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  • Full review by
    Guest.
    on 15th Jun 2009


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    Good Points: The packaging looks snazzy, I guess.

    Bad Points: The sweet, which is the point of it, does not deliver. It does not taste like the original, they have some foul taste mixed in which makes them taste like cheap knockoffs. If it wasn't sold in a normal store I would've believed so, too.

    General comments: I remember picking up a packet today to relive the fond memories of these great sweets. Upon biting the first one I immediately noticed the off taste. Bassetts Refreshers just do not taste right. I'm getting sick of sweets altering recipes to use 'natural' ingredients when all they do is destroy the flavor, which is the POINT of buying them in the first place! If I want all natural I wouldn't be eating sweets in the first place. I'm not sure if I'll ever look at a pack of Refreshers in the same way again. Seems these complaints are all in 2008 which makes me think that they didn't change the recipe :/ At least I still have my Atomic Sourballs...
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  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 14th Jun 2009


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    Bassetts Refreshers were my favourite sweets and for ages I couldn't find them in the shops. I was so excited to see them back on the shelves, but that soon turned to disappointment once I tasted them. I like the packaging, but thats about it. PLEASE BRING BACK THE PROPER REFRESHERS.
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  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 12th Jun 2009


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    Bassetts Refreshers are not as good as they used to be - the packaging's poor also, the sweets fall out.
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  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 29th Apr 2009


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    Bassetts Refreshers are flipping awful... what are they thinking? You don't mess with success and Barratt's just destroyed my childhood favorite. Yuck. If they want to make "natural" refreshers why didn't they just name them something else and leave the originals alone. BRING BACK MY REFRESHERS!!!
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  • Review by
    dize
    on 10th Mar 2009


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    Chalk up another vote to bring back old refreshers! I am so disappointed in the new flavor that I googled "refreshers different taste" and found this long list of similarly minded sweets fans.They are perfumey and not nearly as fizzy! Yuck!
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  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 23rd Jan 2009


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    JOIN US ON FACEBOOK THE GROUP IS CALLED 'BRING BACK THE OLD REFRESHERS' We have a dream, a dream for a world filled with ORIGINAL Refreshers, but we cannot do it alone! WE NEED YOU! We need to invite as many people as possible to join this group, we have heard that Barratts/Cadburys have discontinued other classic sweet lines such as MILK TEETH! It is our duty to stop them in their tracks, WE WILL NOT LET THEM TAKE OUR YOUTH...WE WILL NOT LET THEM TAKE OUR SWEETS!!!!! Please invite everyon ...
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  • Review by
    Jessie92
    on 15th Jan 2009


    User Rating : 3
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    I used to love Refreshers, but they seem to have taken something out because now instead of the nice unique Refreshers taste, they taste like chalky winegums, and they all taste the same instead of having different flavours. Possibly they've taken out additives because they are 'bad' for you. I'd rather they put them back in.
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  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 7th Dec 2008


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    BRING BACK THE OLD REFRESHERS!!!!!!!! I dont know who did the taste test for these new ones but they obviously have no clue. Im really glad there are other refresher lovers out there!
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  • Review by
    Nelliexxx
    on 6th Dec 2008


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    I completely agree with the majority of the reviews here about the new Natural Refreshers. I think they are horrible! I've also been addicted to these yummy childhood favourites and after spending a year in Australia, I was looking forward to my first taste of goodness, but instead all I could find was these impostors! Bring back the old refreshers!!
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  • Review by
    Neil Ives
    on 2nd Dec 2008


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    I was shocked! I don't buy Refreshers often but have enjoyed them for many years. If I cannot get original flavour I will not be buying Refreshers; simple as that!
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  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 17th Nov 2008


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    i never knew there was so many bassetts refreshers lovers like myself out there! i feel exactly the same as everyone else! I was horrified when i found the new refreshers, i have been an addict for years now and they are my comfort food! They got me through my GCSEs and AS levels along with bad break ups! now i am in my final Year of A-levels and i just don't know what i am going to do without them, please bring back the old refreshers!
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  • Review by
    yummysweets
    on 12th Nov 2008


