I thought they were wrong. Tale of two sweeties.
I love Dolly Mixtures. They are my favourite sweets from childhood to adulthood, even though they are not very good for you. I now live in the US, where you can't buy Dolly Mixtures. So, when I return home to England I always buy a big bag which I try to make last as long as I can. Now, being a savvy sweetie buyer, I know that there are poor imitation Dolly Mixtures out there, so I'm really careful about the ones I buy; 'cos if I get it wrong I can't just pop around the shops and get a new supply.

I had a holiday back in England and bought my big bag of Dolly Mixtures back with me. I then hid them and promptly forgot about them. A month went by and I suddenly remembered my sweetie hoard. So off I went to have a quick scoff, but oh boy was I disappointed. I thought they were perfect Dolly Mixtures....but I was wrong! These sweetie impostors contained no jellys; not one in the whole big bag.

I was so disgusted, I just couldn't eat any of them. So I marched out to my husband, bag of Dolly Mixtures in hand, and explained my disgust at being so cruelly duped. I then told him he could eat them because they weren't real. My husband went quiet and then looked really guilty. He then explained that he had found my hidden stash and had picked out, and eaten, every single jelly. This was a big bag, it must have taken him ages! Wrong on so many levels.
(Woofie, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 19:50, 5 replies)

Sounds to me like he was doing it exactly right.

(Vlad the Inhaler forgot his password, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 20:53, closed)

Question:
Are "Jelly Tots" close enough for a substitute? Only snag with the "Rowntree" variety is that they're actually a Nestle brand; and hence an ethical disaster area.

Have you considered arranging for someone here to send you, by sale or gift, occasional "Care Packages"? The postage isn't cheap, but isn't intolerable either; about £7/kilo.
(The Incredible Sulk Finally remembered his password on, Wed 21 Jul 2010, 23:06, closed)

Its sounds like
you were doing it wrong, leaving sweets lying around and expecting the to still be there some time later? Naive i think.
(Ghost101, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 0:44, closed)

But did he do it properly? Cut the bag open from the bottom, carefully tip them out sort then refill the bag and seal it up afterwards for the perfect crime?
(Benzyl, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 1:21, closed)

I hid them!
I hid the sweets, my husband had to go hunting to find them. And he sneakily resealed the bag again, but not from the bottom. Jelly Tots are nice, but not a real substitute for Dolly Mixtures. My sister does send bags of Dolly Mixtures at Christmas time, but 12 months is a long time to wait for a treat. :C(
(Woofie, Thu 22 Jul 2010, 14:08, closed)