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Christmas

From present ideas to party food, find all your Christmas inspiration here.

British sweets hamper

18 replies

Lalanbaba · 08/11/2023 22:34

Hello everyone,
This year we are going to go back to my home country for Xmas.
I have 2 nieces and would like to make a hamper with sweets that are not common for them.
One of them is coeliac so any gluten free recommendations are welcome.
So far I have:
Terry's chocolate orange
Twirls
Skittles
Starbust
Jelly babies
Monster munch pickled onion

OP posts:
TryTryTryAgainAgainAgain · 08/11/2023 22:42

Pink shrimps and bananas
black jacks and fruit salads
foam strawberries
toffee poppets
coconut mushrooms
pontefract cakes

TryTryTryAgainAgainAgain · 08/11/2023 22:44

Tunnocks snowballs & tunnocks tea cakes
wagon wheels
….okay, I’m now just listing everything I’d like to eat 😂

Roundaboot · 08/11/2023 22:44

Old fashioned hard boiled sweets like rhubarb and custard, rosey apples, humbugs etc.

Forgottenmyphone · 09/11/2023 05:02

Love hearts
Rainbow drops
Percy Pigs
Flump
Twiglets
Jaffa cakes
Party rings
Iced gems

Lalanbaba · 09/11/2023 09:11

Thanks for all the ideas, there are some that I never heard of!
I will have a look at the supermarket tomorrow and going to the shopping centre at the weekend where there is a traditional sweet shop.
I feel I might have to buy double just to test them 🙃

OP posts:
Ariela · 09/11/2023 10:08

M&S's Percy Pig are lovely & GF

MotorwayDiva · 09/11/2023 10:11

Those sweet necklace/bracelets
Malteser reindeers
Toffifee

ScottBakula · 09/11/2023 10:21

Have a look at this place , I have bought sweets from them for the past few years .

www.aquarterof.co.uk/?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiAo7KqBhDhARIsAKhZ4ujbrMWTBp7WuUvf6KBtYT2sMLtzl0sxNpzclHHYSHyjbEpUVZ9qSxIaAshUEALw_wcB

eeyoredebbie · 09/11/2023 10:23

Are tunnocks products gluten free as some of them contain biscuit?

TryTryTryAgainAgainAgain · 09/11/2023 15:02

eeyoredebbie · 09/11/2023 10:23

Are tunnocks products gluten free as some of them contain biscuit?

No, and neither are wagon wheels, but op said any GF suggestions were welcome, not that every suggestion had to be GF.

eeyoredebbie · 09/11/2023 16:16

I was asking for myself as well as my dad used to love them and he’s now GF.

Oganesson118 · 09/11/2023 16:45

Frazzles and dandelion and burdock are quite British.

TotalOverhaul · 09/11/2023 16:48

TryTryTryAgainAgainAgain · 08/11/2023 22:44

Tunnocks snowballs & tunnocks tea cakes
wagon wheels
….okay, I’m now just listing everything I’d like to eat 😂

I would cry if I opened a hamper with Tunnocks in and there were no Tunnocks' wafers. They are Tunnocks' finest product and need to be added. I could eat an eight pack if my family let me.

Also, a big slab of Dairy Milk, surely.

TotalOverhaul · 09/11/2023 16:48

Ariela · 09/11/2023 10:08

M&S's Percy Pig are lovely & GF

Oh yes. Percy Pigs.

TotalOverhaul · 09/11/2023 16:50

Also Vegan Meerkats. I can't buy them as they are too addictive.

What about Licquorice allsorts?

Floralnomad · 09/11/2023 16:51

The Cadbury mixed tin with dairy milk , whole nut and caramel individual sweets is gf , not all Cadbury stuff is most of it is ‘May contain’ . Milky bars festive friends are also gf . For chewy sweets Colin the caterpillars are gf (M&S) .

NickyOy · 09/11/2023 16:56

If you want a gift box of sweets instead of buying them individually, try Funky Hampers. You can personalize the box with a message and photo. They do different sizes/prices. I have used them loads for Christmas presents.

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