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Liquid Candy Explained: The UK's Spray and Shak...

"Liquid candy" isn't an official sweet category, but it's a genuinely useful way to describe a specific bit of the pocket-money shelf: sour or fruit-flavoured liquid sold in a spray...

Freaky Fish Sweets: What They Are, and Do We St...

"Freaky Fish" sounds like it should be a well-known branded sweet, but it's a narrower, more specific product than most of the fish-shaped gummies on the market — worth untangling...

Tango Sweets: Shockers, Chews and the Rest of t...

Tango is a drink brand first, but it's also a confectionery brand in its own right - a licensed sweet range that has nothing to do with our existing article...

Ice Breakers Sours: The Hershey Mint We Don't S...

Ice Breakers is better known in the UK as a mint and gum brand, so the Sours line can come as a surprise - it's a genuine product, just not...

Zappers: The Sour Sweet That Isn't a Swizzels P...

If you've been hunting for a Swizzels sweet called Zappers, it's worth clearing up first: that product doesn't appear to exist under the Swizzels name. The Zappers you'll find on...

Sour Goo Tubes: The Squeezable Gel Candy Format...

"Sour goo tube" is a search term rather than a brand name, and it describes a specific novelty format: a squeeze tube filled with thick, sour candy gel, rather than...