Kola Bricks
A brick of cola you have to work at.
- CategoryHard Boiled
- First appeared1920s
- CountryBritain
- How it is madeBoiledMoulded gummy
- DietaryVeganVegetarian
What it is
A hard rectangular cola flavoured sweet, dark red brown, that lasts a long time and stains nothing. Strong cola flavour and a proper old fashioned chew of a suck.
Taste
Where it comes from
Kola bricks are a traditional British boiled sweet, made in blocks rather than moulded shapes because it was quicker, the sheet is simply scored and broken. Cola flavour came into confectionery in the early twentieth century after the drink became popular, and British sweet makers gave it the brick shape that penny shops sold by weight.
What it's made of
Sugar, glucose syrup and citric acid boiled hard with a cola flavour blend, coloured with beetroot red in modern versions, rolled into a sheet and cut.
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients
Sugar, Glucose Syrup, Acid: Citric Acid, Palm Oil, Flavouring, Colour: Beetroot Red; Emulsifier Sunflower Lecithin.
Allergens
No allergens in the ingredients
