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 Here at Bah Humbugs Sweet Shop we're always thinking of new products to whet your appetite and this year is no different! Hot on the heels of our Sweet Buckets we're delighted to launch our brand new range of Sweet Buckets - The Decade Sweet Buckets!

Perfect for those milestone events such as birthdays, anniversaries or Christmas, these Sweet Buckets are a wonderful gift to transport the recipient on a lovely, nostalgic trip down memory lane. Each one in crammed full of 1500g of sweets from a specific decade.

There are four buckets in the range so far - 1950s sweets, 1960s sweets, 1970s sweets and 1980s sweets. Here is some information about each one & of course to take a look at the rest of our Sweet Gifts then don't forget to check out our website - www.bahhumbugs.com

So if you're looking for sweets for specific event and need sweets from a specific era, Fifties Sweets, Sixties Sweets, Eighties Sweets, or Seventies Sweets? We've done the research and each of these buckets is crammed full of all the sweets you'll remember from each of these decades so you won't be disappointed!

1950s Sweet Bucket - 1.5kg of sweets from the 1950s, including Aniseed Balls, Catherine Wheels, Liquorice Root, Toffees, Dolly Mixtures, Rhubarb & Custards, Pontefract Cakes, Pear Drops, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads, Drumsticks, Love Hearts, Parma Violets, Fizzers & lots more.

1960s Sweet Bucket - 1.5kg of sweets from the 1960s, including Jelly Babies, Liquorice Torpedoes Coconut Mushrooms, Rhubarb & Custards, Murray Mints, Cherry Lips, Sherbet Lemons, Sherbet Fountain, Sherbet Dip, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads, Love Hearts, Refreshers, Double Lollies, Refresher Chew & lots more.

Groovy Seventies Sweets

1970s Sweet Bucket - 1.5kg of sweets from the 1970s, including Fizzy Cola Bottles, Midget Gems, Kola Cubes, Liquorice Comfits, Foam Shrimps, Lemon Sherbets, Anglo Bubbly, Double Dip, Cadbury Fudge, Candy Whistle, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads, Love Hearts, Refreshers, Double Lollies, Refresher Chew & lots more.

1980s Sweet Bucket - 1.5kg of sweets from the 1980s, including Cola Bottles, Sherbet Pips, Pineapple Cubes, Milk Teeth, Fish & Chips, Bon Bons, Wham Bars, Sherbet Fountains, Popping Candy, Dip Dab, Anglo Bubbly, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads, Love Hearts, Refreshers, Double Lollies, Refresher Chew & lots more.

Which one would you buy?  What's your favourite sweet from your favourite decade? Let us know in the comments section below!

Christmas is always a very busy time in Bah Humbugs, all our elves are busy packing up hampers and preparing parcels to send off to Father Christmas.

My youngest Humbug will be two in December and the night he was born i was busy placing an order online with one of my large wholesalers from my hospital bed - it's hard to get time off at such a hectic time of year!

Anyhow.... i've digressed there! For small independent businesses the endorsement from major National Magazines and Newspapers can lead to a huge surge in orders and really helps to boost our sales. We're delighted to see that our Best Selling Retro Sweet Hamper is featured in this month's WOMAN & HOME MAGAZINE in their BEST EVER GIFTS SECTION. So just in case you were un-decided about our wonderful Hampers, this is a pretty good endorsement.

Our Bah Humbugs Sweet Hampers are completely our own creation, they aren't sold in any supermarkets so you won't find them on the shelves of other retailers. This weekend we had a customer in the shop who was convinced that she'd bought one from Tesco's but that just isn't possible. These hampers are all lovingly created by The Bah Humbugs Team in our Sweet Shop in Yorkshire - we promise you that!

Woman & Home December 2014 - Best Ever Gifts

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!

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!

Good Morning Blog fans!

The talk of the town today is bunting - who would have believed something so trivial could cause such ructions?

If you have been reading our recent blogs about the impending arrival of Le Tour de France in our North Yorkshire market town of Masham, then you will have read about the fabulous (tiny) knitted jerseys that have been strung up around the town as bunting.

Yesterday North Yorkshire County Council came and removed the bunting!  Why?  Because "We noticed that the lighting columns were leaning and in the interest of safety we asked for it to be taken down and not to be hung from lighting columns", a spokeperson from the Council has said.

