Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Bean, Chocolate Frogs, Butter Beer and more all play a small but memorable role in the Harry Potter series, and they are also available to actually buy and consume. Should you be lucky enough to find yourself in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando, you can pop into Honeydukes and purchase pretty much any kind of candy from the Potter universe, from Yorkshire Mix to Fizzing Whizzbees. If, for whatever reason, you want to avoid going to America at this particular time, you can always just order this stuff online. As for the taste, I can make no guarantees, but who wouldn’t want to try an ear-waxed flavoured bean or a Sugared Butterfly Wing?...
Winter is here. The days are shorter than an iPhone’s battery life, the supermarket’s playlists are all things Mariah and Slade, the snow forecasts are offering frequent disappointment, and John Lewis and Sainsbury’s have released their annual installments of heart-warming festive marketing. Like it or not, this can all mean only one thing. It’s Christmas! But everyone knows that Christmas doesn’t really begin until the Coca-Cola Christmas truck first rolls onto our screens. The lights, the snow, the ‘holidays are coming, hoollllidays are coming’ perfectly captures the excitement that should be part and parcel of Christmas. In fact, the face of Christmas that we know and love today would be quite different if it wasn’t for Coca-Cola. The ample-bellied, white-bearded,...
The time of year has come to don the poppy and bow our heads in silence as we remember the incredible sacrifice made by those who have fought for our freedom during the bitter wars of recent history. We remember our ancestors and the heroes of our time alike for their courage, strength, and resilience. But as we reflect and learn about the great conflicts of our world, let us take a moment’s break to look at the role confectionary has had to play during the two World Wars. Indeed, confectioners of the homeland have ever been on hand to provide our troops with a much desired sugar fix. At the beginning of World War One, a soldier’s daily ration...
Remember, remember the fifth of November Gunpowder treason and plot. We see no reason Why this is the season That candy should be forgot! Halloween has been and gone, and that probably means you’re all tuckered out from gorging on unholy amounts of chocolate, sweets, and other confectionary goodness. But alas, the time of the sweet-tooth is not quite over, for we have another little holiday coming up, and it too wants to satisfy all our sugary needs. Yes, Bonfire Night may be an annual celebration of failed treason, but really it’s just another excuse to eat yummy food. The essential ingredient to a successful Bonfire Night is of course Bonfire Toffee. Dating back hundreds of years, these little...
