Candy Necklaces, a classic party bag essential. Made up of small fruity beads, these retro favourites are fun and quirky. A reminder of the days we used to run around necks adorned with edible jewellery. The sweet beads of a candy necklace are threaded on in a variety of pastel shades: pink, yellow, green, blue, […]
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Liquorice Wheels are a great way to enjoy liquorice, a never ending spiral unwinding to tantalise the taste buds with a sweet aftertaste. The flavour liquorice is truly the ultimate marmite, an oxymoron for some as they garner a love-hate relationship with the unique flavour and others – more often than not the older generation […]
Liquorice Comfits – the baby sweet of the Liquorice Torpedo – is a traditional liquorice confectionery with a colourful hard sugar coating, deliciously sweet adding that crunch and complimenting a sweet chewy liquorice centre. One of the original ‘comfit’ sweets, the definition of a comfit sweet is “a sweet consisting of a nut, seed, or […]
Liquorice Allsorts are an assortment of liquorice confectionery sold as a mix. The sweets are primarily made of liquorice and sugary fondant, which comes in a selection of bright colours and shapes – the sweets also contain coconut, as well as fruit flavouring, making them a deliciously unique sweet! Liquorice Allsorts were first produced in […]
A Kola Cube, is a retro favourite, an old school British boiled sweet. They are red cube shaped sweets that contain a delicious cola flavour boiled traditionally and covered in a sugary coating. A long lasting melt in your mouth treat! Kola Cubes have been around as long as lemon sherbets, rhubarb & custard candies, […]
Is there a more iconic sweet than Love Hearts? A sweet instantly recognisable with its embossed decorations and lovable messages. These sweets are cuteness personified. Love Hearts currently come in six sweet yet subtle fruity flavourings from the pure white we get the sweet and simple flavour of slightly tart vanilla sherbet. From the […]
Cherry Lips are a classic retro sweet from the 70s and 80s. These delectable juicy red lips are soft and chewy, bursting with a distinctive cherry flavour, a definitive favourite if I do say so myself. Bursting with sweet and tangy cherry flavour, Cherry Lips are a classic featured sweet among the traditional pick and […]
Sherbet Lemons are a popular retro classic and are sold in most sweet shops. These boiled sweets are the king of car trips, containing an intense zingy lemon flavour that boasts of a sherbet centre. Sucking on the hard strong citrus sweet leaves your mouth feeling sweet and tangy, the eventual burst of sour powdered […]
Anglo Bubbly is the ultimate 80s bubblegum! A chunky pink disc of bubblegum flavoured joy ready to tease your taste buds and be shaped into the best of bubblegum bubbles. Reminisce over those bright pink summer bubbles, as you twist open this colourfully wrapped sweet. In 2004 a highschool student by the name of Chad […]
American Hard Gums, the jumbo version of the US Gumdrops are a sugar coated fruity gummy sweet with a dome-like shape to them. These delicious gummy candies come in a variety of fruity and spiced flavours, our particular bag comes with a selection of cherry, orange, lemon, grape and blackcurrant. The texture is harder than […]