Flying saucer (confectionery)

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Flying saucers are dimpled discs made from rice paper,^[1] filled with sherbet. The first flying saucers were produced in the 1960s. They remain a popular sweet in the United Kingdom, with a 2004 survey naming them as the most popular sweet of all time,^[1] while a 2009 survey ranked them as the 12th most popular sweet in the country.^[2]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Our sweetest memory, a sherbet flying saucer". Daily Mail (London). 6 October 2004. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
↑ Alex Renton (10 September 2009). "Humbugs mints gums and our Top 20 sweets". The Times (London). Retrieved 25 January 2011. Unknown parameter |tithttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title= ignored (help)

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