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Mint Feast: The Story of Rowntree's Discontinue...

Why Rowntree's Mint Feast bar disappeared from shelves, and what made it such a nostalgic favourite.

Mint Feast: The Story of Rowntree's Discontinue...

Why Rowntree's Mint Feast bar disappeared from shelves, and what made it such a nostalgic favourite.

Sports Mixture vs Liquorice Allsorts: What's Ac...

Both are classic British "mixture" sweets with an assortment of shapes in one bag — but the flavours, ingredients and origins are almost nothing alike.

Sports Mixture vs Liquorice Allsorts: What's Ac...

Both are classic British "mixture" sweets with an assortment of shapes in one bag — but the flavours, ingredients and origins are almost nothing alike.

Bonfire Night Treacle Toffee: The Guy Fawkes Tr...

Why dark, hard treacle toffee has been handed out on Bonfire Night for centuries, and what actually goes into it.

Bonfire Night Treacle Toffee: The Guy Fawkes Tr...

Why dark, hard treacle toffee has been handed out on Bonfire Night for centuries, and what actually goes into it.

Grasmere Gingerbread: The Lake District's Secre...

Sarah Nelson's 1854 recipe, still locked in a bank vault and still sold from the same tiny shop beside Grasmere's churchyard where Wordsworth once bought it.

Grasmere Gingerbread: The Lake District's Secre...

Sarah Nelson's 1854 recipe, still locked in a bank vault and still sold from the same tiny shop beside Grasmere's churchyard where Wordsworth once bought it.

Lees Macaroon Bar: Scotland's Coconut Bar That ...

The history of the Lees Macaroon Bar, the Scottish confection with a fondant centre that has nothing to do with French macarons.

Lees Macaroon Bar: Scotland's Coconut Bar That ...

The history of the Lees Macaroon Bar, the Scottish confection with a fondant centre that has nothing to do with French macarons.

Gobstopper vs Jawbreaker: What's Actually Diffe...

Same long-lasting layered hard candy, two very different names either side of the Atlantic — and the size and texture differences that did grow up between them.

Gobstopper vs Jawbreaker: What's Actually Diffe...

Same long-lasting layered hard candy, two very different names either side of the Atlantic — and the size and texture differences that did grow up between them.