A traditional liquorice sweet most probably the best you’ll ever try! Soft in texture with a lovely liquorice flavour. Also known as Pomfret Cakes and well known for being stamped with the image of Pontefract Castle.

History: Pontefract had one industry it could call its own, and that was liquorice. It was probably brought here by monks from Spain. In 1760, George Dunhill added sugar to make confectionery – Pontefract Cakes. There were 17 factories in Pontefract at its peak making 25,000 sweets every day, each Pontefract Cake stamped by hand. Pontefract Castle was one of the many local areas that were planted with liquorice after the English Civil War and its dungeon or magazine was used to store the root.

We are proud of our Liquorice heritage and pleased to be able to bring a taste of it to you. Proper Pontefract Cakes; a traditional liquorice sweet just as you remember.

Ingredients: Treacle, glucose syrup, maize starch, invert sugar syrup, WHEAT flour (WHEAT flour, calcium carbonate, iron, niacin, thiamin), liquorice extract, modified potato starch, vegetable oils (palm, sunflower, coconut), flavouring, glazing agent (carnauba wax).