Which Are Britain's Top Selling Retro Sweets?

Top 10 Best Selling Sweets in UK

Sweet shops around Britain selling traditional and retro sweets have been scrutinised to find to discover their best selling items. From this information here is the overall top 10 best sellers.

Popular Retro Sweets:

1. Rhubarb and Custard
2. Sherbet Lemons
3. Flying Saucers
4. Bon Bons
5. Sweet Tobacco
6. Nerds
7. Coconut Mushrooms
8. Sherbet Fountain
9. Foam Bananas
10. Aniseed Balls

An honourable mention should also go to Vanilla Coke, but since the It's Back campaign is no longer the preserve of specialist retro sweet shops but can be found everywhere. This is unlike the list above, most of which you cannot find in the local shop or supermarket yet remain available and popular from retro sweet shops online, or if you are lucky there may be one near you.

If you are not familiar with these products I thoroughly recommend you seek them out and try them. I love coconut mushrooms and eating retro sweets sure does bring back memories.

There certainly is a strong link between taste and memory and this may be why retro sweets are so popular - and mostly purchased by adults or as gifts for older adults. They make great gifts and wedding favours as you can personalise them for different ages. A retro sweet hamper is a great Christmas gift idea for a family or individual.

Or perhaps simply eating nice sweets is reason enough to get some!