Originally Posted by fairyqueen:
“aniseed Balls- cant get enough of them! I eat them every day.”
Ah! I knew somebody else would have said aniseed balls. They are definitely my all-time favourite sweet as well. The last time I went to Harrods I made a point of getting a jar. Luckily there is an old-fashioned sweet shop in one of the nearby towns that sells all of the "old" sweets we used to ask for a quarter of and all that, and I regularly find myself popping in for some aniseed balls.
I just love the taste.
I also like cough candy, which has a similar taste to aniseed balls, although far more herbal. I think Tesco was selling it last year, though I haven't seen them recently.