Midget Gems are chewy, firm sweets similar to wine gums but smaller and harder, comprising of fruity flavours including lime, pear, orange, blackcurrant, apricot and raspberry. Midget Gems originated in the UK and were extremely popular ‘Up North’ and one of The Lion Confectionery Company’s biggest selling sweets. Did you know? Midget Gems were a […]
Spogs, formerly referred to as Horse Cakes or Jelly Buttons, are soft and chewy liquorice flavoured jellies covered in pink and blue hundreds and thousands. Spogs play a huge role in the much adored Liquorice Allsorts selection and if you remember the history of Liquorice Allsorts you’ll know that ‘Jelly Buttons’ (Spog’s) were originally meant […]
The Kola Cube, is a retro favourite and an old school British, boiled sweet. Kola Cubes have been around as long as lemon sherbets, rhubarb & custard candies, and acid drops. Did you know that Kola Cubes were previously marketed as a way for parents to keep their children quiet and (perhaps less surprisingly) this […]
Otherwise known as ABCs, these Alphabet Letters are a fun and fruity flavoured hard sweet that is aptly named for their shape of the letters of the alphabet. Produced in a mix of playful soft pastel shades, all accompanied by an assortment of fruity flavours with a sweet and chalky texture, similar to that of […]
