These, my friends, are my favorite sweets. They are gummy candy in the form of the statue of the Pissing Boy (Mannekin Pis). They are sooo good.... a little sweet, a little sour, and a little chewy. I often wonder how this idea was thought up.... "Let´s see... we already have gummy fish... and gummy bears... I know! The Pissing Boy!..." Okaaaay... I would so love to meet the brilliance behind this idea. ;)
Next week´s theme comes via Francesca and it´s "Repurposed: one object in your house that you´ve found another use for." Thanks darling!
Theresa, do you mind picking the next one? Thanks!
Happy corner viewing!
P.S. Thank you for all your lovely comments. I´m going to be smiling until March.
77 comments:
drunken sweets designer? ;)
I mean drunk, that was a mixture of english and dutch ('dronken') :)
this is hilarious. never seen anything like it. :)
hoping my my internet connection keeps up so i can take part in this week's corner view...
Funny! Do you find them in Spain or it's a special order from Belgium?
Lovely....have you tried them in regaliz taste??
?!!:))
sweet all the way!
héhé! the manneken Pis!!! for brussels! good choice sister!
I have not had these but Swedish fish (also red), I think they are the same flavor.
How, erm... sweet! Haha, I totally get the sweet/sour/chewy thing!
I couldn't take a pic of my favourite sweets, because I eat them right away. So instead I posted... well, go see it for yourself!
It must be very yummy:) Happy week Jane!
these little red ones are really sweet ...
looks like the US's sour patch kids. except minus the sour powder part. :P
I love the color: great photo!
Do you have them shipped from Belgium?
this candy-manneken piss also makes me smile, and it's true thery're really good!
hmmmmm manneke pies love to eat him ;-)
or you going all the way to brussels to get them?
we have 'autodrop' , in sweet strawberry red cadilliac figure. i like them muchos. think the'll taste like your mannekes
Those are so funny!
haha cute! and happy blogaversary too :) XX
OOOOOOohhhh my LORD!!! You have them in gummy form?? Red?? Having a slight panic attack here Jane. Don't do this to me......(drool - gulp)
hmm, they are certainly very different!
PS I LOVE the theme for next week:)
You might should win an award for the most unusual "sweets". :-) Never heard of or seen that treat. So funny.
That is seriously happy. I love the naughty idea of it. I could just imagine the shock on someones face when they got these as a gift.
!! Lol! Great photo :D
ha, manneki pis, that's a surprise all the way in spain.
Today i found (for the CV i had to get some sweets, my kids thank you for that!) sweets in the shape of Maria (the Holy Maria!)
If you take a good look at my CV you can see them, Elvis is holding a whole bowl of them.
very much my kind of sweets
OH! I don´t know what they say about green ones.....you leave me....
Funny sweets! Difficult to resist this red color!
I send the link to my belgian friends !!! And hope they'll send me some ;) Funny sweet !
how cute and funny...
ohhh. like swedish fish but more hilarious design. love that. wish i could taste.
The Pissing Boy!
He lives in my country; there's even a small brother of the real one in my city.
But I never saw this kind of sweets...
Funny how the pissing boy even made in it Spain :o).
Seriously funny sweets. Now I wanna try!
mmmm sweeties.... mmm ahhh!!! nicee! i love gummmy bears!
kisees!
What a strange idea, those sweets!
I couldn't have imagined your blog was so young so i wish you a happy 1st anniversary and a very long life.
My sweets are on line ;-)
Hilarious!! Too, too funny. Thank you, Jane!
Order from belgium ??? a little chimique !!!!
...Sooo Jane! he heeeee!!!!
Too funny! :)
Ah, the pissing boy... WHAT? Actually, they sound delicious - I love the sour part! xo, j.
Miam, hummmmm I LOVE SWEET !
Hope you smile until next year:)
That looks like a funny gum, is it originary from Spain or from the US? Because I've never seen them (perhaps because I don't like gummies).
Big love and besos for you and your children:)
Ooohhh, that looks tasty...despite the namesake!
