Ask anyone who grew up in Britain about the sweet shop and you will hear about jars on high shelves, paper bags and a quarter of something chewy. Many of those sweets are still made today.
The chews
- Black Jacks: aniseed-flavoured chews that turn your tongue black.
- Fruit Salads: raspberry and pineapple chews, the classic partner to Black Jacks.
- Fruit chews and toffee chews in every colour.
Boiled sweets
- Pear drops: a sharp, fruity smell you never forget.
- Cola cubes: tangy, sugar-dusted and very hard.
- Rhubarb and custard: pink-and-yellow, sweet and sour.
- Sherbet lemons: a boiled lemon sweet with a fizzy centre.
Fizzy and fun
- Flying saucers: rice-paper discs filled with sherbet.
- Sherbet dips and fountains.
- Fizzy cola bottles and sour worms.
- White chocolate mice and foam bananas.