Swizzels Matlow Favourites Tub - 650g

Swizzels sits at the pocket-money end of British sweets: the tuck shop, the school trip coach, the paper bag from the newsagent that was empty before you reached the end of the road. Not fancy, never meant to be, and loved all the more for it.

In Canada, people go looking for it because you cannot describe these sweets to anyone who did not grow up with them. You can try. You will end up saying "you just have to have one", which is why the tub exists.

The 650g tub is built for sharing, or at least for pretending to. The lid goes back on, it keeps happily in the cupboard, and it does the rounds at film nights, on the office desk and in the car on a long drive. A proper tub, not a polite little bag.

If it sends you down memory lane, the wider Swizzels name covers plenty more British sweet-shop favourites, from Love Hearts and Parma Violets to Refreshers and Drumstick lollies. People tend to start with the tub and then go looking for their own particular one.