IDENTIFIER Pick ‘n’ Mix

Can you tell your shrimps from your snowies? Jelly babies from foam bananas? Stretch that pocket money further with our handy guide to the sweet stuff.

Cola bottles The taste of America, which came into our pick and mix via German company Klenes in the 70s. Now, says one poll, it's the UK's favourite sweet. Coconut mushroom Made by Taveners of Liverpool*, like their homies The Beatles, they mushroomed in popularity in the 1960s. Something to chew over. Fried eggs Though part of Haribo's Starmix, it's not a UFO, as some have suggested – this has been served sunny side up since the 1950s. Foam shrimps Something fishy going on? Not at all, this post-war Barratt's invention tastes of raspberry. Just don't be shell-fish sharing them out. Foam bananas Usually served with shrimps, though these do taste of the fruit they resemble. Bananas for these bananas? A ‘giant’ (ie, 7.5cm) version launched in 2010. Liquorice allsorts…

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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 2025

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