This week, our retro offering is sure to take you back to the days of best friends birthday parties… and the best part of musical chairs and pin the tail on the donkey? Well, the party bags of course!

It was almost guaranteed that all good party bags had a few of these classic treats thrown in, along with all our other tuck shop faves.

These mini rolls of fizzy, pinkness are often considered the sweeter sibling to the Parma Violet.

Yep, you guessed it… Fizzers!

How many of you love these just as much now as you did way back when?
Did you prefer these to Parma Violets, or were the floral rolls more to your fancy?!

If you’d like to win a haul of Fizzers, simply leave a comment on this post and declare your love for this fizzy favourite!

The winner will be the comment that makes us smile the most, and will be chosen by us here at Chewbz HQ.

Competition closes at 9am next Monday 14th May, so get typing .

]]> http://www.chewbz.com/blog/05/retro-sweet-of-the-week-62/feed/ 57 http://www.chewbz.com/blog/04/retro-sweet-of-the-week-61/ http://www.chewbz.com/blog/04/retro-sweet-of-the-week-61/#comments Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:33:04 +0000 Chewbz Retro Sweets http://www.chewbz.com/blog/?p=1587

It’s Monday, it’s been raining all day outside the Chewbz HQ window, so we reckon it’s time for a well deserved retro treat.

We’re sure our choice this week is going to cheer you right up on this soggy afternoon, as this is a proper, British classic!

This boiled sweet is red, it’s square, comes coated in sugary delightfulness and has a real iconic taste. Err, guessed it yet?

Our retro sweet of the week is obviously…

Kola Kubes!

Now, who feels oh so nostalgic?!
Classic Kola Kubes have to be up there with the all time British boiled sweet greats. That taste is unmistakable, and will take you right back to your favourite sweetshop with the classic glass jars all lined up behind the counter.

We know you love these too, as you’re always telling us these are one of your favourites!

This week we have three of our Small Jars of Kola Kubes to giveaway (maybe a couple more, if we’re feeling extra sweet).

All you need to do to be in with the chance of getting your sticky fingers on a jar, is to leave a comment on this blog post. Tell us why you’re the biggest Kola Kube fan around, declare your love for this boiled sweet, or tell us all about your sweetest Kola Kube memory.

The comments that make us smile the most, will win the jars!

So get typing, and make sure you enter before the competition closes at 9am next Monday the 30th April .

*** WINNERS ***

Thanks for so much Kola Kube love, Chewbz fans!
You made it ever so tricky for us to choose our three winners,  as all the comments were pretty amazing .

As voted for by us here in the Chewbz office, the three lucky sweet fans are:

Kate Davies, Mike Ambler and Mellissa Williams.

Hooray! All three jars are now in the hands of our Postie, so will be with you lucky winners very soon .

Sherbet fans rejoice, we’re back with another chance for you to win… FREE SWEETS. What better way is there to cheer up your Monday?!

Our choosing this week has been brought into our warehouse especially for you Chewbz fans . If you tell us you love them, then we might just add these to our retro sweet offering.

This week you could win a collection of bright and brilliant Sherbet Straws!

How sweet do these look?
We always remember picking these straws up from the corner shop and seeing how much sherbet it was possible to pour into your mouth at once!

Is sherbet a favourite of yours too?

If you fancy the chance of winning this rainbow of fizzy stuff, then all you need to do is leave a comment on this post. So tell us your sweet sherbet memories, or just let us know why you reckon you deserve to win some.

The comment (or comments- if we’re feeling extra sweet) that makes team Chewbz smile the most, will win the sweets!

Make sure you enter before the competition closes at 9am next Monday the 23rd April .

*WINNERS*

Oh lovely Chewbz fans, we love each and every one of you who comments on our little blog!
We wish we could send you all a sherbet treat, but sadly we could only choose four winners.

Our favourite comments came from:

Matt Davies, Zsa Rostron, Georgia Thornley-Nash and Patricia Avery.

Congratulations you four! All Sherbet Straws were sent with our Postie earlier in the week, so should be in your sticky fingers very soon .

Happy Monday Chewbz fans, hope you’ve all had a great start to the week… and that we can help make it even sweeter for you!

This week we’re offering up a real British classic, as chosen by all you brilliant Chewbz fans . If you Like our Facebook page, then you’ll already know that we asked Facebook fans to choose their favourite sunshine sweet.

Although Rhubarb & Custard’s came a real close second, it was another  two tone boiled sweet that won your votes!

This week you could win a haul of…

Strawberries & Cream!

We’re pretty pleased you choose these, as they really are sooo good. Plus, it gives us the excuse to ‘taste test’ a few .

