# Old fashioned sweets: the A to Z **Canonical URL:** https://sweeties.net/wiki/old-fashioned-sweets-the-a-to-z/ **Source:** sweeties.net, online pick and mix sweet shop ## Summary An A to Z of old fashioned British sweets, from acid drops and aniseed balls to Wham bars and yellowman, with a line on each and a link to its full story. ## Description Here is the old fashioned British sweet shop in alphabetical order. Each entry has a line about the sweet and a link to its full story, with dates and sources. A to C Acid drops. Sharp boiled sweets made with citric or tartaric acid: acid drops.Aniseed balls. Hard, reddish brown aniseed sweets built up in layers around a single seed: aniseed balls.Aztec. Cadbury's nougat and caramel bar, 1967 to 1978: the Aztec bar.Barley sugar. Golden boiled sugar, traditionally twisted into sticks: barley sugar.Bazooka Joe. Bubble gum from 1947, with a comic strip in every wrapper from 1953: Bazooka Joe.Berwick cockles. White mints with red stripes, made since 1801: Berwick cockles.Black Jacks. Black, aniseed flavoured chews from the 1920s: Black Jacks.Blackpool rock. Thick seaside rock with the town's name all the way through: Blackpool rock.Brighton rock. The seaside rock that named a Graham Greene novel: Brighton rock.Bullseyes. Striped peppermint boiled sweets, also called black bullets: bullseyes.Butterscotch. Doncaster's buttery boiled sweet, presented to Queen Victoria in 1851: butterscotch.Caramac. The caramel bar from 1959, withdrawn in 2023 and briefly back in 2024: Caramac.Chocolate coins. Foil wrapped chocolate money for the Christmas tree: chocolate coins.Coconut ice. Pink and white coconut squares, traditionally made at home: coconut ice.Coltsfoot rock. Brittle rock flavoured with coltsfoot, made by Stockley's in Lancashire: Coltsfoot rock. D to H Dip Dabs. Barratt's sherbet with a strawberry lolly, since 1935: Dip Dabs.Dolly mixtures. Tiny fondant shapes and jellies for small children: dolly mixtures.Drumsticks. Swizzels' chewy milk and raspberry lolly, since 1957: Drumstick lollies.Edinburgh rock. Soft, crumbly Scottish sticks, nothing like seaside rock: Edinburgh rock.Everton Mints and Everton toffee. The sweets behind Everton FC's nickname, the Toffees: Everton Mints and Everton toffee.Fisherman's Friend. Lozenges made in Fleetwood since 1865: Fisherman's Friend.Flying saucers. Wafer discs full of sherbet: flying saucers.Fox's Glacier Mints. Clear mints with Peppy the polar bear, since 1918: Fox's Glacier Mints.Fry's Chocolate Cream. The oldest chocolate bar brand still sold, from 1866: Fry's Chocolate Cream.Fruit Salad. Raspberry and pineapple chews from Barratt: Fruit Salad chews.Fudge. Sugar, butter and milk, with a Cornish clotted cream tradition: fudge.Gobstoppers. Layered boiled sweets that last for ages: gobstoppers.Harrogate toffee. Made to hide the taste of the spa water, since 1840: Harrogate toffee.Hawick Balls. Minty, buttery Borders sweets loved by Bill McLaren: Hawick Balls.Highland toffee. McCowan's chewy bar from Stenhousemuir: Highland toffee.Honeycomb or cinder toffee. Toffee full of bubbles: honeycomb toffee.Humbugs. Striped peppermint boiled sweets: humbugs. J to P Jelly Tots. Rowntree's sugar coated fruit jellies, since 1965: Jelly Tots.Kendal Mint Cake. The peppermint sugar bar that went up Everest: Kendal Mint Cake.Kola kubes. Sugar dusted cola cubes: kola kubes.Lemon drops. Sugar coated lemon boiled sweets: lemon drops.Liquorice Allsorts. Bassett's mixture from 1899: Liquorice Allsorts.Liquorice Catherine wheels. Coiled liquorice around a jelly button: liquorice wheels.Love Hearts. Swizzels' message sweets, since 1954: Love Hearts.Midget Gems. Firm fruit gums, renamed Mini Gems by some sellers in 2022: Midget Gems.Mint imperials. White mints with a hard shell, pan drops to Scots: mint imperials.Moffat toffee. A boiled sweet with a tangy centre, from Dumfriesshire: Moffat toffee.Opal Fruits. Renamed Starburst in 1998: Opal Fruits.Pacers. Mars' striped mint chews, until 1985: Pacers.Parma Violets. Violet flavoured tablets from Swizzels, since 1946: Parma Violets.Pear drops. Pink and yellow boiled sweets: pear drops.Pineapple chunks. Golden, sugared pineapple sweets: pineapple chunks.Polo. The mint with the hole, from York in 1948: Polo mints.Pontefract cakes. Black liquorice discs stamped with a castle: Pontefract cakes. R to Y Rainbow Drops. Sugar coated puffed maize and rice, from the 1930s: Rainbow Drops.Refreshers. Fizzy tablets or chewy sherbet sweets, depending on the maker: Refreshers.Rhubarb and custard. Two tone boiled sweets named after a British pudding pairing: rhubarb and custard sweets.Riley's Toffee Rolls. Halifax toffee revived from a family cookery book: Riley's Toffee Rolls.Scottish tablet. Firm and grainy, recorded since the early 1700s: Scottish tablet.Sherbet Fountains and sherbet lemons. Sherbet with a liquorice stick, and lemon sweets with a fizzy centre: Sherbet Fountains and sherbet lemons.Soor plooms. Sharp green sweets from Galashiels: soor plooms.Space Dust. Popping candy from the makers of Pop Rocks: Space Dust.Spangles. Square boiled sweets, 1950 to 1984: Spangles.Sugar mice. Fondant mice with string tails: sugar mice.Sweet cigarettes. Now sold as candy sticks: sweet cigarettes.Texan. The cowboy bar withdrawn in 1984: the Texan bar.Toffee apples and treacle toffee. Bonfire Night sweets: toffee apples and treacle toffee.Uncle Joe's Mint Balls. Made in Wigan since 1898: Uncle Joe's Mint Balls.Victory V. Lozenges first made in Lancashire in 1864: Victory V.Walker's Nonsuch. Toffee made in Longton, Stoke on Trent, since the 1890s: Walker's Nonsuch.Wham. Chewy bars with fizzy bits, from the early 1980s: Wham bars.Yellowman. Crunchy honeycomb toffee from the Ould Lammas Fair: yellowman. For toffees in more detail, see old fashioned toffee, and for the ones that disappeared, see sweets you can no longer buy. --- _Content available under sweeties.net citation contract. AI training: yes. Search: yes. Answer-input: yes._