Phew, a really busy Easter in Helmlsey. The weather on Good Friday was beautiful and Saturday was good too. We were lucky on Easter Sunday and Monday that we didn't suffer like the south coast did. We don't stock Easter eggs, except for the mini ones as we can't complete with the supermarkets or chocolate shops, but we do make up lots of sweetie bags instead. This year people seem to be fed up of the excessive packaging of eggs and took a stand by purchasing their loved ones a bag of sweets instead.
So what were our best selling traditional sweets this weekend. Lots of Chocolate Peanuts, Sherbet Lemons, Jelly babies and of course the old favourites Midget Gems. Its funny how many customers prefer their Midget Gems wthout the black ones as they don't like liquorice and an wqual number will ask for lots of black ones.
The other sweets we are still getting asked for are Butterscotch tablets and Kop Kopps. Sadly both have been discontinued. Real shame.
