Fun Sweet Facts♦A traditional Pontefract liquorice cake was once worth more than its weight in silver♦Marshmallows were originally made from the root of the marsh-mallow plant♦Sugared almonds at weddings represent five wishes: health, wealth, happiness, fertility, long life♦In Victorian England, a pennyworth of sweets bought you a small jar full♦Most sweet labels you see are mass-printed; ours are printed the morning your order ships♦Fizzy sweets get their pop from citric acid mixed with bicarbonate of soda♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦Cotton candy was invented in 1897 by a dentist (we are not making this up)♦A traditional Pontefract liquorice cake was once worth more than its weight in silver♦Marshmallows were originally made from the root of the marsh-mallow plant♦Sugared almonds at weddings represent five wishes: health, wealth, happiness, fertility, long life♦In Victorian England, a pennyworth of sweets bought you a small jar full♦Most sweet labels you see are mass-printed; ours are printed the morning your order ships♦Fizzy sweets get their pop from citric acid mixed with bicarbonate of soda♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦Cotton candy was invented in 1897 by a dentist (we are not making this up)