If you fancy winning your very own Medium Jar of Strawberries & Cream, all you need to do is tell us how much you love ‘em!
Do these bring back an extra sweet memory for you, or do they just remind you of the great British summetime?

Let us know your sweet memories, and our favourite comment will win the jar .

Just make sure you leave your comment by 9am next Tuesday the 10th April (as we’ll be at home scoffing sweet treats on the Monday, obviously!).

*** WINNERS ***

Thank you to every one of you that took part, we love that our little blog posts bring back so many sweet memories .

Our favourite comments this week, and the lucky Chewbz fans getting their sticky fingers on jars of Strawberries & Cream are…

Norman Kent for the fab poem, and Teresa Sheldon for her excellent comparisons of other brilliant British combinations!

Congratulations to you two, both jars have just been sent with our Postie so will be with you really soon .

]]> http://www.chewbz.com/blog/04/retro-sweet-of-the-week-as-chosen-by-you/feed/ 52 http://www.chewbz.com/blog/03/retro-sweet-of-the-week-59/ http://www.chewbz.com/blog/03/retro-sweet-of-the-week-59/#comments Mon, 26 Mar 2012 16:05:12 +0000 Chewbz Retro Sweets http://www.chewbz.com/blog/?p=1558

With the long weekend just around the corner (yay!), this week we thought we’d offer you a little retro gift that would make the perfect Easter treat!

One of the newest items over at chewbz.com, we’ve become a little obsessed with these since they arrived at our retro sweet warehouse.

Yep, this week you could WIN one of these adorable Sweet Shop Selection Boxes! How cool are these?!

Each one comes stuffed with a Sherbet Fountain, Dip Dab, Flump, Black Jacks and Fruit Salads, Dolly Mixtures plus loads more. The best thing about these though, is that they also contain paper money, coins and even a paper debit card!

So you could set up shop at your desk and sell to your sweetest colleagues, or put a sugary smile on the whole family’s face this Easter.

Fancy getting your sticky fingers on one of these?
To be in with the chance of winning, leave a comment on this post and let us know what you would do with your little sweet shop. Would you set up shop or give one away as an extra sweet Easter treat?

The competition will close at 9am next Monday, the 2nd April. Our favourite comment wins (as voted by Chewz HQ).

Best of luck retro sweet fans!

***WINNERS***

Wow, all your comments were great this week!
Each one made us smile loads and loads .

We finally managed to choose two winners though, and our absolute favourite comments came from…

Sarah-Jane Laycock and Jade.

Congratulations guys, both your mini sweetshop’s were sent with our Postie yesterday. Enjoy setting up shop!

Afternoon Chewbz fans! Fancy making your Monday a little bit sweeter? Well, here’s your chance to… by WINNING some proper tasty retro sweets .

If you’re a fan of us on Facebook (if not, er, why not?!) and saw our cheeky clue on Friday, then your mouth is sure to be watering at the thought of our classic choice.

Get ready to get transported back to the good ol’ days, as this week we can’t get enough of…

Chewits!

YUM. How good is chewing your way through a tasty tube of Chewits? We reckon these come pretty close to retro sweet heaven, and bet you always picked up a pack or two from the tuck shop too!

If you would like to win a few packs of these (we have Strawberry, Fruit Salad and Blackcurrant) then all you need to do is comment on this blog post, and tell us why you love Chewits. Don’t forget to tell us your favourite flavour too!

We will then have a little vote here at Chewbz HQ, and the favourite commenter will nab a stash of Chewits. So make sure your comment makes us smile .

The competition closes next Monday the 26th March at 9am, so get posting!

WINNERS

This week, your comments were all so great, that we had to choose ten lucky winners!

Congratulations to Kelly O’Neill, John Meredith, Sharon Griffin, Tammi Brook, Ally, Elizabeth Smith, Rose, Scott Carruthers, Teresa Hewitt and Hayley Todd.

All winners have been emailed, so go check your inbox if you’ve not send us your address yet!

Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone who entered and helped us spread the Chewit love!

]]> http://www.chewbz.com/blog/03/retro-sweet-of-the-week-58/feed/ 139 http://www.chewbz.com/blog/03/is-your-mum-the-sweetest/ http://www.chewbz.com/blog/03/is-your-mum-the-sweetest/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 10:50:07 +0000 Chewbz Retro Sweets http://www.chewbz.com/blog/?p=1520

Mother’s Day is fast approaching (Sunday 18th March if you’d forgotten ) and we think it’s time you showed your Mum just how sweet she really is.

