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We are absolutely thrilled to announce that DaffyDownDilly has been named as Online Sweet Shop of the Year 2023 by SME News! We are especially proud because this is the second year running that we have won this award. Since 2018, the SME Southern Enterprise Awards has been searching for businesses who have demonstrated true…
Halloween Sweets… oh it’s spooky time and the very best and most fun for confectioners all over the country! We all have a soft spot for jelly sweets in the shape of snails and bright blue brains… who wouldn’t? There’s so much you can so with them! Perfect to pop into bowls of jelly and…
Looking for some Sweet Treats Inspiration? You’re in the right place! Sweet treats Inspiration Gifts and treats DaffyDownDilly has been leading the confectionery gift field for nearly 10 years now and that brings a wealth of experience in all things yummy and exciting! From Fizzy sweets to Jelly sweets, Bonbons and chocolate to gift boxes…
Welcome to our update on what’s new and upcoming with our focus on Confectionery Trends 2023. Soft and juicy fruit jelly sweets 2023 has definitely been the year of the vegan sweet not least the fruit Jellies featured above. We have so many new fizzy and jelly sweets to talk about here and they’re all…
Delicious and colourful watermelon jelly sweets So so popular, watermelon sweets are flying off the shelves and into your homes! So we thought we would gather all of our favourites into one place and talk a little bit about them and what makes our watermelon sweets so very special. Watermelon jellies are so attractive with…
We are delighted to announce that DaffyDownDilly has won Best Confectionary Shop (Devon) 2023 in the prestigious Business Excellence Awards run by Acquisition International. We are absolutely thrilled that our focus on customers, innovation and service excellence have been recognised again – it makes all the hard work worthwhile. The Business Excellence awards are for…
Love Sour Sweets? Are you a fan of that extraordinary zingy feeling on your tongue that only a good sour sweet can give you? Well read on… Made by Bubs, vegan sour fruity skulls Now fizzy sweets can differ massively in their sour properties as we all know. Some fizzy sweets are still sweet and…
Red Sweets are popular all though the year and have a natural boost around Valentines Day as romantic and themed gifts are delivered throughout the country. Our Favourite? Thats’s an easy one – we love soft and squishy red lips Jelly sweets Juicy and fruity jelly sweets in the shape of red lips Deliciously soft…
Are you looking for Blue Sweets? At Daffydowndilly we have the most wonderful and colourful selection of tasty blue hues – fizzy sweets, jelly sweets – the one thing that they all have in common here is, you guessed it, their colour! Blue and white twist jelly sweets Delicious blue jelly sweets, blue raspberry twist…
Always chocolate favourites – Snowies and Jazzies are distinctively delicious. Little button shaped chocolate rounds with colourful sprinkles to one side. White chocolate discs covered in sprinkles Snowies are, of course, the white chocolate version – sweet and creamy chocolate that we all know and love and we have them available in various size bags,…
Looking for the best in quality pink sweets? We can certainly help with our extensive and delicious range of the pinkest hues in the most varied confectionery! Pink chocolate hearts are a super choice, one of our darker pink sweet choices and with a super strawberry flavour and colourful sprinkles they are definitely not just…
Looking for colour in a big way? Our super range of Rainbow Sweets is just what you need! Our Rainbow Jelly flower sweets are an absolutely must – we’ve seen them used as cake toppers, party bag delights and as delicious rainbow sweets in their own right too. Multi coloured large jelly flowers with a…
Fizzy Cola Sweets are a tip top favourite choice amongst our customers and indeed our fizzy sweets range wouldn’t be the same without them! Let’s start with a look at the new kids on the block – Fizzy Cola skulls from Bubs 🙂 Absolutely the most amazing texture with these sweets, firm, fizzy and chewy…
As of the most popular Retro Sweets we have at Daffydowndilly, Candy Sticks deserve a special mention of their own. They have been around for years after all – remember when they were all neatly lined up in packets of their own?! Great fun. Although no longer in those packs, Candy Stick sweets are just…
Looking for the perfect Birthday Present? 🎁 Check out our Pick and mix Birthday Gift Box! Packed freshly to order in a quality gift box, you’ll find our pick and mix boxes have the best selection of sweets out there. We’ve chosen some of the most popular fizzy sweets, jelly sweets and chocolate morsels to…
