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Jakemans Factory Tour

April 5, 2018 | Leave a Comment

On Monday 19th of February, I had the exciting opportunity of visiting the Jakemans factory in Boston, Lincolnshire. When you have these little delights, you don’t realise all of the hard work and dedication that staff put into the product that you’re buying and I had a wonderful experience and learnt a lot!   The […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Parenting Tagged With: boston, confectionary, factory, factory tour, History, Jakemans, lincolnshire, menthol, sweets, tour

Are Sweets and Chocolate Really a Bad Choice for Children?

January 13, 2016 | 3 Comments

How to Give Treats The are Healthier for Kids

It’s that time of year where we’re probably tempted to treat ourselves a little more than usual; the weather is getting colder, meaning we automatically want to wrap up and spoil ourselves with foodie treats. Over Christmas we will probably have over indulged on lots of great food and family get-togethers, now January is here […]

Filed Under: Gifts and Gadgets, Life-style, Lifestyle Parenting Tagged With: children, chocolate, health, Kids, sweets

Choc Nibbles – Give-away #secretnibble

March 25, 2015 | 57 Comments

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When I was younger, everyday after School I would stop by at my local newsagents to get a quarter of sweets for the walk home. I have fond memories of eating my favourite sweets chocolate raisins and Choc Nibbles. Choc Nibbles are a delicious range of chocolatey treats,only available in original flavour when I was […]

Filed Under: Gifts and Gadgets, Linkies & Giveaways, Previous Competitions, Reviews, Seasonal Fun Tagged With: choc nibbles, competition, giveaway, sweets

Win 1 of 3 Haribo Minions Giftsets

September 11, 2014 | 185 Comments

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Win 1 of 3 Haribo Minions Giftsets   Last week a box of Minions arrived and they have taken over our home! We have enjoyed a Haribo Minion themed family movie night in watching Despicable Me and Despicable Me 2, watching the movies back to back wearing our  pj’s and snuggled up with cosy blankets. We […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Parenting, Linkies & Giveaways Tagged With: competition, Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, dvd, giveaway, Haribo, Minions, sweets, Win

Win: Swizzels Matlow Goodies

September 3, 2014 | 82 Comments

Win: Swizzels Matlow Goodies During the School holidays we received a lovely package which to my  childrens delight was full of Swizzels Matlow sweets,  Inside the box was a variety of the popular Swizzels sweets including:: Love Hearts Rainbow drops Parma Violets ( Jakes favourites) Drumstick squishies Fruity Pops (Lewis’s Favourites) Fizzers We all claimed our […]

Filed Under: Lifestyle Parenting, Linkies & Giveaways Tagged With: competition, Retro, sweets, Swizzels-Matlow, Win

Win A VIP Factory Trip & Design your very own Love Hearts Competition

August 14, 2014 | 2 Comments

Win A VIP Factory Trip & Design your very own Love Hearts Competition     This year, Swizzels Matlow are celebrating the 60th anniversary of Love Hearts and to mark this landmark event they have got a really cool competition running where entrants can design their very own Love Heart and see it being made […]

Filed Under: Linkies & Giveaways Tagged With: competition, giveaway, Love Hearts, sweets, Swizzels-Matlow, Win

How to make Easy Homemade Chocolate Bouquet

March 24, 2013 | 11 Comments

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Every Easter I love to come up with simple money saving ideas but I hate to give easter gifts that look cheap. This year I have decided to make my family and friends a homemade chocolate bouquet to give as a gift for my sisters and their families. I thought I would give you a […]

Filed Under: Gifts and Gadgets, Seasonal Fun Tagged With: candy, children, chocolate bouquets, craft, design, easter, Easter gifts, family, Gift, how to, Kids, life, sweets

Candy Hero Leeds Review – American Sweet Treats

November 12, 2012 | Leave a Comment

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Updated 21-08/2015 I must say I have a real sweet tooth. Leeds has two great stores where you can pick up imported sweets in the city centre itself. In my opinion Candy Hero Leeds is probably the better of the two and quite reasonably priced. The store opened in 2012 and since this date we always […]

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