Flying saucer (confectionery)

Flying saucer candies

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. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Our sweetest memory, a sherbet flying saucer". Daily Mail (London). 6 October 2004. Retrieved 3 February 2011.
  2. ↑ Alex Renton (10 September 2009). "Humbugs, mints, gums and our Top 20 sweets". The Times (London). Retrieved 25 January 2011.