在英国，从60年代到80年代，只要花1－2便士就可以在小店里买到漂亮的糖果，所以在英国又叫便士糖果。许多甜品店都会在柜台的托盘上摆放各式种样的糖果，多达20个不同种类。这些糖果的名字听起来都很有趣，形状各异，还成为游乐场的收藏品。

听听英国人回忆他们在小时候如何选择糖果...

What are penny sweets?

In the 60s , 70s and 80s it was common for sweets to be sold individually in shops, each sweet costing a penny or two, hence the name penny sweets.

Many sweet shops had a tray on the counter displaying all the different kinds of sweets - maybe up to 20 different kinds of sweets on view.

The sweets often had interesting sounding names and shapes and many became playground favourites. 

Pocket money was often spent on a careful selection of penny sweets and many a shopkeeper was irritated by the length of time it took the youngsters to make their choices.

Examples of penny sweets

Black Jacks – aniseed flavoured chews which would stain your tongue inky black 

Love Hearts – a packet of fruit flavoured sweets each with a romantic message written on it such as ‘Kiss me’, ‘Hug me’, ‘Forever yours’

Flumps – vanilla flavoured marshmallow strips

Flying Saucers – shaped like a flying saucer and filled with fizzy sherbet 

Traffic Light Lolly – a round candy on a stick that would change colour from red to yellow to green as you licked it.

Sherbet Fountain – a cylinder filled with sherbet with a stick of liquorice. To eat the sherbet you would need to lick the liquorice stick, dip it into the sherbet, then lick it again. 

Fruit Salad – sticky pineapple and raspberry flavoured chews.