A pan drop is a Scottish name for a mint imperial — that classic hard, white, intensely minty boiled sweet you'd find in a glass jar at the corner shop or tucked in your granny's handbag. Smooth, round, and powerfully minty, they're a staple of Scottish confectionery nostalgia. The name comes from their flat, pan-like shape. Ask for them in England and you'll get a blank stare; ask anywhere in Scotland and they'll know exactly what you mean.
Gran always had a poke of pan drops in her coat pocket for the grandkids after church.
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(Scotland) A mint imperial.
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