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 It was discontinued in the early 1990s.
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". According to the Daily Mirror, "The dodgy ethnic stereotyping in the advert may have angered Ofcom had it been made today".
References
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- "Classic Ads: Rowntree's Cabana". YouTube. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- 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.