Fun Sweet Facts♦Brentwood, Essex, has been a sweet town since the railway arrived in 1840♦Strawberry bonbons rarely contain real strawberry, but the smell molecule is identical♦Wedding favours have been a tradition since the 16th century, originally five sugared almonds♦Rhubarb and custard sweets have been made in the same Yorkshire factory since 1929♦The first jelly bean is thought to have been made in Boston in the 1860s♦Sugared almonds at weddings represent five wishes: health, wealth, happiness, fertility, long life♦Kola Kubes are flavoured with the kola nut, the same plant that originally flavoured cola♦Fudge sets when sugar crystals form between 110 and 116 degrees Celsius, chemistry♦Brentwood, Essex, has been a sweet town since the railway arrived in 1840♦Strawberry bonbons rarely contain real strawberry, but the smell molecule is identical♦Wedding favours have been a tradition since the 16th century, originally five sugared almonds♦Rhubarb and custard sweets have been made in the same Yorkshire factory since 1929♦The first jelly bean is thought to have been made in Boston in the 1860s♦Sugared almonds at weddings represent five wishes: health, wealth, happiness, fertility, long life♦Kola Kubes are flavoured with the kola nut, the same plant that originally flavoured cola♦Fudge sets when sugar crystals form between 110 and 116 degrees Celsius, chemistry
