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Yorkshire is the place we call home at The Sweet Scoop. We all have put some research into finding out a bit more about local confectioners and what it is they make. Over a series of 2 blogs we have covered the history of 5 or so important confectioners, not only to Yorkshire itself but the rest of the country.

Please give them a read, it should only take 5-10 minutes of your time to look through them. If you would like to leave some comments please feel free.

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The Tradition of Sweet Making In Yorkshire We, at The Sweet Scoop are proud of our Yorkshire heritage of confectionery manufacture. The county of Yorkshire, often referred to as 'God's own country', is home to many popular and well loved sweet and confectionery brands.Let's have a brief look at the history of sweet making in our region and explore some of the big names in sweet production.  Liquorice Making in Pontefract When looking at the history of sweet making, the most important place we must start, is with Pontefract, near Leeds. Pontefract itself is steeped in history, but today we...

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