National Parma Violets Day: What is your sweet treat of choice?

Chloe_Scope
Chloe_Scope Scope Posts: 10,511 Championing
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Who knew Parma Violets had an awareness day?!
Friday 26th June is now officially National Parma Violets Day, a chance for the most dedicated fans to rejoice in all things to do with the sweet. We'd love to see how you get involved! Wear something purple, bake a purple cake or even go all out and throw a purple party!
A row of glass jars that are full f different types of sweets

We might have missed the chance to dress up in purple, but what sweet do you believe needs an awareness day? When I was younger, going to the sweet shop with my granddad is a fond memory.

Some of my favourites:
  • Pear drops
  • Giant strawberries 
  • Lemon pips
  • Starbursts
  • Minstrels 
What sweets do you like? Let us know in the comments below!

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  • leeCal
    leeCal Community member Posts: 7,537 Championing
    edited June 2020
    Fruit pastilles 
    minstrels
    Fruit polos
    (when I was a child little girls would lick a Parma violet and then wipe them on their necks as perfume! True! At the time I didn’t bat an eye!)

  • christian96
    christian96 Posts: 101 Contributor
    Happy National Purple Day too! 

    I love aniseed balls. And flying saucers. How about a old fashioned sweets awareness day? I believe that crystallised fruits were popular back in the day as well. 
  • Chloe_Scope
    Chloe_Scope Scope Posts: 10,511 Championing
    I love fruit pastilles as well @leeCal! Although, the green ones are the best.
  • Ami2301
    Ami2301 Community member Posts: 7,879 Championing
    Girl after my own heart @Chloe_Scope! 
  • Andy58
    Andy58 Community member Posts: 41 Empowering
    Fruit pastilles, jelly babies and liquorice
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Empowering
    Used to always go to the local shop with my pocket money every week when I was a child to get a mix up. 

    Also used to love millions, lemon and strawberry sherbets and cola bottles. 

    These days, I don't mind a packet of Haribo here and there, and I absolutely love blackcurrant liquorice 
  • m_burrell82
    m_burrell82 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 175 Empowering
    If you do Cosplays or Fan Films, I'm sure I've seen Batgirl as being in purple on a Fan Film or two. To continue my thread on calendars. We knew a friend who had a calendar with all these kinda days on. I must get such a calendar if I see one as my diary gets too full up with them otherwise. WH Smith diarys at least has sections at the front for UK Charity Events/Awareness Days and for International Awareness Days, so that takes care of some of that.
    As for sweets, the ultimate sweet is the different flavors of Jelly Beans. Its day is on April 22nd.
  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,546 Online Community Programme Lead
    Anything sour really is up my street.
    I love Chewits Extreme Sours, or Toxic Waste, or those rainbow belt things. The more sour the better, although none of them are quite as sour as they should be!
  • kaiasparrow
    kaiasparrow Community member Posts: 28 Contributor
    I love parma violets! 

    My favourite sweet is probably candy kittens
  • Claire_Alumni
    Claire_Alumni Scope alumni Posts: 6 Connected
    Definitely agree with a few people - cant go wrong with Minstrels! 
  • shazzy93
    shazzy93 Community member Posts: 21 Connected
    Pineapple rock, popping candy, lemon and cola sherbet pips, - oh for the good old days ?
  • JaneCambs
    JaneCambs Community member Posts: 31 Contributor
    Any sweet that tastes of sour apples, mmmm those are the best :) 
  • Chloe_Scope
    Chloe_Scope Scope Posts: 10,511 Championing
    Really in a sweet mood now! Although, I do prefer chocolate...

  • m_burrell82
    m_burrell82 Community member, Scope Member Posts: 175 Empowering
             @JaneCambs  Following on with what I said about Jelly Beans, I thought I'd check stuff out:   https://news.jellybelly.com/?q=Sour+Apple&sortBy=       &                       https://news.jellybelly.com/brand-fact-sheet-jelly-belly-jelly-beans/     Having a great Trade Deal with The States, not looking a bad idea now!!

  • Chloe_Scope
    Chloe_Scope Scope Posts: 10,511 Championing
    I ended up ordering some pear drops last night... Far too excited!  :D
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Empowering
    @Chloe_Scope
    :D Where did you order them from online? 

    I might have to do the same with a few sweety things! 
  • Chloe_Scope
    Chloe_Scope Scope Posts: 10,511 Championing
    Hi @ross2503, I got them from Amazon. They should be here on Friday! :)
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0 Empowering
    Hi @Chloe_Scope
    Interesting! I might have to nip onto Amazon's grocery category soon then :D 

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