Bonds of London Sweets in Canada

Some sweets are less about the flavour and more about where you were the first time you had them: a corner shop counter, a nan's handbag, the glove box on a long drive. Bonds of London covers that territory well, with the traditional British boiled sweets, chews, toffees and bon bons that people still describe by colour and shape before they remember the name. This collection brings together Rhubarb & Custard, Pear Drops, Sherbet Lemons, Mint Humbugs, Blackcurrant & Liquorice, Cough Candy, Chocolate Limes, Flying Saucers, Turkish Delight and more, all shipped across Canada by The Great British Shop.

Boiled sweets, humbugs and the old reliables

This is the heart of the range. Rhubarb & Custard and Pear Drops sit alongside Sherbet Lemons, Barley Sugar, Garden Fruits and Blackcurrant & Liquorice, the kind of hard sweets that last a whole conversation if you have the patience not to crunch them. Mint Humbugs, Mint Imperials and Butter Mintoes cover the minty side, while Cough Candy and Liquorice Torpedos are there for anyone who likes their sweets with a bit of an edge. These bags are easy to keep in a desk drawer, a car door or a coat pocket, and just as easy to finish before you meant to.

Bon bons, toffee, fudge and a few chocolate surprises

For softer, chewier cravings, Bonds Strawberry Bon Bons, Lemon Bon Bons and Blue Raz Bon Bons bring the powdery coating and chewy centre that people tend to remember fondly. Bonds Dairy Toffee and Double Chocolate Toffee are proper slow chews, Clotted Cream Fudge leans rich and crumbly, and Fruit Jellies and Turkish Delight round things off on the sticky side. Chocolate Limes and Chocolate Oranges add that hard shell with a chocolatey middle, and Flying Saucers come along for anyone who still enjoys rice paper and a fizz of sherbet.

Traditional British sweets shipped across Canada

Finding Pear Drops or Chocolate Limes in a Canadian supermarket is usually a long shot, which is why this collection keeps the Bonds of London range in one place. Orders ship from Canada, so it is straightforward to stock up whether you are in Halifax, Dartmouth or Moncton, in Toronto, Ottawa or Kitchener, or further out in Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria or St. John's. Add a few bags to an order of British chocolate, biscuits or crisps, or put together a mixed selection for someone who has been talking about Rhubarb & Custard for years and deserves to finally get some.