If you’re one of our younger customers, you might be more familiar with Starburst sweets but you may not have known that these were known as Opal fruits back in the day! P – Parma VioletsĪnother love them or hate them kind of sweet, Parma Violets have a famously floral flavour but some people just can’t get enough of them! Q – Quality Street They may be thought of as one of the less exciting sweet treats but we think the world simply doesn’t go round without mints! Mint humbugs are old school and seriously refreshing! N – NougatĪnother letter that isn’t associated with many sweet treats, ‘n’ means nougat if you ask us, a super sugary treat with plenty of hidden gems such as chopped nuts and fruit! O – Opal Fruits Made by well-known UK based sweet makers – Swizzels, Love Hearts are the classic sherbet flavoured sweets with adorable messages that are bound to put a smile on your face M – Mint Humbugs
The same fizzy flavour we know and love from cola bottles but in the form of a sugar-coated boiled sweet, Kola Cubes are super retro but still so good! L – Love Hearts No matter which colour is your favourite, jelly babies are a favourite amongst all the family with their chewy, juicy centre and sugar dusted outside. Made by American confectionary giants Hershey, Icebreakers are tablet shaped fruit and mint flavoured sweets that are just too good to put down! J – Jelly Babies They may have been made famous in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory but Gob Stoppers aren’t just a sweet from the films, they’re available to buy from Retro Sweet now! H – Hubba BubbaĪ childhood favourite for many, Hubba Bubba is a bubble gum of a very different kind! Available in a range of flavours and designed to be super easy to blow bubbles with. Shaped like little UFOs, flying saucers are certainly out of this world! Soft shells that melt in the mouth filled with fizzy sherbet, there’s nothing not to like about a flying saucer! G – Gob Stoppers
There may not be many sweet treats that start with the letter ‘e’ but Edinburgh Rock is a good one! Soft and crumbly textured compared to other rocks, this traditional Scottish treat is a local delicacy! F – Flying Saucers One of the most popular gummy sweets for people of all ages, cola bottles are a simple yet delicious bottle shaped sweet with a mouth-watering cola flavour that is just too good to say no to! D – Drumstick LolliesĪ classic trick or treat sweet but also an irresistible treat all year round, these milk and raspberry flavoured chewy lollies might be aimed at children but they’re loved by everyone. These aniseed-flavoured chews are irresistibly moreish! C – Cola Bottles B – Black JacksĬarrying on with the aniseed theme, Black Jacks are a real blast from the past that kids of the 80s just can’t get enough of. It really is the ‘marmite’ flavour of the sweet world, aniseed is a real love or hate taste but these bright red boiled sweets with a mouth-watering aniseed flavour truly are the definition of an old-school sweet. We know a thing or two about retro sweet treats here at Retro Sweet, both confectioneries that we sell and tasty treats we enjoyed back in the day that just aren’t around anymore, so we thought we’d take a trip down memory lane with this A-Z of old school sweets and chocolates! A – Aniseed Twists In our latest blog post we are looking at our favourite sweets for each letter of the alphabet!
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