Fruity apple sweets are a firm favourite with us all 🙂 Tangy, sour and mouthwatering we have a great range to choose from at Daffydowndilly so you can stock up on your fruit bowl pick and mix favourites. Teeny tiny little fruity sweets with the flavour of apple Green sweets are surprisingly difficult to get…
Vegan sweets are really coming into their own and top of our favourites – Bubs! Made in Sweden and original in shape, colour and flavour, these popular vegan sweets are flying out! So what flavours do we have for you to tantalise your tastebuds? Well here are a few for your delectation and delight :)…
Sunday June 18th 2023 – you’re welcome 😉 Does your Dad deserve the personal touch for his Father’s Day gifts this year? Course he does – and if he has a sweet tooth we’ve got a great selection of gifts and treats which you can personalise at no additional cost! So what’s trending at Daffy…
Welcome to DaffyDownDilly, home of quality Sweet Party Bags. As parents ourselves we wanted to create a range of party bags that stand out from the rest and we really think we have done that with our Sweet Treats Inspiration. All of our bags are prepared to order so you are guaranteed the freshest and…
We believe we have the best in Jelly Babies at DaffyDownDilly. Always consistently delicious, cute and fruity, it’s Haribo Mini Jelly Babies for us all the way! 1 kilo of Haribo jelly Babies perfect for a birthday present Retro sweets are always popular and with good reason – they’re everyones favourite choices! Just think back…
When we first opened DaffyDownDilly in 2014, milk chocolate brazils were definitely a Christmas treat. Fresh and crunchy Brazil nuts coated in a real milk chocolate covering they were a must at Christmas for gifting and indulging. We have definitely noticed though as time has passed that you all agree with us… and they are…
Space Mix Vegan jelly sweets Vegan Jelly sweets are well worth exploring if you haven’t already. At DaffyDownDilly we have a great range of fruity and deliciously mouthwatering jelly sweets that are not only suitable for vegans and by default vegetarians too, but are absolutely scrummy! Right up there in the mix are vegan sweets…
Happy New Year 🥳 As we begin our next trip round the sun, what better time to shout about our superb range of vegan fizzy sweets! So whether you’re already vegan, experimenting with Veganuary or just really enjoy excellent fizzy sweets, read on! Vegan pick and mix sweets There has been a definite trend in…
We are thrilled to announce that DaffyDownDilly has been named as Online Sweet Shop of the Year by SME News! This follows our Sweet Shop of the Year 2022 (Devon) award from Business Excellence earlier in the year. Since its inception in 2018, the SME Southern Enterprise Awards has highlighted and rewarded the businesses and…
Sugar-free Christmas sweets? Look no further… A fast-growing proportion of our customers are interested in our huge range of sugar-free sweets. I thought it a good idea to write a little about our fantastic sugar-free Christmas sweets range. And the opportunity to buy sugar-free sweets online for awesome Christmas gifts. For those who are diabetic…
Secret Santa sweets Looking for ideas for the perfect Secret Santa sweets gift and need to stick to that budget? DaffyDownDilly has really got the perfect thing for you! Our Secret Santa sweets are the ideal choice; affordable and fun. Full of exciting, colourful and delicious treats for all budgets and to suit every wallet…
DaffyDownDilly is the one stop shop for the very best Birthday present ideas… Sweets, gifts and treats is what we do and we know you will love what we have on offer! We have a super selection of sweet gifts and treats, all gift boxed in quality gift presentation boxes and ready to go. We…
We’ve won! Award winning sweet shop DaffyDownDilly has been named as Sweet Shop of the Year (Devon) by Acquisition International (AI). Here at DaffyDownDilly, we really don’t like to blow our own trumpets (or “toot our own horns”, as the Americans say). But we would still like to let you know about our award in…
What are Pick and Mix Sweets? Well, remember the fantastic collection of sweets in clear tubs at Woolworths? Admittedly you do need to be a certain age but I remember many happy hours spent admiring the colours and smells emanating from those tubs before choosing a few favourites which were then paid for by weight…
Cherry Flavoured sweets are some of our absolute favourite confectionery! Why? They are full of fruity cherry sweet deliciousness, fizzy cherries or fruity jelly cherries we don’t mind – we love them all! Mention a cherry sweet and probably the famous Haribo Happy Cherry pops into mind. That soft jelly sweet in it’s twin cherry…
