Winter Mixture
A jar of everything, for the cold months.
- CategoryHard Boiled
- First appeared1900s
- CountryBritain
- How it is madeBoiled
What it is
A mixture of small hard boiled sweets in different colours and flavours, usually including mint, aniseed, clove and fruit. Sold by weight and eaten in the winter for the warming flavours.
Taste
Where it comes from
Winter mixtures are a traditional British sweet shop offering, putting several boiled sweets in one bag. The flavours chosen, mint, clove, aniseed and liquorice, are all ones that were originally sold as remedies, which is why a winter mixture tastes medicinal in a way a fruit mixture does not.
What it's made of
Several batches of boiled sugar and glucose syrup, each flavoured and coloured differently, cut and mixed.
Ingredients and allergens
Ingredients
May contain traces of <strong>Milk</strong>, <strong>Peanuts</strong>, <strong>Soya</strong>,
Sugar, glucose syrup, acid: citric acid; flavourings, colours: E102, E122, E124, E133, E142, E155.
Warning: E102, E122, E124 may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children.
Allergens
May contain: Milk, Peanuts, Soya
