Best place to buy ‘treasure’ like sweets in london?

[NotAGirl]

I want to do ‘treasure’ sweetie bags for young grandchildren (5 & under) I have gold chocolate coins but I want to add some sweets that look like jewels and I’m in London tomorrow (near Tottenham Court Rd and Piccadilly Circus) I wondered if anyone could recommend some good sweet shops?

I’d honestly get an assortment of Lindt balls plus they do little golden bars and teddies

This company make them
https://crystalicioussnacks.com/?srsltid=AfmBOoq3cnDimxsEGiYU6jy18cV3okMe9N6BrpfO7zFJNsRvQeWx5ElK

Possibly too late but I would avoid the money laundering scammy sweet shops on Oxford Street. The sweets are often fake.

Sostrene Grene and Flying Tiger on Tottenham Court Road have a good selection of sweets at pocket money prices, if you don’t have them locally. I think one of them had little foil wrapped chocolate balls in a net for Christmas and those sugar bracelets last time I was there. Sugar Sin in Russell Street is good but expensive.There are some other legitimate sweet shops around Covent Garden. Avoid anywhere where there are few prices on display!

The crystal sweets are a Japanese thing. You might find them at the Japan Centre near Piccadilly. I wouldn’t think they are suitable for very little DC though. Maybe jewel coloured jellies like Midget Gems are better? You can get unusual flavours of jellies at the Asian supermarkets. There are a couple around Centrepoint at Tottenham Court Road and you are close to Chinatown.

The food halls at JL, Selfridges and Fortnum & Mason may have something a bit different. M&S do jewel shaped chocolates but they are more adult flavours and expensive!

I was curious about those Crystalicious sweets and not shocked at the price but can't find where it gives the quantity for the price. 🙄

What do you mean "fake"? As in they are actually made of plastic? I'm really puzzled how a sweet can be fake.

@MrsSunshine2b fake as in they sell fake branded items, such as Hershey Kisses or Oreos or Harry Potter sweets. Actual fakes not dupes or unbranded copies. You have no idea whether the contents of the packet contain the same ingredients listed on the packet. They aren’t just inferior copies (although the packaging looks genuine), some contain toxins and may have unlisted allergens.

Westminster Trading Standards also found sweets with illegal additives, legal additives above the permitted quantity, sweets that are banned in the UK for safety reasons, goods imported without the ingredients translated (as required by law) so you can’t check for allergens or the best before date, sweets long past their use by date. Some of the sweets contained known carcinogens that are banned. Just Google for the news reports of the raids. Plus many of them are used for money laundering. They are extortionately expensive and they often don’t display the price so you pick up a small packet of sweets and find it costs £15 at the till.

I had less time spare than I expected so no chance to buy sweets. Thank-you for the little Lindt gold teddies and midget gems suggestions.