Old fashioned sweets

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My dh loves all the old sweets like Parma violets, Dib Dabs and Refreshers.
I have decided to make him a small sweetie hamper for Christmas. Has anyone got any ideas of things I could put in it.
Also if anyone is as old as me, can you still get those sweet cigerettes and coconut tobacco anywhere. I know they are very un pc but when I think back to my childhood they are the main sweets I remember so I would like to get some.

Cola cubes, rhubarb and custard, wham bars, bon bons, love hearts, fudge, toffee... erm... aniseed balls (sp?)

fruit salads and black jacks. chewing nuts, those sherbet things in a packet (not dib dabs) 3 compartments 1 with pink sherbet, 1 with orange and a yellow candy stick to dip in. edinburgh rock. flying saucers. bon bons. fried eggs, tutti fruttis, dolly mixtures,

Will keep on thinking x

Fruit salads, bullseyes, pear drops, Uncle Tom's mint balls? snort

refreshers (chews in blue and yellow wrappers), coltsfoot rock, spearmint pips, sweet peanuts, lovehearts, drumstick lollies, sherbet fountains, have a look at the barratt and matlock sweet websites too.

There are websites like this www.aquarterof.co.uk/ which sell the old fashioned sweets and also have hampers etc - may give you some ideas.

Midget gems.

We can get sweet cigarettes here in Germany - I am my English niece's supplier

Lemon sherbets, chocolate limes.

Wow thank you everyone. Black Jacks and Cola Cubes. Such memories and I loved sweet peanuts. Thanks for that link sugarandspice

to you all

what a good idea!

Cinder toffee, sarsaparilla tablets,......the toffee you used to bash with a hammer.

Yaay I have found the sweet tobacco. That link is great sugarandspice I just spent far to much on there.

gold bullion (sp?) bars, chewing nuts, - i have loads of traditional sweet shops near me- are there none near you as most 'traditional' shops sell all the old ones - may pinch this idea for my dh!

In the BHS Christmas Department( that pops up every year) they have themed mugs and money boxes with Refreshers, Lovehearts, Drumsticks and Sherbert Fountains in them.

Tescos and Poundland are good for refreshers etc.

OP, if you are anywhere near a Mr Soms Sweetshop and no- I don't work for them- they have loads of the old fashioned sweets in jars and some of the wrapped ones.

DH and I drool over those sweet peanuts and the bonbons (toffee in middle with thick icing sugar)

I miss toffee satins...

Mr Sims not Soms. Pah!

I did this a couple of years ago, google retro sweets and steal ideas from ready made hampers! Hold on i'll find my thread of ideas......

loads of ideas on here

mmmm now I want some sweets!

Ooh, Mr Sims is an excellent idea, I second that one.

The best thing to do is find a traditional sweet shop. We have one in our town and they have everything right there, from sweet tobacco and liquorice roots to sherbet flying saucers.
No Crispits though :( I have come to terms with the reality of never seeing those delights again.

Glad you liked it, I always find it very tempting!