Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts

---BASSETTS ALLSORTS--- Bassetts Allsorts have been around since 1899 and Bertie Bassett is the famous jolly mascot made up from a selection of the different liquorice shapes. On his feet he has the round sweet with candy bobbles on with a soft jelly liquorice centre. His legs are made up from the black tube liquorice with the white fondant filling. His body comes in the form of a triple decker sandwich of liquorice and candy and to complete the picture he has liquorice canes in both hands. This little sweet man has brought an old fashioned charm and a sense of fun to the Bassetts Allsorts. - What I ...  Read the complete review

First started liking these when my dad gave me one as a kid and told me they were his favourites (guess what he got every birthday, Christmas, father's day after that?). The sweets come in a trapezium shaped box. They are liquorice with foamy-type sugary coverings. Some are liquorice only, although these tend to be left at the bottom of the box in my family. Some of the coverings have coconut in them - the round ones are my favourites! They are quite a unique combination - apparently first made in 1899 when a Bassetts' salesman tripped and mixed up a whole batch of sweets. I know some people hate them, but I think they are pretty good, although they can taste ...  Read the complete review

If you are a fan of liquorice, you will love these treats as they taste really authentic and each and every sweet has a slight twist to them in shape or taste. They come in 215g large packets for around £1.30. You can buy them in many supermarkets including Tesco, Asda and Sainsburys as well as smaller supermarkets. The packet is basically black and has a neon style Liquorice Allsorts logo glowing on the packet. The red and white large Bassetts logo is above with the liquorice man below. There are images all over the packet of 'floating' liquorice allsorts to give you an idea of what's inside. The packet easily rips open and there is a good deal of ...  Read the complete review

My last sugar craving saw me taking advantage of the BOGOF in Tescos of Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts.......Bertie Bassetts have been amongst my favourite sweets ever since I was a small child. I know that the taste of liquorice is one of those "love it or hate it" flavours, but for me it is definitely in the "love it" category, and the fact that many others dislike it so much means that there is more for me to snaffle myself when I offer the bag round! So.....Bassett's Allsorts......they famously came about when the salesman at Bassetts, an accident prone chap by the name of Charlie Thompson, tripped over, way back in 1899, dropping all ...  Read the complete review

As someone who doesn't like the taste of Liquorice, I was pleasantly surprised when I bought a couple of bags of Bassetts Liquorice Allsorts for my partner recently and discovered that, in fact, I do quite like some of these sweets - much to the dismay of said partner! History ****** George Bassett created his sweetie company in 1842 in Sheffield and the story goes that Liquorice Allsorts were created by accident in 1899. A salesman talking to a prospective customer apparently tripped up and dropped his sweet samples all over the floor; the customer took an interest in the assortment and placed an order for a mixture - voila - Liquorice Allsorts were ...  Read the complete review