Many people would love that opportunity to sink their teeth into those soft, mushy and certifiably heavenly retro sweets again - they sure made the the 70's heaven for that generation. But there are those who remain hard candy fanatics. Instead of playing with all that creamy goodness with their tongues, they'd rather go for long, strong and sharp sucks. And when it comes to hard candy, lollipops are tops. Lollipops have been part of kids' lives since they first appreciated their lolly rewards after each pediatrician visit. And what makes these hard sweets click with children is the way they come in many attractive colors, shapes and sizes.
Right now, there are thousands of companies making lollipops worldwide and over the years, there have been many innovations that have made the industry a bigger hit each time. Those who love the hard suck with a surprise ending will love lollipops with fillings from nougats to chocolate creams to fruit syrups. Some even have gums and sweet wine in them . Others can double as toys until the sugar's all melted and what's left is an inedible object that kids could still have fun with.
Those lollies also come in different sizes which make them more versatile as gift choices. If you're planning to give them away at your three-year-old's birthday party, you can choose the varieties with smaller balls. Or if you want them big, you'll have a bigger range of options to choose from. There's so much going on with those lollies and it's up to you to pick what suits your fancy. You can even have those twisted canes which can get really huge kids with the sweetest tooth would wonder how to finish them. All you have to do is find an online wholesale retro sweetshop that could give you the widest varieties of these old-fashioned sweets. And mind you, they can really bring back those days!
Strawberry Ripple Lollies, Fruity Pops, Dip Dabs, Traffic Light Lollies, Strawberry & Cream Lollies, Vimto Lollies, Double Dip - Original, Wally Lollies, Double Lollies, Love Hearts Dip and so on – they may be no more than retro sweets to most of us, but who knows what else they could be? Recently, lollipops have been taking a whole new shape as diet food. Because they're made of compact sugar, dieters rely on them for that energy boost while they cut back on their regular calorie intake. While this role of lollies remains scientifically unproven, a lot of people have claimed they actually worked to help them lose weight by providing them the energy they needed while dieting.
Wholesale retro sweets are especially great as giveaways for corporate functions where you might need an occasional wake-up call when you get bored. Or they can also make mouthwatering candy bouquets for debutantes who'll surely love retro sweetsover flowers. Or then again, get them for yourself and start getting lost in sweet nostalgia.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Lolly Retro Sweets
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Those Luscious Lollies
Any hard candy standing on a stick is called a lollipop and it will have some stories to tell. Was this candy really named after a racehorse? It is said that in the early 1900's, a Connecticut-based candy maker made the world's first hard candy or sucker on a stick and gave it the name of the era's most famous racehorse, Lolly Pop. Lollipops weren't popular in the the US until about 1908 but it has `actually been a favorite since the 1800's in England where the word has a totally different history - lolly as an English dialect word which means tongue and pop meaning the popping sound when one sucks on hard candy. Whichever version of the candy's name's history will probably not matter today because there's only one thing that does when it comes to hard candy - lollipops rule!
Even way before the racehorse and the name, people have been said to be enjoying honey candy which they collected from bee hives using sticks. It is suggested that because honey was too sticky, sticks were used to make their candies easier to eat. Various civilizations across the world have also begun to make candies of their fruits while adding nuts as preservatives. Back then, only the rich could afford the sweets because sugar then was too expensive. Over the years, as sugar became cheaper due to increasing supplies, lollipops became more popular with many of the people believing hard candy came with sticks to make them easier to lick, suck and enjoy.
This candy is literally hard and consists of flavored sucrose and corn syrup solidified to stand on a stick . After reviewing their history, we find these old fashioned sweets have been around us for over a hundred years and it's interesting how much they've evolved. Some lollies are big balls while others are teeny weenies. Some are hard to the core and some surprise you with a chewy filling. Some are simply sugar swirls that could get really big you'd wonder how to fit them into your mouth. They can also come in different colors depending on their flavors.
Retro sweets have been making a come back and a wholesale retro sweetshop is what you'll need if you're feeling like scraping your teeth around those chalky DollieLollies again, gorging on those giant sized Drumsticks – Original or simply sucking the caramel out of those Wally Lollies.
And then there's Fruitty Lollies, Fruity Pops, Ice Cream Soda lollies, Jumbo Cola Lollies and all those long and hearty sucks of lollipops that you still couldn't forget since childhood. And maybe you don't need to because right now, you can just order those whoelsale retro sweets online and you 'll find yourself right back to that local candy store you and your gang raided ever so often and successfully each time. If you're going to do it now in your memory, as long as you brush your teeth, you'll be doing just fine.
Labels: lollies, lollipop sweets, lollipop sweetshop
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