"Sugar and spice and everything nice, that's what little girls are made of" (Top Ten Sweets)

Member Name: louanna8

Product:	Top Ten Sweets
Date:	17/06/09 (71 review reads)
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Advantages: Delicious!

Disadvantages: I eat too many

As a rule I don't eat so many sweets, well I didn't. But after living in a house with a 5 year old for going on a year and tasting all of his delicious treats I've rediscovered my sweet tooth! From jellys and boiled sweets to the new inventions and the old favourites there is a bit of everything on my top ten. In no particular order;

1.Liquorice Catherine Wheels
For anyone who doesn't know, these are a strip of black liquorice that is wound around a jelly button to form the shape of a wheel. I always eat these by unwinding the liquorice strip and scoffing that first before eating the jelly button last. They are delicious and a real old-favourite that has withstood the test of time.

2.Flying Saucers
These are made of saucer shaped edible paper and contain wonderful fizzy sherbert. They are often brightly coloured and "artificial" tasting but that doesn't make them any less appealing. Once I open a bag of these I find it very difficult to stop without finishing the lot. Delicious but no doubt packed with additives and artificial colours.

3.Treacle Toffee
Again another old-favourite but this time a sweet aimed more at adults and older children. If it is of a good quality it tastes beautiful and my favourite is the Thornton's brand which is both tasty and not too expensive. Very chewy and can leave your jaw aching but still a great sweet.

4.Chocolate Lick
Chocolate lick is a mixture of various types of ground down chocolate. Whenever I eat this it reminds me of junior school and walking to the top of the road to buy "50p worth please." Good memories! To be honest it's just sentimentality that puts this on my list and I rarely eat it any more. It's not something you can buy in supermarkets but can still be found in many corner shops.

5.Millions
These are very small chewy streets that come in cola, bubble gum and strawberry flavours. They can be bought in little packets or in weighed out measures and corner shops. Another choice from my schooldays these are very very sweet and so definitely appeal more to children than adults. That said when I fancy a bit of a sugar rush I always turn to millions!

6.Drumstick lollies
The drumstick original lollies are vanilla and strawberry flavour and can be bought for either 5p or 10p depending on the size. They are so chewy and an absolute pleasure to eat. My only problem with them is that I tend to pull the sweet off of the stick by accident which can be a bit of a pain. I'm certain that they will always be popular with kids and they are still a party bag favourite.

7.Fizzy blue coloa bottles
Despite being called cola bottles these sweets don't actual taste of cola and instead have a bubblegum flavour. I've always found that the smell is much stronger than the taste but the fizziness makes up for this. They are slightly sour and can be bought from most supermarkets own brands.

8.Love Hearts
Love hearts are hard, fizzy sweets that have an almost tablet shape to them. There are twenty sweets in each pack and they are all embossed with a little message. I probably like these more for their novelty factor then anything as the taste itself. The taste is a little unusual as it is definitely fruit-based but no specific flavour stands out.

9.Black jack
An aniseed flavoured chewy sweet that will undoubtedly leave your lips and tongue black. There are 15 individually wrapped chews in each pack and I'd recommend you keep them out of the sun as they melt very easily. They are a great piece of confectionary as the taste is not too over-powering.

10.Jelly Beans
They come in numerous flavours including strawberry, cinammon, pina colada, apple, watermelon, pear, candyfloss, vanilla etc and are shaped like kidney beans. The massive range of flavours is the thing that makes jelly beans preferable to other sweets for me. I love the texture of these little gems with their hard outer shell and chewy interior. They are not the cheapest sweet and some of the premium brands such as "Jelly Bean" can be quite expensive but as an occasional treat they are worth it.

None of them are good for your waistline but they're all good for your soul!

Summary: All my favourites