Cherry Drops sit in the same family as pear drops and acid drops — a category of hard, boiled fruit sweets that's been a British sweet-shop staple for well over a century, and one people tend to search for by flavour rather than by any single brand.
A very old category of British sweet
Boiled fruit drops — sugar boiled to a hard, glass-like finish and flavoured with a specific fruit — date back to Victorian-era British sweet-making, long before branded confectionery as we know it existed. Cherry Drops, like pear drops and acid drops, take their name directly from the flavour rather than a manufacturer, which is why the category has been made under dozens of different confectionery names over the decades rather than one fixed brand.
Why "drops" became their own category
The boiled-sweet format — hard, slow-dissolving, intensely flavoured — made drops a practical option long before refrigeration and softer sweets were common, since they kept well and didn't spoil. That practicality is part of why the format survived essentially unchanged into the modern pick 'n' mix era.
What we actually stock right now
We don't currently stock Cherry Drops specifically. If it's the boiled-drop format you're after, we do carry Kingsway Large Pear Drops 3kg, in stock now as a bulk bag, and Dobsons Pear Drops Jar 2.72kg, also in stock — same hard-boiled drop format, just pear rather than cherry.
FAQ
What are Cherry Drops made from?
Like other boiled fruit drops, they're made from sugar boiled to a hard finish and flavoured with cherry, rather than containing any actual fruit.
Why isn't there one single "Cherry Drops" brand?
Boiled fruit drops are named after their flavour rather than a manufacturer, so the same style of sweet has historically been produced under many different British confectionery names rather than one fixed brand.
Does Supreme Sweets stock Cherry Drops?
Not currently, no. We do stock the same boiled-drop format in pear flavour — Kingsway Large Pear Drops 3kg and Dobsons Pear Drops Jar 2.72kg are both genuinely in stock now.
Are pear drops a good substitute for cherry drops?
If it's the hard, boiled-sweet texture you want rather than the specific cherry flavour, yes — they're made the same way, just with a different fruit flavouring.