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Retro Sweets for People Who Remember the Jar
Retro Sweets for People Who Remember the Jar
Before you chose a sweet, you chose a jar, and our Retro Sweets collection brings back that delightful problem. The pear drops looked tempting until you spotted the chocolate limes. Then... Read more...
Retro Sweets Have a Way of Starting Conversations
Retro Sweets Have a Way of Starting Conversations
Put a bowl on the table and Retro Sweets will soon have people talking. Someone will claim the chocolate limes. Someone else will ask whether Black Jacks still taste as strong... Read more...
Retro Sweets, One Sweet Shop Jar at a Time
Retro Sweets, One Sweet Shop Jar at a Time
Open an old-fashioned sweet jar and our Retro Sweets collection begins to make perfect sense. Pear drops have a scent you know before you see them. Sherbet lemons keep their best... Read more...
The Sweets You Remember Before You Remember Their Names
The Sweets You Remember Before You Remember Their Names
Sometimes a flavour takes you straight back to childhood, and our Retro Sweets collection is full of those moments. The sharp fizz inside a sherbet lemon. The first chewy bite of... Read more...
Retro Sweets: Which Ones Would You Save Until Last?
Retro Sweets: Which Ones Would You Save Until Last?
Everyone has a favourite among Retro Sweets, but the more revealing question is which one you would save until last. Perhaps it is a sherbet lemon you can make last... Read more...
Retro Sweets and the Art of Spending Your Pocket Money
Retro Sweets and the Art of Spending Your Pocket Money
Few purchases felt as important as choosing Retro Sweets with coins warm from your pocket. You had a budget, a queue behind you and a decision that could not be... Read more...
Retro Sweets: The Best Things Never Quite Leave Us
Retro Sweets: The Best Things Never Quite Leave Us
Retro Sweets: The Best Things Never Quite Leave Us A good bag of Retro Sweets can make an ordinary Tuesday feel briefly like the first day of the school holidays.... Read more...
Retro Sweets Worth Remembering
Retro Sweets Worth Remembering
Some treats make you smile before you have even opened the bag, and retro sweets have a remarkable talent for doing exactly that. One glimpse of a flying saucer or... Read more...
Halal Pick and Mix Sweets for Eid, Parties and Every Happy Excuse
Halal Pick and Mix Sweets for Eid, Parties and Every Happy Excuse
When the guest list includes several generations, halal pick and mix sweets have a useful talent: they let everyone find a favourite. The children may head straight for fizzy belts,... Read more...
Warheads Sweets: From Sour Candy to a Can of Green Apple
Warheads Sweets: From Sour Candy to a Can of Green Apple
Anyone who has tried Warheads sweets knows that fruit flavour can make quite an entrance. The brand is associated with a sharp sour beginning, but its wider range gives you... Read more...
American Cinema Sweets: Make Film Night the Main Event
American Cinema Sweets: Make Film Night the Main Event
Choosing American cinema sweets is a splendid excuse to make film night feel like an occasion. Put a few boxes and bags on the table, let everyone claim a favourite... Read more...
Wedding Pick and Mix Sweets: Give Your Guests Something They Will Actually Choose
Wedding Pick and Mix Sweets: Give Your Guests Something They Will Actually Choose
Some of the happiest wedding details are wonderfully simple, and wedding pick and mix sweets are a fine example. A table of familiar favourites gives guests something to enjoy between... Read more...
Halal Pick and Mix Sweets for Eid, Parties and Every Happy Excuse
Halal Pick and Mix Sweets for Eid, Parties and Every Happy Excuse
When the guest list includes several generations, halal pick and mix sweets have a useful talent: they let everyone find a favourite. The children may head straight for fizzy belts,... Read more...
Sour Patch Kids Sweets: A Little Mischief in Every Mouthful
Sour Patch Kids Sweets: A Little Mischief in Every Mouthful
Give Sour Patch Kids sweets a few seconds and they change their minds about you. First comes the bright tang of the outer coating; then the soft, fruit-flavoured centre takes... Read more...
