Top Ten Retro Sweets
As Waitrose announce that they will soon be stocking aniseed balls from January next year, the Telegraph listed the top ten retro sweets that people apparently miss the most.
Amongst the list below are some retro sweets that are still readily available to buy today. My wife and children bought me some sherbet pips last Christmas [...]
Baconnaise
If it didn’t exist, you wouldn’t invent it is a quote that you usually hear about strange products or one-off businesses.
But actually it’s not always true! Baconnaise didn’t exist, it is strange, but someone has invented it!
What the heck is Baconnaise I hear you ask? Well, it’s like mayonnaise but it has a hint of [...]
A Quarter Of Sweets
Midget Gems – one of my all time favourite sweets!
You can buy them from specialist online sweetshop A Quarter Of – they offer a huge range of retro sweets and gifts.
Available in 250g portions, gift boxes or great big jars you’ll be able to find just about every classic sweet that you can think of. [...]
Banana Guard
Right, you, at the back. Yes you, stop sniggering this instant!
Despite what you might be thinking, this isn’t just a great novelty gift idea, it’s a very practical and inexpensive plastic banana guard. John Lewis sell them so it’s all above board!
Designed by a Canadian ER doctor, who evidently suffered from squashed banana syndrome, this [...]
Jack Daniels Gift Set
This aint no novelty gift – it’s actually the real McCoy! A fab gift idea for any grown-up in the family, put together in a smart red gift box.
Not only do you get to miniature bottles of Jack Daniels bourbon, there’s 2 JD tumblers, a JD liqueur chocolate bar and a pack of poker cards.
Available [...]