To ask for help tracking down these sweets

[DinoGreen]

Shameless post for traffic.

I am a sweet addict, also a vegetarian which limits which sweets I can eat.

Had an amazing independent sweet shop which used to stock these delicious veggie sweets, they were imported from somewhere, I think they told me Holland once but I could be wrong. Shop closed down and I have tried to track these sweets down online without success as they are soooo amazing. Description below:

Vegetarian
Sour sugar covered
Smiley faces, but each sweet was half and half in different colours/flavours.

I have googled incessantly and found all sorts of vegetarian sour smileys but none in the half and half style.

Power of MN can you help?

Not smiley faces but try the Goody Good Stuff Sour mix and match sweets.
They are stripy and mixed flavours, but sugar coated and sour.

Try looking at Sugar Sin. They have a few branches around the country and you can order online. They are one of the few shops that sell sour vegetarian sweets that I've found. Not sure whether they'll have the 'half and half' ones you're after, but they do have some very nice sweets.

I can't help with your smiley faces however Candy Kittens do lovely sour sweets and they're all vegan.

I was going to say Candy Kittens. A friend at work brought them in the other day and they were delicious! I think she got them in Waitrose.

I would say go to your local wholesaler, that's probably where the sweet shop was getting them.

Gosh some delicious looking options at Sugarsin and Candy Kitten ... the sour watermelons at the latter look very similar to what I used to buy actually! Worth a try although not what I had in mind ... still it’s no real hardship to order and taste test these different options!

Thanks for the tip Bluesapp, I will research local wholesalers ...

Try treasure island sweets or a quarter of, they might not have what you are looking for but the last time I ventured onto one of them the postie commented on the weight of the box

A lot of Tesco own brand jelly sweets are now vegetarian, their fizzy laces and fizzy rainbow belts are definitely. Not exactly what you are looking for, but something worth trying maybe?

Candy Kitten aren’t all vegan. Some of them aren’t even veggie.
M&S veggie sweets are worth a look.

Oh, perhaps they are. I’m confused.

Try these candy kittens. I got mine in superdrug

amazon have some that have half and half colours..
www.amazon.co.uk/Vegetarian-Sour-Fizzy-Sweet-Assortment/dp/B076HFZC51/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?keywords=vegetarian+sour+sweets&tag=mumsnetforum-21&ie=UTF8&qid=1529583222&sr=8-1

@DinoGreen they sound like Scandinavian sweets called Surskallar. You can see them here.

I think you might be after the Katjes Brand sweets, they’re made with veggie gelatin and they do a wide range of shapes and flavours — not sure where supplies them in the UK though.

I think Sainsbury's sticks then veggie Katje sweets

These sort of sour sweets are really popular in Sweden in every supermarket pick and mix. I could not find the sour skulls at the moment that are vegetarian

But you can get the two-tone sour tongues that are suitable for vegetarians from Amazon www.amazon.co.uk/Fizzy-Sour-Tongues-kilo-bag/dp/B00470CSBI/?tag=mumsnetforum-21

We're the actual sweets in the shape of faces? And are they split down the middle colour-wise?

I found these which are Swedish. The bag has a picture of a face on it but the sweets do not. They have different flavours in the middle and on the outside:
www.cloetta.se/varumarken-och-produkter/losviktsgodis/surt/malaco-crazy-face-sour/

None of these are the right ones but thanks so much everyone for trying and lots of yummy new options for me to try! @Loyly the surskaller are the closest so far but these ones were round and had smiles on them! Oh I wish I could find them!

Could it be these? I can't tell if they're veggie, though, as I don't speak Dutch!

www.dutchexpatshop.com/en/food/food-from-holland/sweets-snacks-from-holland/sweets-from-holland/katja-monkey-sour-fruit-gums.html