Guide to Flying Saucers

We have already done a post (click here) featuring Flying saucers along with some other sweets before but Flying saucers are just too great we decided to revisit them for some more out of this world goodness.

Flying saucers are our signature sweet. For those who didn’t read the last post, here’s what you need to know:
- Flying Saucers are colourful discs made from a rice paper sandwich with sherbet filling.
- They were created in the 1960s.
- In 2004, Flying Saucers soared to greater heights as they were voted Britain’s all-time favourite sweet.

Now, let’s venture into some unknown territory. We’ve travelled through time and space to find out more on what you need to know about these celestial sweets.

Although they are now a candy, Astra sweets, the producer of flying saucers, claim they  began as a medicinal item. In 1900, a Belgian company wanted to create a way that would make it easier to swallow pharmaceutical powders. What they created was a flat, round capsule made from starch which could then be filled with powder.

The American version of the Flying saucer is known as a satellite wafer. Instead of a sherbet filling, they are filled with little balls of candy.

Breaking news: Flying Saucers have been spotted! Where? At Mr. Simms sweet shops in Central and Wan Chai of course! These unbelievable sweets are literally flying off our shelves so be sure to come to our store and grab some. It’s one small step for you but we guarantee it will be a giant leap for your taste buds.

Share this post with your human and extraterrestrial friends, comment below on what candy you think we should write about next and come back in one to two weeks for another post!

Sources:

http://www.snackmemory.com/satellite-wafers/
http://www.astrasweets.com/astra2.php?language=UK&sub=1&thetitle=historie
Picture:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/the-definitive-ranking-of-pick-n-mix-sweets-from-worst-to-be?utm_term=.uyYZZqNAd#.epP004QLa