Vegan Pick and Mix Sweets: All the Fun of the Sweet Counter
Vegan Pick and Mix Sweets: All the Fun of the Sweet Counter
A bag of vegan pick and mix sweets should feel like a treat, not an exercise in reading the small print. You want fruity chews, fizzy favourites and the occasional... Read more...
Movie Night Sweets: Make the Snack Selection Part of the Show
Movie Night Sweets: Make the Snack Selection Part of the Show
A good box of movie night sweets can settle the first argument of the evening before anyone reaches for the remote: there is something for the chewy-sweet fan, the fruit-flavour... Read more...
Blue Raspberry Pick and Mix Sweets: A Brilliantly Blue Bag of Possibilities
Blue Raspberry Pick and Mix Sweets: A Brilliantly Blue Bag of Possibilities
There is something wonderfully cheerful about blue raspberry pick and mix sweets: their colour catches your eye before the fruity, tangy flavour gets its turn. They bring instant character to... Read more...
Personalised Sweet Jars: Put Their Name on a Flavour They Love
Personalised Sweet Jars: Put Their Name on a Flavour They Love
Choosing personalised sweet jars begins with a pleasingly simple question: which sweets would they pick for themselves? A name on the jar makes the gift theirs, but getting the flavour... Read more...
Toxic Waste Sweets: How Sour Is Sour Enough?
Toxic Waste Sweets: How Sour Is Sour Enough?
Some sweets ask politely for your attention; Toxic Waste sweets make their case before you have finished opening the pack. Their famously sharp outer layer gives way to fruit flavour,... Read more...
Stockleys Sweets: A Tour of the Traditional Sweet Shop
Stockleys Sweets: A Tour of the Traditional Sweet Shop
There is a particular pleasure in choosing Stockleys sweets by name. Rosey Apples, Mintoes and Sweet Peanuts sound as though they belong behind the counter of a proper old-fashioned sweet... Read more...
Easter Pick and Mix Sweets: More Than Another Chocolate Egg
Easter Pick and Mix Sweets: More Than Another Chocolate Egg
A bag of Easter pick and mix sweets gives the celebration a welcome change of pace. Chocolate eggs have their place, of course, but a handful of fruity jellies, fizzy... Read more...
Animal Sweets: Build a Pick and Mix Bag with Personality
Animal Sweets: Build a Pick and Mix Bag with Personality
A bag of animal sweets tends to attract an audience before anyone has opened it. Snakes, dolphins and meerkats give people something to point at, pick out and quietly claim... Read more...
Pick and Mix Sweets Delivery: Send Their Favourite Bag to Their Door
Pick and Mix Sweets Delivery: Send Their Favourite Bag to Their Door
A parcel of pick and mix sweets can make an ordinary day considerably more interesting. There is the pleasure of opening it, the pleasure of finding a favourite and, if... Read more...
Sour Sweets: How Bold Do You Want to Go?
Sour Sweets: How Bold Do You Want to Go?
Buying sour sweets for someone else is a small test of character: do they enjoy a gentle tang, or are they the sort of person who volunteers for the sharpest... Read more...
American Pick and Mix Sweets: Build a Bag with Bigger Flavours
American Pick and Mix Sweets: Build a Bag with Bigger Flavours
A bag of American pick and mix sweets is an excellent place to be a little adventurous. Familiar fruit chews can sit beside intense sour candy, tiny crunchy pieces and... Read more...
Brain Licker: the sour sweet with a mind of its own
Brain Licker: the sour sweet with a mind of its own
For a sweet that fits in your hand, Brain Licker makes a remarkably big entrance. Its famous rollerball delivers a sharp burst of fruity liquid candy, while the wider range... Read more...
