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Cough Candy

£4.90
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  • Orders dispatched same day before 2pm
  • Shipped to the UK and USA daily
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Rated 5* by the Food Standards Agency
DESCRIPTION

Cough candy is the old-fashioned British boiled sweet with a warming, slightly medicinal aniseed-and-herb flavour. The amber, striped pieces were a sweet-shop staple through every British winter, and they're still the one people ask for by name when the weather turns. Suck them slowly: the flavour builds and lasts.

If you're after proper throat drops, try Mr Crilly's Honey & Lemon or Menthol & Eucalyptus, or browse all our cough sweets and throat drops.

Good to know

  • Traditional hard-boiled cough candy, made in Britain (Dobsons or Stockley's, depending on supply)
  • A classic winter sweet, also known in the US as British cough candy

Allergens

No allergens in the ingredients. May contain traces of milk.

Questions

Is cough candy a medicine?

No. Cough candy is a traditional sweet, not a medicine, and it doesn't treat coughs. Plenty of people still find a slow-sucked boiled sweet comforting on a scratchy throat.

What does cough candy taste like?

Sweet, warming and a little herbal, with aniseed coming through. If you like aniseed balls or liquorice, you'll like cough candy.

Delivery

Packed by hand at our London shop and sent tracked across the UK, with shipping to the USA too. Order a few favourites together and fill the box.

INGREDIENTS & ALLERGENS

Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Citric Acid, Flavouring, Colours (Anthocyanins, Lutein)

RETURNS

- Due to the nature of confectionery products, we are unable to accept returns.

- If your order arrives damaged, please contact us within 48 hours

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Who?

We've been doing this since 2010 — starting with a small shop in Uxbridge.

From there, Wilfreds grew: Aylesbury, Stratford-upon-Avon, and Cambridge — a little shop on Kings Parade, opposite King's College. Four shops across sixteen years. Traditional sweets, genuinely passionate about what we sell.

The physical shops have closed. But the ethos hasn't. We're now online — and still growing.

& Why?

He's had over 30 brain surgeries, some really tough times. The most remarkable, resilient character.

Wilfreds is so much more than just another shop. We're trying to do something special here — a business with a real reason to exist, named after the person who inspires it.

10% of our profits go to FaceValue, part of Great Ormond Street Hospital. A handwritten note explaining why goes in every single parcel we send.

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Wilfred — the inspiration behind Wilfreds Sweets