Dracula Teeth
Put them in, smile, take a photo.
- CategoryGummy
- First appeared1980s
- CountryBritain
- DietaryVeganVegetarian
What it is
A set of gummy teeth with red gums and white fangs, sized to fit over your own teeth. Sold all year but sells out at Halloween. Fruit flavoured, chewy, and mostly bought for the photograph.
Taste
Where it comes from
Wax lips and novelty teeth go back to the American penny counter of the early twentieth century, made from paraffin wax and later from gum. The gummy version arrived once moulding got good enough to hold the detail, and the British version became a Halloween staple.
What it's made of
A two colour gum deposit, red for the gums and white for the teeth, set with wheat starch and modified maize and potato starches rather than gelatine, dried and glazed with carnauba wax. The mould has to be deep and detailed, which makes them slower to produce than a flat sweet.
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients
Sugar, Glucose Syrup, <strong>Wheat</strong> Starch, Water, Modified Starches (Maize, Potato), Acids (Lactic Acid, Malic Acid, Citric Acid), Vegetable Concentrate (Black Carrot), Flavouring, Vegetable Oil (Coconut), Glazing Agent (Carnauba Wax)
Allergens
Contains: Gluten
