Basset's Milky Babies

Advantages: no effort required
Disadvantages: 10 calories per baby, not good !

Bassets Milky Babies Milky Babies are the latest offering from Bassets and I must admit, these are rather Moorish. They are from the same DNA as the 1918 Jelly Baby, which was originally called Peace Baby during the war. A little bit of history on Bertie Bassett. This is the oldest example of a British sweet. Bassett's was founded by George Bassett in 1842. Probably it's most famous sweet, the love it or hate it Liquorice All sort, was discovered ...
...knocked over his tray of sweets. Today Liquorice Allsorts have more than a 70 per cent share of the sweet market, and are the number one brand in local newsagents, even out selling sherbert dips. Bassett's best-known character is Bertie Bassett, the company logo man made from Liquorice Assorts. Bertie was born in 1929 and although he has changed appearance slightly over the years, he is still the friendly face of Bassett's. Bertie is known throughout ... Read review

Advantages: Reasonably low calorie and fat, cost, nice in small dozes.
Disadvantages: Sickly, and not the greatest for you health.

Recently I've been eating a hell of a lot of sweets. It probably isn't very good for my teeth, and gums, however after I have consumed a large bag of chews, or jelly sweets I dont feel as guilty as I do after consuming a bar of chocolate, even though when I do tuck into a bag of chews, I am probably consuming more calories than I would have with the latter. When I was a little girl, fruity sweets always appealed to me more, a lot more than chocolate ...
...given the choice between a mars bar or a bag of Lemon bon bons, I am almost 100% sure I'd opt for the Bon Bons. Now one of my favourite jelly sweets always has, and always will, be Jelly Babies. I was slightly picky when it came to Jelly Babies however and although I could often be found tucking into Asda or Tesco's own brand, I would have much preferred a large bag of BASSETS. When I was in Asda the other day with my mum, I had the sudden ... Read review

Advantages: NOT TOO CHEWY
Disadvantages: THE TASTE, THE SMELL

On my way home from work I went to the garage to get some petrol, while I was there I had to queue to pay, as I waited I was presented with an isle of sweets, I scanned the isle and I saw some milky babies, which I had been dying to try these, the adverts are great and my sister said that her boyfriend loves them, so I picked up a 200g packet, paid, and got in my car to drive home THE PACKAGING Milky Babies come in big packets of about 200g; the ...
...across the top in big white and red lettering. Below the writing there is a clear cellophane window through which you can see the milky babies. There is some pictures of some milky babies drinking milkshakes on the front of the packet. THE LOOK, TASTE & SMELL Milky babies are very cute looking; they look like little pastel coloured Jelly Babies, but looks can be deceiving! Each baby measures about 2cm long, about 1cm wide and just under 1cm thick, ... Read review

Advantages: Sweeties what more do you need
Disadvantages: Hit and miss on the flavours

Since joining Ciao my obsession with trying something new has increased, I saw these Milky Babies for sale in my local shop at 99p per packet. Thought wow, my hubby loves Jelly Babies so we shall try these little ones out. FIrstly Bassett's Milky Babies are made by Cadbury Trebor Bassett, yes they are made by the famous chocolate factory Cadbury's. These little babies were made in Holland on behalf of Cadbury Trebor Bassett. Bassett's originally ...
...bought out as peace babies to mark the end of World War 1. Now in 2005 we have Milky Babies which are meant to taste of Milk Shakes - let us see !!! The bag I have in front of me weighs 165g - containing 51 Milky Babies. The bag itself is predominately pink with a little window where you can see the babies inside. Has a picture of 3 Milky Babies drinking milk and milk shakes - Milky Babies written just over the pictures in mulit colours (very pretty). ... Read review

Advantages: the Banana & Strawberry ones
Disadvantages: The rest of the bag

My sweet tooth strikes again and this time in the form of desire for the new Bassett's Milky Babies. I had just popped out to get a couple pints of milk from our local newsagent and whilst standing in the queue I spotted these little beauties. They stand out quite well with a bright pink bag and a multi coloured logo. What caught my eye even more was the big red special offer price tag of 99 pence! There was no indication to what the usual price ...
...I stuffed them into my arms, now rather more filled than a pint of milk, and paid for my bits. Ingredients and Nutritional information ------------------------------------------------------------ The bag is a 165g pack and the Babies contain natural colours and natural flavours. The ingredients are as follows: Glucose syrup, Sugar, Sweetened condensed milk (10%), Gelatine (porcine), Dried skimmed milk (3%), Flavorings, Colours (titanium dioxide, ... Read review