Everton Mints
The sweet that named a football club.
- CategoryHard Boiled
- First appeared1890s
- CountryBritain
- How it is madeBoiledAerated or foamed
- DietaryVegetarian
What it is
A hard black and white striped mint with a soft toffee centre. Strong peppermint on the outside, buttery caramel in the middle. Unmistakable in a jar because of the stripes.
Taste
Where it comes from
The story runs through two rival sweet shops in Liverpool. Molly Bushell made Everton toffee from a shop on Everton Brow in the eighteenth century, and it became famous enough that the local football club took the nickname the Toffees. When Everton moved to Goodison Park in 1892, the nearest shop was Mother Noblett's, who made a striped mint with a toffee centre, and it was these that were handed out to the crowd. The tradition of the Toffee Lady distributing them before home matches continues today.
What it's made of
Sugar and glucose syrup boiled hard, flavoured with peppermint oil, pulled and striped in black and white, then formed around a soft toffee centre made with condensed milk and butter.
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients
Sugar, glucose syrup, vegetable fat (palm oil), full <strong>cream</strong> condensed <strong>milk</strong>, treacle, salt, colour: vegetable carbon black, flavouring, peppermint oil, emulsifier: <strong>soya</strong> lecithin.
Allergens
Contains: Milk, Soya