Apparently, if the (tiny) knitted jerseys were to get wet the weight of them might pull the lamp post over.  If you check out the link to BBC news you will see just how tiny these jerseys are, and you will also see one of the offending in the picture.  Now if this is all it takes to make a lamp post lean enough to be a safety issue, then I would think that North Yorkshire County Council need to come and ensure that the posts are secured a little better.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-27919262

We have also hit the local news on Stray FM!

https://twitter.com/search?q=bunting&src=typd

Residents and businesses like ourselves now have the bunting strung up on our walls (let's hope these are slightly less likely to fall over than the lamp posts!!!)

Why don't you have a drive out to Masham this weekend and see for yourself?

Pop into Bah Humbugs and browse our shelves for your favourite sweets.  Strawberries & Cream, Refresher Chews, loads of Liquorice, Sherbet Pips, scrumptious Toffees and delicious Fudge, a fantastic selection of hard boiled sweets.

Bah Humbugs Traditional Sweet Shop......... stocks all your favourite retro and traditional sweets so even if you can't get here you can browse our website and order your sweets online.

Visit the Masham Tour de France website if you're thinking of visiting for the event

http://www.mashamevents.co.uk/

Hello all you lovely Bah Humbugs fans out there!  I thought I would share with you a picture of our lovely traditional sweet shop, nestled in our glorious Yorkshire Dales market town of Masham.  We are all getting very excited about Le Tour de France travelling through Masham on 5th July and Ms Humbug has been busy decorating the shop front in celebration of Le Grand Party!

If you haven't already decided what you want to do when Le Tour visits Yorkshire then why not come to Masham.  There is plenty of parking and there will be access in and out of some of the car parks all day despite the main road being closed for the race.

It promises to be a weekend to remember and Masham is certainly getting in the party spirit.  There will be live music, bars, gift stalls, food stalls, big screens and much much more going on over the weekend so check out some of the following web sites to make your plan:

http://letour.yorkshire.com/

http://www.visitmasham.com/events/event/le-tour-yorkshire-through-masham/

http://www.mashamevents.co.uk/

http://www.mashamsportsassociation.co.uk/le-tour-masham/

While you're here pop in and browse our range of retro sweets, liquorice, sweet gifts, sweet hampers, boiled sweets and much more.

We look forward to seeing you!

If you could see our little market town of Masham right now it couldn't fail to bring a smile to your face.  The excitement is building at a great speed and we still have three weeks before the epic race reaches our lovely Yorkshire Dales town.

Mini 'jerseys' in all the racing colours are strung up around the town and, as bunting goes, these are fabulous! We have flags flying, brightly coloured bicycles adorning shop fronts and all sorts of imaginative decorations put up by local businesses, making the town a very happy and jolly place to be.  And the sun is shining which makes it all so much more pleasant for everyone.

Bah Humbugs has a bicycle with the King of the Mountain colours - white with red spots - which looks amazing about our doorway.

If you haven't yet decided where you want to be to watch Le Grand Depart then why not come to Masham? There are campsites, parking and access to and from the town all day via routes not affected by the race.  There will be plenty of entertainment from the night before, throughout the day on Saturday and into Saturday evening.  Food stalls, bars, gift stalls and much more to make everyone's visit and stay an exciting and fun filled day.

Bah Humbugs traditional sweet shop will be open as usual on the market square, and we will also have a sweet stand on the recreation ground amongst all the other happy stall holders.

Why not pick up some sweets to see you through the day?  Something like Dandelion & Burdocks which are a delicious hard boiled sweet that really taste of the popular traditional retro drink.  Or if you have a more classic taste in mind you could grab yourself a bag of Sherbet Lemons, a great zingy lemon flavour with that delicious fizz of sherbet.

You may well be in Masham all day so you could use your time wisely and do a little shopping for gifts and treats while you're here.  Our Retro Sweets Hampers are always popular gifts, or perhaps you know someone who would like to receive a Best of British Jar, a Kilner jar packed full of traditional British hard boiled sweets.

You might just want to pop in for an ice cream and say hello.

Whatever you plan on doing for 5th July be sure to check out the routes and what's on.  Try looking at Masham's Community Office web site,  www.visitmasham.com or the Welcome to Yorkshire site www.yorkshire.com

Let's hope the sun shines and we all have a great day!

Le Grand Depart

Looking out from Bah Humbugs into the peaceful market place of Masham, on what is a lovely sunny spring day, it is hard to imagine what it will be like when Le Tour de France, Le Grand Depart comes to town!

Not that Masham is a stranger to welcoming throngs of visitors to our beautiful Yorkshire Dales town.  Throughout the year so many people enjoy spending their holidays here, soaking up the atmosphere.  With annual events such as the Masham Steam Rally and the Sheep Fair, we in Masham are well used to accommodating the masses!

