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Hi fellow sweet lovers

Today I'm looking at Lion's sweets.  Do you all remember them?  Way before I came to join the team at Bah Humbugs I had realised that Lion sweets held a place in the heart of so many people and that everyone has their particular favourite.  In fact, at one point in my life I 'typed' my work colleagues by what I thought would be their favourites.  For example 'H' was a Mr Sports Mixture, 'S' was a Miss Fruit Pastille, 'L' was Lady Licorice Gums!  I'm not sure I was always right, but it was fun at the time.

Lion Sweets have been manufactured since 1903, and they have retained their reputation for quality and taste. These gum sweets are still made at the original factory in Cleckheaton, which is a great bonus for our Traditional Yorkshire Sweet Shop to be able have such an iconic brand made so close to home.

If you haven't already decided which are your favourites (which I very much doubt!), then let me remind you of the Lion Range.

Lion's Midget Gems

Perhaps the top sellers are the delicious Lion's Midget Gems, a selection of fruit flavours, hard and chewy and with the original Licorice Gums still included.

Lion's Sports Mixture

Lion's Sports Mixture is another firm favourite with it sports shaped hard gums packing a punch with their fruity flavours, and again including the Licorice Gums.

Lion's Fruit Salad

Next up we have the delicious Lion's Fruit Salad, hard gums shaped as fruit to correspond to their flavour.  Chewy, fruity and incredibly moreish!

Lion's Fruit Pastilles

If I still haven't got to your favourite, maybe you're a Lion's Fruit Pastilles person?  Fruit shaped again but these are sugar coated and, once more, deliciously chewy and bursting with flavour.

Lion's Wine Gums

Lion's Wine Gums might be your thing?  Geometric shaped sweets which are stamped with 'wine', 'claret', 'rum', 'port', and which, as a child, I thought were truly naughty sweets to eat! Hard gums bursting with flavour.

Lion's Liquorice Gums

And now for what I consider the hardcore devotees to Lion's sweets class as their favourites.  We have Lion's Licorice Gums, although included in some of the other mixtures these are sought after on their own and are extremely popular.

Lion's Poor Bens

And the final two are of course, Lion's Poor Bens, a mix of liquorice and aniseed flavour in a delicious chewy hard gum, and Lion's Butterscotch Gums, sweet and buttery whilst also hard and chewy - a great combination!

Lion's Butterscotch Gums

I hope I have triggered a few nostalgic memories for you and perhaps given you some gift idea's for those Lion's lovers in your life.  You can find all the range on the shelves of our traditional sweet shop, in our sweet shop online, and the complete range makes up our Lion's Sweet Hamper, a great gift for Christmas, birthdays, or just to give because you can!

Lion's Sweet Hamper

Liquorices from Bah Humbugs

LIQUORICE - it's a bit of a Love it / Hate it kind of sweet.. are you a lover of Liquorice or can you not stand the stuff? I'm always amazed at just how many people do love Liquorice and stock up on loads of different bags of the black stuff here in our sweet shop.

We have approximately 60 different liquorices on offer at Bah Humbugs from throughout the world, and all of them draw much attention. People always ask me why we sell so many Liquorices from Holland, Belgium and Scandinavia. And the answer is, Grandma Humbug (my mum) used to work as an Au Pair in Amsterdam and made lots of lovely Dutch friends whilst she was there who she has stayed in touch with ever since. When these family friends used to come and visit us they'd bring us mountains of Liquorice to try....and if the truth be told, i've actually only really started to like Liquorice in the last few years. Anyway, I decided to get a couple of these liquorices in to sell in the shop for nostalgic reasons and they sold really well. So i increased the product lines and well, the rest is history. We have a great following in terms of Liquorice fans and we send it all over the world. So if you are a fan of Liquorice, then you need to take a look at our selection of liquorices and why not try a new flavour?

Here is The Bah Humbugs Top 10 of Our Best Selling Liquorices!