Delicious jelly animal sweets in the shape of dolphins Booming ever increasingly popular is our range of animal sweets and we wanted to bring them all together so you can choose your favourites with ease 🙂 So we wanted to start with the ever popular jelly sweets in the shape of Giant Dolphins – soft…
Rainbow sweets sum us up perfectly as we love colour at DaffyDownDilly and thought we would feature some of our very favourite Rainbow sweets that really do have the wow factor. Super popular fizzy sweets in fabulous rainbow stripes Rainbow Bites are one of most popular fizzy sweets and with very good reason. They have…
What’s top of the best flavour sweets? So many delicious flavours to choose from… modern and traditional sweets are so varied and full of fruity flavour – we thought we’d have a look at the most popular sweets and put together a top three most popular sweet flavour chart 🙂 At number three – it’s…
Easter sweets and treats – after a long winter, there really is nothing more beautiful than Spring 🙂 We love the sight of Daffodils and blossom at DaffyDownDilly and Sidmouth, where we are based is a fabulous place to enjoy the seasons! This year we have collected a wonderful selection of Spring and Easter sweets…
Over the last few weeks I’ve been looking at the most popular sweets in our retro and traditional sweets section. My view? To identify the UK’s favourite sweets and this week it’s the turn of fizzy sweets – yum! Easily the most popular sweets particularly with our younger customers, our fizzy sweets are a real…
Regarding Liquorice selections, It’s been a real surprise for us just how popular liquorice is in the UK and we thought we would take the opportunity to feature some of our bestselling licorice lines. No longer just the favourite sweet at Christmas and Father’s Day, liquorice is popular all year round and with a colourful…
Always popular and always delicious… chocolate. It’s a thing isn’t it? And we have plenty to choose from at DaffyDownDilly so I thought a top 5 of the most popular chocolates would be a great little project! At number 5 in the popularity stakes, please welcome Milk Chocolate Honeycomb! Real milk chocolate coats delicious crunchy…
A Quarter of? So what do the weights mean? What is a quarter of sweets in grams? Fruity and colourful Haribo mini jelly babies Time for an explanation just in case… Most of us can remember asking for a quarter of or a half pound of our childhood favourite sweets… but now we are confronted…
Delicious traditional bonbons… As we get going again after the Christmas and New Year confectionery craziness, I wanted to take things back to basics a bit and look at our unsung heroes amongst our sweets. These really have to be topped by Bonbons… ever popular and delicious they are a constant top seller and we…
Jazzies and Snowies chocolates with sprinkles on the top Always at the tip top of the chocolate choices, Snowies and Jazzies deserve a feature of their very own… White chocolate Snowies and milk chocolate Jazzies are the quintessential childhood memory of sweetshops. Those colourful sprinkles that add a crunch to delicious chocolate flavoured buttons always…
Haribo Sweets are so popular and so utterly delicious, Haribo are major players in the world of confectionery and we love them at DaffyDownDilly too. From Jelly sweets to fizzy sweets and liquorice, Haribo have a huge range of sweet treats and we thought it would be useful to focus on some of the best…
A pick and Mix box of Sweets… Doesn’t matter how old or young you are, a quality pick and mix is bound to make you smile, just the thought of those delicious flavour and texture combinations is enough to make you mouth water isn’t it? We have hundreds of pick and mix sweets at DaffyDownDilly,…
Ready for our A-z of Sweets? We do love a good list at DaffyDowndilly and thought we’d do an alphabet list challenge… although we have hundreds and hundreds of different types of sweets, this was not as easy as we thought!! If you can spot the obvious mistake(s) and give us a sweet solution we’d…
Oh so exciting! International sweets orders are here Our fantastic web development team – credits later, have been super busy behind the scenes doing what they do best. As the world becomes more and more focussed online, DaffyDownDilly is proud to announce we are now able to accept online international sweets orders. Wowzers we hear…
DaffyDownDilly specialises in Sugar Free sweets and gifts. As we all start to get back to our pre Covid lives our focus is changing and this is apparent at DaffyDownDIlly with a surge in interest in sugar free sweets and gift ideas. Always popular as an accessible treat for diabetics, sugar free sweets are becoming…
