Fun Sweet Facts♦Allsorts were invented in 1899 when a salesman accidentally dropped his sample tray♦Sweet jars in glass became popular in Victorian sweet shops in the 1840s♦Toffee gets its name from "tafia", an old Caribbean word for sugarcane spirit♦The word "sweet" came from the Old English "swete", meaning pleasant to taste♦A jar of pick & mix from Vivid Delights weighs almost the same as a hardback book♦Hard-boiled sweets are 80% sugar, 19% glucose syrup, and 1% magic♦The first jelly bean is thought to have been made in Boston in the 1860s♦The Egyptians invented the first sweets, around 1,500 BC, by mixing nuts and honey♦Allsorts were invented in 1899 when a salesman accidentally dropped his sample tray♦Sweet jars in glass became popular in Victorian sweet shops in the 1840s♦Toffee gets its name from "tafia", an old Caribbean word for sugarcane spirit♦The word "sweet" came from the Old English "swete", meaning pleasant to taste♦A jar of pick & mix from Vivid Delights weighs almost the same as a hardback book♦Hard-boiled sweets are 80% sugar, 19% glucose syrup, and 1% magic♦The first jelly bean is thought to have been made in Boston in the 1860s♦The Egyptians invented the first sweets, around 1,500 BC, by mixing nuts and honey