1.Pontefract Cakes,

2 Liquorice Torpedoes,

3 Dutch Single Salt Liquorice  (Zout)

4. Honey Liquorice

5. Cherry & Chilli Liquorice

6. Catherine Wheels,

7. Liquorice Cuttings

8. Liquorice Fruit Duos, 

9. Swedish Pear Bear Liquorice 

10. Dutch Liquorice Chalk / Liquorice Crayons

So, do we stock your favourite liquorice sweet? Let us know below - or send us your requests!

With Christmas fast approaching I'm sure what to buy for our loved ones is something we will all soon be thinking about. Secret Santa is an especially difficult challenge when it comes to finding a gift that someone special will love, but keeping to that lower end budget. But don't worry, Bah Humbugs sweet shop is coming to the rescue! Here's our top 5 Secret Santa gifts:

1. Retro Sweet Cone - a positively delicious trip down memory lane for anyone!  Including such favourites as Double Dips, Black Jacks, Refresher Chews, Drumsticks, Fruit Lollies, Double Lollies, and much more! A fabulous gift and great value.

2. Jelly Belly Jelly Bean Gift Bags - Super scrummy Jelly Belly Jelly Beans!! 50 Assorted flavours in this gift bag including all the classic favourites including Toasted Marshmallow, Buttered Popcorn, Very Cherry, Blueberry, Lemon Drop, Plum, Bubblegum, Tutti Fruitti, Peach, Mango, Peach and ALL the other flavours.

3. Lucky Dip Bags - Buying for someone slightly younger? Why not try our lucky dip bags! The perfect surprise for Christmas morning and are fantastic value!

4. Sweet Buckets - If you know the recipient of your present's favourite sweet, why not get them a whole bucket full? They are fantastic for any occasion and if you would prefer to fill one of the sweet buckets with a sweet of your choice, then please email us and we can create a Bucket Full of Treats just for you!

5. Micro Retro Sweet Jar - Super Duper Sweets in a Sweet Jar, all for under a fiver! Perfect for that slightly smaller but still equally as fabulous gift!

Check out more gift ideas on our online sweet shop!

PROEER Midget Gems, with black liqourice ones!

It has been a busy time for us at Bah Humbugs Sweet Shop this summer, with lots of customers coming from all around Yorkshire and further afield. With the large variety of sweets, from dutch liquorice to chewy toffees and a whole selection of our old hard boiled favourites, there's always something for everyone. Here's a run down of our top ten sellers on our online sweet shop this summer:

1. Lion's Midget Gems - the classic, hard midget gem! These are the original, juicy hard gum sweets made by Lion's in Cleckheaton, West Yorkshire. The black ones are the original licorice gums with the liquorice flavour - just to avoid any confusion! Proper Midget Gems, no imitation products, just proper Lions Midget Gems.

2. Rhubarb & Custards - a classic British boiled sweet. A traditional boiled sweet loved by many with a tart Rhubarb flavour combined with sweet & creamy custard flavour.

3. Pontefract cakes - Traditional Soft Liquorice coins made by Taveners which is sweet in taste and has a smooth texture. In our traditional sweet shop and our online sweet shop we sell hundreds of these liquorice sweets each day, a firm sweet favourite which is hard to beat!

4. Yorkshire Mixture - A super classic Yorkshire boiled sweet mixture - crammed full of delicious hard boiled sweets like Pear Drops, Fishes, Fruit Rock & more. You can't get more traditional flavours packed into one bag!

5. Lemon Sherberts - Lemon Sherbets or Sherbet Lemons? You decide, but when you think of Boiled Sweets, Sherbet Lemons have got to be top of the list haven't they? A sharp lemon flavoured hard boiled sweet with a tangy sherbet centre. Slightly sour and may well make you wince!

6. Rosey apples - delicious hard, crunchy boiled sweets in a tasty apple flavour. Plain and simple but definitely an all round favourite.