By the way, do you mind changing my URL FROM: www.thekeepingtime.blogspot.com TO: www.discoveringflowers.blogspot.com? I made my family blog private, but I still want to take part in Corner View!
Thanks!
hih-hih :)
you just made my day!
the pissing boy - very interesting.! I wonder what the inspiration was.
little sweet and sour is always good.
thanks for making me smile!
ha. my sister bought a tub of those when she visited me last summer. i live in Luxembourg (about 2.5 hours away from the real mannekin pis) the ones she found here were in the grocery store and came in lots of different colors. funny to find those in spain.
Wouldn't my mother just love that?! She'd totally think they're funny - she's got that Dutch sense of humor. My son and I would be sitting in the corner, snickering about them.
Thanks for sharing them. Such a lovely "surprise" sweet. Love it.
.. old age is hitting me hard today.. thought you posted a post about cookies and cake..
:) better search around to who I send a comment to with your name in it..
If anyone reads this and thought that elis must be bonkers, sorry..
and Jane, nice pic, nice sweets.:)
yum. i love gummies and i love all that red.
francesca, you know i love the topic for next week!
nicola
http://whichname.blogspot.com
gummy pissing Boys?!! that is funny
Why do I find that candy slightly disturbing? :) Great corner view!
Ha! Brilliant I say!
LOL! I love it!
Brilliant idea! And color. At first I thought it was jelly.
Corner View is a challenge and I'm enjoying every bit of it.
Gracias Senorita.
okay, no scatological comments whatsoever? I say this crowd's too clean, amiga.
sorry, but willy showing. helloooooooo, willy showing. you eat 'em!!! elephant - room :P
kidding of course. always. always. no offence meant. too clean you people. more indecency and swearing, please. just like in my blog. not.
anyway, didn't know they made edible manneken pisses (did you know there's a weeing girl in brussels too? jeanneke pis.)
mmm, that sounds (!!!) nice....my sweet is posted too !!!!
Hi Jane, yesterday I went to the fair of San Blas and these are the sweet pictures I took.
http://txakusine.blogspot.com/2010/02/corner-view-sweets.html
Greets. Madalen
Perhaps your day might get even "sweeter" when you check out my blog...
My e-mail address is on my profile... oh my, decisions, decisions, what is a girl to do?
LOL! i would love to know too
tgums are tricky they have to have the right consistancy, sourness and sweetnes to be perfect.... these sounds scrumbtious!
Gotta love Europe! HA! I don't know whether I'd be able to eat one without blushing! I'm up and posted. Did it yesterday, but forgot to post here. Oopsy.
That is hilarious!
Sorry I'm late this week - I don't know what's happened to me and my sense of time :)
Ha ha ... kind of special I must say!
too funny!
Laura in Ludwigsburg, Germany
Sweet delight! Funny stuff.
What a hoot. I've never seen these before, and believe me, I've eaten a LOT of gummy bears!
:-)
xo
rhooooo...so funny!
I will see if I can find them..somewhere..just to taste them!
Thanks for sharing the sweet!
And Thank you for your lovely blog...Happy birthblogday
Emma from San Francisco
So funny! Love your blog. It is beautiful!
Hi..first time visiting! Love your photos, and the style of your blog..it's so 'clean'. Have a great Weekend! Love//Eva
"pissing boy sweets" I'm sure my kids would love them! Besos
Lol! Sorry I've missed taking part in Corner View the last couple of weeks but am looking forward to joining in again as usual with Repurposed. :)
i believe you would love our german gummy smurf & gummy strawberry...
i LOVE CHOCOLATE!!!
p.s.: ohhh... i did not ask, if i am allowed to do the corner view - hope, it is ok. i see, you have a list of everybody who is in...
love your side, your questions & your readers answers!
mmm yummy candies!! I love the color!
I'm originally from Brussels and of course I know Manneken Pis. The candy version, however, is new to me. Next time I go, I definitely need to get some!
Oh my goodness! These are a hoot- I will have to see if I can find these around here. Gary when he saw a fountain like these guys he wanted it for our backyard! He still talks about that dang fountain. Off to see if I can find these litte boys. xo
That's so funny.
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