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As lovers of nostalgic sweets we have a bit of a soft spot for liquorice, and as it turns out a lot of our customers do too! Of all the sweets we sell it’s our liquorice products that always move off the shelves the fastest, and so we thought it might be nice to celebrate the best of British liquorice!

Whatever it is about liquorice that people love so much, we always have plenty of the best British liquorice sweets stocked up and ready to sell. Whether you come into the Masham sweet shop or buy from us online, we want our customers to end up only with their favourites and to get the most enjoyment from their nostalgic treats.

Here’s some of the most popular liquorice products that we sell at Bah Humbugs to stimulate your sweet tooth:

Pontefract Cakes

Also known as Pomfret and Pomfrey cakes, these hard little liquorice discs have been a staple in any sweet lovers diet for decades and is easily one of our most popular products. It makes sense when you think about it; like many of the best British sweets Pontefract cakes come from Yorkshire which is where our shop is based!

We’ve lost count of how many Pontefract cakes we’ve sold; it’s probably somewhere in the millions at this point! It’s not hard to see why either; they’re notoriously moreish and there’s no such thing as eating just one.

Bassetts Catherine Wheels

When you hear the term ‘Catherine Wheel’ it’s usually fireworks that come to mind, but not always. Bassetts (responsible for the ubiquitous Liquorice Allsorts), have created a new kind of Catherine Wheel, and this time it’s one that you can eat!

Catherine Wheels are long laces of liquorice that have been wrapped around a brightly coloured jelly called a Spog for a great combination of sweetness and the tarter liquorice flavour. It’s another one of our best sellers and you can eat it however you like too, either by unravelling it and saving the jelly button for last or by scoffing it all in one go, it’s up to you!

Dutch Liquorices

We stock all kinds of Dutch Treats liquorice products so it didn’t seem fair to choose just one! If you thought we Brits were nuts on liquorice we’ve got nothing compared to the Dutch; their love of liquorice (or ‘drop’ as they call it) is nothing short of legendary!

Highlights from Dutch Treats include Salty Liquorice, Liquorice Chalk, Fruit Duos and even Liquorice blended with honey. You can check out our full range in our online shop, and if we don’t stock your favourite then all you have to do is get in touch and we’ll see if we can get it in for you.

Liquorice has always been a best-seller at Bah Humbugs, but what is it about liquorice that gets your mouth watering? Share your thoughts with us, and make sure that you have your favourite liquorice treat today!

So it's obvious that i totally LOVE all things retro - that's half the reason that i opened Bah Humbugs. I loved sweets & couldn't get all the sweets that we used to eat as kids so i did some research and found they were still being made - a month later I'd opened Bah Humbugs (that was 11 years ago!).

Now i love the internet, half of my sales are generated online so i love it for that reason. But i do worry that our lives are becoming far too reliant upon IPads and Tablets, and that our kids will miss out having not been brought up with things such as Emu, Wacaday, The Krankees, Meg & Mog, Rainbow, Blockbusters, Roland Rat. Shops used to be shut on Sundays and they were a proper family day - we used to spend Sundays logging (reluctantly) on my parents' farm, playing on bikes, skateboards (none of us could actually do it). And Saturday nights were spent watching classic tv like The A Team, Dukes of Hazard, Blind Date, Knightrider. What are the equivalents nowadays? I guess it will be Mr Tumble, Show me Show me and other similar Cbeebies programmes. But back then we only had 4 channels to choose from, and when kids tv was over in the Broom Cupboard, that was that!

My mum used to rent our video player from the local electric shop - i bet we must have paid for it 10 times over before we actually bought one and we only had sweets on a Saturday (sweetie day). I'm trying to do this with my kids but it's tough when i run a sweet shop! I never owned a shell suit or moon boots, but i did have a wonderful jacket with some fabulous shoulder pads in from Tammy Girl which i wore to my cousin's wedding, along with some classy culottes.

This week I stumbled upon this amazing video this week depicting life in the 1970's & 1980's and boy has it brought back some totally amazing memories. Take a look at it here and i guarantee you're going to love it - moon boots, shell suits, Michael Fish, Timmy Mallet, Swap Shop, Spangles, Space Raiders, Mrs Mangle and Popping Candy at the ready..........

And don't forget that you can get Space Dust and all the other delicious sweets from the 1980s at our Online Sweet Shop and if you're looking for a specific sweet gift from the 1970's and 1980's then you've got to check out our Decade Sweet Buckets - perfect for anyone with a sweet tooth who fancies a trip down memory lane.

1970s Sweets - Groovy Seventies Sweet Bucket

Groovy Seventies Sweets

All the fantastic sweets from the 1970s including Lion's Midget Gems, Fizzy Cola Bottles, Foam Shrimps, Drumsticks, Refresher Chews, Cadbury Fudges, Double Lollies, Parma Violets, Sherbet Lemons, Popping Candy and tonnes more. Only £19.95

1980's Sweets - Epic Eighties Sweet Bucket

1500g of scrumptious sweets from the 1980s including Wham Bars, Highland Toffee Bars, Sherbet Fountains, Refresher Chews, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads, Anglo Bubbly, Drumsticks, Love Hearts, Dip Dabs, Fish & Chips, Sherbet Pips, Cola Bottles and loads more. £19.95

What are your happy memories from this era?

As the weather gets warmer (slightly), we all start looking forward to what summer will bring.  We know there will be weddings all over the country, in churches, stately homes, gardens, chapels, by riversides, on beaches and anywhere else that today's happy couples can think of to make their big day that little bit special and unusual.

Here at Bah Humbugs we are always delighted to be a part of such celebrations.  We have supplied wedding favours, table decorations, wedding gifts, bridesmaids favours and more in the past and are now delighted to be the proud owners of our very own Sweet Cart!!

This great Sweet Cart can be hired from us and can include the jars, sweets, scoops and bags for your guests to help themselves.  We also do a range of delicious pre-bagged Fudge, a selection of lucky bags, cones of sweets or sweet buckets if you wanted some of your sweets pre-packed.

Sweets can be of your own choosing if you wish to follow a theme for your big day, or you can leave the choice to the team at Bah Humbugs who will organise a selection according to your budget and guest numbers.

A selection of sugar free, gluten free, gelatine free sweets are also available so we can meet most dietary requirements.

If you are thinking of having a Sweet Cart at your wedding why not give us a quick call to the number on the website or drop us an email and we can discuss your requirements.

And a Sweet Cart is not just for weddings...... if you want to throw a special birthday party, have something different at a baby shower, a hen do, a christening party, then why not hire the cart.  We have ranges of sweets that we specialise in such as Scandinavian liquorice, retro sweets by the decade, pick n mix, a fantastic range of boiled sweets, toffees, fudges, bon bons and much, much more!

Let your imagination go wild and get in touch to make the arrangements!

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