Skittles (confectionery) in 2015 and followed up by their Orchards packets, which were then discontinued in 2017. Lime is now currently part of the "Long Lost Lime" packets that came out in summer 2017 and 2018. Skittles (confectionery) Skittles is a brand of fruit-flavoured candy, currently produced and marketed by the Wrigley Company, a division of Mars, Inc. Skittles consist of hard sugar shells imprinted with the letter ""S"". The interior consists mainly of sugar, corn syrup, and hydrogenated palm kernel oil along with fruit juice, citric acid, natural and artificial flavors. The confectionery has been sold in a variety of flavor
Barley sugar or, The accomplish'd housewifes companion" (1723) gives a recipe for barley sugar that includes barley as an ingredient. By the 1800s, recipes for "barley-sugar" could be found in many confectionery cookbooks, but most of these recipes do not include barley as an ingredient. In 1829, the "Italian Confectioner" describes the making of "barley-sugar" twists, tablets and drops using sugar, lemon, vinegar or alum, and "any essence you choose". An 1850 recipe uses sugar, water and lemon. An 1880 recipe uses sugar, water, and egg white. Isabella Beetons "Book of Household Management" (1861) uses egg white and suggests the addition of