Bassett's Liquorice Allsorts

For some reason I had a total craving for Bassetts Allsorts yesterday, despite not having had them in years. I went to the shop to see how much they cost and the bags cost £1.49 from the Co-op. I wasn't sure if I wanted to pay that much, but it was buy one get one free so that definitely persuaded me! The sweets are really bright and colourful and I love the contrasting colours between the black liquorice and the striking bright colours that are put with it. They have bright pinks, whites, yellows, blues, browns and oranges. Most of them come with some substance which is not liquorice (but are put together alongside the liquorice - all the sweets ...

---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 ...

LIQUORICE ALLSORTS are made by Bassetts. The company was founded in 1842 but it was in 1899 when a salesman inadvertently made this new range of sweets. His job was to take trays of samples of the different sweets to the shops so they could see what was on offer. Unfortunately after placing his trays on the counter he knocked them over, resulting in the different kinds being mixed together. The shopkeeper liked the result and that was when Liquorice Allsorts, as we know them, began. Bassetts are now part of the Cadbury Schweppes group and Bertie Bassett is the mascot of the liqorice allsorts, having appeared for the first time in 1929. Liquorice ...