The Nutcracker used to operate out of a store up at Middleton, a lovely place to visit attached to their warehouse, but a bit of a trek from Victor, then they moved their retail centre here. Since then it's been a regular stop for us - a treat or two for the kids, some sherbet saucers for me (I've been addicted to them since I was a kid in primary school) and my wifes current addiction, their strawberry sticks.
It's funny, in a way, how we attach ourselves to an item, isn't it? The store is full of hundreds of different sweets and lollies, sugar spun treats that melt on the tongue or crunch in the teeth, but we still return time and again for items we know we can get here. The kids, unspoiled by years of conditioning that we have as adults, are working their way through the store, one treat at a time.
Once you go here, I'm confident you'll go back. It's one of those places that has a range that you find in very few other places. read more