    User Rating : 8
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    Please continue with original refreshers along side Natural ones to give us a choice, i am 34 and eat minimal of 5 packs per day and have been a customer since memories began, please give us the choice, thanks
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  • Review by
    Clipper20
    on 3rd Nov 2008


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    I think the only thing that can be considered good about the new recipe refreshers is the packaging. What is inside however is a terrible disappointment. I actually wrote to the manufacturer to express my disappointment. Bring back the old style refreshers, these new ones taste vile and far too crunchy for my liking.
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  • Review by
    Refreshers addict
    on 31st Oct 2008


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    Refreshers have been my favourite sweet since I was a child (now 38). I have been addicted to refreshers (2-5 rolls per day) and love the fruity taste and the chalky texture. I think the new 'natural' recipe is horrible and disgusting, I have tried to like them but they have a funny taste and do not even taste as good as Love Hearts. Surely Barratts did not test the new recipe on Refreshers lovers, I will be surprised if the new 'natural' recipe sells as well as the original. I stocked up on the ...
    Refreshers addict's full review     | 133 words

  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 31st Oct 2008


    User Rating : 1
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    Refreshers have been my favourite sweet since I was a child (now 38) I was completely addicted to them (2-5 rolls per day). I think the new 'natural' recipe is horrible. They do not taste as fruity and they are hard and not as fizzy, they do not even taste as good as Love Hearts or Fizzers. I stocked up on the old ones but have almost run out. I don't know who Bassetts tested the new recipe on but surely it wasn't Refreshers lovers? I think that Bassetts have made a mistake and will see their sa ...
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  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 29th Oct 2008


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    My 4 year old grandson adores refreshers until last week when I gave him a pack and his response was 'I don't like these nasty sweets Nanny I want my nice ones'. I had took no notice of the new packaging believing the sweets would taste the same he will not eat them at all and I have exhausted my only supplier of the old ones. Please Please bring back the old ones by all means keep the wrapper but go back to the old recipe in order to make a little boy happy!
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  • Review by
    tobytoby
    on 12th Oct 2008


    User Rating : 3
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    I think the new Refreshers are foul - what does this company think they are doing? Disgusting, hard, bitter - bring back the lovely 'eat a whole packet in three seconds' version NOW!
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  • Review by
    Refreshersaddict
    on 9th Oct 2008


    User Rating : 2
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    I just knew there had to be other Refreshers-lovers out there who share my opinion of the travesty visited upon us in the shape of these new foil-wrapped tubes parading themselves as our beloved sweets. Refreshers are a tradition we grew up on. We like them as they were, that's why we've stuck with them over the decades. What justification is there for the new ones???
    Refreshersaddict's full review     | 83 words

  • Review by
    Guest.
    on 8th Oct 2008


    User Rating : 2
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    I have been a refresher's addict since I was 14 (now 41). Have weaned myself down from a 5 pack a day habit to two packs a day. Usually buy the 5 roll packs in Morrisons, but recently they have been sold out. Today bought one in the new packaging and have just tasted. My long addiction may be over, I'm afraid, as these are just not the nice soft fizzy sweets I'm used to. I used to eat a whole roll at a time, colour ordered! I enjoyed the taste of the different colours of the old refreshers, ...
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  • Review by
    refresher lover
    on 15th Sep 2008


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    Hi everyone sorry to correct some of you but you may be delighted to be reminded that they are actually called barratt and not bassetts. The originals are excellent I have stocked up just in case I do not see them again. I just cannot get enough I prefer them over choccies any day of the week especially the yellow and green as they are soft and then the pink for subtle contrast in flavour. The smell as you open the packet is devine and they pastel colours melt your heart and bring you back to yo ...
    refresher lover's full review     | 294 words | 1 comment added.


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