Sweet hamper - need some ideas

MrsSippi

I have started making a sweet hamper for my brother (who is 22) for Christmas and need some ideas for what to put in it. So far I have got a few American choc bars from Asda, a couple of tubs of penny sweets from the £ shop and a small tin of lollies. I was going to get some more single choc bars but after that I am stuck. I wanted to have a bit of variety but keep the cost down. Help, the creative juices are not flowing today!

betterlife

hi sainsburys and asda have there fun bags of mars bars, maltesers etc on offer at a £1 and you get about 16 in each bag, that should fill it a bit, what about sherbet, flying saucers, foam bananas/shrimps, reese bars, yorkie buttons, tub of pringles, licorice, and maybe a new tooth brush for after lol hth x

MrsSippi

betterlife wrote: »

hi sainsburys and asda have there fun bags of mars bars, maltesers etc on offer at a £1 and you get about 16 in each bag, that should fill it a bit, what about sherbet, flying saucers, foam bananas/shrimps, reese bars, yorkie buttons, tub of pringles, licorice, and maybe a new tooth brush for after lol hth x

Great ideas, thank you. Like the idea of the Pringles too as a savoury addition

angelbob

how about a few choc toys like kinder eggs, toot whistle lollies, ring pops, pez, candy watches (boys version of the necklaces, we had as kids) etc x

Browntoa

I tend to stock up on the 4 kit-kats for £1 etc offers that the supermarkets always have in the run up to xmas rather than single bars

the_why_bird

Are you close to Home Bargains?

They always have tons of extremely cheap sweets and snacks. They also tend to do the novelty type sweets like super-sour things, if your brother is that kind of guy. Last time I was there they also had some little tins of mints and some jars of hard sweets which looked more expensive that they were.

DigForVictory

+1 for a toothbruth & toothpaste as well! Taped to the outside...
+1 also for B&M whose confectionery range is a serious challenge to my attempts to loose (or just maintain) weight!

Chris25

I think Sainsbury still do 3 for £1 small packs of their own range sweeties - mix and match too.

On the Factory Shop thread, there is the Tangerine Sweets factory shop in Liverpool & Kinnerton's Chocolates in Fakenham, Norfolk - don't know if either of those are anywhere near you?

lucysp

Flying saucers should be a must - cheap and will bulk out the box

Alye16

I do a sweet box for my brother and sons every year. I brought a plastic clear box divided into compartments (usually used for screws etc) think I got them from Wilkos and then fill each compartment up with a different sweet. Things like shrimps, cherry lips, eggs, strawberry laces etc. They look great and I always get the empty boxes for a refill the following Xmas.

savingmonkey

Tescos currently have some choc lollies and Christmas sweets on offer 3 for £1.20

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/SpecialOffers/SpecialOfferDetail/Default.aspx?promoId=A30977868

They are also doing a net of chocolate satsumas for £2

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=274244482