Intro Browsing the confectionery shelf is one of my favourite pastimes when its weekly shop time. That and of course a browse of the cake stall too. ASDA's selection of sweets is pretty good and they frequently have special offers on a variety of sweets. Most times it's the chocolate bars which get preferential treatment, but the last few weeks the bags of sweets and mixtures have been seeing the best of the deals. Sports Mixtures The reason these sweets are called sport mixture is because all the gums resemble objects used in the participation of sport, from cricket bats to footballs, from football tops to motorbikes, and from tennis ...  Read the complete review

Although I am not particularly old, I do remember Sports Mixture the first time around, and when they brought them back a couple of years ago I didnt expect them to be anything like they used to be. A bit like the Sherbet Fountain, I expected them to be a cheaper version and nothing like they once were. I like Sports Mixture because they are a hard gum, they come in a distinctive mainly white bag and the flavours are blackcurrant, lime, raspberry, pineapple and apricot. Sports Mixture used to be much harder than the newer ones, which is a little disappointing. It is a shame they have spoilt the original flavour, the licquorice flavour has been replaced by ...  Read the complete review

My children always have a big bag of sweets every week from their granma and grampa. Every week they like to buy them something different. This can be a bit hit and miss as some weeks they love the sweet treats while some weeks they are disappointed with the choice. I must admit every week I like to do a quality control check on these sweets. Well it is important to ensure that they are suitable for my children!! (yeah right) I actually prefer the weeks when they have sweets I dont like as it stops me from dipping into the bag and stuffing my face. This weeks sweets were Maynards sports mixture. I was quite happy when I saw the white packet as i ...  Read the complete review

Maynards Sports Mixture are hard jelly sweets very like wine gums but moulded in the shape of sports equipment such as cricket bats and tennis rackets. Each sweet provides 15kcal's so definitely not something to overindulge in, however, I generally buy one bag of these and split it between the four eldest little HonestBobs as a treat whilst watching a film. The novelty sports shapes make these sweets a little different from your every day jellies and fruit gums. I find the gums quite hard to chew, definitely not something I would give a toddler, but they last a fair while and seem to satisfy the older kids. On special offer in Tesco at the moment for 64p ...  Read the complete review

I used to regularly eat these sweets as a child and it wasn't until recently I bothered to buy them again. Actually, the only reason I did end up eating them is because I saw a pack of them sat on the top and so snatched them only to be confronted by my Mum later for stealing her sweets accidentally! In my defense they'd been left on the top for over a week so I was sure they were forgotten about.. The sweets are called sports mixture as they are shaped in the form of random sports objects and equipments such as football tops, tennis rackets and rugby balls. They come in various colours of red, green, yellow, orange and black/purple all of which represent ...  Read the complete review