Stage 1 of Le Tour brings the cyclists directly through Masham just after lunch time on 5th July.  Masham has plenty of parking availability, places to stay, places to eat and some wonderful shops, including Bah Humbugs of course! If you're thinking of visiting for Le Tour (or any other time) then have a look at www.visitmasham.com. Check out their events page for other activities taking place over Le Tour weekend.

Many roads will be closed during the race so if you need to plan your route North Yorkshire County Council have a comprehensive web page on the road closures

If you're looking for more details on what is happening in Yorkshire for Le Grand Depart then take a look at Welcome to Yorkshire's dedicated website.

Obviously a visit to Bah Humbugs is a must....... you need to stock up on your favourite sweets!  Now what they be??? Lemon Sherbets, Sweet Peanuts, Strawberry Bonbons, Fizzy Cola Bottles?? And if you can't be with us for Le Tour why not visit our website and take a leisurely browse through our wonderful selection of mouthwatering goodies?

We look forward to seeing you - with or without your bicycle!

A Truly Traditional Sweet Shop in the heart of Yorkshire

Do you have happy childhood memories of a traditional sweet shop? The kind where you walk in and there are wall to wall sweets;  you can have whatever you want weighed out from good old fashioned jars, mixing and matching your favourites and merrily walking home sucking on a Pear Drop, or a Lemon Sherbet or perhaps dipping a liquorice stick into a Sherbert Fountain?

Bah Humbugs is just such a shop, stocking all your childhood favourites.  Nestled in the beautiful market town of Masham in the Yorkshire Dales, Bah Humbugs is a treat for everyone, the young and not so young!  Your senses are overloaded as memories flood back, Sherbert Pips, Floral Gums, Kola Cubes, Blue Raspberry Bon Bons, Rhubarb and Custards. Everywhere you look there are sweets you remember and perhaps thought you couldn’t get anymore.  Well you can!

Remember Black Jacks? Fruit Salads? Fizz Wizz, the popping candy that explodes on your tongue? How about Refreshers, Drumsticks, Double Lollies, Sherbert Dip Dab and so many more Retro Sweets.

Also on the list are good old fashioned toffees, in so many different flavours; Mint Toffees, Liquorice Toffee, Dairy Toffee and who remembers Chocolate Eclairs and Merry Maids?

If you’re a liquorice fan then perhaps your preference is for Liquorice All sorts or Pontefract Cakes? Or Liquorice Torpedoes?  So many sweets are packed and ready for you to pick straight from the shelf, others you may have to ask to be weighed out.

Liquorices from Bah Humbugs

If you’re looking for something special as a gift you will find plenty of ideas. Maybe a hamper would fit the bill? Retro Hamper, Liquorice Hamper, Best of British Hamper, Lions Hamper all make fantastic presents.  Or maybe a Retro Cube or Micro Retro Sweet Jar is more the sort of thing you would give this Christmas?

Very traditionally Bah Humbugs pack sweets into glass jars to give as birthday or Christmas gifts or perhaps a hostess gift? That would make a fantastic way to finish a dinner party! There is the Retro Blast Jar, Toffee Treat Jar and the Best of British Jar, all of which come in Small or Large Sizes.

As if that’s not enough, this Yorkshire sweet shop will do just about anything you want as far as making up special orders.  They do party bags for children (or adults!), and can be personalised with a message of your choice, and colour co-ordinated for boys or girls.  Wedding favours, staff gifts, corporate gifts, baby showers – you name it and they will pack it for you. You don't need to have a party to give a Sweet Gift Bag, maybe you would just like to surprise your friends at a coffee morning?

The online store delivers everything that you see on the shelves and if you want Sweet Gift Bags making up to order just drop them an email with the details of your requirements and they will be happy to help.  Any order can be delivered overseas as well as in the UK so this is a simple and perfect way to make sure your friends and family abroad get a gift from you.

Should you wish to give someone a gift that doesn’t disappoint by being finished the day after Christmas Day or their Birthday then Bah Humbugs run a Sweet Subscription Club where, for varying levels, you can have sweets delivered on a monthly basis.  A fantastic gift idea for those dads, mums, granddads and grandmas who seem to have everything! 

Bah Humbugs certainly is a proper sweet shop, a treat in every sense of the word.  So, if you’re in North Yorkshire and passing through Masham as you head to the Yorkshire Dales, or if you’re visiting some of the other attractions in town (did you know Masham is home to two  breweries? Black Sheep and Theakstons!) then call in and see for yourself.  If a visit in person isn’t possible then pop online to Bahhumbugs.com and have a good browse.  Competitions are run regularly so make a point of keeping an eye out for them .  Happy Sweet eating!