Here at Chewbz we believe that Mums are just amazing, so we’re launching an extra special competition and giving you the chance to show yours just how much she means to you.

Here’s your chance to WIN one of our brand new, Extra Special Large Titled Jars for your lovely Mum.

Mmm, Chocolate Limes are always a winner with Mums! What would you choose?

With a choice of over 40 delicious retro sweets, you can really spoil Mum’s sweet tooth with her favourite sugary delight.

All you need to do to enter is simply tell us why you think your Mum deserves one of these jars. We’d also love to know which sweets you’d choose!

Leave your entry on a comment on this post, and our favourite will win the sweets for their Mum. We can either post the sweets to you, or send them straight to Mum’s door!

The closing date for the competition is next Wednesday, the 14th March at 9am so that we can send the sweets out in time for Mother’s Day. We will then contact the winner that morning via email, and also announce on the blog, so do keep an eye on your inboxes!

You can see our full page of Mother’s Day suggestions here.

Best of luck retro sweet fans!

WINNER!

Wow, all of these comments are so great. Thank you all for putting such effort into winning some sweets for your well deserving Mums!

We could only choose one winner though, and we have finally decided on…

Rebecca Coyne for her brilliant poem which we really, really loved. Congratulations Rebecca, an email is on its way out to you now!

PLUS, because we found it so hard to choose between all your entries, we would like to offer you all a little something sweet. We will be sending a free bag of sweets out to everyone that entered. Check your inboxes as we will email you all later today.

Thanks again for taking the time to write all these brilliant comments. We hope all your Mums, Mothers-In-Law and Wives have an amazing day this weekend!

Did you know that we have a range of Sugar Free Sweets? Well now you do!

So many of you asked for them, and we’re really pleased with our Sugar Free offering. So if you can’t have, or don’t want to have, sugar for any reason then you can still spoil your sweet tooth!

To help celebrate another of our favourites, this weeks competition is a Sugar Free zone!

Sugar Free Pear Drops

Now we know these look a little different to your average Pear Drop, but they definitely taste just as good as any you had way back when. To be extra sure they are really, really good we’ve taste tested (scoffed a jar in the office) these again just for you.

If you’d like to win some of these super tasty Sugar Free sweets, simply leave a comment on this post and tell us why you’d like to get your sticky fingers on a Tub.

Our favourite comment, as voted for by team Chewbz, will win the sweets. Just make sure you comment before 9am next Monday, the 12th March.

Now get entering… before we eat them all .

WINNERS!

Thanks again for another week of great comments Chewbz fans. So pleased to hear that so many of you love the idea of Sugar Free Sweets.

We found it hard to choose between our two favourite entries this week, so we sent a Tub of Pear Drops to…

Jade and Kathryn Casbolt.

Congratulations guys, a Chewbz parcel should be popping through your door very soon!

We love all of you, our brilliant sweet-toothed Chewbz fans .

To celebrate how great you all are, we shine the spotlight on a Sweet fan of the week each week over on our Facebook page. Each fan gets to have their cheesy grin splashed on our profile picture for the week, just because you are all so brill*!

We’re on the lookout for brand new Sweet fans of the week, and it could be YOU!

All you need to do is send us your best mug shot (or even better a picture of you and your sweets) and tell us why you love Chewbz.

You can email your pictures to kayleigh@chewbz.com or post them on our Facebook Wall.

* We might even send you a few retro sweets just because you’re so great .

Sweet greetings Chewbz fans!

Thanks so much for all your fantastic comments on last weeks post. We love reading through all your brilliant entries, and hopefully this week’s sweet will bring back even more sweet memories!

We’ve chosen a little something chewy, zingy and totally retro-tastic…

Yep, we’re giving you the chance to win this here jar of tasty Refresher Chews!

Doesn’t that yellow and blue wrapper take you right back to the days of pocket money and trips to the corner shop on your bike? Ahhh .

If you’d like to win this jar, then all you need to do is leave a comment on this post. So tell us why you love Refreshers the most, describe your favourite retro sweet memory or just try and make us smile!

The winner will be the comment that is voted favourite by us here at Chewbz HQ. Just make sure you enter before 9am next Monday the 5th March.

WINNERS!

Wow, thanks SO much for another week of fab comments Chewbz fans. We really really love reading through all your sweet memories, poems and declarations of retro sweet love! It makes it really tricky for us to pick winners though, as you are all so brilliant, but we have finally chosen our three lucky sweet fans….

Congratulations to: Michael, Michaela Smith and David Nixon.  A jar of Refreshers will be heading your way later today. We’ve just sent you all an email, so check your inboxes!

