Fun Sweet Facts♦Flying saucers were invented in Belgium in the 1950s using rice paper♦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♦Sugared almonds at weddings represent five wishes: health, wealth, happiness, fertility, long life♦Pear drops get their flavour from amyl acetate, the same compound found in real pears♦A 970ml Victorian jar holds roughly 500 grams of pick & mix, give or take♦Allsorts were invented in 1899 when a salesman accidentally dropped his sample tray♦Hard-boiled sweets are 80% sugar, 19% glucose syrup, and 1% magic♦Flying saucers were invented in Belgium in the 1950s using rice paper♦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♦Sugared almonds at weddings represent five wishes: health, wealth, happiness, fertility, long life♦Pear drops get their flavour from amyl acetate, the same compound found in real pears♦A 970ml Victorian jar holds roughly 500 grams of pick & mix, give or take♦Allsorts were invented in 1899 when a salesman accidentally dropped his sample tray♦Hard-boiled sweets are 80% sugar, 19% glucose syrup, and 1% magic
