to share instead of offer politely knowing someone would refuse.
Used to be gifted some really nice ones from the middle east when I was dating my partner.
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u/ChefDJH Minister of Armchair Opinions 11d ago
Going out to get some tomorrow. Your fault, OP.
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u/VisualHuckleberry542 11d ago
Yeah I was just thinking there's going to be a weird uptick in sales the next few days
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u/JoMammasWitness boerewors, beer and boobies 🇿🇦 11d ago
I used to.... my grandmother would randomly spawn these things from nowhere and I would eat them because they sweets 🤣
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 11d ago
You have mental scars, right?
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u/JoMammasWitness boerewors, beer and boobies 🇿🇦 11d ago edited 11d ago
I don't know if they scars or burn marks but I can smell and taste those things 20 years later. Who's idea was it to create a sweet that looks like chalk, tastes like grandma's church clothes and its pink to cap that shit with a cherry....and why would they have a sweet that looks like rattax 🤣
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u/GrimmReapperrr 11d ago
Lol savage comment my man. Why you have to be so graphic 🤣
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u/JoMammasWitness boerewors, beer and boobies 🇿🇦 10d ago
Honestly... I'm just a little strange 🤣. Glad I made you laugh😁
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u/Ambitious_Hand_7680 11d ago
They will disappear and you'll be back here saying you actually miss them lol. Just enjoy their weirdness while they're still around.
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u/AAKboss 11d ago
THANKS FOR FINDING THE DAMN NAME. I've been looking for it but I couldn't find the name for the life of me
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u/Brewben 11d ago
This is some fong kong knockoff! (I know they probably just rebranded) but I can swear they used to be called… Romantiques 👏🏽
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 10d ago
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u/Brewben 10d ago
you hate them, but I’m making a trip to PnP today :D
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 10d ago
Buy two bags, as I ain't ever gonna eat that stuff and someone needs to keep them in business.
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 11d ago
As a form of self-protection, right?
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u/_AngryBadger_ KwaZulu-Natal 11d ago
I I remember these from when I was a kid, before Mister Sweets was a thing, I loved them.
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u/SpinachnPotatoes Gauteng 11d ago
Used to call them Doctor pills when I was smaller.
And my husband, both kids and myself.
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u/DerpyMcWafflestomp Western Cape 11d ago
How dare people like things I don't like?!
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u/Fearless-Yogurt6409 11d ago
These are literally the worst tasting thing ever. I cannot even stand the smell of it!
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u/WiseAcanthocephala58 11d ago
Me they are amazing and my parents bought them for me as a treat and also they used to be in Lucky Packets as well. Now I'm talking about 60's to 70's.
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u/noldsterr 10d ago
Dude, lucky packets! What a wild ride those were! 😂
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u/WiseAcanthocephala58 10d ago
Oh hell yes we were always so surprised with what we got and not these cheap plastic rubbish they get today. I remember getting a metal diecast car in one of them.
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u/_Alek_Jay Aristocracy 11d ago
Controversial but a poor man’s Wilson’s extra strong musk mints…
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 10d ago
Wilson's are the bomb. Don't you talk smack about my Wilson's.
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u/fostermonster555 11d ago
Mmmm good ol’ perfume in the mouth.
I’ll never understand why my parents kept buying this. It certainly wasn’t for me
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u/crazywheels1975 11d ago
That is two for headache three for toothache and currency to buy other things.
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u/Obvious-Pay6229 11d ago
I think most of us just eat them becuase we feel nostalgic for times that was much less complicated. I remember them as the lucky packet sweets. Can't remember when last I even had some and have never seen them in the shops but will look out for them now
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u/Loose_Pear9433 11d ago
My one colleague mixes these sweets with peanuts. She says it’s called Township Mix. Actually very tasty!
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u/PreparationVisual586 10d ago
I love Musk a lot, I’m Australian and we have a pretty divided opinion on it, it’s purely love or hate no in between. But they are so much better in Aus cause we eat them as Musk sticks basically just fondant stick so pure soft chewy sugar. They are extremely popular growing up and always have them in party bags after little kids birthday parties.
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u/andronin 9d ago
Thanks, now i need a packet. Tbf I do eat the XXX ones, usually buy one musk one mine and finish them before I even make it to my car
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u/Wise-Indication-4600 9d ago
When I was younger and into athletics, my dad convinced me these were steroids and they made me run faster 😂😂😂
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u/ForsakenCare3317 8d ago
Well excuse tf out of you,those happen to be a childhood staple for most of us, and I thank you. Boo this man
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u/MaximumOdd1296 11d ago
Also the alternative to Manhattan's Romantics... Not sure who did it first... Been years since I last saw this sweets..
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 11d ago edited 6d ago
Seems PnP still sell the Manhattan's Romantics. I am unsure who made them first. I just think they are nasty.
https://www.pnp.co.za/manhattan-romantics-125g/p/000000000000744325_EA
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u/Historical_Muscle668 11d ago
You were obviously never murdered during a brutal skirmish when you were young. We played like we were a pack of wild dogs and it was a given, that every single one of us would meet an untimely end, some time during the day.
If you didn't have these sweets on your person, your parents would have to say goodbye and mourn your sorry ass forever. It was the only thing available to bring you back to life.
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u/MaximumOdd1296 11d ago
OP, could you please explain to the Reddit community why you have a "personal vendetta" against this supposed shagadelic and musky sweets that have been in the market for more than 20 years?
Those sweets are okay though, but they are more or less the same than the XXX musk sweets (not the ABV or referring to the explicit material).
