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Sweets of the 2000s: The Bars, Bags and Comebac...

From Kinder Bueno arriving in the UK to Rowntree's Randoms and the Wispa Gold comeback, the real launches of the 2000s.

Sweets of the 2000s: The Bars, Bags and Comebac...

From Kinder Bueno arriving in the UK to Rowntree's Randoms and the Wispa Gold comeback, the real launches of the 2000s.

Jethart Snails: Jedburgh's Butterscotch Toffee

The swirled, snail-shaped butterscotch sweet from Jedburgh, said to have arrived in Scotland with a French confectioner over 150 years ago.

Jethart Snails: Jedburgh's Butterscotch Toffee

The swirled, snail-shaped butterscotch sweet from Jedburgh, said to have arrived in Scotland with a French confectioner over 150 years ago.

Cheese Footballs: The History of Britain's Clas...

How the puffed, cheese-flavoured cheese football became a fixture of British children's parties.

Cheese Footballs: The History of Britain's Clas...

How the puffed, cheese-flavoured cheese football became a fixture of British children's parties.

Toffee Apples: The Bonfire Night Tradition Expl...

Where toffee apples actually come from, how the coating is made, and why they've stuck around as a Bonfire Night and Halloween fixture for over a century.

Toffee Apples: The Bonfire Night Tradition Expl...

Where toffee apples actually come from, how the coating is made, and why they've stuck around as a Bonfire Night and Halloween fixture for over a century.

Sweets of the 1990s: The Bars, Bags and Rebrand...

From Cadbury's Time Out bar to the Opal Fruits to Starburst rebrand, the sweets that genuinely marked the 1990s.

Sweets of the 1990s: The Bars, Bags and Rebrand...

From Cadbury's Time Out bar to the Opal Fruits to Starburst rebrand, the sweets that genuinely marked the 1990s.

Soor Plooms: The Sour Plum Sweet of the Scottis...

The tart, plum-shaped boiled sweet tied to Galashiels folklore — and the local legend of the men who ambushed a band of English raiders eating wild sour plums.

Soor Plooms: The Sour Plum Sweet of the Scottis...

The tart, plum-shaped boiled sweet tied to Galashiels folklore — and the local legend of the men who ambushed a band of English raiders eating wild sour plums.