Fun Sweet Facts♦Marshmallows were originally made from the root of the marsh-mallow plant♦Hard-boiled sweets are 80% sugar, 19% glucose syrup, and 1% magic♦Fizzy sweets get their pop from citric acid mixed with bicarbonate of soda♦Allsorts were invented in 1899 when a salesman accidentally dropped his sample tray♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦A traditional Pontefract liquorice cake was once worth more than its weight in silver♦The Egyptians invented the first sweets, around 1,500 BC, by mixing nuts and honey♦The word "sweet" came from the Old English "swete", meaning pleasant to taste♦Marshmallows were originally made from the root of the marsh-mallow plant♦Hard-boiled sweets are 80% sugar, 19% glucose syrup, and 1% magic♦Fizzy sweets get their pop from citric acid mixed with bicarbonate of soda♦Allsorts were invented in 1899 when a salesman accidentally dropped his sample tray♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦A traditional Pontefract liquorice cake was once worth more than its weight in silver♦The Egyptians invented the first sweets, around 1,500 BC, by mixing nuts and honey♦The word "sweet" came from the Old English "swete", meaning pleasant to taste
