Fun Sweet Facts♦Sherbet originally came from the Arabic word "sharab", meaning a chilled drink♦Most sweet labels you see are mass-printed; ours are printed the morning your order ships♦A jar of pick & mix from Vivid Delights weighs almost the same as a hardback book♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦Kola Kubes are flavoured with the kola nut, the same plant that originally flavoured cola♦The longest sweet shop in the world ran for over a mile in Llandudno, Wales♦The Egyptians invented the first sweets, around 1,500 BC, by mixing nuts and honey♦Pear drops get their flavour from amyl acetate, the same compound found in real pears♦Sherbet originally came from the Arabic word "sharab", meaning a chilled drink♦Most sweet labels you see are mass-printed; ours are printed the morning your order ships♦A jar of pick & mix from Vivid Delights weighs almost the same as a hardback book♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦Kola Kubes are flavoured with the kola nut, the same plant that originally flavoured cola♦The longest sweet shop in the world ran for over a mile in Llandudno, Wales♦The Egyptians invented the first sweets, around 1,500 BC, by mixing nuts and honey♦Pear drops get their flavour from amyl acetate, the same compound found in real pears
