Proper pick and mix, like what Woolworths used to have. Does it still exist?

[DuIcieDomum]

And if so, where?

I know Wilko and some supermarkets have a stand but it's rank, just some samey waxy chocolate and soapy fudge and a few sad gummy sweets. I want good pick and mix. Chocolates in shiny wrappers and pear drops and things that didn't all taste of palm oil or citric acid. Like I used to get in 1993 on a Saturday afternoon!

Is it still a thing?

[mnahmnah]

Independent sweet shops tend to

[Ohthere]

Well I know of a place with the best pick and mix ever, exactly what you are looking for, but it’s in a wee town on the east coast of Scotland so may not be convenient!

[DuIcieDomum]

@Ohthere

Well I know of a place with the best pick and mix ever, exactly what you are looking for, but it’s in a wee town on the east coast of Scotland so may not be convenient!

Opposite end of the country. But...where is it exactly? Perhaps I can persuade my family it's a good holiday destination 🤣

[PinkMildred]

Cinemas have a good selection usually.

[AutumnFroglets]

I know Wilko and some supermarkets have a stand.
Nope, Wilkos have gone. Ceased to exist 😭


(Also place marking as I miss pear drops and banana toffees).

[667TheNeighbourOfTheBeast]

One of the larger hospitals near me in south west England has a small traditional sweet shop run by volunteers. Sweets are in jars though you have to ask. We also used to have one locally that closed down, I think they just can’t compete with supermarkets etc. Littlewoods high street stores used to do pick and mix in 70s and 80s.
It’s sad and I still miss Woolworths not just for the sweets but you could buy a huge variety of things there

[MsAdoraBelleDearheartVonLipwig]

Vue cinemas have pick and mix. I’ll never forget letting the young dcs pick some and then being so aghast at the price that I wouldn’t let them have it. That memory still haunts me to this day, I can’t believe I was so mean. They learnt a lesson in not grabbing all the sweets at the time but I still feel really, really shit about being so mean. I bought something else for them instead, and according to my eldest she can’t even remember it happening but god it’s a horrible memory.

Sorry, that probably wasn’t the direction you intended for the thread. 😄

[DuIcieDomum]

@PinkMildred

Cinemas have a good selection usually.

Oooh no, it's the same vile waxy chocolate and fizzy blue foam sweets in my experience, but for 3x the price of anywhere else!

[BobGalaxy]

Are you near a Mr Simms? mrsimms.co/pages/store-locator

[CluelessPadme]

Those chocolate limes. I dream about them every now and then

[Northernsouloldies]

Keep an eye on the cost per 100 gr before you start shoveling them into a bag.

[Pieceofpurplesky]

Mollie's Sweet Shop has them - chocolate eclairs, mint toffees, raspberry sherbets etc - they are in the north (and one in London)

[JobMatch3000]

If you are in London, Hanzel&Gretel at Covent Garden.

[TheShellBeach]

Inveraray in Argyll has a wonderful old sweetie shop.

[NC03]

Not in person but there's a few good online ones where you can pick your sweets and it turns up in a big bag

[strawberrybarn]

@Ohthere

Well I know of a place with the best pick and mix ever, exactly what you are looking for, but it’s in a wee town on the east coast of Scotland so may not be convenient!

I'd love to know this too! I live on the east coast of Scotland.

[NC03]

I usually buy from here

https://www.thesweetstore.co.uk/products/1000g-pick-mix-mini-pouch-20-fillings?variant=33835023007879&gadsource=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6MOrra6QhQMVkYhQBh2QSQ2KEAQYAiABEgLK2vDBwE

[VanillaImpulse]

@667TheNeighbourOfTheBeast

One of the larger hospitals near me in south west England has a small traditional sweet shop run by volunteers. Sweets are in jars though you have to ask. We also used to have one locally that closed down, I think they just can’t compete with supermarkets etc. Littlewoods high street stores used to do pick and mix in 70s and 80s.
It’s sad and I still miss Woolworths not just for the sweets but you could buy a huge variety of things there

Ooh which hospital is this @667TheNeighbourOfTheBeast? I'm in the SW!!

[NC03]

Or for anyone Lancashire based

lolipopslancashire.co.uk/our-shop/

[YourNimblePeachTraybake]

@Pieceofpurplesky

Mollie's Sweet Shop has them - chocolate eclairs, mint toffees, raspberry sherbets etc - they are in the north (and one in London)

We have one in West Wales. 😃

[Ohthere]

@DuIcieDomum

Opposite end of the country. But...where is it exactly? Perhaps I can persuade my family it's a good holiday destination 🤣

It's called the Sweetie Bank in Dunbar (have a look on instagram for some photos, it's on Facebook too but the photos there make it look dead classy), it is worth the trip if you ask me and I'm further away than you!

[EnjoyingTheSilence]

Littlewoods pick and mix had these amazing fruit shaped sweets. Unfortunately I’m the only one who seems to remember them.

[Ohthere]

@strawberrybarn going by your username I would have presumed you knew it already!

[strawberrybarn]

@Ohthere

@strawberrybarn going by your username I would have presumed you knew it already!

Yes, very very local!

Thank you @Ohthere!

[667TheNeighbourOfTheBeast]

@VanillaImpulse

Ooh which hospital is this @667TheNeighbourOfTheBeast? I'm in the SW!!

It’s Salisbury hospital, but I know S West covers huge area so bit of a trek if you’re in Cornwall ! I’ve also used Giant Bradley’s sweet shop online for “retro” sweets, not the same as physically going into a shop I know. Also I’ve ordered favourites from Etsy, my daughter loves the big blue jelly dolphins 🐬 you get at the Cinema but we don’t have one near by.