Flying saucer (confectionery)

Flying saucer candies

Flying saucers are dimpled discs made from rice paper,^[1] filled with sherbet. The first flying saucers were produced in the 1960s. They remain a popular sweet in the United Kingdom, with a 2004 survey naming them as the most popular sweet of all time,^[1] while a 2009 survey ranked them as the 12th most popular sweet in the country.^[2]

References

1 2 "Our sweetest memory, a sherbet flying saucer". Daily Mail (London). 6 October 2004. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
↑ Alex Renton (10 September 2009). "Humbugs, mints, gums and our Top 20 sweets". The Times (London). Retrieved 25 January 2011.

Traditional British sweets

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