Buttersnap
Some chocolate bars have instant
recognition, everyone remembers ‘Marathon’ bars and no one can forget ‘Mars’
bars, there was one chocolate bar that brings back vivid pictures of breaking
your teeth when in a moment of madness you tired to bite into it.
The Buttersnap was just a thin brittle
layer of caramel covered in thick milk chocolate. But it was impossible to bite
without causing injury. The only way to eat a Buttersnap was to suck it. There was a skill in taking off the chocolate
layer with your teeth to expose the caramel but no one had a hope of chewing
the rock solid caramel inside.
It took forever to suck a Buttersnap!
There was a TV commercial: -
“Man at the kiosk cannot remember the name
of what he wants, says things like “it’s a … er …. snappy, snappy taste” to the
bewildered kiosk lady; cue a schoolboy swiftly into view “Butter Snap, please,
thanks!” and out again, and the chap remembers too late as the kiosk lady pulls
down the shutter
Voice-over: Sharp’s Butter Snap, a name to
remember!”
Buttersnap’s were great fun to eat and suck
and I am sure many a 70’s child will have found memories of these teeth
breaking delights.
