Fun Sweet Facts♦The first jelly bean is thought to have been made in Boston in the 1860s♦Sweet jars in glass became popular in Victorian sweet shops in the 1840s♦Brentwood, Essex, has been a sweet town since the railway arrived in 1840♦The world record for the most sweets eaten in one minute is 88♦Hard-boiled sweets are 80% sugar, 19% glucose syrup, and 1% magic♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦Sherbet originally came from the Arabic word "sharab", meaning a chilled drink♦Marshmallows were originally made from the root of the marsh-mallow plant♦The first jelly bean is thought to have been made in Boston in the 1860s♦Sweet jars in glass became popular in Victorian sweet shops in the 1840s♦Brentwood, Essex, has been a sweet town since the railway arrived in 1840♦The world record for the most sweets eaten in one minute is 88♦Hard-boiled sweets are 80% sugar, 19% glucose syrup, and 1% magic♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦Sherbet originally came from the Arabic word "sharab", meaning a chilled drink♦Marshmallows were originally made from the root of the marsh-mallow plant
