Relaunched as caramel freddo’s in the 90’s - they’re somehow still not the same as the old Taz bars - if you’re halloween haul was missing these delicious wee chocolate numbers, regardless of how much other sweeties you blagged, you’d feel a severe twinge of disappointment.placeholder image
Relaunched as caramel freddo’s in the 90’s - they’re somehow still not the same as the old Taz bars - if you’re halloween haul was missing these delicious wee chocolate numbers, regardless of how much other sweeties you blagged, you’d feel a severe twinge of disappointment. | Cadbury’s

Glasgow Sweets: 20 old-school classic sweeties Glaswegians loved to find in their bags on Halloween

Callum McCormack
By Callum McCormack

News Features Writer

Published 30th Oct 2026, 11:43 GMT

Glaswegians love their sweets and they’re more than happy to induldge around Halloween time - here are 20 favourites.

Halloween is just around the corner and Glaswegian children will be looking forward to guising like the generations before them. Their parents and grandparents will no doubt be reminiscing about their hauls of years gone by.

We took a look back at some of the great sweeties that Glaswegians have enjoyed over the years and picked out 20 of the best and most loved sweets.

READ MORE: Glasgow's Glickman's Sweets: A family legacy in confectionery at Glasgow's oldest sweet shop

It’s no wonder that a city with such a great heritage for sweetie shops like Glickman’s has such an affinity for the sweeter things in life.

Keep reading to seee the 20 sweets that made our best of list.

Oddfellows were certainly an odd sweetie - most of the Glasgow oddfellow’s of the 20th century came from King’s Sweet factory in Wishaw.

13. Oddfellows

Oddfellows were certainly an odd sweetie - most of the Glasgow oddfellow’s of the 20th century came from King’s Sweet factory in Wishaw. | Saltire Sweets

Snowies (also known as Jazzies) were a white chocolate button decorated with candy bits - what more could you want from a sweetie?

14. Snowies

Snowies (also known as Jazzies) were a white chocolate button decorated with candy bits - what more could you want from a sweetie? | Contributed

Getting one of these in your pillowcase at Halloween was like winning the lottery - only the savviest trick or treaters knew the best spots of posh doors to knock. The Tunnocks Tea cake truly was the jewel in the cavity-filled crown of any good sweetie bucket.

15. Tunnock’s Tea cake

Getting one of these in your pillowcase at Halloween was like winning the lottery - only the savviest trick or treaters knew the best spots of posh doors to knock. The Tunnocks Tea cake truly was the jewel in the cavity-filled crown of any good sweetie bucket. Photo: PAMELA MAXWELL

If you picked up a penguin on Halloween, you were laughing - though not at the terrible patter on the packaging. The chocolate biscuit was invented in Glasgow.

16. Penguin Biscuit

If you picked up a penguin on Halloween, you were laughing - though not at the terrible patter on the packaging. The chocolate biscuit was invented in Glasgow. Photo: JPIMedia

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