(photo from davidlebovitz.com)
I only recently tried wine gums for the first time, and I am definitely hooked. Each of the six shapes and colors corresponds with a different flavor: gin, claret, port, champagne, sherry and burgundy. I love that! Eating them feels altogether distinguished and fancy. The texture is definitely gummy but firmer than other candies. All the flavors are distinctive but I find them all to be reminiscent of pastille candy. Apparently wine gums are very popular in the UK. If that is not fancy I do not know what is. Here is a fun fact: Swedish fish are considered to be a kind of wine gum.
Wine gums don't actually contain any alcohol but a schoolboy was recently refused service when he tried to buy them at a convenience store because the clerk didn't do their online research like me! According to folklore, the inventor of wine gums, Charles Maynard, was the son of a teetotaler and made them to help drinkers cut back.
This candy makes me think of:
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