A massive thanks again to everyone who commented. This weeks competition is now open if you weren’t lucky this time. Check it out here .

Another week is here, which means it’s time for a brand new Retro sweet of the week and your chance to get your sticky fingers on some free Chewbz goodies!

This weeks prize is a real retro treat, that all you bubble-blowing fans are going to love!

It’s our totally cool, Bubblegum Machine!

How sweet do these look? We’re currently a little bit obsessed with the one we have in the Chewbz office, and love giving the handle a quick turn whenever we go to use the printer!

If you want to make your desk the most popular around, all you need to do is leave a comment on this post and tell us why you’d love to win this Bubblegum Machine. We’ll even throw in an extra Tub of Bubblegum Balls, so you’ll be in bubbles for ages!

The competition will close next Monday the 27th February at 9am, so just make sure you comment before then!

WINNERS

A huge thank you for all your brilliant comments, fantastic Chewbz fans. We wish we could send you ALL a Bubblegum Machine, but our favourite comments this week were from:

Liz Turnbull, Shriya, Roo Black and Rebecca Curnow. Congratulations guys!  You should have all received your Bubblegum Machines by now so we hope they have taken pride of place on your desks .

We are so proud of our delicious Sweet Buffets but what we love even more is hearing that they have gone down a treat at your weddings, parties or corporate events!

We were delighted, then, when these snaps from Angela’s wedding popped into our inbox.

Here’s lovely bride Angela (our Sweet fan of the week) and guests filling up their sweetie bags!

Mmm what a sweet spread!

Angela chose our Pick ‘n’ Mix buffet for the Big Day, and spoiled wedding guests with a sweet trip down memory lane!

Thanks again Angela for sending us these great pictures.

To find out more about our Buffets, click here or pop us an email to info@chewbz.com.

Wow, what a great response to our little Facebook competition! Thanks again to everyone that took part, we wish we could send you all a Gift Box!

There can only be one winner though, and the lucky Chewbz fan with an impressive 45 Likes on her love letter to Love Hearts is…

Clare D Leahy

Congratulations Clare! If you could email your postal address to kayleigh@chewbz.com, we will get the Luscious Love Box out in time for Valentine’s Day .

Plus, beacuse we were SO impressed with all of your love notes, we’ve also chosen six runners up. Congratulations to:

Carrie Louise Nugent

Janice Channer

Maddy Seamark

Rachel Towers

Vicki Shepherd

Kristy Boothroyd-Brown

If you could all also email your addresses to kayleigh@chewbz.com we will get some Love Hearts out in the post today!

A very Happy Valentines Day to all. We ♥ you Chewbz fans!

]]> http://www.chewbz.com/blog/02/facebook-competition-winners/feed/ 5 http://www.chewbz.com/blog/02/retro-sweets-oh-how-we-love-you/ http://www.chewbz.com/blog/02/retro-sweets-oh-how-we-love-you/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:58:09 +0000 Chewbz Retro Sweets http://www.chewbz.com/blog/?p=1478

Phew! Things have been busy here at Chewbz HQ this week. We’ve been drowning in Love Hearts and gushy messages of devotion are flitting in and out of the Chewbz warehouse!

Anyway, if you’re not a fan of us on Faceboook (err, why not?!) we want to direct your attention to our extra special Valentine’s competition…

We have one of our brand new Luscious Love Boxes to give away to one lucky romantic retro sweet fan!

To enter, you need to leave a little love note to your favourite sweet on our Facebook Wall. So simply tell us what your chosen sweet is, and why you ♥ it so!

The Wall Post that receives the most Likes will be the winner, so tell all your friends to Like your posts… you could even share with them, maybe .

PLUS as we have been so impressed with all your love notes, we will be choosing five more of our favourites to win a jar of Love Hearts each. Awww!

You have until 9am on Friday to enter, so go get scribbling!

We’re spoiling you this week with a real sweetshop classic for you to win!

If these are as popular with all you Chewbz fans, as they are with us here in the office, then we think you are going to love our choice …

It’s the iconic Strawberry Bon Bon!

HOW much do you all love these?! We just can’t get enough of the Bon Bons dusty shell and how it turns into such chewy deliciousness!

We love ‘em so much, that they just had to go into our brand new Luscious Love Box (because they are pink and just so sweet, obviously!).

Fancy winning a jar?

All you need to do is leave a comment on this post, and tell us how much you love Strawberry Bon Bons. We will then vote for our favourite comment here at retro sweet towers, and our favourite will win the jar!

Make sure you leave your comment before 9am on Monday 6th February.