Bassett's Imperials

Advantages: Big, chunky, satisfying sweeties
Disadvantages: Too few in the packet

Stormtrooper. Imperial. Geddit? *sigh* Aw well, another attempt at humour that went down like a blazing Spitfire. Anyhoo, Imperials. I can vaguely remember Trebor (now Bassett's, same company so I don't understand the brand change) Imperials first appearing in the shops round my way when I was 7 or 8, so that would be about oooh, nearly 20 years ago (yikes!). They were big white sweets in a transparent packet, and you could see that there were ...
...a rare buy for poor little me, as at twenty pence a packet they were beyond the scope of my 15p-per-day school money. Oh pain of torture! Anyway, as years went by, Imperials became a regular part of my confectionery consumption cycle, and still are to this day, although they now come in three flavours, as opposed to the original plain mint. And so, on to the current product.... THE PACKAGING: Originally, Imperials came in a translucent packet, ... Read review