Fun Sweet Facts♦The Egyptians invented the first sweets, around 1,500 BC, by mixing nuts and honey♦The word "sweet" came from the Old English "swete", meaning pleasant to taste♦Toffee gets its name from "tafia", an old Caribbean word for sugarcane spirit♦A traditional Pontefract liquorice cake was once worth more than its weight in silver♦Fudge sets when sugar crystals form between 110 and 116 degrees Celsius, chemistry♦Rhubarb and custard sweets have been made in the same Yorkshire factory since 1929♦Marshmallows were originally made from the root of the marsh-mallow plant♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape♦The Egyptians invented the first sweets, around 1,500 BC, by mixing nuts and honey♦The word "sweet" came from the Old English "swete", meaning pleasant to taste♦Toffee gets its name from "tafia", an old Caribbean word for sugarcane spirit♦A traditional Pontefract liquorice cake was once worth more than its weight in silver♦Fudge sets when sugar crystals form between 110 and 116 degrees Celsius, chemistry♦Rhubarb and custard sweets have been made in the same Yorkshire factory since 1929♦Marshmallows were originally made from the root of the marsh-mallow plant♦The original cola bottle sweet was launched in 1976, ten years after the Coke bottle changed shape