Corporate gifting – Extraordinary times or no, it’s crucially important to recognise the efforts and hard work of your team. We have all needed to be super flexible and responsive over the last year or so to the quickly changing dynamics in the workplace and office of the global pandemic. And haven’t we all risen…
Blue sweets gift boxes… All new and exclusive for 2021… our new kilo boxes of sweets containing yes, you guessed it – just blue sweets. Whether you’re looking for a fabulous Birthday gift, a tongue painting dream of a Christmas present or a box of sweets suitable for gifting throughout the year, you’ve definitely come…
Firstly a big hello to you all – we hope you are well and happy and looking forward to a summer of sunshine and smiles 🙂 Say Happy Birthday in style to any fizzy and sour sweet lover We thought it was about time to have a bit of a natter about what’s been happening…
1 kilo of assorted milk and dark chocolate Brazils in a gift box Milk and Dark Chocolate Brazil nuts are one of our bestselling gift boxes and it’s easy to see why! Delicious quality Brazil nuts are covered in a thick layer of milk or plain chocolate bringing that famous sweetness to the Brazils. At…
Fizzy Cola Bottles are such a popular fizzy sweet mix we thought we’d do a little blog about them! So if you’re a fan of the fizzy bottle this is for you! At DaffyDownDilly it’s hard to miss the enduring popularity of the fizzy cola bottle in any fizzy sweets pick and mix. Without doubt…
Happy Birthday Retro Sweet box now available at DaffyDownDilly online. Our beautiful gift box is packed full of delicious retro goodies and presented with a colourful Happy birthday sticker! Think popping candy… If you’re looking for a birthday present for someone special who loves nothing better than a fabulous selection of retro sweets then look…
Personalised sweet boxes are us!! You will have already have seen no doubt our fantastic sweet gift boxes and we’re proud and delighted to say that all of these are now available online with a personalisation option too! So if you want to buy personalised sweet boxes for your loved ones, look no further! Not…
1 kilo of pick and mix sweets in a Valentines day gift box with flower sticker Sweet Valentines at DaffyDownDilly. Valentines Day is traditionally a busy time of year for a sweet shop and online sweet shop. And this year looks set to be no exception! Who wouldn’t want to receive a beautiful hamper full…
Sweet gift box suitable for birthday present for all ages! Do you want to wish someone special a very happy Birthday? Well, a gift box of our very finest pick and mix sweets is just the way to do it! Straight from DaffyDownDilly HQ, our gift box of sweets is packed freshly to order and…
So we have seen a massive resurgence in the popularity of Retro Sweets at DaffyDownDilly Confectioners, Sidmouth. Black Jacks, Flying Saucers and Fruit Salads of course are always popular. So add to the list Candy necklaces, Snowies and Jazzies and funny Money and you have a Retro sweet treat ready to go! So what makes…
We’re delighted to say we have found, tested and loved an amazing selection of jelly sweets and fizzy sweets all suitable for both vegans and vegetarians. I know, good isn’t it! And they’re so delicious that these pick and mix sweets are not just for vegans and vegetarians either… well worth a try! From space…
It’s time for a top 10 sweets round up! One question we get asked all the time is ‘What is your most popular sweet?’ and so…here is our DaffyDownDilly list of the top 10 sweets of all time… 🍬 🍫 🍭 Of course to add a little anticipation and drama we’re counting backwards… Number 10…
Want to meet the DaffyDownDilly Confectioners Sidmouth team? Intrigued as to who packs and prepares your sweet orders? Want to put some faces to the names? We’re delighted to say hi 🙂 Louise, Keeran and Natalie in the middle of the Christmas mayhem! So we are a small but perfectly formed team with a love…
Happy New Year from us all at DaffyDownDIlly Confectioners, our Sidmouth sweet Shop. So as we enter not just a new year but a new decade, here are some thoughts on where we’ve been and we’re going over the next few years… So since opening our sunny seaside sweet shop in 2014 we have learnt…
Our fantastic Pick and Mix sweet jar is now available. Filled to bursting with an awesome selection of quality pick and mix sweets all arranged beautifully inside. We take a lot of time to present our range of sweet treats and gifts beautifully and our bumper Pick n mix jar is no exception. Pick and…
1 kilo of milk chocolate brazils in a gift box We are well known at DaffyDownDilly for Chocolate Brazils Box with Milk and Dark chocolate and our Chocolate Brazils Gift Box…We’re excited to announce that our delicious milk chocolate Brazils and dark chocolate Brazils in a kilo gift box are now available right here, at…