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 11d ago
They are gross and I believe they are older than humanity.
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u/MaximumOdd1296 11d ago
If you can't beat them, join them? For some it's gross, but others take literal handfuls of these stuff.
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u/Silly_Bookkeeper9319 Redditor for a month 11d ago
Weren't these the sweets used to make those candy bracelets? Just that on the bracelets they were different colours.
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u/MaximumOdd1296 11d ago
Nope... They taste completely different from these Romantics. These are musky sweets..
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 11d ago
This is like sneaking crack-cocaine into sweets. But it isn't addictive and will probably make the kids health freaks for the rest of their lives because of the mental scars.
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u/Rare_Bug_4816 11d ago
I used to love these things as a kid 🤌🏽 I remember my mom buying them from time to time
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u/Dat-one-Gun-Lover 11d ago
Honestly I’ve eaten these and taste like I’m eating breath mints than sweets
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u/Kwagga75 11d ago
My Gran use to love them!! She always gave me some just before church. But I have no idea what they taste like these days, times are tough. 😋🤔😢
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u/Optimal_Ad5440 11d ago
My primary teacher used to hand them out as rewards so I think I forced myself to like the taste 😆
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u/Imaginary_Thought470 11d ago
They are amazing, and I would chow a whole packet by myself!!
There are some you had to open the packet and just let it sit for a few hours and they would tend to slightly soften so they crush easily and don't feel like they going to take some of your teeth while eating them.
I'm an absolute fan of the flavour!
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u/Slow-Relationship413 11d ago
Haven't had them in years, but I remember them having an addictive flavour, not good, not bad, but once you start eating you end up finishing the pack before you realise
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u/Corlinck 11d ago
My grade 5 teacher gave them to everyone that got full marks on quizzes, it probably made the average go down because most people dislike it
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u/helzybellz 11d ago
I just remember it in my granny's house in a crystal bowl. I wasn't even tempted to eat it as a kid!
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u/Ilovedinosaurrawr 11d ago
Me and my dad are the only 2 people I know irl that actually likes these (they were my fav in grade 2)
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u/NaiveZest 10d ago
Australia.
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 10d ago
Australia also has this nonsense? I am guessing this relates to British colonisation if so.
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u/-Miserable-Scene- 10d ago
There was a hookah flavour that tasted just like this back in the day. My friends and I used to be obsessed!
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u/Secure-Ad8968 KwaZulu-Natal 10d ago
My mom used to call these pink pills and I love them, though haven't thought to buy any in ages.
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u/ningningfan Redditor for 12 days 10d ago
Dominie se pille, my Mom used to call them... Used by ministers to freshen breathe after having a smoke before a sermon 😀!!
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u/EyeWishEyeWasOkay 10d ago
This definitely unlocked a childhood memory, the ladies from church used to love this sweets
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u/noldsterr 10d ago
Love them. The appeal is the flavour is not chalk and musk. It's 💫nostalgia💫 flavoured
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u/osakathegoat 10d ago
how do you even come to hate ts 💔
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 10d ago
Taste, smell, texture are all bad. What is to like?
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u/tomahtoes36 10d ago
I have pica and eat chalk by the box full. This is a great replacement for that
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u/New_Sky8802 10d ago
I used to, but couldn't stop, had stomach cramps from this one time, it was bad.
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u/FewBandicoot9235 10d ago
Somewhat reminds me of the cigarette candy we had as kids. Same chalky texture. 😂
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 10d ago
I liked these. Not that pink shit.
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u/AnTrollAcounr6969 10d ago
I love that! Its just expensive so i only eat it like if there is an cheap off brand or at a party its like nose candy for your mouth i can eat a whole bag by myself.
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u/animal9633 10d ago
We didn't ever go to the doctor for anything, instead you got half a disprin (and a pink pill if you were lucky).
Also, you're not allowed to have the disprin with coke, because that makes you drunk.
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u/Rainbow-cookies 10d ago
I don't fancy it but my sister loves them. There's bound to be stuff you love that some people find disgusting. But don't yuck someone's yum. We all have different palates and preferences. While I don't like it, I'd buy as many as my sister would love.
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 10d ago
You understand that you are fueling a drug addiction, right?
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u/Rainbow-cookies 10d ago
Out of everything I said, that's what you get🤦
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u/Beyond_the_one The opposite of efficiency, which is to say, justice 10d ago
You think I can read? Don't take me seriously. I found the responses on this post hilarious and just messing around. People can eat whatever they like as long as I don't get asked to eat it or taste it.
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u/Rainbow-cookies 10d ago
I get you, ragebaiting on a lazy Sunday morning is total SA vibes. Lol, enjoy😂
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u/nosebleedsanddaisies 10d ago
don’t come for angel sweets now. they’re the best things everrrrr it’s tasty chalk it’s so crunchy and satisfying. best sweets everrr
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u/goodhubby48131 10d ago
I was obout eighteen when i date a girl of 16, was lgegal at the time. She use to feed me musk sweets, she became preggy by another guy and we lost each other ,she married the other guy. The musk flavour was a nice memory of hartsore but i still like musk .
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u/Arnovanzyl32 9d ago
The kids who used to eat those in school are now taking other types of candy at raves😅
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u/GhostBRUTUS 9d ago
Hell no! That's disgusting. My grandpa always had the Manhattan ones in the coffee table cupboard. Any other brand was horrible.
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u/No_Yogurtcloset_4676 9d ago
50+ years ago, my grandparents had these in their pockets for church. EVERYBODY ate these in church.
I'm not going to church anymore, but I miss these.
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