WITH the festive season fast approaching many of us will be indulging in our favourite sweets.
And if you have a sweet spot for Jelly Babies you might be interested to know that they actually each have individual names.
Two thirds of Brits rank the confectionery as their favourite sweet, yet despite being a festive staple for generations, many won’t realise that every Jelly Baby has a unique name.
Richard Price, British Grocery expert at BritSuperstore.co.uk, explains:”Whilst every Brit undoubtedly has a favourite flavour or often colour few British consumers or expats realise they actually have a name.
“As part of their rebrand in 1953, Bassetts gave each colour a distinct shape and name.”
The Bassett’s Baby names are as follows…
- Brilliant – Red
- Bubbles – Yellow
- Baby Bonny – Pink
- Boofuls – Green
- Big Heart – Purple
- Bumper – Orange
But Jelly Babies aren’t the only confectionary confusing Brits with their names.
In 2022 one man has realised that he’s been calling Blue Riband bars by the wrong name for YEARS and he wasn’t the only one.
Joe Lewis took to his TikTok page to explain his error, revealing that he’d only noticed the bar’s real name on a big box of biscuits he’d got from Amazon.
“So please tell me I’m not the only person that’s ever noticed this?” he began.
“I’ve just got this big box of biscuits – 71 of them.
“Toffee Crisps, Yorkies, Kit Kats… and Blue Ribands. Blue Riband?
“I am 100% sure that it’s always been Blue Ribbon!”
People in the comments section were quick to have their say on the video, with many admitting they had also thought they were called Blue Ribbon bars.
“Definitely always been blue ribbon,” one wrote.
“Blue ribbon 100%,” another added.
As a third commented: “BLUE RIBBON.
“Always been, I’m 44 and there have ALWAYS been BLUE RIBBON.”
“it’s definitely always been ribbon,” someone else wrote.