Our vegetarian sweets box. It’s new. It’s ace. And it’s vegetarian. Our new Vegetarian sweets box has hit the shelves and we couldn’t be happier! Vegetarian sweet box 1 With a delicious mix of vegetarian fizzy sweet, vegetarian jelly sweets and vegetarian chocolate this sweet gift box is the bomb. Often we hear the people…
One of our favourite sweet shop blog subjects… delicious fizzy and sour sweets! Fizzy and sour sweets are the most popular sweets in our sweet shop and online sweet shop. And it’s easy to see why! We all love a little bit of zing and the tongue-tingling sensation that comes from truly delicious fizzy and…
Across Europe, Sugar-Free sweets have seen a massive increase in popularity over recent years. Subsequently choice and flavours have become much better and more varied – brilliant we think! We are delighted to be able to offer a really popular range of 26 sugar-free sweet options, from wrapped traditional boiled sweets to jellies, we have…
Fizzy and Sour sweets Our Huge range of fizzy and sour sweets is truly awesome. And available to anyone wishing to buy sweets online from our Award Winning UK sweet shop. Whether you like a gentle tang or a super sonic sour hit, we’re sure to have just the right fizzy sweet for you! Fizzylicious…
Amongst our most popular sweets are those manufactured by Haribo Sweets. Haribo’s fizzy and jelly sweets are timeless and enjoyed by children of all ages! We have a really super range of Haribo sweets available at our online sweet shop – check these out! Haribo Giant Strawberries – delicious fruit jelly sweets! Giant Strawberries are…
Love jelly sweets and Gummy sweets? At our sweet shop, we do too! We love a good Jelly and Gummy sweet at DaffyDownDilly Confectioners! Whether you’re a fan of a hard chewy and gummy jelly sweet or a more soft and delicate jelly sweet. We’re confident that our quality selection of jelly sweets provides a…
Father’s Day 2018 and our Liquorice Box. Like Mother’s Day, the date for Father’s Day in the UK changes annually but always falls on a Sunday. Father’s Day always falls on the third Sunday in June, and is celebrated in various ways. So whether with cards, gifts and exciting days out or in our experience…
We are over the moon to announce that our Corporate Sweet gifts page is now live! You can find it right here. DaffyDownDilly have been working with the Corporate sector for some time now and we wanted to formalise our offer. We have already worked with numerous local, National and International companies to brand and…
Welcome to our most popular gift and treat product feature – it’s our fantastic quality pick and mix box. Using our extensive customer and product knowledge we have designed a fabulous 1 Kilo assorted quality sweets pick and mix box. Which is available to buy online from our award winning Devon sweet shop as well…
Corporate sweets, rewards, incentives and sweet gifts. Exciting times at Daffydowndilly. Corporate sweets, rewards and sweet gifts. We’re delighted to announce that we will shortly be launching a Corporate sweets gift section to our website. Making our sweet hampers and candy gift boxes available to buy online for even more customers and businesses. We are…
Traditional and Retro sweets are consistently popular sweet choices and available through our online sweet shop. And to be honest, it’s really easy to see why! Who doesn’t love a traditional sweet? We all love a sweet that we know, that makes us feel good, that we associate with someone, or that evokes special childhood…
Halloween is an exciting time in our sweet shop – find out why here! It’s Trick or Treat sweets time! Well now all the children are safely back at school and the hectic summer season is over for another year we can feel the onset of Autumn as the days are starting to get shorter…
The nation is set to get that little bit sweeter as Devon based confectionery shop DaffyDownDilly throws open the doors of its new online emporium. Located in the seaside town of Sidmouth, Devon. The award winning family owned business has grown in leaps and bounds since opening in 2014. Now, the owners are ecstatic to launch a…
A business enjoying the sweet taste of success. For one Sidmouth business, creating the sensation of a child in a sweet shop is a real labour of love. And as Clarissa Place found out, the shop’s tasty treats are now going global. Since coming to town in 2013, DaffyDownDilly has made its mark with bespoke…
So what’s Father’s Day like in our sweet shop? If you’re looking for some amazing ideas for sweet gifts for your Dad we hope this will help. From traditional and retro sweets to Liquorice, bonbons and the most delicious fizzy sweets and jelly sweets, we’ve got it all… Not long now until Sunday 18th and…
