Brentwood, Essex, has been a sweet town since the railway arrived in 1840Fudge was reputedly first made by accident in Baltimore in 1886Rhubarb and custard sweets have been made in the same Yorkshire factory since 1929The first jelly bean is thought to have been made in Boston in the 1860sFudge sets when sugar crystals form between 110 and 116 degrees Celsius, chemistrySugared almonds at weddings represent five wishes: health, wealth, happiness, fertility, long lifeThe largest sweet jar ever filled held over 1.6 million sweets and weighed half a tonFlying saucers were invented in Belgium in the 1950s using rice paper
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