Hard-boiled sweets are 80% sugar, 19% glucose syrup, and 1% magicThe original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shapeIn Victorian England, a pennyworth of sweets bought you a small jar fullPink jazzies were originally an Edwardian sweet sold by chemistsStrawberry bonbons rarely contain real strawberry, but the smell molecule is identicalPear drops get their flavour from amyl acetate, the same compound found in real pearsMarshmallows were originally made from the root of the marsh-mallow plantFudge was reputedly first made by accident in Baltimore in 1886
Vivid Delights

Standard 500ml

The everyday gift jar

The 500ml Victorian-style jar is our most-loved size. About 17.5cm tall with the lid, holds 250g of pick & mix. Right for a thank-you, a birthday, a small thoughtful gesture.

Capacity
500ml · 250g of sweets
Dimensions
17.5cm tall · 9cm wide
Starting at
from £14.95
Hand-filled
Day of dispatch
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A 500ml Victorian-style sweet jar filled with mixed sweets

Right for

When this size makes sense

Five scenarios where this is the size we recommend without hesitation.

  • Thank-you gifts
  • Birthdays (children, teens, adults)
  • Wedding favours
  • Baby shower favours
  • Corporate desk gifts

In the wild

A few we have made

Personalisation samples from the last few months. Yours can look like any of these or something else entirely.

Happy Birthday jar
Thank You jar
Baby Boy jar
Baby Girl jar

Make it yours

Open the designer and we'll preselect this size for you. Pick the sweets, design the label, we hand-fill the rest.

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