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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in Harry Potter: Puzzles & Spells and Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery.
As such, spoilers will be present within the article.

Fizzing Whizzbees are a popular magical sweet made by Queenbee.[1] They are large sherbet balls that will cause a person who sucks on them to float a few inches off the ground.[2][3]

Description

Dried Billywig stings are rumoured to be one of this sweet's ingredients.[4] This idea is supported by the fact that being stung by a Billywig will make a person levitate for a short period.[4] Although Fizzing Whizbees were one of his favourite sweets,[5] when Harry Potter learned they might contain animal parts, he wrote in his copy of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them that he would never eat them again.[4]

History

Honeydukes sweet shop in Hogsmeade stocked Fizzing Whizbees in a large barrel.[3] Ron Weasley described them to Harry Potter and Hermione Granger in high anticipation of their first weekend trip to Hogsmeade in December 1993.[2]

Albus Dumbledore used "Fizzing Whizbee" as the password to his office in December 1995.[6]

Behind the scenes

  • Fizzing Whizbees are one of several Harry Potter tie-in sweets that have been manufactured. One reviewer said they are essentially the same as Pop Rocks.[7]
  • The Billywig sting ingredient may have been inspired by the many off-putting urban legends involving sweets, including the one that Bubble Yum, the world's first non-hard chewing gum, was made soft by the inclusion of spiders' eggs.[8]
  • Honeydukes at The Wizarding World of Harry Potter sells another version of Fizzing Whizbees. They are chocolate bees with a fruity flavoured fizzy in the centre. They maintain the film version packaging.

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Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 See this image.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 5 (The Dementor)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Chapter 10 (The Marauder's Map)
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
  5. ↑ Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 23 (The Yule Ball)
  6. ↑ Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 22 (St Mungo's Hospital for Magical Maladies and Injuries)
  7. ↑ "Mini Review: Harry Potter Fizzing Whizbees" on CandyAddict.com
  8. ↑ "Spider Eggs in Bubble Yum" on Snopes.com
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