Fun Sweet Facts♦The largest sweet jar ever filled held over 1.6 million sweets and weighed half a ton♦Brentwood, Essex, has been a sweet town since the railway arrived in 1840♦Toffee gets its name from "tafia", an old Caribbean word for sugarcane spirit♦The world record for the most sweets eaten in one minute is 88♦Sweet jars in glass became popular in Victorian sweet shops in the 1840s♦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♦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♦Brentwood, Essex, has been a sweet town since the railway arrived in 1840♦Toffee gets its name from "tafia", an old Caribbean word for sugarcane spirit♦The world record for the most sweets eaten in one minute is 88♦Sweet jars in glass became popular in Victorian sweet shops in the 1840s♦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♦In Victorian England, a pennyworth of sweets bought you a small jar full
