Sweet Stories
The History of Chewing Gum
Here's a fun thought next time you're chewing a stick of gum: you are taking part in one of the oldest, weirdest, mo...
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The Secret History of Life Savers: The Mint With a Hole
Life Savers exist because chocolate has a fatal flaw: it melts. In the days before reliable air conditioning, that m...
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Violet Crumble: The Sweet (and Slightly Mysterious) Story of an Aussie Icon
Ask most Australians when Violet Crumble was invented and you will get a confident answer: 1913, an accidental honey...
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The Story of Candy Canes
It's red, it's white, it's stripy, and it's shaped like a shepherd's crook (or a walking stick, or a "j" if you squi...
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Fairy Floss: The Wild History of Cotton Candy
Here in Australia we call it fairy floss, in America it's cotton candy, and almost nowhere else on Earth uses either...
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The Science of Why Sour Lollies Make You Pucker
You know the face. Eyes squeeze shut, shoulders creep up around the ears, lips pull into a shape that's somewhere be...
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From Bitter Drink to Sweet Bar: A History of Chocolate
Picture this: you're an Aztec nobleman in the 1400s, someone hands you a golden cup of "chocolate", and you take a b...
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The History of Liquorice
Few lollies divide a room quite like liquorice. You either adore it or you politely leave it at the bottom of the ba...
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The Rise of Freeze-Dried Candy
If you've spent any time on TikTok in the last couple of years, you've probably watched someone bite into a Skittle ...
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The History of Turkish Delight: Istanbul's 250-Year-Old Sweet Secret
If you have ever bitten into a soft, sugar-dusted cube of Turkish delight and wondered who on earth thought to inven...
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How Lollipops Got Their Name
Every lolly shop customer has, at some point, stood in front of a spinning rack of lollipops and wondered absolutely...
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Why Do Australians Call Them 'Lollies'?
Ask an American to explain why we call sweets "lollies" and you'll get a very confused look. Ask an Australian why A...
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