Tooty Frooties are to disappear from shop shelves after 60 years of being one of the nation’s favourite sweets, it has been confirmed by their manufacturer. Nestlé discontinued the multicoloured fruit sweets at the start of the year as part of a shake-up, but have only recently confirmed their departure from shops. “Sweet tastes and trends change over the years and Tooty Frooties have become much less popular in the decades since their launch,” a Nestlé spokesman said. The news hasn’t gone down well on Twitter, with confectionery fans expressing dismay at the loss of the sweet. The sweets have been around since 1963, and were first produced by Mackintosh’s of Halifax. Nestlé said they would instead by focusing on “new products under the Randoms brand”, saying that “in 2019, people prefer the jelly and foamy sweets.”
