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((about|the sweet powder|the North American variant of sorbet|Sherbet (frozen dessert)))
((more citations needed|date=October 2013))
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((short description|Fizzy powdered confectionery))
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'''Sherbet''' is a fizzy, [[candy|sweet]] powder, usually eaten by dipping a [[lollipop]] or [[Liquorice (confectionery)|liquorice]], using a small spoon, or licking it from a finger.

==Etymology==
The word "sherbet" is from [[Turkish language|Turkish]] ''((lang|tr|şerbet))'', which is from [[Persian language|Persian]] ((Lang|fa|شربت)), which in turn comes from "[[Sharbat (beverage)|sharbat]]", [[Arabic]] ((lang|ar|شَرْبَة)) ''sharbah'', ''a drink'', from "shariba" ''to drink''. The word is [[cognate]] to [[syrup]] in English. Historically it was a cool effervescent or iced fruit [[soft drink]]. The meaning, spelling and pronunciation have fractured between different countries.

==History==
[[Image:Brausepulver.jpg|thumb|right|German [[:de:Brausepulver|Brausepulver]] is similar, and while originally sold  as such, is often not mixed with water nowadays, but eaten by children by dipping a wet finger into it, or by grown-ups in combination with vodka.]]
Beginning with the 19th century sherbet powder became popular.<ref name="meyers">''Brausepulver'' in [[Meyers Konversations-Lexikon]] (1895)</ref> "Put a spoonful of the powder in a cup of water, mix it and drink it as soon as possible, during the time of sparkling. ... Because this way the most of [[carbonic acid|acid of air]] is lost ... it is more practicable to put the powder into the mouth and flush it with some water."<ref name="meyers"/> 2 g of [[sodium bicarbonate]] and 1.5 g of [[tartaric acid]] were separately packed in little coloured paper bags.((Clarify|date=November 2009))<ref name="meyers"/>

Sherbet used to be stirred into various beverages to make effervescing drinks, in a similar way to making [[lemonade]] from ''lemonade powders'', before canned [[carbonated]] drinks became ubiquitous. Sherbet is now used to mean this powder sold as a sweet. (In the United States, it would be somewhat comparable to the powder in [[Pixy Stix]] or [[Fun Dip]], though having the fizzy quality of effervescing candy, such as [[Pop Rocks]].)

==Ingredients==
Sherbet in the [[United Kingdom]] and other [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] countries is a fizzy powder, containing sugar and flavouring, and an edible [[acid]] and [[Base (chemistry)|base]]. The acid may be [[tartaric acid|tartaric]], [[citric acid|citric]] or [[malic acid]], and the base may be [[sodium bicarbonate]], [[sodium carbonate]], [[magnesium carbonate]], or a mixture of these and/or other similar [[carbonate]]s.((citation needed|date=July 2010)) To make the flavour more palatable, a variable amount of sugar (depending on the intended sourness of the final product) is added, as well as fruit or [[cream soda]] flavouring. The acid-carbonate reaction occurs upon presence of moisture (juice/saliva), becoming "fizzy".

==Products==
((more citations needed|section|date=December 2018))
Sherbet can be sold by itself or used as a decorative agent on other sweets. The measured qualities of sherbet include granularity, colour, "zing" (acidity) and flavouring (normally a citrus fruit).

===Sherbet lemon and Zotz===
<!-- [[Sherbet lemon]], [[Sherbet Lemon]], and [[Sherbet lemons]] redirect here. If you change the spelling of this heading, please change the spelling of the redirect links accordingly. -->
[[File:Sherbet lemons 1.jpg|thumb|Sherbet lemons]]
Sherbet lemons are a popular sweet in the UK, and are sold in most sweet shops. They are boiled sweets which have an intense lemon flavour with powdered sherbet centres. Variants, such as sherbet fruits including sherbet limes, strawberries, blackcurrants, raspberries and orange are all popular flavours. The sherbet lemon has a strong citrus taste and is sour and tangy. The sherbet in the middle releases, giving a sensation of extreme lemon bittersweet with fizzy light tangy crisp sour.<ref>((cite book|last=Slater|first=Nigel|url=https://archive.org/details/eatingforengland0000slat/page/124/mode/2up|title=Eating for England: The delights and curiosities of the British at table|location=London, UK|publisher=Fourth Estate|year=2007|isbn=978-0-00719-946-4|page=124))</ref>

In the ''[[Harry Potter]]'' series, the character [[Albus Dumbledore]] has a particular fondness for sherbet lemons; their name is the passphrase for access to his office.