Letterbox Lollipops: A Flavour Guide for the Hardest People to Buy For
Letterbox Lollipops: A Flavour Guide for the Hardest People to Buy For
Choosing letterbox lollipops gets easier when you stop asking which flavour is best and start thinking about the person opening the parcel. Do they love a sharp, fruity sweet, a... Read more...
Retro Pick and Mix Sweets: The Paper Bag Feeling, Your Way
Retro Pick and Mix Sweets: The Paper Bag Feeling, Your Way
A good bag of retro pick and mix sweets can make a grown adult remember exactly how much pocket money they once had. Flying saucers, Fruit Salads, foam bananas and... Read more...
Pick and Mix Sweet Boxes: A Gift That Gets Better When They Open It
Pick and Mix Sweet Boxes: A Gift That Gets Better When They Open It
A box of pick and mix sweets offers a small moment of theatre. Lift the lid and there they are: familiar favourites, bright new temptations and at least one sweet... Read more...
Strawberry Sweets: One Fruit, an Entire Sweet Shop of Possibilities
Strawberry Sweets: One Fruit, an Entire Sweet Shop of Possibilities
When a sweet bag needs a flavour almost everyone recognises, strawberry sweets make a very strong entrance. Yet a strawberry bon bon, a soft foam strawberry and a sherbet-filled boiled... Read more...
Chocolate Gifts: Choose the Treat They Will Actually Open
Chocolate Gifts: Choose the Treat They Will Actually Open
A thoughtful chocolate gift has one advantage over a decorative present: nobody has to wonder what to do with it. The real decision is whether your recipient loves a familiar... Read more...
Christmas Pick and Mix Sweets: Make the Festive Treats Feel Personal
Christmas Pick and Mix Sweets: Make the Festive Treats Feel Personal
A bowl of Christmas pick and mix sweets has a habit of drawing people into the same room. Someone comes in for a cup of tea, spots a familiar favourite... Read more...
Salt Water Taffy: The Sweet Shop Flavour Adventure
Salt Water Taffy: The Sweet Shop Flavour Adventure
Choosing salt water taffy is what happens when a sweet shop decides ordinary flavours are far too limiting. Alongside fruit and butterscotch, you will find ideas borrowed from desserts, drinks... Read more...
Pick and Mix Bags: How to Choose One with No Disappointing Last Handful
Pick and Mix Bags: How to Choose One with No Disappointing Last Handful
The best pick and mix sweets bag contains a small series of happy decisions. Do you take a fizzy cherry, a soft jelly or the gummy bear you were saving... Read more...
Fruit Drops and Boiled Sweets: The Little Classics With Staying Power
Fruit Drops and Boiled Sweets: The Little Classics With Staying Power
There is something satisfying about fruit drops and boiled sweets that no fleeting novelty quite replaces. You choose a flavour, unwrap a sweet and let it last. Pear, pineapple, blackcurrant... Read more...
Swizzels Sweets: A Good Bag Has More Than One Kind of Fun
Swizzels Sweets: A Good Bag Has More Than One Kind of Fun
For anyone who wants sweets with a little personality, Swizzels sweets offer several ways to improve an ordinary afternoon. You can choose the soft chew of Squashies, the bright tang... Read more...
American Drinks: Familiar Names, Unexpected Flavours
American Drinks: Familiar Names, Unexpected Flavours
Browsing American drinks is rather like meeting old friends who have returned from holiday with entirely new personalities. You recognise the name on the can, then discover cherry, grape, blackberry... Read more...
Halal Sweets: Build a Mix Full of Flavour and Variety
Halal Sweets: Build a Mix Full of Flavour and Variety
A good bag of halal sweets should be chosen with the same enthusiasm as any other pick and mix: by flavour, texture and the sweets someone will reach for first.... Read more...
