THE BEANO AND THE DANDY EASTER EGG BOXES

A Happy Easter to those of you who celebrate it!

The below images are of Beano and Dandy Easter packaging that appeared in British shops and supermarkets in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

Dennis the Menace Easter Egg

Produced by Bassett's in 1988

Above: Bassett's Dennis the Menace and Gnasher Easter Egg packaging from 1988. The box contained a foil-wrapped milk chocolate egg with fruit gums in the shape of Beano characters inside.

The art features Dennis the Menace, Gnasher and Walter the Softy, who is depicted on one side of the box taking a house brick to the back of the head!

Barratt The Beano and The Dandy Booty Bus

Above: The Beano and The Dandy Booty Bus, produced by Barratt in 1991.  Driven by Desperate Dan, the bus passengers are Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Roger the Dodger and Fatty, Plug, Toots and Wilfred from The Bash Street Kids.  Erbert from The Bash Street Kids is seen running alongside the bus, being chased by Gnasher.

Instead of a chocolate egg, the Booty Bus contained an assortment of sugar confectionery consisting of two boxes of candy sticks, two Lick 'n' Dip bags, and 95g of fruit gums in the shape of Beano and Dandy characters and a booty bag containing a 120g mix of Trebor Frosties, Trebor Refreshers, Black Jacks and Fruit Salad sweets.

The Beano Booty Train by Barratt

Above: Produced by Barratt in 1992, The Beano Booty Train is similar to The Booty Bus. Aboard the train are Dennis the Menace, Minnie the Minx, Roger the Dodger and almost all of The Bash Street Kids - Danny, Erbert, Fatty, Plug, Sidney, Spotty and Wilfred - accompanied by Teacher.  Gnasher is also on the box, running alongside the train on one side.

The Booty Train contained an assortment of sugar confectionery consisting of two Refreshers, two Frosties, two Dew Drops, two lollies, eight Black Jacks, eight Fruit Salad and eight Cherry Drops.

There's more images in the site's Beano and Dandy gallery.