Liquorice has been chewed in England since the 13th century, originally as medicineRhubarb and custard sweets have been made in the same Yorkshire factory since 1929Fudge was reputedly first made by accident in Baltimore in 1886A traditional Pontefract liquorice cake was once worth more than its weight in silverSweet jars in glass became popular in Victorian sweet shops in the 1840sBrentwood, Essex, has been a sweet town since the railway arrived in 1840Allsorts were invented in 1899 when a salesman accidentally dropped his sample trayHard-boiled sweets are 80% sugar, 19% glucose syrup, and 1% magic

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