Fun Sweet Facts♦The first jelly bean is thought to have been made in Boston in the 1860s♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦Allsorts were invented in 1899 when a salesman accidentally dropped his sample tray♦A traditional Pontefract liquorice cake was once worth more than its weight in silver♦Pear drops get their flavour from amyl acetate, the same compound found in real pears♦Sweet jars in glass became popular in Victorian sweet shops in the 1840s♦The largest sweet jar ever filled held over 1.6 million sweets and weighed half a ton♦A jar of pick & mix from Vivid Delights weighs almost the same as a hardback book♦The first jelly bean is thought to have been made in Boston in the 1860s♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦Allsorts were invented in 1899 when a salesman accidentally dropped his sample tray♦A traditional Pontefract liquorice cake was once worth more than its weight in silver♦Pear drops get their flavour from amyl acetate, the same compound found in real pears♦Sweet jars in glass became popular in Victorian sweet shops in the 1840s♦The largest sweet jar ever filled held over 1.6 million sweets and weighed half a ton♦A jar of pick & mix from Vivid Delights weighs almost the same as a hardback book
