Fun Sweet Facts♦Wedding favours have been a tradition since the 16th century, originally five sugared almonds♦Fudge was reputedly first made by accident in Baltimore in 1886♦A traditional Pontefract liquorice cake was once worth more than its weight in silver♦Sweet jars in glass became popular in Victorian sweet shops in the 1840s♦In Victorian England, a pennyworth of sweets bought you a small jar full♦The word "sweet" came from the Old English "swete", meaning pleasant to taste♦Brentwood, Essex, has been a sweet town since the railway arrived in 1840♦Kola Kubes are flavoured with the kola nut, the same plant that originally flavoured cola♦Wedding favours have been a tradition since the 16th century, originally five sugared almonds♦Fudge was reputedly first made by accident in Baltimore in 1886♦A traditional Pontefract liquorice cake was once worth more than its weight in silver♦Sweet jars in glass became popular in Victorian sweet shops in the 1840s♦In Victorian England, a pennyworth of sweets bought you a small jar full♦The word "sweet" came from the Old English "swete", meaning pleasant to taste♦Brentwood, Essex, has been a sweet town since the railway arrived in 1840♦Kola Kubes are flavoured with the kola nut, the same plant that originally flavoured cola
