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Sweets - Traditional Old Fashioned




Gobstoppers
Gobstoppers - £1.97
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
Good old fashioned gobstoppers - layer after layer of hard suckable sweet - and no bubblegum centre in sight! A traditional favourite which just goes on and on. . . (like a few people I can think of!)

Hand Made Winter Mixture
Hand Made Winter Mixture - £2.47
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
Hand Made Winter Mixture - This mix of strong flavours includes clove and spearmint, and it works a treat if you're all bunged up - and makes you feel fresh as a daisy if you're not!It's made by hand by a traditional sweetmaker, and we're really proud of it - it really is delicious, especially if you like strong flavours.

Jargonelle Pears
Jargonelle Pears - £1.97
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
Jargonelle Pears - think large pear drops and you are pretty close to summing up this traditional (and now rare) favourite.



Jesmona Black Bullets
Jesmona Black Bullets - £2.07
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
Jesmona Black Bullets - a traditional minty favourite from the NorthEast. We stock the real ones. . . they just have to be made by Jesmona to be proper!!!



Jumbo Treacle Toffee Lollies
Jumbo Treacle Toffee Lollies - £1.97
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
Jumbo Treacle Toffee Lollies - These willll warm the cockles of your heart! Big old lollies that look fabulously traditional and last for ages. They are the tastiest, richest, most luxurious treacle lollies we have ever tasted - ..a real favourite here at A Quarter Of!!! (and we know our sweets!).Some people also call these Jumbo Bonfire Lollies (because they are fab on Fireworks Night - but its such a terrible shame to only enjoy them then - they are just too delish!

Jumbo Tropical Fruit Lollies
Jumbo Tropical Fruit Lollies - £1.97
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
Jumbo Tropical Fruit Lollies - beautiful, old-fashioned chunky lollipops made using old Yorkshire recipes and traditional methods.



Jumbo Tutti Frutti Lollies
Jumbo Tutti Frutti Lollies - £1.97
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
Jumbo Tutti Frutti Lollies - beautiful, old-fashioned chunky lollipops made using old Yorkshire recipes and traditional methods.



Kop Kopps
Kop Kopps - £2.27
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
Kop Kopps - traditional, sweet liquorice in the form of round hard sweets. Almost like a boiled version of Black Jacks. Great name too!



Lions Liquorice Gums
Lions Liquorice Gums - £2.57
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
Liquorice Gums - We hear from so many of you who are seriously addicted to the liquorice gums that Lions make... so here's your chance to load up on them!They're so traditional.... such a classic British sweet, and may they always be around (or we'll get into trouble!)

Lions Poor Bens
Lions Poor Bens - £2.57
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
Lions Poor Bens - Do you spend forever digging out the black ones in the Lions Sports Mixture? Do you lament the replacement of Liquorice gums with Blackcurrant (booo!)? Well if you do, save yourself a load of stress, and get a quarter of Lions Poor Bens - delicious traditional hard aniseed and liquorice gums - absolutely lovely.

Liquorice Rock Sticks
Liquorice Rock Sticks - £2.47
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
Liquorice Rock Sticks - these are really traditional sweets. They are hard sticks of brittle rock with the distinctive taste of liquorice. If you have never tried these - and you like your liquorice - we heartily recommend that you try them.

Milk Gums
Milk Gums - £2.27
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
Milk Gums - delicious traditional favourites - milk chews in the shape of little milk bottles - made by Trebor Bassett Maynards.



Mint Humbugs
Mint Humbugs - £1.97
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
Mint Humbugs - Mmmm. . . I wonder if there's any connection between Scrooge's humbug, and our lip-smackingly delicious minty sweets? Mmm. . .ok. . .maybe not.Anyway, these lovely sweets are as traditional as you can get. Aaaaah, the lovely brown stripes will really take you back. . ...

Northern Pear Drops
Northern Pear Drops - £1.97
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
'Northern' Pear Drops - what makes them Northern?Well being a Southerner I had never seen Pear Drops like these before. Daaan Saaath pear drops are either pink or yellow. These are pink and yellow in the same sweet - still with the traditional delicious pear flavour but very very confusing. Still trying to get my head around the concept!!

Nougat
Nougat - £2.47
Price on 04-Jun-08 from A Quarter Of....
Nougat - The traditional stuff. . . creamy pink and white nougat with little pieces of peanut.Very nutty, very chewy and very very moreish! We love the packaging at A Quarter Of, because it's nice and old-fashioned, and as you know, we love anything with a high nostalgia factor. Thumbs up!