A similar candy, made in Italy and popular in the United States, is [[Zotz (candy)|Zotz]], a brand sold in various fruit flavours.

===Sherbet Fountain===
[[Image:Barratts sherbet fountain.jpg|thumb|right|Traditional version of Barratt's Sherbet Fountain]]
[[Barratt (confectionery)|Barratt]]'s "Sherbet Fountain" consists of a 25g tube of sherbet with a [[liquorice]] stick, and has been sold since 1925. An alternative version consists of a strawberry flavour hard gelatine candy stick, which is red in colour. The original concept of the sherbert fountain was sold to Barratt's by Henry Edward Brunt, and was rebranded under their name.

In the traditional paper packaging, the top of the stick was intended to be bitten off to form a straw<ref>((cite news|author=Simon Bowers |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/jan/18/cadburyschweppesbusiness.fooddrinks |title=Cadbury sells Barratt's Sherbet Fountain firm for £58m |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=2008-01-18 |access-date=2013-05-20))</ref> and the sherbet sucked through it, where it fizzes and dissolves on the tongue. The "new" format only includes a solid liquorice stick, so the sherbet must be licked off that, or eaten directly. This method of consumption was also considered acceptable with the original packaging, which has since been replaced with a solid plastic tube to improve the product's freshness and shelf life. This is advertised on the packet as "sherbet with a liquorice dip".

===With fruit flavoured lollipop===
Sherbet dips or sherbet dabs are also popular, such as the '''Dip Dab''' by [[Barratt (confectionery)|Barratt]]. They consist of a 23g packet of "lemon flavour sherbet dip with a strawberry flavour lolly" sealed into the bag. The sherbet is sucked clean from the lollipop, it can be repeatedly dipped into the sherbet then sucked clean, or used to spoon the sherbet direct into the mouth.

===Flying saucers===
((main|Flying saucer (confectionery)))
Flying saucers are small dimpled discs of edible coloured paper ([[rice paper]]),<ref>((cite book |last1=Hughes |first1=Kieran |last2=Hughes |first2=Maureen |title=Being British |date=30 July 2017 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=978-1-5267-0413-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BP4sDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT26 |language=en))</ref> typically filled with white unflavoured sherbet (the same form as in Sherbet Fountains).  The first flying saucers were produced in the 1950s in Belgium.<ref>((cite web |title=Zure ouwel |url=https://www.streekproduct.be/producten/zure-ouwels |website=www.streekproduct.be |access-date=2 November 2018 |language=nl))</ref>

==Slang==
Sherbet has been used in parts of both the UK and Australia as [[slang]] for an [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]]ic drink, especially [[beer]].  This use is noted in a slang dictionary as early as 1890, and still appears in lists of slang terms written today (especially lists of Australian slang). "We're heading to the pub for a few sherbets" – meaning "... pints of beer."<ref>((cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/sherbet|date=n.d.|title=Sherbet|publisher=dictionary.com|access-date=20 May 2014))</ref>

==See also==
* [[Sharbat (beverage)|Sharbat]] (Middle Eastern drink)
* [[Italian ice]]
* [[Sorbet]]
* [[Pixy Stix]] – a popular brand of [[dextrose]]-rich sherbet powder manufactured by [[Ferrara Candy Company|Ferrera]]
* [[Fun Dip]] – another powder made by Ferrera, in a different format
* [[Swizzels Matlow]] – a notable manufacturer of sherbet products
* [[Pop Rocks]] – a similar confection that pops and fizzes in contact with saliva
* [[Zotz (candy)]] – a candy with a hard exterior and an interior filled with fizzy powder

==References==
((Reflist|30em))

==External links==
((Wiktionary|sherbet))
* [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2000.01.0026&query=head%3D%23160 Of the Street Sale of Ginger-Beer, Sherbet, Lemonade,&C.], from ''London Labour and the London Poor'', Volume 1, [[Henry Mayhew]], 1851; subsequent pages cover the costs and income of street sherbet sellers.
* [http://www.tangerineuk.net/ Tangerine Confectionery homepage]
* [http://www.york.ac.uk/res/sots/activities/itsagas.htm Instructions to make sherbet]

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