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Hello all Bah Humbug followers!

What are you doing for Valentine's Day?

How many of you have given thought to what you're going to give your Valentine in 12 days time?  Have you spent hours, days and weeks planning a special meal, a surprise outing, a trip somewhere romantic?  Is your Valentine already your partner or are you still a secret admirer?

Sweet Gifts for Valentine's Day

Whatever you have already done, or plan to do, why not add a little sugary element and present your Valentine with a Sweet Gift from Bah Humbugs?  You can get plenty of ideas on our website www.bahhumbugs.com.  Perhaps a Decade Bucket for a trip down memory lane?  Or a Sweet Bucket full of your Valentine's favourites?  Maybe a mixture of Cherry Lips, Love Hearts, Strawberry Hearts would hit the spot?  If you can't see exactly what you're looking for you could drop us an email at sales@bahhumbugs.com and let us know what you want.  If we can do it we will.

Classic Fudge for Valentine's Day

We also do the most amazing fudge, which is always a winner!  Flavours include Clotted Cream, Coffee, Maple and Walnut, Rum and Raisin, Chocolate, Vanilla, and if that's not enough we have Peanut Brittle and Coconut Ice!  Why not get us to put together a Fudge Hamper especially made for your Valentine?  Have a look at some of our Hamper selection if you're still not sure.

Check out some history about Valentine's Day and perhaps get some more ideas here Valentine's Day - Facts, Origin, Meaning and Videos.  Whatever it is you decide to do for your Valentine in 2017 make sure you do it with love.

Happy Valentine's Day! X

Well, this time of year has come round again and it only means one thing, CHRISTMAS DAY is 1 month away! So Bah Humbugs has come to the party to help make you pennies stretch that little bit further and we offering FREE postage for all HAMPERS and SWEET DECADE BUCKETS! But be quick as the offer is only valid until Saturday 26th November. To take advantage of this offer, enter FREEPOSTAGE when you visit www.bahhumbugs.com on the checkout page! HAPPY SHOPPING!

Enjoy - Mr Bean - Jumping the queue at the sales

Hello from the Team at Bah Humbugs!

If you're local then it's a great time to be in and around Masham, especially if you're looking for a little shopping discount with a bonus!  If you're not local and planning on visiting us for a holiday, or you're just passing through you can still join our Make the Most of Masham loyalty card scheme and benefit from the discounts and offers available.

What you get...

For £5 you get a beautiful cotton bag with with an illustration by local artist Rob Blades, and a membership card for the Make the Most of Masham Scheme which entitles you to various discounts, benefits and offers at many local businesses.  You can buy your bag and membership card here at Bah Humbugs, @bahhumbugs, and every time you spend £10 or more you will get a 10% discount so, if you're looking to stock up on your sweets, buy a gift from our great range of Decade Buckets, Retro Hampers, Sweet Buckets, or many others options then this gives you a fabulous discount. Bags are also available at Masham Community Office, @VisitMasham, and a few other participating shops. Why not pop in to get yours? For more info go to the Visit Masham website

Bag Illustration by Rob Blades

Support for Masham

We are also very excited about the support we are getting from Stray FM at the moment! @StrayFM are getting ready to launch a three month 'flag-waving' campaign to promote our town, so tune in and make sure you keep up to date with what's going on.

We look forward to you popping in and grabbing your bag!

Hello all!

If you're planning to come to Masham this Spring Bank Holiday weekend then you're in for a treat.  Masham Market Spring Festival will be on and you will be able to browse the stalls. Check out who'll be here by looking at the Masham Market website. There will also be additional stall holders for the Farmers Market on Sunday 1st May.

In the Town Hall you will find a 'Handmade' fair on Saturday 30th April and Sunday 1st May, and there is a Art, Craft and Design exhibition by Brigantia being held in the Blue Light Gallery at Masham Community Office running from 30th April to 3rd June.

It would be lovely to see you, so pop into Bah Humbugs and browse our sweet selection.  If you've got birthday presents to buy you can check out our hampers and gift buckets.

Bah Humbugs Decade Buckets

Bah Humbugs Hampers

While you're here you can pop into one of our lovely pubs for a drink and a bite to eat, or try the award winning Vennell's restaurant.  A brewery tour makes an interesting diversion so why not visit one of the two Breweries, Black Sheep or Theakstons.  If art is your thing then see some artist's work at The Gallery (Ian Scott Massie), The Nolon Stacey Gallery or The Little Picture House Gallery (Nikki Corker), or make a visit to Uredale Glass.

There is so much more to do while you're here such as taking a look round our beautiful church, going for a walk around the river and visit Marfield Wetlands Nature Reserve.  If you feel there's too much for you to see in one day then why don't you stay for a few? Lots of accommodation in the area, so check out the Visit Masham site for options.

Whatever you're planning on doing this Spring Bank Holiday weekend have a great time, and if you happen to be here then we look forward to seeing you in Bah Humbugs!!

Hi folks

Who's been suffering the very changeable and slightly bizarre weather changes this week?  One minute it's bright sunshine, as it is now in Masham, and the next it's snowing as it did for quite a few hours yesterday?

All this changeability has such an effect on the type of things we sell in the shop.  Earlier this week people were seated at our outside table enjoying our Brymor Ice Cream, but yesterday they would have been covered in snow!  Perhaps our stocks of winter warmers, such as Winter Mixture, Army & Navy or Aniseed Twists are going to continue to sell for a while.

However, this morning the sun is shining! So it could be sweets more reminiscent of summer that draw in the customers.  How about Edinburgh Rock, or Berwick Cockles, both of which remind me of childhood holidays.  The ever popular Sherbet Lemons are a good sunshine sweet, as are our range of chewy bonbons...  I wonder if we could categorise all our sweets by season?  Perhaps too difficult for some of the more 'guilty pleasure' types such as Salted Caramel Fudge or Treacle Toffees.

Whatever the weather, Bah Humbugs has a vast array of sweets for you to choose from so why not pop in, or visit our website?  I for one however, will be hoping for a little more sunshine this summer.

With Mothering Sunday less than a month away, many of us are thinking of what to buy as a gift this year.

Giant Hamper

Why not treat your special mum to a sweet treat from Bah Humbugs? We can make up a hamper containing all her favourites or, if  you're happy to leave the choice to us we can add a selection of sweets that will be a welcome treat for any mum!

If you're looking for suggestions we have a range of chocolate coated peanuts, raisins, brazil nuts, or ginger.  Favourites such as Sherbet Lemons, Pear Drops, Rhubarb and Custards or Strawberries and Creams.  Maybe your mum is a liquorice fan? We have a great range of

Liquorices from Bah Humbugs

English classics including Allsorts, Torpedoes, Cuttings, Comforts and many more, together with a large selection of Dutch or Scandinavian liquorice treats.

Don't forget we have great Decades buckets or Sweet Treat Buckets so check out the selection on our website.

Groovy Seventies Sweets

We can also make up treat bags or hampers to include retro sweets or pick n mix.

Prices will vary depending on what you choose, but why not drop us an email sales@bahhumbugs.com and we can discuss the options?

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