Joe's Sweetie Barn Reviews 

309
TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

4.3

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Considering 97 reviews, reviewers overwhelmingly had a great experience with this company. Customers frequently praise the fast delivery times and the wonderful wide variety of nostalgic sweets that easily bring back fond childhood memories. Many people also mention that their orders always arrive securely packaged, well-protected, and exactly as described on the website. Some reviewers were not happy with the overall product quality, noting that certain items felt unusually stale, chewy, or hard. A few consumers additionally reported frustrating issues with melted items, damaged packaging, or receiving disappointing mystery selections. Others expressed frustration regarding difficulties with refunds and customer support when attempting to resolve these unexpected problems.

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

When I first started browsing the website, it was out of sheer interest of reliving my youth and then my mouth started watering. The variety of options, the fact that I love fizzy, sour swe... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Always quick delivery and kept up to date on where my parcel is. The sweets are so nice especially the white chocolate fish and chips, takes me right back to being in school. The ones sold in the shop... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I was skeptical after reading the reviews but there was no need to be as everything was fantastic. The 10p bags were great and included a good little mix, worth way more than 10p and really does take... See more

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Delicious array of sweets, in a very packed bag! My sweet tooth was extremely happy! Will definitely be back, I can hear the scrumptious jelly filled apple marshmallows calling!! 5*


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  1. Candy Store

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- Over 250,000 Online Followers - Sweets From All Over The World - Huge Range Of Pick & Mix - Delicious Lollies, Fudge, & so much more - Scottish Sweets, American Candy, Australian Goodies, Japanese Sweets, Mexican Candy & so much more. The Uk's #1 Candy Store - HOME OF THE GIANT PICK & MIX - as seen on UNILAD GRUB, THE FOOD BIBLE, PRETTY 52 & many more. The tastiest products you will find, from delicious Kinder & Nutella Chocolate to crazy American candy! WE HAVE IT ALL...


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4.3

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TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Yummy - that's all I can say 😂

When I first started browsing the website, it was out of sheer interest of reliving my youth and then my mouth started watering.
The variety of options, the fact that I love fizzy, sour sweeties... I'd forgotten how much I loved certain candies...
The next thing I was sat munching all of my favourites from my childhood, smiling and remembering.
Great prices
Great bundles
Fantastic delivery time
Packaging really nostalgic & great that it's resealable - not that I needed to reseal anything for too long 😂

Thanks so much & here's to gifting to friends, more for me.

Thanks too for such a yummy walk down memory lane.

August 13, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic Value!

I was skeptical after reading the reviews but there was no need to be as everything was fantastic. The 10p bags were great and included a good little mix, worth way more than 10p and really does take you back to the penny sweet days. The 500g bags were filled with a wide variety and while I haven't opened the 1kg bag yet, I imagine it'll be great too. Definitely got my moneys worth here and they'll last me months, especially since I'm hiding them from my kids 😏 too good to share!

August 24, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I purchased the 1.5kg pick n mix.

I purchased the 1.5kg pick n mix.
You get to pick from around 20 different sweets. I picked all my favourite sweets. From soft bananas to liquorice allsorts.
I was pleased with the purchase. The only sweet missing was my cola bottles, but they may have just been out of stock at the time. No biggie.
Delivery was swift. I ordered on a Sunday and by the following Thursday they were delivered via 48hr tracked mail.
I will be purchasing again. Once I get through this lot.

August 2, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very good value

Very good value. it was very good delivery time from placing an order to being delivered and most of all very yummy 😋 already have many more in my basket

August 22, 2026
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great product good quality the only…

Great product good quality the only thing wrong with them they take too long to deliver

August 21, 2026
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Reply from Joe's Sweetie Barn

Hi Dennis, thank you for your feedback! We agree and its something we are actively working on - we are in the process of hiring 10 new staff members to ensure we speed up delivery times.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Fantastic

Fantastic! Lovely sweeties! Couldn't stop eating them.. munched a whole kg in days, ft cnt.
will order again soon! Cheers!

August 12, 2026
Unprompted review
Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Buy your treats elsewhere

I ordered a best before bundle RRP 12.99 on sale at £4.99 plus postage of £4. Mainly sour sweets recieved.

I costed the sweets received as follows
2.99+0.26+1.79+2.29+2+1.5=10.83

Given they were Best Before date not as I’d expected.

