Retro sweets
Depending on exactly how old you are, you may remember the sweets you bought in your local sweet shop as penny sweets, or they could have been even less than that. Maybe you used to buy a quarter of lemon bonbons from your local shop or like me, be given a mint humbug or sugar mice on visits to your grandparents’ house. We have a fantastic range of these traditional treats from your childhood, easily ordered from our website. With our great service and prompt delivery you can soon be reliving those days or introducing your children to the delights of sugar mice and chewy sweet shrimps and bananas. You can taste these classic sweets within one to four days after ordering, for mainland UK addresses. Under the retro sweets section of our site you will find two delicious chews that I remember very well, fruit salads and black jacks. Now aniseed was not a taste I was very fond of, so black jacks were not on my shopping list, but fruit salads most definitely were. Many people love aniseed however so you can find black jacks and other favourites like aniseed balls and aniseed twists on our site. For those who prefer sugar free sweets we also have a varied selection for your perusal.
Treats for all
We think we have something for everyone in our selection. If you used to pick out all the strawberry creams every time your mum received a box of chocolates then why not buy a box that has only these wonderful chocolates. Fans of retro sweets whose weakness was for boiled sweets will not be disappointed either. From small acid drops to large gob stoppers in many colours, there is something for all tastes. Sugar mice and sherbet dip, barley sugars and chocolate éclairs; it really is like being a kid in a sweet shop when you look through the pages of our site. Have a look and discover some of your personal old favourites. I will never forget the pink and white coconut ice bars myself. Maybe you had a grandparent who introduced you to Army and Navy sweets or sugar mice. If sweet rock was your passion then maybe you remember the red and green rhubarb rock pieces with that fantastic rhubarb flavour. Then there are the classic liquorice retro sweets like Pontefract cakes and the unforgettable Liquorice Allsorts. You will have great fun looking back at these sweets and ordering some of your favourites to reacquaint yourself with.
Sugar mice
Traditionally, men have been encouraged over the years to say it with flowers. A large bouquet of beautifully smelling roses with a message on a card to your sweetheart. Well why not be different and say it with these traditional sugar animals? They come in pink, orange, white, yellow or green, and these retro sweets can be sent by anyone, with a customised message to the recipient. How about a Happy Mother’s Day mouse to cheer your mum up? Or maybe you can wish someone a happy birthday with sugar mice, the choice is yours. You will be helping to continue a long tradition, whatever your message. Confectioners have been making sugar animals since the days of the Roman Empire. Five hundred years ago, at the height of their popularity, life size sugar animals were made, even of elephants! For me, the pink and white ones are classic retro sweets, and the green orange and yellow ones make a nice alternative for sending to friends. When you order them, you simply select the “My Own Message” choice in the drop down box next to the desired quantity and then tell us what the message is at the check out stage.
Sugar free sweets
If you love the idea of revisiting those fun days when you used to choose a selection of sweets from jars on shelves, but you really don’t want to revisit all that sugar then you can still enjoy yourself with something from our sugar free range of retro sweets. There is a great selection of boiled sweets with no sugar, including aniseed twists, those great classics pear drops and dozens more. You do not have to sacrifice flavour either, as anyone who has tasted our sugar free Strawberries and Cream or Sherbet Limes knows. It is making my mouth water just thinking about them. Although we have a great range of no added sugar sweets, there are some things, like sugar mice for instance, that just would not be possible in a sugar free form. We do however have one of the widest ranges of sugar free boiled sweets with flavours as diverse as apple and blackcurrant, menthol and eucalyptus, and rhubarb and custard. A fantastic choice of sugar free retro sweets, I am sure you will agree. As with the rest of our range, these can be ordered and received within one to four days.
Making up your mind
As you browse through our wide selection of retro sweets, picking your favourite flavour bonbons and indulging yourself with some chocolate limes or raspberry ruffles, you can add your choices to your sweet basket as you go. Pop a couple of pink sugar mice in your virtual basket and move on to the sugar free sweets for a bit of balance. Pick up some barley twists and cough candy twists while you are there perhaps. Spoil yourself and go crazy in the loose chocolates section! With chocolate macaroons, marzipans, mint creams and rum truffles among many other choices, you are bound to find something to your liking in there. In the actual retro sweets section you can bag some milk gums or kola kubes, or maybe flying saucers are your thing? If you have a wedding planned then why not take advantage of our wedding favours service? You can choose whichever sweets you like, perhaps after dinner mints or sugar mice, but anything is possible. They will be delivered to you, packaged to your specifications, and we will do everything to ensure your order is processed smoothly as we know what an important time this is for couples in love.
