American Sweets

American Sweets

In the UK, the tradition of Halloween is relatively new. Only a decade or two ago, British children at the time of the transition of October to November were seen approaching people with  ‘a penny for the guy’, the guy being a life sized dummy of a man, crammed into something like a shopping trolley or a pram. The guy alluded to Guy Fawkes, who tried to blow up the British Parliament in the 17^th century, and whose effigy is now burnt on 5^th November, known as Guy Fawkes Day, Bonfire Night or Fireworks Night.

Nowadays, Halloween is also widely celebrated in the UK on October 31^st along with Guy Fawkes Day on 5^th November. These two festivals fall at the time of two major Catholic and Pagan Celtic festivals, All Saints Day on 1^st November and the Pagan Celtic festival, Samhain.

The Halloween tradition was until recently far more popular in America than in the UK, but nowadays British kids also celebrate Halloween by going from door to door asking the time honoured question, trick or treat? The treat invariably comes in the form of confectionery, with American Sweets making an appropriate way to give the celebration an authentic feel.

Consequently, the candy stores in the UK now stock American sweets, some depicting small witches, vampires, pumpkins and ghosts especially for Halloween. Some examples of the most popular American sweets 
follow.

The first name that comes to mind is Hershey’s, the flagship of American candy. Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Creme and Hershey’s Kisses are both delicious treats.  Hershey’s Cookies ‘n’ Creme is a white chocolate bar with chocolate cookie bits and Hershey’s Kisses are delicious chocolates individually wrapped in unique foil twists, ideal for the little Halloween guests on your doorstep.