Fun Sweet Facts♦Flying saucers were invented in Belgium in the 1950s using rice paper♦Liquorice has been chewed in England since the 13th century, originally as medicine♦The world record for the most sweets eaten in one minute is 88♦Hard-boiled sweets are 80% sugar, 19% glucose syrup, and 1% magic♦Wedding favours have been a tradition since the 16th century, originally five sugared almonds♦The first jelly bean is thought to have been made in Boston in the 1860s♦Fizzy sweets get their pop from citric acid mixed with bicarbonate of soda♦Allsorts were invented in 1899 when a salesman accidentally dropped his sample tray♦Flying saucers were invented in Belgium in the 1950s using rice paper♦Liquorice has been chewed in England since the 13th century, originally as medicine♦The world record for the most sweets eaten in one minute is 88♦Hard-boiled sweets are 80% sugar, 19% glucose syrup, and 1% magic♦Wedding favours have been a tradition since the 16th century, originally five sugared almonds♦The first jelly bean is thought to have been made in Boston in the 1860s♦Fizzy sweets get their pop from citric acid mixed with bicarbonate of soda♦Allsorts were invented in 1899 when a salesman accidentally dropped his sample tray
