Sachet

Love the variety of illustrations found on sweets packaging - more foreign goodies to come soon but first...

Tuck in

So while im out face-painting 70 kids this morning at circus skills holiday club i see the tuck shop, that most mythical of pit-stops for children, and i get drawn in by the smells and sights... sweet like candy.

Sweeet!

Puccinos, awesome advertising..

Whatever

Whatevers - Asda have produced these travesties of confectionary, attempting a streetwise update of the much beloved classic

Asda sweet buyer James Davies explained: "We thought it was time to update this old favourite. With sayings from characters in shows such as Little Britain and the Catherine Tate Show providing us with more and more contemporary slang, we thought we needed to reflect this."

Lovers of the English language will be delighted to learn that - for their 24p a packet - they will also be entertained by gems including "Bovvered", "As if", "Respect" and "Minger".

Whatevers are actually manufactured by Swizzels at its Matlock factory, and they own its copyright. Apparently, it's the only outfit with a machine capable of doing the embossed messages... shame on them!

Sweet!

Thanks to Ellie for the awesome kitsch sweeties she ordered from the good ol U S of A (where else) for her dissertation ("holy sh*t") which was actually amazing. The people have to have something fun to read on a sunday..

Sweet is the sleep of a laborer, whether he eats little or much, but the full stomach of the rich will not let him sleep.
—Ecclesiastes 5:12

KING

Foreign sweeties are a funny thing, rarely tasty yet often amusing. Peppermunt anyone?