Have you ever had these?
By Withoutwings
@Withoutwings (6992)
United States
7 responses
@inked4life (4224)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I've never heard of those but when I was a kid growing up in Scotland I used to love a candy called Parma Violets. They were really cheap and came in little packs like Twizzlers. I found them again recently in a local British store and my wife thought they were the most disgusting things she had ever tasted...LOL
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@Withoutwings (6992)
• United States
6 Apr 07
Oooh! Those sound interesting. Is there a website I could buy them from?
@inked4life (4224)
• United States
6 Apr 07
you could try here...not sure if they ship out of Britain
http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/mini-parma-violets-p-451.html
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@Withoutwings (6992)
• United States
9 Apr 07
Thanks. They don't ship to the US... but http://www.handycandy.co.uk does and they have a lot of other interesting things I think I'd like to try.
@crazynurse (7482)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I haven't tried these, but they sound interesting! I have had violets in salad before. I have also had the chocolate rose petals that a previous poster mentioned and they are dedadent! I'll have to try the violet mints.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I have never heard of these, or seen these anywhere so that I can try them. Where do you get something like this?
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@Withoutwings (6992)
• United States
6 Apr 07
You can get them www.oldtimecandy.com/chowards.htm
I get them two places - one is an independantly owned coffee shop and bookstore. The other is Candy Kitchen ice cream. They have a lot of old fashioned candy.
You can also get them on amazon.com.
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I have never heard of them. Are they actually made with violets? I know that you can eat them.
@twilight021 (2059)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I have had those! I also thingk they are really nice.
They are my Uncles favorite and when I was a kid we would always beg him for some. They are hard to come by, but whenever I see then I grab a pack for me and one for him. In fact my Uncle recently moved to Arizona anf hd to drive cross country to get there. My sister and I made him a car package for his drive and we made sure his "flower candy" (as we used to call them) were included in the kit.
I really like violet in general. These candies taste and smell lovely....they are the perfect treat to have well soaking in a nice viloty bath too :-) Bathos anyone? :-)
@Withoutwings (6992)
• United States
6 Apr 07
I got my neice hooked on them too. I send her care packages with Lush, lip gloss, kawaii stationairy, and violet mints. She loves it!
@Kaeli72 (1229)
• United States
5 Apr 07
I've tried something like those before...but there's something about chomping on roses, dandelions, daisy, violets and other such edible flowers that makes me cringe. I guess I'd be terrible if I had to "rough" it for a few days in the wild.
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@Withoutwings (6992)
• United States
5 Apr 07
Hmm. I like flowers... I've had them in my salads... I've had various candies made from them. There are some asian candies and gums made from flowers. Oooh and chocolate dipped rose petals are exquisite too.
