“Boiled sweets” is just a British term for hard candy. Lemon drops and traditional Life Savers (not the gummies) are boiled sweets. I assume they use that name because they’re made by boiling down flavored sugar syrup.
In America, its candy corn. I know its been mentioned, but I’m mentioning it again.
I like Circus Peanuts, Allsorts, candy corn, ribbon candy, chocolate covered cherries and Turkish Delight. Hell, I’d probably even like those German candies in the OP. I am the abomination your parents warned you about.
(Psssst Beck hon, “boiled sweets” is just British for “hard candies”. 
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[ETA: oh, as @Jeff_Lichtman already noted, sorry]
That’s okay, other people hating the “bad candy” just means there’s more for us!
Thanks. I kinda figured it meant that.
It sounds nasty though.
Do a Mid-Atlantic Linguistic Hybrid and think of them as “hard-boiled sweets”. 
I think what you’re meaning with hard candy or boiled sweets is just what we Germans call “Bonbons”, and that’s French for double-plus-good. Campinos, anyone? 
Yep. Sweetmeats doesnt sound all that tasty either.
Note that "sugar plums’ rarely contained any actual plums.
Or fairies.