What’s it like in our sweet shop? So now we are in our third trading year. I thought it might be interesting to talk about what life is like on the other side of the counter. Our super busy sweet shop is going from strength to strength. Our website www.daffydowndilly.co.uk offers customers throughout the UK…
Easter Sweets and treats. The sun is shining, the trees are full of budding leaves and the promise of a beautiful seaside summer, there’s even a bird nesting in my parent’s bird box… it can only mean one thing – Easter is nearly here! Our sweet shop is busy, buzzing and happy and that’s just…
Retro Sweet Hampers and American candy hampers Did you know that you can buy sweet hampers online from DaffyDownDilly? Sweet Hampers are a popular option for anyone looking to buy sweets online and we wanted to tell you all about ours! Quality fizzy sweets, jelly sweets, traditional and retro sweets and chocolate in a fabulous…
Mother’s Day Sweet choices. Not long now until Mother’s Day 2017 and the perfect opportunity to show your Mum how important she is in your life by buying sweets online to make an awesome gift! If your Mum has a sweet tooth (and most of us do!) then a special sweet gift can be just…
Welcome to our blog all about the very best in Retro sweets and Retro sweet gifts! Retro Sweets and Traditional sweets are undergoing a huge revival in the confectionery world both with customers in our Devon based sweet shop and with our customers throughout the UK wishing to use our website to buy sweets online…
Quality Liquorice gift box assortment available directly from our online sweet shop! Liquorice We would like to introduce our latest kilo sweet box and this time it contains nothing but Liquorice! Beautifully presented in a colourful and attractive presentation box, our sweet kilo boxes really make ideal gifts for any sweet lover. We have an…
Quality Retro sweet hamper options from our sweet shop Retro sweet hampers are an ideal sweet gift for a special someone as they contain such an amazing mix of traditional sweets, retro sweets, fizzy sweets and jelly and gummy sweets as well as the very best in packets of sweets. If you’re looking for a…
I’d like to take this opportunity to talk about the many advantages of being able to buy sweets online. As well as in our Sidmouth based award winning sweet shop. It’s a modern world out there, we hear this a lot. Times are changing and our perceptions and expectations of shopping and related experiences are…
Unlike many online providers of sweets, we are a physical sweetshop as well as a virtual one… Many of our customers see our sweetshop regularly of course and we love to see you all. But for our more remote, or online sweet shop customers we thought you’d like to have a look around. Come on…
We’d love to tell you about our sweet shop and Sidmouth, the beautiful town we live in! Where is your Sweet Shop and online sweet shop based? Daffy-down-dilly, our sweet shop is based in the beautiful seaside town of Sidmouth in Devon. We count our blessings all the time that we are lucky enough to…
Well with only one more day before Christmas Day 2016, we’d like to wish all of our amazing customers and friends a very Happy Christmas from your favourite sweet shop! This year has been a really incredible one. We’ve continued to grow and flourish. This has enabled us to further extend our product range and…
Well it’s a very unusual theme for a blog from a very busy Devon Sweet Shop in the week before Christmas… The hot topic in store today, started by our lunch and Sophie’s choice of jacket potato filling is beans or tomatoes. Sophie loves beans – even going as far as to eat them cold…
Daffy-down-dilly, our award winning sweet shop is now inviting expressions of interest for one of our sweet shop franchises! Interesting? Read on! Why would you consider buying a sweet shop franchise when you could set up in business on your own? Well, the biggest clues to your potential success if you buy a franchise are…
Daffy-Down-Dilly has created a fantastic range of American candy hampers and retro sweet UK hampers. All of our sweet hampers are available to buy online from our UK award winning sweet shop! Our Retro sweet hamper selection are filled to bursting with the best selection of retro sweets. Including Anglo Bubbly, Flying Saucers, Black Jacks, Fruit Salads. Refreshers, Pear Drops,…
The children having gone back to school after a very busy summer season. It’s time for us to start planning our autumn and winter season. Both in store and at our online sweet shop at DaffyDownDilly Confectioners. There’s a place for sweets at every turn of the calendar and we like to be prepared. So…
