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在英國，從60年代到80年代，只要花1－2便士就可以在小店里買到漂亮的糖果，所以在英國又叫便士糖果。許多甜品店都會在柜臺的托盤上擺放各式種樣的糖果，多達(dá)20個不同種類。這些糖果的名字聽起來都很有趣，形狀各異，還成為游樂場的收藏品。
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What are penny sweets?

In the 60s , 70s and 80s it was common for sweets to be sold individually in shops, each sweet costing a penny or two, hence the name penny sweets.

Many sweet shops had a tray on the counter displaying all the different kinds of sweets - maybe up to 20 different kinds of sweets on view.

The sweets often had interesting sounding names and shapes and many became playground favourites.
Pocket money was often spent on a careful selection of penny sweets and many a shopkeeper was irritated by the length of time it took the youngsters to make their choices.

Examples of penny sweets

Black Jacks – aniseed flavoured chews which would stain your tongue inky black
Love Hearts – a packet of fruit flavoured sweets each with a romantic message written on it such as ‘Kiss me’, ‘Hug me’, ‘Forever yours’

Flumps – vanilla flavoured marshmallow strips

Flying Saucers – shaped like a flying saucer and filled with fizzy sherbet
Traffic Light Lolly – a round candy on a stick that would change colour from red to yellow to green as you licked it.

Sherbet Fountain – a cylinder filled with sherbet with a stick of liquorice. To eat the sherbet you would need to lick the liquorice stick, dip it into the sherbet, then lick it again.
Fruit Salad – sticky pineapple and raspberry flavoured chews.