Fun Sweet Facts♦Cotton candy was invented in 1897 by a dentist (we are not making this up)♦In Victorian England, a pennyworth of sweets bought you a small jar full♦The largest sweet jar ever filled held over 1.6 million sweets and weighed half a ton♦Toffee gets its name from "tafia", an old Caribbean word for sugarcane spirit♦The Egyptians invented the first sweets, around 1,500 BC, by mixing nuts and honey♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦A 970ml Victorian jar holds roughly 500 grams of pick & mix, give or take♦Fudge sets when sugar crystals form between 110 and 116 degrees Celsius, chemistry♦Cotton candy was invented in 1897 by a dentist (we are not making this up)♦In Victorian England, a pennyworth of sweets bought you a small jar full♦The largest sweet jar ever filled held over 1.6 million sweets and weighed half a ton♦Toffee gets its name from "tafia", an old Caribbean word for sugarcane spirit♦The Egyptians invented the first sweets, around 1,500 BC, by mixing nuts and honey♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦A 970ml Victorian jar holds roughly 500 grams of pick & mix, give or take♦Fudge sets when sugar crystals form between 110 and 116 degrees Celsius, chemistry
