Love Poem: For All The Sweet Lovers
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Written by: Gary Radice

For All The Sweet Lovers

Flying Saucers, Flake, Bar Six
Country Style, Gobstoppers, Twix

Arrow Bars and Sherbert Dabs
Sweet Tobacco, Lucky Bags

Toffee Crisp and Dairy Crunch
Grand Seville and Milky Lunch

Beta Bars, Loot, Candy Floss
The mysterious chewing gum flavour loss

Golden Crisp, Nut Crisp and Fuse
Extra, Bliss and Trebor Chews

‘99’ Flake ice cream cones
Zooms and Fabs and Toblerones

Coffee Break, Bitz, Victory Vs
Cadbury’s Special Recipes

Swisskit, Gold Mine, Apple Jack
Tiffin, Feast and Caramac

Welcome, Skippy and Sultana
Nutty, Banjo and Cabana

Chewing Nuts, Cough Candy Twist
Butterscotch and Butterkist

Crunchie, Topic, Fudge, Mintola
Super Mousse, Crazy Joe Cola

Golden Cup, Fruit Flavoured Rocks
(The secret of) The Black Magic Box

Floral Gums and Cherry Lips
Olde English Spangles, Walnut Whips

Kinder toys encased in plastic
Necklace sweets linked on elastic

Butter Mints, Fruit Polos, Yorkies
Sherbert Lemons, Sherbert Strawberries

Bazooka Joes and Liquorice pipes
Lollipops with swirly stripes

Texan Bars and Funny Faces
Mint Cracknel and long red laces

Winter Mixture, Rainbow Drops
Jazzies, Kit Kat, Pips, Ice Pops

Toffee Bon Bons, Drumsticks, Rolos
Amazin’ Raisin, Aztec, Mojos

Barley Sugar, Chocolate Limes
Daims that changed their name from Dimes

Jelly Babies, Jelly Tots
Milk Gums, Munchies, Mars, Pear Drops

Coltsford Rock and Anglo Bubblies
Sugared Almonds, Frozen Jubliies

Peanut Brittle, Prize, Ice Breaker
Dolly Mixtures, Old Jamaica

Kop Kops, Wine Gums, Laughs and Treets
Jap Desserts and whistling sweets

Fishermen's Friends and Hacks and Zubes
Pineapple Chunks and Cola Cubes

Everton Mints and Pontefract Cakes
White chocolate mice and jelly snakes

Refreshers, Teacakes, Swizzles, Pacers
Toffee Logs, Fruit Gums and Waifers

Rumba, Dipped Flake, T Bar, Tunes
Fry's Five Centres, Macaroons

Bars and boxes of Milk Tray
Milky Bar and Milky Way


This ‘Pick and Mix’ is yours to share

With all sweet lovers 

everywhere.