My Own Birthday History

Wouldn’t you like to create your own birthday history? I do and I already did. It is such a funny yet exceptionally eventful birthday celebration. My visitors were awed by what I had in store for them. Whenever I celebrate my birthdays I am always an active participant in a sense that I do all the preparations and I do the kinds of things that is unusual.

I wanted my birthday to be memorable for my visitors as it is for me. I know you are dying to know what I did to make a birthday history. Maybe what I did is or is not interesting for you, so might as well be the judge then. Well it was my birthday and of course I wanted to celebrate it differently yet I also want them to enjoy it. Then voila, my childish imagination runs and all I can think of is a children’s party inspired birthday. So

I went to some candy shops and department stores to check out party sweets suited to the young ones and the “once young”. There I bought sweet hampers of retro sweets, ice cream, a Bug’s bunny decorated cake, finger sandwiches, cup cakes, crackers, munchies such as chips, popcorn, and pretzels, juices and soda water. I did not serve any punch or any alcoholic drinks because it was supposed to be a kid’s party.

And I decorated the place with balloons and other kid’s stuff. Imagine their faces when they thought for a moment that they went to a wrong party. But after the shock, we went and enjoyed the party like kids, after all despite the age we are kids at heart. I also filled goodie handbags with birthday sweets like wham bars, sherbet fountains, bonbons, marshmallows, toffee crumbles, spearmint chews, liquorice comfits and other retro sweets and offered it as giveaways. It really feels good to bring back those childhood times and make memories once again.

The Dangers of Heavy Liquorice Intake

Liquorice is one herb that has been long used in the traditional Chinese medicine to cure many illnesses. One of the main benefits of liquorice is treating coughs. The licorice roots extract is drunk to relieve cough and also to cure colds and flu.

Nowadays, there are already licorice sweets available in the market. Liquorice sweets are made from liqourice root extracts and sweeteners such as natural glycyrrhizin. It is also mixed with binders such as flour, gelatin or gum Arabic. Beeswax is then sprayed on the mixed ingredients that are hardened up to 135 degrees Celsius to make the shiny surface of licorice sweets. These retro sweets are available in many flavors and have become a common favorite to many people of all ages. It is also available in many designs to make it attractive. The sweet flavor of the retro sweets may be one of the reasons why some people can’t enough of eating too much of licorice sweets.

What most of them do not know is that excess liquorice is dangerous to the body. It is toxic to the liver. It can cause edema and hypertension and it can bring about hypokalemia (low potassium in the blood). A decrease in levels of potassium in the blood can cause cardiac arrhythmias and it can depress the muscle function. This can result to inability to move and most dangerous complication of all is respiratory depression which results to death. Therefore, liquorice sweets must be taken in moderation in order to prevent its dangerous effects to the body.

Most experts that have conducted study on the effects of Liquorice recommend that licorice sweets intake must not exceed more than 100mg a day and if possible, it should not be taken everyday. This can prevent the unwanted cardiovascular and muscular effects and it can also prevent liver toxicity.

Keeping Hygiene in Top Shape while Enjoying Retro Sweets Goodness

Halloween is every kid’s favorite holiday since it’s their excuse to be munching their favorite candies and other retro sweets. Everybody loves candies, who wouldn’t? Young or maybe young at heart, they give you this uncanny joy in your being. Suddenly, it could make you relax due to its sweetness.

There are sorts of retro sweets, there’s Wine Gums, Rhubarbs and Custards, Jelly Babies or maybe Bon Bons. During Halloween, a variety of candies could be given to kids during their trick or tricking activity.

A parent should now their child’s favorite candy, may it be jellybeans or lollipops or what not. The sucker such as the toffee, gums or lollipops, they tend to stay in the mouth for a longer period of time and they may be really harmful to the child’s teeth. However, as long as the child is brushing his/her teeth after eating then he/she is doing okay. For those with braces, it is being discouraged for them to eat candies since it might cause some reactions to the gums or mainly the teeth.

Other favorites are Strawberry Lollies, Toffee Treacle and Blackjacks. Now, if you’re looking for candies, try to choose those that are teeth-friendly.

Of course, we all know that sugar would really cause tooth decay and other activities most especially on children. Well, this could happen if the child is not taking good care of his /her teeth. It is, however the responsibility of the parents to teach their children how to brush their teeth especially after eating retro sweets. For example, during Halloween, the kid has to brush his / her teeth after the trick or treat activity and mouth rinsing could do too just to get rid of the sugar. Also, fluoride water could be used best for this.

As for the adults, you can have anything you want on that Halloween night as you are more responsible of your hygiene. You need not worry about tooth decay as long as you keep on brushing your teeth after some retro sweets galore.

Ice Cream is a Favorite among My Birthday Sweets

Ice cream is one of my favorite birthday sweets. It’s a kind of retro sweet for everyone and I love it especially if it is cookies and cream. Every year, I always celebrate my birthday with my family and there was never a year where ice cream is not served on the table. It’s one of the birthday sweets that my visitors also loved. Compared with cakes, the ice cream is always the retro sweets that everyone is always after at the table. Ice cream is cool, sweet and mouth watering. It makes us thirsty but it somehow gives us a happy feeling.

Ice creams are always good and we have our individual favorites because it has many flavors. It is the common retro sweets in birthdays and is always present in any occasion. It is very accessible because it can be bought anywhere. It is also affordable that is why it is always present in most occasions because it is not expensive. Children love ice cream because aside from the different flavors, ice cream comes in many different colors that are attractive to children. It is perhaps the reason why even we, adults still crave for ice cream because it seems to wake up the child in us. Ice cream reminds me of colorful balloons and parties. It also reminds me of summer where fun vacations take place.



I love to eat ice cream when the weather is hot or when I get depressed. Since it is very accessible, I can always have it at home on the ref and take it out when I feel like eating it. Ice cream is not only one of my birthday sweets but it is also my comfort food. Eating ice cream seems to make me happy. Ice cream seems to wake up my endorphins giving me the happy and elated feeling. It might be perhaps of the cool and flavorful, sweet taste. I also love dipping my favorite birthday sweets with ice cream especially those luscious sherbets and chocolates. Until I grow old, I may still have ice cream on my birthdays. It’s the retro sweets that will never be forgotten on my special day.