Cabana (chocolate bar)

Cabana was a chocolate bar produced by Rowntree's, combining coconut, caramel, cherries inside a milk chocolate outer layer.

It was first produced in the 1980s[1] It was discontinued in the early 1990s.[2]

The television ad used a version of the song "Day-O (The Banana Boat Song)" (as sung by Harry Belafonte), with the words "Come mister magic man, make me a Cabana", and the strap line was "tropical magic".[3] According to the Daily Mirror, "The dodgy ethnic stereotyping in the advert may have angered Ofcom had it been made today".[4]

References

1. Hyslop, Leah (28 October 2014). "Seven lost British sweets we pray will come back". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
2. "Cabana Bars". Do you remember. 13 April 2004. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
3. "Classic Ads: Rowntree's Cabana". YouTube. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
4. Bevan, Nathan (12 October 2016). "9 childhood chocolate bars you wish they'd bring back - how many of them do you remember?". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 30 October 2021.