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Maoam Pinballs: The Chew With a Fizzy Centre

Maoam's range is wider than the two chews most people know, and Pinballs is the one that adds a genuine twist rather than just a new flavour.What makes a Pinball...

Pontefract Cakes: Yorkshire's Liquorice Heritag...

Pontefract Cakes have nothing to do with cake, but the name has stuck for centuries, and the sweet itself is one of the oldest branded confections still made in Britain...

Valentine's Day Sweets: A Gift Guide Beyond the...

A box of chocolates is the default Valentine's gift for a reason, but it's not the only sweet option that reads as romantic — and for anyone buying for a...

Haribo Giant Strawbs: How a Countline Became a ...

Giant Strawbs has been described as Haribo's best-selling single countline — how it moved into family bags, went vegetarian, and what we stock.

Pontefract Cakes: Yorkshire's Original Liquoric...

There's exactly one UK town whose name is genuinely synonymous with a specific sweet, and it's not Blackpool or Brighton — it's Pontefract, a West Yorkshire market town better known...

Giant Gummy Bears: How Big Is Too Big?

A standard gummy bear is a two-bite sweet. The novelty version pushes that idea as far as it will go — sometimes a long way further than seems reasonable. From...