August 21, 2026
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Reply from Joe's Sweetie Barn

**Update**

Thank you for your email Roni and providing a photo of the items this is a full breakdown of the items which actually exceeds the £12.99 and has an RRP Value of £13.95

Sour Punch Banana - £2.99
Mike & Ike Root Beer - £2.99
Nerds Rope - £1.79
Sour Patch Kids Watermelon - £1.99
Reese's Fast Break King Size - £3.99
Rainbow drops - 20p

Total = £13.95

Hi Roni, if you pop us a message we can have a look into it with a list of the items you received please? The box should have an RRP of £12.99 which we sell for £4.99 as most items are bast best before.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

DONT BOTHER ABSOLUTE JOKE

DONT BOTHER ABSOLUTE JOKE
ALL THE CHOCOLATE WAS MELTED AND NO REFUND OFFERED OR EVEN A REPLACEMENT. All I got was a load of flannel due to the hot weather. Wouldn’t have minded a refund or replacement but this was not offered. Will
Never use again and have found a better supplier. Honestly look elsewhere this company does not even deserve a 1 star review. Joes joke sweetie shop! Absolute clowns working here.

August 10, 2026
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Reply from Joe's Sweetie Barn

As per the constant spamming of our facebook page and threats of negative reviews you have yet again not explained the situation. I will fully explain below.

We have a notice on our website for extremely hot weather in which case Paul this applies to your area it reads as follows "WEATHER WARNING - PLEASE ORDER AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION - EXTREME HEAT IN SOME AREAS - HEAT DAMAGE CANNOT BE REFUNDED"

This is placed at the very top of our website to advise before ordering regarding tne potential melting of items such as chocolate and in this situation you ordered chocolate that melted Paul - that is the 100% truth of what has happened here.

You are now spamming our facebook page with comment such as "Hope it all goes pear shaped for you" and that if we refunded you you wouldn't leave prolonged feedback and 1 star reviews.

As we mentioned on at least 5 occassions we are more than happy for you to leave feedback all we ask is you leave fully details of the full situation yet on every single occassion you have failed to do so.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Disappointed

First time ordering from this company. Very disappointed. Ordered 600g of tootie Frutti, the only resemblance to the original sweet is they are square other than that a bland chewy sweet hardly any flavour. No hard sugar coated outside and the most flavoursome colours like purple and red missing.
Also really wanted some Liqourice so ordered liquorice rock. No email to say out of stock or ask if I’d like to order an alternative just the disappointment of opening the box the see a receipt saying refunded. Not sure I’ll use again the tootie fruttis being the biggest disappointment really cheap copy.

After reading your reply it would appear you don’t really care to much what customers think. I have since read other reviews which also slate these tootie fruttis. Maybe the name is a little to close to the original which people seek to remind them of a childhood favourite. Regardless they are poor.(maybe one for trading standards)

Also no mention about the liquorice issue.

I paid good money for these. I guess maybe I should have purchased a small bag that way I wouldn’t be throwing so much money in the bin. Thank you for your service.

August 10, 2026
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Reply from Joe's Sweetie Barn

Hi Barry, your review is based on which i can only assume is roundtrees Tooty Frooties - we do not stock them nor claim to! Those sweets were discontinued years ago. You purchased Tutti Frutti Bites - this is a completely different product.

*Updated as per customer update*

The liquorice item was refunded as It wasn't in stock at the time of dispatch which we absolutely apologise for! Over the years we have done numerous case studies and 90% pf customers prefer this process rather than further day with emails etc.

Tutti frutti is a flavour not a product, we list the manufacturer in the product description - taste is completely preference, something you may not enjoy someone else will love, this product is actually one of our most popular returning customer purchases.

Also stating we don't care is completely off the mark! You left a 1 star review in comparison to a completely different product that is no longer manufactured and in your follow up referencing "trading standards" all we are doing is responding with truth and facts as we appreciate the trust pilot platform and that anyone reading reviews should be presented with all accurate information.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

Bit disappointed of the 10p offer

I ordered some sweets couple of months ago which was great, so I thought I would get the 10p offer, but with delivery it cost over £4 when the sweets arrived bit disappointed as only had 4 sweets was expecting just a few more than that

July 26, 2026
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Reply from Joe's Sweetie Barn

Hi Joanna, we actually lose money on the 10p Mix up bags - we create them to give customers a Nostalgic feeling as you cannot get 10p mixups anywhere!

The delivery choice is shown before customers proceed through checkout and we would always encourage adding more than just 2 10p bags if its value for money you are looking for as our tracked shipping fee is a set rate due to courier charges. We offer FREE DELIVERY on orders over £40 and as im sure you can appreciate this would be impossible on a 10p order.

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