In the UK, sherbert is a sweet, fizzy powder consisting of sugar, flavouring, acid (such as citric acid) and base (such as sodium bicarbonate). A traditional sweet, and one of my childhood favourites, was a yellow cardboard tube full of sherbert powder and a stick of licorice to dip in. With a variety of retro sweet shops around now, you can still buy these, though they now come in a sealed plastic tube, with no visible licorice. They are still yellow, despite my pink version above (for the benefit of this colour post!).
Lickety Splits sweet shop, a friendly sherbert seller in Edinburgh, March 2016
Hex colour reference: #f780a1
A colourful note: Crayola’s pink sherbert is a dark dusky pink, just not fizzy enough for my UK sherbert liking. But in the US, sherbert is a type of frozen dessert so presumably this colour is much more apt there.
The shade first appeared in Crayola boxes in 1997, waiting for a name in the True Blues Hero Competition. The winning hero name for this one was Frank Brink, and when it got a permanent name in 1998, it was called Brink Pink. This name lasted until 2005 when it was renamed pink sherbert.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 15 March 2016
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Ooh yes, I used to like Sherbet Fountains too!
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This takes me back!!
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They’ve taken out the liquorice! That was the best bit! I remember trying to pile as much sherbet as possible onto the liquorice stick! Happy days! 🙂
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There is a bit. Hidden inside the plastic tube. Big cities just St isn’t the same 😕
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In America we called that Lick-M-Aide Did your tongue turn pink when you yours? Fun Choices for today 🙂
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Oh. I didn’t look in the mirror!
I’ll try again and check that out 😀
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This brings back so many happy childhood memories for me, Debbie. Shame these sweets are not as freely available as they once were.
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Ah, another sherbert fan! 😀 It was much more fun in the old packaging. Quite hard to get at the sherbert in its new plastic tube!
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I’ve not had a go but when I find one of those old-fashioned sweet shops I’m like a kid in a…sweet shop 😄
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I never cease to be astonished in front of your knowledge…..
Thanks so much,dear,Debbie!
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My googling rather than my knowledge!! But thanks for your lovely encouraging comments 😄
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