Traditional seaside boiled sweets are out from a bygone era as Bridlington now has its first instagrammable candy shop. Candy Chops started in November of 2020 during the global pandemic.

The sweets are made from a mixture of sugar, liquid glucose and water heated in a pan. The liquid is boiled, and then pushed and pulled as it cools to make the sweets. Obesity time-bomb ...

The square boiled sweets were introduced in 1950, when rationing was still in force, and became immensely popular because they required only one token, instead of the two usually needed to buy ...

They all used to be favourites at my local newsagents, which would be piled high with jars of traditional boiled sweets. But these favourites rarely get a look in nowadays when it comes to the ...

Back to homepage / Live news Traditional UK sweet factory enjoys global sugar rush. Dudley (United Kingdom) (AFP) – Edward Gray sweet factory in central England evokes a bygone age where brass ...

Sweet-making at Beamish Museum in pictures - see the confectioners at work in the tiny County Durham 'factory' creating old-fashioned boiled sweets ...