How cute are these sweets? Or should I rephrase that to, how cute is the packaging for these sweets? Yes that's right, I am one of those people who buys a lot of their food and products based on their packaging. I remember when I was younger and looking through the Boots catalogue at Christmas time choosing perfumes I wanted based purely on what they looked like. Very stupid really, because I still have a stack of perfumes that, even though they look good, they actually smell vile. So if anyone wants Thierry Mugler's 'Angel' perfume, then I'll happily send mine your way.
Anyway, back to the sweets. I saw these 'Hope and Greenwood' pastel coloured sweets on the confectionary aisle in my local Waitrose. They are brand new to the store, so at the moment they have a lovely introductory offer of £1.50 per bag. But the normal price is around £2.00.
I found it hard to choose which sweets I wanted as there was so many to choose from; from flavoured marshmallows, flavoured candy floss, boiled sweets, flavoured fudge, and many more. In the end I decided to simply go for two bags of the boiled sweets in the flavours of 'Lemon meringue pie' and 'Candyfloss'.
The boiled sweets themselves mirror their pastel packaging, and the flavours are delicious whilst not being too overpowering. They are a subtle flavour, so there is no hint of a tangy or sour sweet in sight. And it is fair to say that they do actually taste like their labelled names. When it comes to the style of the sweet, they are just simply a boiled sweet. Yet with the lemon meringue pie sweet, you seem to get the extra of a chewy middle as if it's trying to mirror the texture of the meringue.
I am loving this selection of sweets, and I will definitely be buying more. But maybe next time I'll add a few bags of fudge and candy floss as well ;)
These will be great to open during a picnic, a movie night, a road trip, or can even be given as an alternative present for Easter. Hope you enjoy them just as much as I do.
www.hopeandgreenwood.co.uk
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