After weeks of waiting for an opportunity, I seized the chance yesterday to go to Asda. Hm, nothing much exciting there. There are no Asda stores within cycle distance so I never get the chance to go. So what?
Well, since the 10th May, I've had one reason to go to an Asda store. And yesterday I was able to fulfil my own wish:
I can't believe it has been TEN YEARS since Opal Fruits were cruelly hijacked and replaced with shabby Starbursts. Sure, Starbursts taste nice enough and everything but it just isn't the same. On our family day trips to London, my dad would stop on the way to the motorway to fill up on petrol and would usually come back to the car with a packet of Opal Fruits for me and fruit Polos for my sister. (And a bag of crisps each too! Ah, the memories. My mum always had Roast Chicken flavour.)
Then suddenly, they were gone! I know these brands are just trying to recreate themselves to create more sales and get new interest in their products but why, oh why, kill the Opal Fruits?
I always felt sorry for the lemon flavour - no-one seemed to like that one. My favourite is the strawberry. And lime actually. Did you ever bite the corners off first to pretend that it was a star? No, not a Starburst! Sometimes I used to make the wrappers into little boats:
Cool, huh?
I love that they are reintroducing these old brands. It was a long tedious hunt for a Wispa bar last year. Of course, it didn't occur to me to just find out where they were being sold as I just assumed that every shop with confectionery would stock them - well, why wouldn't they? They're great! Finally found them in a Blockbuster's store. It was a bit sneaky that they charged a whopping 60p for it and that the bar was smaller than the original. I forgot to take a picture of it actually, I just scoffed it!
However, I'm being more careful with the Opal Fruits. I bought a couple of bags (my housemate bought the third one) but I'm not looking forward to the moment that they will eventually run out. They don't go out of date until next April though so there's plenty of time to cherish these delightful sweets!
Long live the Opal Fruits!
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