We may be sour, but we know our sweets.

Swedish Fish Tails: Double the Flavor but Not Twice the Fun

Swedish Fish Tails: Double the Flavor but Not Twice the Fun

Reviewed by on Jun 23, 2020

Old school turned new school but you may want to ditch school

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Plopp Bar. Yeah.

Plopp Bar. Yeah.

Reviewed by on Jun 19, 2020

Plop on down, friends. We got a weird bar for ya.

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M&S Milks Bottles: More Cream Please

M&S Milks Bottles: More Cream Please

Reviewed by on May 29, 2020

Milk is for babies

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Dragster 2000 Super Sura

Dragster 2000 Super Sura

Reviewed by on Mar 17, 2020

potentially a "perfect" sour gummy?

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Curlywurly Squirlies

Curlywurly Squirlies

Reviewed by on Feb 6, 2020

Finally something's making sense in 2020

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Sockerbit Licorice Lips: Wow

Sockerbit Licorice Lips: Wow

Reviewed by on Feb 4, 2020

Don't like licorice? Now you do.

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Maynards Bassetts Soft Jellies Fizzy Fish

Maynards Bassetts Soft Jellies Fizzy Fish

Reviewed by on Jan 13, 2020

Fizzy might mean something else over there, but regardless, these are nice

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Red Band Super Sour Bears

Red Band Super Sour Bears

Reviewed by on Dec 10, 2019

Maybe not super special, but they're best in class for sour gummy bears

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UK Starburst: A Comparison

UK Starburst: A Comparison

Reviewed by on Nov 7, 2019

Yet more reasons why the UK is way cooler than the U.S.

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Gerio Sugar Free Candies

Gerio Sugar Free Candies

Reviewed by on Oct 22, 2019

Sometimes it makes sense to just let Mother Nature takeover

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Simpkins: English Hard Candy Ain’t Hard to Like

Simpkins: English Hard Candy Ain’t Hard to Like

Reviewed by on Oct 1, 2019

This candy is hard

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Sugar Sin’s Entire Friggin’ Lineup

Sugar Sin’s Entire Friggin’ Lineup

Reviewed by on Sep 19, 2019

High falootin' sweets that harness the power of booze

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Fini Party Mix: More. Of the Same.

Fini Party Mix: More. Of the Same.

Reviewed by on Sep 17, 2019

Gummies you don't need

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Chupa Chups Sour Infernals

Chupa Chups Sour Infernals

Reviewed by on Sep 13, 2019

Badass candy name. Badass bag art. These things by all account are LITERALLY going to remove 4 layers of tongue...

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More from Nimm2: Lach Gummi Heroes

More from Nimm2: Lach Gummi Heroes

Reviewed by on Sep 3, 2019

I was on a flight to another country and had to do a review. If you don’t like what you’re reading, blame the...

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Fruit-tella: a Starburst by another name

Fruit-tella: a Starburst by another name

Reviewed by on Aug 27, 2019

This comes down to how much you like Starburst-type soft chews.

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Barratt Refreshers Softies Minis

Barratt Refreshers Softies Minis

Reviewed by on Aug 8, 2019

They're small. And soft. But are they really?

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Lordagsgodis: it’s the sweet peak of the week

Lordagsgodis: it’s the sweet peak of the week

Reviewed by on Aug 2, 2019

IKEA busts loose with 3 new bags of delicious jellies

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Fizzy Favourite Rainbow Pencils

Fizzy Favourite Rainbow Pencils

Reviewed by on Jun 23, 2019

What do you get when you put classic boiled sweets flavors into newfangled filled gummies?

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Honeycomb Dips: You Want Dibs on These

Honeycomb Dips: You Want Dibs on These

Reviewed by on Jun 18, 2019

Honeycomb. Yes.

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Sour Skulls from Candy People taking on the U.S.

Sour Skulls from Candy People taking on the U.S.

Reviewed by on Jun 4, 2019

Skulls looks scary, sure, but they taste great!

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Toblerone: Crunchy Almond

Toblerone: Crunchy Almond

Reviewed by on May 28, 2019

A poem for the Swiss chocolatier in us all

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Radioactive Sours

Radioactive Sours

Reviewed by on Mar 21, 2019

I didn't have protective gloves when I tasted these, so it's possible I'm now part mutant.

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Stockleys Great British Cocktail Party

Stockleys Great British Cocktail Party

Reviewed by on Dec 21, 2018

I like cocktails. I love candy. Let's smash them together.

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British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets: The Finale

British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets: The Finale

Reviewed by on Nov 1, 2018

Chapter 4 in our 4 part breakdown of classic British hard candies

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British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets: Episode 3

British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets: Episode 3

Reviewed by on Oct 19, 2018

Part 3 of our boiled sweets master class

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British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets, Episode 2

British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets, Episode 2

Reviewed by on Oct 9, 2018

Three shockingly good hard candies from the good 'ol UK

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British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets. Episode 1.

