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Bonds of London Flying Saucers - 12g
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About Bonds of London Flying Saucers
About Bonds of London Flying Saucers
Flying saucers are one of those British sweets that people either forgot existed entirely until this exact moment, or have been quietly thinking about for years. Bonds of London Flying Saucers are the ones you remember: the rice paper shells that dissolve the second they hit your tongue, the faintly fizzy sherbet inside, the slightly odd pastel colours. Twelve grams does not sound like much, but that has always been the format.
Each pack contains the classic flying saucer sweets made by Bonds of London, one of the more enduring names in British confectionery. The appeal is almost entirely textural. The outer shell is thin, chalky rice paper that melts almost before you have committed to eating it, and the sherbet centre does the rest. They are light, quick and over in seconds, which is probably why you always wanted more.
For British expats in Canada, flying saucers tend to fall into the category of sweets you did not realise you missed until someone mentions them. The Great British Shop stocks them as part of a wider range of imported British confectionery, so there is no need to wait for a care package or hope a visiting relative remembered to pack them.
Bonds of London Flying Saucers are imported from the United Kingdom and available here in Canada, shipped from Halifax, Nova Scotia. If you are buying for a mix of ages, it is worth knowing that the flying saucer tends to generate an unreasonable amount of enthusiasm from anyone who grew up in Britain, regardless of how long ago that was.
Flying saucers sit in a specific corner of the British sweet shop: the pick-and-mix staples that cost almost nothing, came in paper bags, and disappeared in seconds. They belong to the same category as fizzy cola bottles and foam shrimps, the kind of British sweets that were never really about sophistication and were all the better for it. The rice paper and sherbet combination is a format almost entirely associated with the UK.
In Canada, flying saucers are the sort of thing people search for after a conversation triggers the memory, often years after they last had one. British expats and anyone who grew up around a UK sweet shop tend to find them genuinely hard to locate locally, which is what usually brings people here.
Each pack is 12 grams, which reflects the traditional single-serve format these have always come in. They keep well in a cool, dry spot, need no refrigeration, and are light enough that a few packs tuck into a parcel or a desk drawer without any fuss.
Bonds of London makes a broad range of classic British confectionery, and flying saucers are one of their most recognisable lines. If you are building a wider selection of British pick-and-mix favourites, the full Bonds in Canada range is worth a look alongside this one.
Orders ship from within Canada, so whether you are in Toronto or Kitchener, there is no waiting on an overseas parcel to clear customs. A small bag that travels well and keeps well, for a memory that turns out to be surprisingly specific.
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A handy shortcut to the British favourites flying out the door.
Excellent assortment of UK goods. Good pricing. Fast and reasonably priced shipping. Friendly service.
I shall be back! Especially for the McVities milk chocolate caramel digestives!
Nobody ever bought one flying saucer. You bought a handful from the jar behind the counter, counted into a paper bag by someone who had seen it all before. Then you ate the lot on the walk home and there were none left by the front gate. Bonds of London has been filling jars like that for a very long time, and here it is again, no jar required. One of the pick'n'mix favourites, ready for you to hoard, to share, or to say you are sharing.
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Old sweets, old firm
When Bonds of London was sold in 2016, the trade press described it as one of the UK's oldest sweet businesses. Not a bad line to have on the sign above the door. The firm has historically been known for traditional British sweets such as pick'n'mix jars and hanging bags, which is a polite way of describing the bit of the newsagent you stared at while your mum paid for the paper. Its best-known jars include retro classics such as sherbet lemons and wine gums.
New owners, same jars
In April 2016 Bonds of London was bought by Innovative Bites, a US-foods wholesaler founded in 2008 by Vishal Madhu, in a multimillion-pound deal. The managing director, Philip Courtenay-Luck, stayed on with the business, which is the reassuring part. A year later Innovative Bites went on to acquire pick'n'mix wholesaler Hancocks Cash & Carry in a deal worth about £100m. Clearly somebody there understands how seriously the British take a bag of sweets.
The pick'n'mix rules
Every British kid knew the rules. Flying saucers went in first, because that jar was nearest. Then a cola bottle or two, then a quiet sum about how far the pocket money would stretch. You were never quite sure how many were in the bag, and that was half the fun. The grown-up version works exactly the same way, except now nobody can stop you going back for a second bag.
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