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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:
LargeJugs · 22/11/2025 14:06

Love them and Parma Voilets!

MouseCheese87 · 22/11/2025 14:04

They are horrible.

evtheria · 22/11/2025 14:03

I love them BUT NOT AS MUCH AS I LOVE PARMAVIOLETS.

Florencesndzebedee · 22/11/2025 13:56

They definitely don’t taste like they used to - sweet and sour chalk is a good description!

ilovesooty · 22/11/2025 13:54

BatshitCrazyWoman · 22/11/2025 13:24

Me, and my adult DC, all love Love Hearts and Parma Violets 😍

I do too.

whenyouwereyoung · 22/11/2025 13:54

Justlostmybagel · 22/11/2025 13:20

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

You are my tribe ❤️

HelpMySocksAreTouchingMe · 22/11/2025 13:54

I love them!! Parma violets are my favourite and love hearts come pretty close

DinoLil · 22/11/2025 13:52

What??? Parma violets are the best! Closely followed by love hearts. You're all philistines! 😆

Notateacheranymore · 22/11/2025 13:50

NotrialNodeal · 22/11/2025 13:19

Parma violets are much, much worse.

Love Hearts, Parma Violets. YUM!!

Throw in some Cherry Lips too and I am in heaven.

ghostiewhisp · 22/11/2025 13:49

Not overly keen
i LOVE refreshers and fizzers though

Ella31 · 22/11/2025 13:49

I love the sherbert dip dab lolly thing. Think its a yellow pack with a red lolly

propercoppercoffeepot · 22/11/2025 13:49

MagnoliaTreeBlossom · 22/11/2025 13:47

Not only do I love them, I buy the personalised ones from the Swizzels website and use them as place settings at Christmas. 🎅

Oh what a great idea!

MagnoliaTreeBlossom · 22/11/2025 13:47

Not only do I love them, I buy the personalised ones from the Swizzels website and use them as place settings at Christmas. 🎅

To think noone actually likes Love Hearts?
coffeeagogo · 22/11/2025 13:43

God they are ming

Brightbluesomething · 22/11/2025 13:40

I was at an event recently and they had sweets on the tables. I picked up a few mini packets or they’d be thrown away. Couldn’t manage any more than a couple of sweets, I remembered why I don’t buy them. Was going to give the rest away but that would send a message that I don’t particularly want to! They’re still in my handbag as an emergency sweet stash. And probably will be until the next time I sort it out and bin them.

OSTMusTisNT · 22/11/2025 13:33

I don't mind them but would never choose them in a sweetie shop.

Parma Violets on the other hand are disgusting, like licking the floor at Duty Free.

themerchentofvenus · 22/11/2025 13:33

I love then! And refreshers! Do they still make those???

Parma violets are disgusting though!

bbwbwka · 22/11/2025 13:32

I am a greedy bugger, but love heart are utterly foul. I don't eat them. And there isn't much I won't eat.

Awrite · 22/11/2025 13:32

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

katseyes7 · 22/11/2025 13:30

I love them!
And they're brilliant if you have heartburn.

SisterTeatime · 22/11/2025 13:29

I like them, also refreshers and Parma violets. So there

DeanStockwell · 22/11/2025 13:29

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 22/11/2025 13:26

I do! I like any of those crumbly type sweets

Me too , including refreshers

LilyCanna · 22/11/2025 13:29

I only like sweets if they are a bit sour, that includes Love Hearts, Refreshers (are they even still around?) and those Swizzels lollies made of the same stuff.

Octavia64 · 22/11/2025 13:28

I do

SunnieShine · 22/11/2025 13:28

I love them. ❤️