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I paraphrased ‘Romeo and Juliet’ because right now, a local supermarket without Wagon Wheels is a tragedy of Shakespearean proportions. I looked everywhere. The biscuit aisle, the chocolate aisle and even the impulse purchase section right in front of the cash registers but to no avail. According to the Arnotts website, Wagon Wheels are still part of their product line but not at Coles, it seems. Perhaps the youth of today no longer relate to country and western imagery the way us children of the 80s did back in the day.
It’s clearly not easy being a snack food packaged in green because I couldn’t find the second item that came to mind either – Milo chocolate bars. There is now Milo porridge (even I know when to not cross the line when porridge is involved) but it appears that chocolate has gotten too hip to be seen fraternizing with Milo. Speaking of Milo, did anyone else love sprinkling it over buttered white bread as a teenager? Please tell me I’m not alone and that it’s not a bad thing for me to thinking of doing it all over again in my thirties…
My green obsession relates to a work fun day where the theme colour is green and for which I am in chrage of prizes. Thankfully, I managed to get the rules relaxed a little so that even if a food wasn’t green, it could still be part of the prize pool if it had green packaging. It made me feel a bit nostalgic and just a little bit old when I realized that 2 snacks from my childhood seem to have gone into retirement but I soldiered on and kept my eyes peeled for flashes of green in the aisles at Coles.
As all good supermarket snack runs should, I began in the confectionery aisle.
So many good, chocolate coated mint memories – Mint Patties andPeppermint Crisps as well as some new finds like Dairy Milk Bubbly.
And to freak everyone out – non mint flavoured M&Ms in green packaging.
Then up a bit to the biscuits for those good old Barbecue Shapes.
Before a quick scout around the Asian snack section, just to make it a bit multicultural.
How did I go? Did I miss out on any of your green favourites?
Don’t you just love how things happen at the darndest times? I’ve been struggling with today’s post and the concept of blogging in general. Do I need to refocus, change direction, stop? Then, the universe intervened and I received an email from the Sydney Writers’ Centre stating that I’d been nominated for an award for the blog. Voting begins in mid April but don’t worry, I’ll be sure to remind you all. I’m really flattered to be nominated and I think it’s the push I need to persist and work through my current blogging brick wall.
It’s a sign. It ain’t quite over for SSG.