7. Liquorice Torpedoes - Torpedo shaped Liquorice covered in a sweet crisp coating- large and tasty and these are the best liquorice torpedoes on the market - we've tried them all!

8. Acid Drops - do you remember these? Sour & tangy traditional hard boiled sweets with a classic zingy lemony flavour, a favourite in our traditional sweet shop and rank amongst the classic retro sweets.

9. Mint Humbugs - The classic, traditional mint boiled sweet - with a wonderful tasty, chewy centre.  Obviously our traditional sweet shop, Bah Humbugs, wouldn't be complete without a range of Humbugs!

10. Sour Blue Raspberry Bon Bons - These really are a fabulous treat for your taste buds! A delicious zing of raspberry around a scrumptious smooth chewy toffee centre. Exceptionally moreish so make sure you have enough to keep you going!

So there we have it! Our top ten best sellers of this summer. From the old favourites to some the newer additions to our shelves and online shop. Why not browse our online sweet shop to find your favourite!

We're gearing up for a busy time at Bah Humbugs Online Sweet Shop ahead of Christmas and we're already getting lots of requests for HUMBUGS! They're always so popular at this time of year with people buying them as Stocking Fillers for those grumpy folk who don't like Christmas, or for Companies to buy them for their corporate Christmas gifts.

We stock three different types of Humbugs - all of them are super scrumptious and available in our online sweet shop (or in the shop in Yorkshire too!). If you're looking to buy large quantities then please get in touch for our most competitive pricing.

Striped Humbugs - these are one of the oldest sweets we stock, hard, crunchy, hard boiled sweets with a delicious mint flavour.

Mint Humbugs - Wrapped boiled sweets in a yummy mint flavour with a chewy toffee centre. Brown and white in colour and made by Tavener's, these are the most popular Humbug that we sell.

Golden Humbugs - Another really old fashioned hard boiled Mint produced in a copper boiling pan by Maxons of Sheffield. They have a chewy centre once they start to warm up in your mouth and are incredibly more-ish!

New for Autumn 2014 from Bah Humbugs Sweet Shop is our Sweet Buckets - Buckets Full of Treats!

Great gifts for those people who love one particular sweet. We have a great selection of Sweet Buckets already made up and ready to go, or if your favourite sweet isn't already in one of our Sweet Buckets then please do just drop us an email and we can make one up specifically for you.

All available online and in the shop NOW - just in time for Christmas. Make wonderful Secret Santa Gifts or Stocking Fillers!!

Here's a few to Tempt your Tastebuds:-

Penny Chew Pick n Mix Sweet Bucket

Retro Sweets Sweet Bucket

Fizzy Blue Bubblegum Bottle Sweet Bucket

Lions Midget Gems Sweet Bucket ( with the PROPER Black ones of course!)

Liquorice Torpedoes Sweet Bucket

Yorkshire Mixture Sweet Bucket

Bean Boozled Jelly Beans! Dare to Compare?

Look what's back in stock at Bah Humbugs Online Sweet Shop!!

DO YOU DARE TO COMPARE?
The fabulous Jelly Belly Bean Boozled Beans are now back in stock and are a great gift for those people you want to challenge. Do you think you know you're Jelly Beans? Well here, your can play roulette with the Bean Boozled Beans - and pick a bean...but will it be the usual delicious Jelly Bean flavours that you're used to, OR could it be one of the gross, stomach turning flavours that will make you wretch! Great game!!!

This is the 3rd Edition of the famous Bean Boozled Beans, and here are the flavours inside:-

Stinky Socks v's Tutti Fruitti
Rotten Egg v's Buttered Popcorn
Vomit v's Peach
Booger v's Juicy Pear
Lawn Clippings v's Lime
Toothpaste v's Berry Blue
Canned Dog Food v's Chocolate Pudding
Baby Wipes v's Coconut

45g box. Great Stocking Fillers or Secret Santa Gifts - to Order your Jelly Belly Bean Boozled Beans click here!