Olden day sweeties and treats. Hamper help needed. Can your grandparents help me suprise mine please?

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I'm making my wonderful grandparents a hamper for Christmas and will be filling it with lovely treats like champagne, chocolate, cheese and chutneys etc.

I want it to be a suprise but I want to include some treats from their younger years so I need some ideas on what sort of things to include.

I'm also on the hunt for a wicker basket to arrange it all in if possible.

Is anyone else trying to organise a hamper and need help hunting down good finds?

you might find something here

Liquorice!

Sugar Barley and Yorkshire mixture. Humbugs and mint imperials.

Sounds a fab gift.

my grandad used to love tom thumb sweets, think you can still get them from old fashonied sweet shops. And toffee is a good shout.

My Nan's favourites are Liquorice Comfits. DH's too, come to think of it.

Also, original Rhubarb and Custards - the ones that look like broken up sticks of rock, not the round ones. Taste miles better. And are my complete favourites.

I want a sweetie hamper for Christmas now too!

There is a website called AQuarterOf.co.uk that sells retro sweets.

Unfortunately I can't help you with what ones would be appropriate but they are all gorgeous

There is a brilliant sweet shop near us that does retro sweet hampers.
It's called Bah Humbugs, I'm pretty sure they do mail order :)

Bah Humbugs

My granny LOVED cough candy.
But they're revolting, so unless you know yours to love them too, suggest you stay well away!

You're all great, lovely ideas and how did I forget about liquorice!

My dad's 70 and he enjoyed wagon wheels as a kid. He swears they're smaller now though!

Clicknmix is good.

my link is for A qtr of!

Your dad is totally right tss wagon wheels are smaller these days!

a quarter of is very good. am doing american hard gums for my mum. oh and if you want a basket, go onto amazon and search for wicker shopping baskets. loads on there.