Just tonight upon returning from work, my wife told me she had bought me a little treat. Knowing I have a tingle in my taste-buds for liquorice, she had purchased for me some of these Haribo Liquorice Pontefract Cakes! Of course, her motives wre not entirely altruistic!! In actual fact, she revealed to me later, she had fancied some skittles and hadn't wanted to walk in the house without anything for me. More like she didn't want to share her skittles!!!! Anyway, I have had several slightly unfavourable experiences in the past ~ mostly brought about when I strayed from the path of Bassetts and crossed into the Dark Side of inferior brands ~ but knowing that ...  Read the complete review

Liz and I were having a dawdle around our local cash and carry, Liz has managed to wangle a membership through a friend. In all honesty I don't rate it much I would far rather have a wander around Tesco, at least you don't have to buy everything in bulk there. I tell a lie though, I bought something! A bag of Haribo Pontefract cakes...last of the big spenders. We both commented on the fact that it was ages since we had eaten a Pontefract cake and we just about managed to wait until we got back into the car before ripping the bag open. One thing led to another and Liz and I wondered how the Pontefract cake originated and how did they ...  Read the complete review

As I mentioned in a recent review, I was a bit niaive about the selection of sweets that Haribo produce. I have therefore embarked on a mission to sample a few more of their wares......and latest in my very selfless (!) quest was a bag of Pontefract Cakes. Haribo, I think, are most associated with "variety" - sweets like Starmix and Tangfastics are an assortment of flavours, shapes, and colours......yet the bag of Pontefract Cakes offers just one type of sweet - so there is no choosing which one you fancy next - you either like them, or you don't.....you want one, or you don't. Of course, if you are not a lover of liquorice, then you won't like ...  Read the complete review

If you like liquorice you will love Haribo Pontefract Cakes . They are round, about the size of an old two shilling coin, and feel slightly squashy, and have an image of the local castle imprinted on the top. Originally known as Pomfret cakes, the sweets have a strong taste of liquorice (or "Spanish" as it is often called locally). The texture is like that of a soft gum sweet, but it is not as chewy. Haribo is a German company but Pontefract cakes originated in the Yorkshire town of that name, where liquorice was grown. Nowadays, not as much, if any, is grown there as the climate in European countries is much better. There are still a ...  Read the complete review