Fun Sweet Facts♦A jar of pick & mix from Vivid Delights weighs almost the same as a hardback book♦Fudge sets when sugar crystals form between 110 and 116 degrees Celsius, chemistry♦The first jelly bean is thought to have been made in Boston in the 1860s♦Cotton candy was invented in 1897 by a dentist (we are not making this up)♦The Egyptians invented the first sweets, around 1,500 BC, by mixing nuts and honey♦The signature taupe ribbon used by Vivid Delights matches our jar label perfectly♦Fizzy sweets get their pop from citric acid mixed with bicarbonate of soda♦The word "sweet" came from the Old English "swete", meaning pleasant to taste♦A jar of pick & mix from Vivid Delights weighs almost the same as a hardback book♦Fudge sets when sugar crystals form between 110 and 116 degrees Celsius, chemistry♦The first jelly bean is thought to have been made in Boston in the 1860s♦Cotton candy was invented in 1897 by a dentist (we are not making this up)♦The Egyptians invented the first sweets, around 1,500 BC, by mixing nuts and honey♦The signature taupe ribbon used by Vivid Delights matches our jar label perfectly♦Fizzy sweets get their pop from citric acid mixed with bicarbonate of soda♦The word "sweet" came from the Old English "swete", meaning pleasant to taste