Cola Bottle Sweets: The Little Bottles with a Remarkable Grip on the Pick n Mix Bag
Cola Bottle Sweets: The Little Bottles with a Remarkable Grip on the Pick n Mix Bag
For a treat that turns a familiar drink flavour into a chewy sweet-shop favourite, cola bottle sweets have a wonderfully simple proposition. They look like tiny bottles, taste of cola... Read more...
Jelly Sweets: Babies, Beans and Tots Have Very Different Plans for Your Sweet Bag
Jelly Sweets: Babies, Beans and Tots Have Very Different Plans for Your Sweet Bag
For a sweet bag with colour, fruit flavour and plenty of character, jelly sweets are difficult to beat. But ask for “something jelly” and you could be handed a soft,... Read more...
Pick and Mix Sweet Jars: A Gift They Will Open Before the Card
Pick and Mix Sweet Jars: A Gift They Will Open Before the Card
A jar of pick and mix sweets has a curious advantage over many presents: the recipient can see the good news before removing the lid. Colours, shapes and familiar favourites... Read more...
Halloween Pick and Mix Sweets: Build a Bag with a Few Good Surprises
Halloween Pick and Mix Sweets: Build a Bag with a Few Good Surprises
A Halloween pick and mix sweets bag has one job beyond tasting delicious: it should look as though somebody had fun choosing it. Jelly fangs, fizzy fruit, spooky shapes and... Read more...
Liquorice Sweets: From Pontefract Cakes to Allsorts, Find Your Kind of Dark Magic
Liquorice Sweets: From Pontefract Cakes to Allsorts, Find Your Kind of Dark Magic
For anyone who has ever rescued the black pieces from a mixed sweet bag, liquorice sweets are a world worth exploring on their own. Some are soft and deeply flavoured;... Read more...
Vegetarian Pick and Mix Sweets: How to Build a Bag with More to Love
Vegetarian Pick and Mix Sweets: How to Build a Bag with More to Love
A good bag of vegetarian pick and mix sweets ought to inspire a difficult decision: which one to eat first. It should not require the recipient to inspect every sweet... Read more...
1kg Pick and Mix Sweets: How to Build a Bag Everyone Wants to Share
1kg Pick and Mix Sweets: How to Build a Bag Everyone Wants to Share
A generous bag of 1kg pick and mix sweets can turn an ordinary film night into an occasion, provided the good ones have not all disappeared before the opening credits.... Read more...
Boiled Sweets: The Old Sweet-Shop Favourites Worth Taking Your Time Over
Boiled Sweets: The Old Sweet-Shop Favourites Worth Taking Your Time Over
When you want a treat that lasts beyond the walk from the shop to the car, boiled sweets make a persuasive case for slowing down. A pear drop, sherbet lemon... Read more...
Chocolate Pick and Mix: The Sweet Bag with a Softer Side
Chocolate Pick and Mix: The Sweet Bag with a Softer Side
There is a certain pleasure in chocolate pick and mix sweets: every handful offers a different answer to the question, “What shall I have next?” A milk chocolate Jazzies might... Read more...
Millions Sweets: Tiny Pieces, Surprisingly Big Decisions
Millions Sweets: Tiny Pieces, Surprisingly Big Decisions
Choosing Millions sweets sounds simple until you meet the flavours, tubes and larger sharing options. Those tiny chewy pieces invite the sort of careful selection usually associated with something considerably... Read more...
Toffee Sweets: The Gift That Refuses to Be Rushed
Toffee Sweets: The Gift That Refuses to Be Rushed
A good piece of toffee sweets up a quiet moment in the best possible way. You unwrap it, take a bite and discover that answering emails can wait another minute.... Read more...
Foam Sweets: Bananas, Shrimps, Mushrooms and the Case for a Softer Sweet Bag
Foam Sweets: Bananas, Shrimps, Mushrooms and the Case for a Softer Sweet Bag
In a sweet bag full of chewy gummies and sharp fizzy pieces, foam sweets are the welcome soft landing. They bring bright shapes, gentle flavours and that distinctive bite which... Read more...