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To think noone actually likes Love Hearts?

118 replies

nush18 · 22/11/2025 13:17

Sweet tooth moment and all we had were a packet of love hearts which I begrudgingly had a couple of, and once again pondered about who actually would choose love hearts as first option? They're like sweet and sour chalk...

Does anyone actually enjoy them except in dire emergencies such as the above? Are there any other sweets you can't get your head around?

Yabu - love them how dare you
Yanbu - They're only still going thanks to some genius advertising/product design

OP posts:
soupyspoon · 22/11/2025 14:57

nush18 · 22/11/2025 14:39

Ooooh, I had no idea there were so many people out there who are wrong like them!

Also, the Parma violet haters are insane, they're delectable!

OP you have stumbled upon a den of weirdos.

Horrible 'sweets'.

You are completely right.

Oganesson118 · 22/11/2025 14:55

I really like them!

I agree with all the comments about Parma Violets being horrible but my 8 year old absolutely loves them!

RightOnTheEdge · 22/11/2025 14:54

nush18 · 22/11/2025 14:39

Ooooh, I had no idea there were so many people out there who are wrong like them!

Also, the Parma violet haters are insane, they're delectable!

Oh I'm torn now!
I voted YANBU but your Palma Violet comment has me shocked and appalled!
😱😂

curious79 · 22/11/2025 14:52

Love em
and love love Parma violets. Heaven!

ohyesido · 22/11/2025 14:52

I love them. In unguarded moments I like to shove the whole packet into my mouth and crunch them into a fizzy sugary melee

SheepShankers · 22/11/2025 14:50

You’re the kind of person I’d love to share a tub of sweets with - I’d be able to get the best ones by default.

What are your opinions on Roses v Quality Street?

TomatoSandwiches · 22/11/2025 14:50

I like LH and Refreshers, any zingy, tangy sweet is good.

ClassicalQueen · 22/11/2025 14:48

I actually really like them! Along with parma violets. However I very rarely eat sweets.

WhatMe123 · 22/11/2025 14:47

I love them

CarterBeatsTheDevil · 22/11/2025 14:46

Needmorelego · 22/11/2025 13:24

I like Parma Violets.
It's a unique club of about 20 of us in the universe that like them 😂😂😂

I don't like them for themselves but my mum loved them and so I kind of love them in her memory

DarkEyedSailor · 22/11/2025 14:44

Abracadabrador · 22/11/2025 14:42

If you like them, do you also like the taste of paracetamol and other chalky tablets?

Have a nice bite into them before having a drink? 🤢

No because paracetamol is bitter and not sugary and lovely.

madaboutpurple · 22/11/2025 14:44

Parma violets would be my favourite, I got a pack yesterday and swizzels are my second best!

Shoutygouty · 22/11/2025 14:43

Eating some I found in my son’s bag right now. Delicious!

Abracadabrador · 22/11/2025 14:42

If you like them, do you also like the taste of paracetamol and other chalky tablets?

Have a nice bite into them before having a drink? 🤢

Original poster
nush18 · 22/11/2025 14:39

Ooooh, I had no idea there were so many people out there who are wrong like them!

Also, the Parma violet haters are insane, they're delectable!

OP posts:
Northquit · 22/11/2025 14:31

Awrite · 22/11/2025 13:32

I can't think of any sweets I don't like.

This ^^

I wouldn't go for Parma Violets first but I certainly wouldn't throw them away

NeverDropYourMooncup · 22/11/2025 14:24

I had no choice but to like them for many years following my Christmas Day near expiration following an unfortunate incident when walking whilst consuming the last of a Sherbert Fountain aged five.

Love the sweet and sour and lack of stickiness. And the fact that, unlike the Sherbert Fountains, they're gluten free - the reason why I still can't have fountains despite being less likely these days to tip a quarter of a tube of powder down my lungs due to tripping on a broken garden path slab.

PinkFootstool · 22/11/2025 14:23

Love them.

Also had them printed up with personalised labels for my wedding as favours 😂

Tillow4ever · 22/11/2025 14:21

Bloody love them! They’re the first ones I go for on the Xmas sweet tub!

RustyBear · 22/11/2025 14:14

You should keep them, because knowing you have them as an emergency sweet may stop you buying other sweets on impulse at the shop - then when you get home, you don’t actually want to eat them.

DD found them really good for heartburn when she was pregnant.

I quite like them, though I prefer Refreshers (the proper ones, not the chewy abominations)

DarkEyedSailor · 22/11/2025 14:12

I love them! And Parma Violets!

DirtyGertiefromno30 · 22/11/2025 14:10

Love them especially when they fizz up in your mouth 😋

FastFood · 22/11/2025 14:09

It's true that they taste a bit like scented loo rolls though.

FastFood · 22/11/2025 14:07

Love them, as well as parma violets, and I'm not afraid to say so.

Wednesdaysotherchild · 22/11/2025 14:07

Justlostmybagel · 22/11/2025 13:20

They're literally my favourite ever sweet! I love parma violets too.

Me too!

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