Our fabulous American candy selection box is available to buy online from our UK award winning sweet shop. We are delighted to introduce our American candy selection box, a fantastic choice for anyone who loves or wishes to try a carefully chosen assortment of bestselling American candy. All beautifully presented in a quality gift box,…
Having spent the morning making rather a lot of party bags for special customer orders it is clear that sweet cone bags are an increasingly popular choice. Both as gifts in their own right, and also as a take home party bag for children’s parties and weddings. Our online sweet shop makes it possible to…
So Daffy-down-dilly Confectioners is now in it’s third year of trading as an Award Winning sweet shop and online sweet shop. Providing our customers with the facility to buy sweets online– awesome huh? Fancy a bit of background reading as to why we started our beautiful sweet shop and subsequent online sweet shop? Read on…
Right lovely ones, I have a genuine question for you. Now Sidmouth Folk week is over, it’s our traditional time to start planning our Christmas in store sweet offers. Designing new American candy hampers and this years ‘in’ sweet gift. We have a cracking traditional sweet Christmas Eve pack in mind for this year –…
We’re so proud and happy to report that DaffyDownDilly’s award winning sweet shop is growing. Our Award Winning Sweet shop and Online sweet shop offering customers the opportunity to buy sweets online are super popular. And to support that growth we have a strong and knowledgable team in place to ensure that our strong standards…
The rise of challenge level mega sour sweets is truly amazing. There will always be a place for traditional and retro sweets of course, but our younger cutomers particularly are very much looking for the extremes in confectionery. If you’re up for a sweet challenge we’ve got just the sweets for you. Whether you want…
Our Award Winning sweet shop is sure to have just the sweet treat you’re looking for whether you prefer to buy sweets online or in store. From the very best in sour and fizzy sweets, gummy and jelly sweets, American chocolate, retro sweet hampers and American candy hampers. To quality traditional sweets and retro sweets,…
The perfect ideas for Father’s Day presents! Well already it’s June… amazing! In all the shop hustle and bustle and preparation for the hectic summer season in Devon, time is genuinely flying! Our stockroom and shelves are filled to bursting and new staff are building up confidence and speed as they go – we’re looking…
We love our selection of American sweets, candy and foods from across the pond. The colourful packaging and weird and wonderful flavours and concepts make a really interesting and diverse choice. Especially good if you’re looking to reminise about a wonderful American holiday, or just looking for something a little different. It make the most…
In our quest to find the nation’s favorite sweet, it’s the turn of Jelly and gummy sweets this week to face our popularity test… We love jelly sweets… from soft and squishy Jelly Bones to Giant Strawberries, Happy Cherries to Baby Dolphins. Jelly sweets are timeless and not restricted by any means to our younger…
Last week was a tale of two halves for me at Daffydowndilly. Tuesday, working on my own, was a quiet day but I still needed my sense of humour, which gave me the chance to have a bit of a sort out in the stock room. Sunday, on the other hand was busy busy busy…
So our Traditional Sweets section is super popular and growing as more and more younger people are introduced to the delights of Sherbet Lemons. Winter Mix, Grays’ Herbal Tablets and Victory V’s. Whether you prefer to buy sweets online including of course traditional sweets. Or in our award winning sweet shop you can be sure of…
There is something exciting about the arrival of sunnier days, it lifts the mood and everybody seems to have a spring in their step. Gardens are blooming and it’s almost time to dig out those flip flops and sunglasses!! So what better way to enjoy the delights of Springtime than with one of our delicious…
Well you will all know by know that we live and breathe sweets at DaffyDownDilly! There are without question standout favourite sweet choices in our shop, and we thought we’d share them with you… we have a huge range available so to make it a little bit simpler, this time I’m going to focus on…
We have been asked this week to answer a few questions about DaffyDownDilly Confectioners for the newspaper. So if you fancy a sneak preview, here you are… Please Introduce yourself. Hi, My name is Natalie Brittain and I’m a co-founder and proprietor of DaffyDownDilly Confectioners at 63 High Street, Sidmouth. I’m married to Rob and we…
