Large Busta Sweets

Large Busta Sweets is a very popular coconut treat. It’s a hard candy made of wet sugar, coconut, ginger, and lime juice or cream of tartar. the mixture is boiled and sugar is mixed in, then poured onto a cookie sheet and sliced when cool. Busta is said to have been named in honour of the Jamaican national hero whose sir name is mentioned above. The Right Excellent Sir William Alexander Bustamante, G.B.E., LL.D (Hon.) had a unique personality and strong character. So back to the busta—the mixture is boiled and sugar is mixed in, then poured onto a cookie sheet and sliced when cool. Children love this mega-hard sweet that has been around for ages, but is not as popular these days. Paradise plums and Ju-Ju are other kinds of candy that aren’t as popular as they used to be.

Product of Jamaica.