THESE youngsters have every reason to have a big smile on their faces after being given the run of a Cardigan sweet shop.

Yum Yum Sweets, at Pendre, first opened its doors back in 2001, and owner Ingrid O’Regan celebrated its ‘Sweet Sixteen’ birthday with a Willy Wonka-style golden ticket giveaway.

Throughout July, 16 vouchers were hidden behind jars of sweets in the shop and those lucky enough to pick them were then invited back to the shop outside of normal business hours to sample for free some of the hundreds of tasty treats and take away a goodie bag.

“Over the years we have had many customers jokingly say they would love a ‘lock in’ so this is a combination of that and the idea of a winning Willy Wonka ‘golden ticket’,” said Ingrid

Those who picked a winning ticket certainly had plenty of choice. The shelves at Yum Yum are stacked with nearly 700 jars of different sweets, plus everything from speciality chocolates and Turkish delight to regular chocolate bars, totalling well over 1,000 different types of sweet treats.