My 4th day working at Daffydowndilly has flown by with a focus on American sweets! We spent most of this morning restocking our American range of goodies. Including cereal boxes of Reeces Puffs and Lucky Charms. And jars of Reeces Peanut Butter which I’m told are very popular. It has been a steep learning curve so…
Wowzers, what a busy DaffyDownDilly Easter we’ve had! So many children in with their pocket money choosing a selection of their favorite sweets… it’s been brilliant! And the number of boxes of Beanboozled jelly beans that have left the building is extraordinary. Hope you’ve all enjoyed the experience? I will never forget those flavours, that’s…
Our range of bonbons is increasing due to their increasing popularity with our customers, so I thought I’d write a little bit about them. It’s an unusual name if you think about it, that originates from German and translates as meaning candy, or sweetie. Bonbons are a real traditional sweet, with the first report of…
A recent article in the Daily Mail featured our wonderful town and some of it’s heritage. And it’s inspired me to write this time about what a fantastic place Sidmouth is to live and work in and just how lucky we are! Daffy-down-dilly Confectioners is a family business and we are local to the town.…
We are thrilled to say that our beautiful cardboard Easter Eggs are back again this year! Imported specifically by us from Germany our Easter eggs really are super special! As always, we really wanted to offer something a little different for Easter. And know from experience that children of all ages love a mix of…
This Sunday 6th March is Mother’s Day in the UK – hope you’ve all remembered!! The Day when we all offically say thank you to our Mums. No matter how old we are they remain our constants, our supports and they’re just pretty fabulous really. I’d certainly be lost without mine! These days, more and…
The Wedding Season and it’s wedding favours is fast approaching and we love it at DaffyDownDilly! It’s fabulous to be part of a couples’ plans and special day. And we take great pride in delivering quality and stunning favours and sweets. From sweets for candy buffets, to tiered Candy Cakes and individually designed favours. We…
I can’t believe it’s that time again! Pancake Day, or Shrove Tuesday to give it it’s proper name, is on Tuesday the 9th of February this year. The word ‘shrove’ derives from the English word ‘shrive’, which means to obtain absolution for your sins by making a confession and paying a penance. The custom was for…
At our Devon sweet shop, we have well in excess of 300 jars of loose sweets to choose from. And absolutely no minimum purchase requirement. So our customers are free to mix and match from our sweet treats as much as they want to! It’s well worth it when you see the smiles on particularly…
What is it about chocolate? It’s a well-known fact amongst confectioners that sales of the brown stuff always go up in the winter… We’re always interested in why our customers choose the sweets that they do. We have an awful lot to choose from so why chocolate raisins and not coated cinder toffee? Why Chewing…
At DaffyDownDilly we love designing bespoke sweet party bags for our customers. Often colour themes are in demand, and we have to admit, we have made an awful lot of Frozen themed party bags!! Our customers say that they love our matching cone gift bags and that they take away a lot of the stress…
We have been delighted by the on-going popularity of our range of Sugar Free Sweets. Both in our Sidmouth shop and online. From Mint Humbugs to Chocolate Eclairs and Cola Bottles. To Rhubarb and Custard and Rosey Apples, there is a huge range to choose from. Suitable for diabetics and for those customers wanting to…
We have a lovely range of authentically Mexican Piñatas always in stock at DaffyDownDilly. Colourful, fun and different, Mexican Piñatas are so popular for party games, weddings and celebrations and suitable for all ages! Our online sweet shop offers the opportunity to buy sweets online as well as many funky Mexican Piñatas. So if you’re…
Well, Christmas is nearly upon us and the most asked question of the week in DaffyDownDilly must be ‘Have you got any Christmas Candy Canes?’ ‘Absolutely we have – which size would you like?’ I wondered what started the tradition of hanging minty hooked sticks of candy from our Christmas trees in the first…
Sugar Mice
£0.60
Dragon Jelly Sweets
£1.25
Jelly Bones Jelly Sweets
£1.20 – £5.20
Coltsfoot Rock Sweets
£1.25 – £3.00
Mixed Toffees
£1.30 – £2.80
Fizzy Sweets Gift Box
by Melanie Rowe
Milk chocolate Brazils (1 kilo) in a presentation gift box
by Natalie Carley
Dark Chocolate Raisins
by Suzanne Bird
Liquorice selection box
by Suzanne Bird
Strawberry Bonbons Sweets
by Suzanne Bird