British Old Fashioned Boiled Sweets. Episode 1.

Reviewed by on Sep 28, 2018

This is the start of a beautiful friendship, I'm sure of it. Let's learn together.

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Candy People’s Sugar Free Line of Scandinavian Goodness

Candy People’s Sugar Free Line of Scandinavian Goodness

Reviewed by on Sep 21, 2018

in what world has sugar free candy ever been good?

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Chupa Chups Kaubonbon

Chupa Chups Kaubonbon

Reviewed by on Aug 31, 2018

Stop it. Just....stop it. Cut it out.

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Asda’s Jewellery Laces: Play, then Eat. And You’ll Want to Eat.

Asda’s Jewellery Laces: Play, then Eat. And You’ll Want to Eat.

Reviewed by on Aug 21, 2018

I really didn't want to like these. But I did.

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Waitrose Rhubarb & Custard

Waitrose Rhubarb & Custard

Reviewed by on Aug 17, 2018

an absolute classic pairing: but is it botched?

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Superb Salted Peanut Caramel Chocolate Bar: Indeed

Superb Salted Peanut Caramel Chocolate Bar: Indeed

Reviewed by on Jul 31, 2018

When you name your food 'superb' - hell, you BETTER be good. These are. Very. 

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Waitrose Fruit Sherbets

Waitrose Fruit Sherbets

Reviewed by on Jul 19, 2018

break out the pennies, cause it's penny candy time.

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Spicy Mango Gummies: Are. For. Real.

Spicy Mango Gummies: Are. For. Real.

Reviewed by on Jul 10, 2018

Vidal has put together a stop-in-your-tracks candy.

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Candy People Sour Melon Logs

Candy People Sour Melon Logs

Reviewed by on May 24, 2018

Get ready for Scandy, because it's coming for ya

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Wham Bamz Cosmic Jelly Beans: Yeah. Ok.

Wham Bamz Cosmic Jelly Beans: Yeah. Ok.

Reviewed by on Apr 10, 2018

These are boring and so is this review.

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El Artesano’s Turron de Jijona: Straight Up Nougat

El Artesano’s Turron de Jijona: Straight Up Nougat

Reviewed by on Jan 9, 2018

It's plain and simple: they're plain and simple

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Malaco Djungelvrål Original

Malaco Djungelvrål Original

Reviewed by on Nov 10, 2017

in class today, we’ll learn about the four families of licorice, and which is the black sheep uncle.

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Candy People Sour Vikings

Candy People Sour Vikings

Reviewed by on Oct 27, 2017

If Swedish vikings were a candy, would they be sour?

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Maynards Bassetts Mint Creams

Maynards Bassetts Mint Creams

Reviewed by on Oct 13, 2017

A mint treat from across the pond that isn’t as different as something we’re all quite used to

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Bassett’s Jelly Babies

Bassett’s Jelly Babies

Reviewed by on Oct 6, 2017

I reviewed these 10 years ago and hated them. What I would I think a decade later? UPDATE: I never reviewed them. EDIT: reviewing now.

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Cadbury Twirl: Intense Chocolate Hit

Cadbury Twirl: Intense Chocolate Hit

Reviewed by on Oct 3, 2017

Intense isn't a word I would ever use with chocolate

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Rowntrees Fruit Pastilles Infusions

Rowntrees Fruit Pastilles Infusions

Reviewed by on Sep 22, 2017

We love Rowntrees original pastilles, but did they fuck things up with these newfangled flavor combos?

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Sula Sugar Free Mint Humbugs

Sula Sugar Free Mint Humbugs

Reviewed by on Aug 18, 2017

i REALLY want to say BAH HUMBUG, but peeps....I just can't! These are just too yummy.

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Swizzels Bumper Bag

Swizzels Bumper Bag

Reviewed by on Aug 11, 2017

This bag is BUMPIN'

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Black Jack: I’m supposed to love these, but…

Black Jack: I’m supposed to love these, but…

Reviewed by on Aug 8, 2017

who thought these tasted god enough to mass produce?

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Tunnock’s Tea Cakes

Tunnock’s Tea Cakes

Reviewed by on Aug 4, 2017

Flavors no one hates, all wrapped up like a scary mushroom.

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Marks & Spencer American Hard Gums

Marks & Spencer American Hard Gums

Reviewed by on Jun 20, 2017

The old saying goes "Goody goody gumdrop". BUT ARE THEY GOOD?

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Cadbury Flake Bar

Cadbury Flake Bar

Reviewed by on Apr 14, 2017

One of the most old school Brit chocolate bars is put on notice today. Notice of what, you say? Just general notice.

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