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Sherbet, toffees, Jelly Babies and a few things your fillings should hear about.
You know how this goes. You add one bag of Wine Gums, spot the Sherbet Fountain, then remember Polos, Jelly Babies and those pear drops you had not thought about in years. Suddenly it is no longer a small order. Completely normal behaviour.
These are the bits people keep in desk drawers, glove boxes and kitchen tins, then quietly replace before anyone notices. A few for yourself, a few to share if you are feeling unusually generous, and maybe one extra bag of toffees or fudge because running out is irritating.
Call them British sweets or British candy; either way, the bag was apparently meant to last longer. Sherbet, fruit gums, boiled sweets and fudge make very different demands on your patience. Choosing the texture is half the business. Leaving the packet alone is the other half.
The range on this page leans nicely into the bits people actually look for: Wine Gums, Fruit Gums, Jelly Babies, Dolly Mix, Sherbet Fountain, rhubarb & custard, strawberry bon bons, mint humbugs, glacier mints and spearmints. There is plenty of chew, fizz, mint, liquorice and buttery toffee in the mix, so whether you like your sweets sharp, soft, boiled or stubbornly stuck to your molars, you are covered.
Some people shop by brand and head straight for Rowntree’s or Maynards Bassetts. Others want a very specific thing and refuse to be distracted until the pear drops, sherbet lemons or Pontefract Cakes are located. This collection works for both. It brings together sweetshop staples, pocket mints, giftable toffee boxes and the sort of retro favourites that rarely stay unopened for long.
Whether you are ordering to Toronto, Halifax, Dartmouth, Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, Winnipeg, Bedford, Charlottetown, Saint John or St. John’s, it is easier to get the British sweets you actually want without building a holiday around it. Stock up for film night, keep a few rolls of Polo in the car, or add a bag of fudge and bon bons to a bigger grocery order. The Great British Shop ships across Canada, so the sweetshop run can happen from your sofa instead of a four-ho:contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3}
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View full detailsThe advantage of being a grown-up is that nobody needs to approve your sweet selection. The disadvantage is that you are now the person explaining why the bag is empty. British sweets remain very good at finding that gap in the arrangements.
We bring boiled sweets, chews, sherbet and old sweetshop favourites to our Halifax shop. Start with the texture you remember, a flavour you have missed, or the one you could never persuade anyone else to swap. There is no need to build the entire pick-and-mix in one go.
Rhubarb & Custard and Blackcurrant & Liquorice offer two very different sweetshop combinations. Mint Humbugs add a minty outside and chewy centre. This is the part of the shelf where choosing a flavour matters.
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View full detailsDip Dab gives you a lolly to dip. Sherbet Fountain brings its own familiar ritual. Both are good reminders that a sweet can involve rather more participation than simply opening a bag and taking one out.
Buy Barratt Dip Dab - 23g in Canada Barratt Dip Dab - 23g is the classic sherbet-and-lolly setup: lemon flavour sherbet dip with a strawberry flavo...
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View full detailsWalker’s Nonsuch Creamy Toffee and the assorted toffees with chocolate eclairs look after a different sort of sweet tooth. Choose one familiar flavour or a little variety, depending on how settled your loyalties are.
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View full detailsWe call them sweets, and we have plenty. Bonds, Barratt, Rowntree’s, Simpkins and Walker’s Nonsuch all come through our Halifax shop and on across Canada, from boiled sweets and sherbet to chews and toffees, so the old corner shop is back within reach.
The Bonds Mint Humbugs listed here are mint-flavoured boiled sweets with a chewy toffee centre. They offer both the hard outer sweet and a softer middle, rather than being plain mints all the way through.
You can, complete with the tube of sharp, fizzy sherbet and the liquorice stick people have argued over for generations. Barratt Dip Dab is there too if you prefer lemon sherbet with a strawberry-flavoured lolly to dip in it.
Walker’s Nonsuch is the name to look for, and we send it from Halifax. English Creamy Toffee is rich, chewy and buttery, the assorted bag adds chocolate eclairs to the mix, and the Treacle Toffees are there for anyone after something darker.
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The Christmas range lands from the UK in early November.
The day it arrives we unpack it, pack your order and send it on its way. Advent calendars go first, and everything reaches you within a few days wherever you are in Canada.
Order now and it has your name on it. The favourites go early every year. The people who leave it until December are the ones who miss out.
