The Sherbet Fountain. The finest childhood ( for those of a certain age ) sweet ever.

by DonkeyOT65

31 comments

  3. I hated liquorice, so I used to buy the sherbet fountain and a lolly, then dip the lolly in the sherbet instead. I am now a diabetic!!!

  4. Liquorice – the devil’s sweet 🤢

    I used to give the straw/stick to my brother and just dip my fingers in the sherbet.

  6. I’m seen modern versions of these, but sadly now, they resemble a vape. This King of Confection was a masterpiece.

    A tube of amazing sherbet, that would take your breath away, accompanied by a stick of liquorice.

    The genius lay in the fact that the liquorice stick was hollow, leading to it acting as a straw, allowing you to suck up all that sherbet loveliness, with a hint of liquorice infusion.

    Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the all-time King of childhood sweets..

  7. Inhale the powder like Pablo Escobar on a stag do, chuck the stick of black shit in the bog where it belongs

  8. Don’t they still sell these? I swear my liquorice loving bin lids have had one recently.

  9. I liked the licquorice, and the sherbet (kaylie) but not together.

  10. Ah yes, inhaling the powder, almost dying, then doing it all over again.

  11. I remember when these were 4p each.

    Me and a mate used to snort the sherbet having seen people do something similar in films.

    Edit to add we were about 6 at the time.

  14. Sorry but strawberry bon bons will always have my heart.

  15. Loved the liquorice stick. Had to stop myself eating it all before getting to the bottom of the tube. And the paper at the top end would go soggy, because you don’t tear it off in case you wanted to pocket it for later. This needs reviving.

  17. Wonderful, messy, delightful things. Most pleasure I have ever had from a white powder.

  18. I used to use the liquorice as a straw for about 2 seconds and then give it to my mum, then pretty much tip the rest straight in my mouth. So disappointing they’re not the same any more

  19. You can still find them. They’re in a solid plastic tube now, I had one a few months ago. I remember the sherbet being way more ‘fizzy’ but it could be that I’m 30 years older than the last time I had one and my taste has changed. Also, it clumped together at the bottom and was quite inaccessible – the paper was a better delivery method.

  21. I used to buy 4 of these for a £1 pour them all into a bowl and eat it with a spoon 😬

  24. No nope I’m way to young to know what this is I mean I can imagine watching metal mickey or cannon and Ball while tucking into one but that’s just my vivid imagination because I’m very young very very young 😳

  25. I remember the class clown sniffing it like cocaine and having to go to the nurse.

  26. Black liquorice and finest can’t be ever said in the same sentence.

  27. We used to dare each other to snort lines of this stuff in school. It’s brutal your nose foams up and puts you off taking cocaine for years. Best anti-drug message you could possibly hope for.

  28. I’m a 23 year old woman and you can still buy them online but I haven’t seen them in a shop for ages

  29. They used to be 10p when I was a kid. Happy Saturday morning memories turning the tube upside down to finish it off, then getting a hardened clod of sherbet that I’d missed up my nose and down my throat.

  30. I’m a zoomer and still adored them. Haven’t seen any in a few years now you mention it though

  31. I once cut and snorted a line of this whilst at school.

    100% do not recommend trying.

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