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Damn, British candy is good.

takao said:
hehe to me it seems kinda funny to me how Milka is something special for some people ;)
around here they're the market leader with their stuff and no matter what they put out it's gonna sell just through their brand power alone

they have their high points though: 100g Noisette or Yoghurt and the big 300g "whole hazelnut" one

("Suchard Finessa" has more special fillings but of course are also more expensive ;) )

and easter chocolate being bad ? this year i had big cocolate bunny from Frey, a small Milka chocolate bunny, and a small Lindt "Goldhase" ("golden bunny") and all of them were excellent

http://www.lindt.de/ueber_lindt/sortiment/ostern/klassisches/index.php


for paprika flavored chips: it's the most popular around here but the Pringles ones aren't really that good
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Lindt Gold Bunnies rule - so very, very good. They had a 3kg Gold Bunny in the centre of the Lindt Café in Sydney - it was a couple of hundred dollars and just looked sooo tempting.
 
I like Swedish candy, such as real Toblerones. They taste better from Sweden than in the US.

Besides that, is there a good website that I can buy British candy from thats not too expensive?
 
What amazed me about my visits to England and the rest of Europe, aside from the REALLY good beer, is the devotion people have to chocolate. Only recently have the good chocolate manufacturers started to list the percentage of cocoa content. I wasn't aware that it was an EU law that chocolate most have a certain percentage of cocoa before it could be called chocolate. Most Americans think Hershey's is just fine, and the odd person likes the dark chocolate. I fall into the latter category, preferring dark chocolate exclusively. Dove is a pretty decent American brand, as is Ghirardelli. I do enjoy Green & Blacks Maya, with a hint of spice, and the plain dark chocolate version. Lindt is pretty good, although I've got a bar of 99% in the fridge that I can't seem to get through. Too bitter. I prefer the 85%.

My wife really loved the Secret bars in England, but unfortunately, it looks like they've been discontinued. Whenever we visit, we cannot seem to find them. Its been about 8 years now....
 
We have pretty good chocolate here I must say, not only locally produced stuff but plenty of imported stuff as well. I must say the American chocolates I've tried have all been pretty awful - they just don't taste like chocolate.

Lindt is my all time favourite, the only thing coming close to it is dark chocolate from some of the local chocolatiers (Max Brenner and Koko Blak). Cadbury and Nestle are good to, particularly in terms of chocolate bars. The best thing I've tried from the UK is a Walnut Whip, which are a bit hard to come by down here though.

In other related news, I actually tried a Jaffa Cake for the first time the other day. I saw them at work and thanks to mention of them here I decided to buy a box. I love the orangy jelly in them!!! :)
 
blackfox said:
mmm...british candy. Brings back fond memories of youth.

Sadly, living stateside for so long, it has been a rare treat for too long.

I love(d):

Aero Bars
Flakes (though impossible to eat w/o a good % of it all over yourself)
Lion bars
Whispas (iirc, i might be confusing it with something else)

Ive been out of the game so long that modern advances in British chocolate technology have gone unnoticed...
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Cost Plus World Market here in the US sells Aero Bars and Flakes. :D Mmm.. Flake. I'm gonna have to go out and get one today.
 
God it's funny seeing you guys get excited about Aeros and Flakes and Dairy Milk - we've had them here since at least when I was kid, earlier for Flake and waaaay earlier for Dairy Milk. The Cadbury factory in Tasmania has been pumping that out for decades.

A caramel Aero bar is making the rounds now - slimmer but it has a strip of caramel running through it buried in the top layer of chocolate, above the bubbly bit - it's pretty yummy
 
Yeah I agree Chundles! My favourite Aero are the ones they brought out about a year ago - toffee flavoured. The new ones you talked about are pretty good too as are the new varieties of Kit Kat.

I remember when I was in Tassie and we visited the Cadbury factory, you could smell chocolate in the air from a few blocks away.
 
I like Mars, and Coffee Crisp, and Aero. Aero chunky is damn good! I like it when the bubbles melt:D
 
Chundles said:
God it's funny seeing you guys get excited about Aeros and Flakes and Dairy Milk - we've had them here since at least when I was kid, earlier for Flake and waaaay earlier for Dairy Milk. The Cadbury factory in Tasmania has been pumping that out for decades.

A caramel Aero bar is making the rounds now - slimmer but it has a strip of caramel running through it buried in the top layer of chocolate, above the bubbly bit - it's pretty yummy
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I had a Flake for the first time when we had a layover at Heathrow. Man, that was good. Had to get another one one the layover to go back home because it was just that good. Mmm...

Never had an Aero, but it sounds delish!
 
mac-er said:
I just had some British candy from a store that sells international candy, and British candy bars are by far the best candy I have ever had...

I am addicted to this thing called a Crunchie. And an Aero isn't bad either.

And, what the heck is a Yorkie ("It's not for girls")...I wasn't brave enough to buy something that had no description of the type of candy bar on the packaging.
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Crunchies are gorgeous. However, if you can find one (I've not been able to recently - not sure if they've stopped doing them...) you have to have a Galaxy Caramel. They are just so nice.
 
devilot said:
You and I both. :D
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The hubby's odd, too. I don't mind the dark variety, and have cravings for it occassionally. It's healthier than the milk variety anyway. :D
 
There was a thread about chocolate recently. Isn't it funny that the people who complain about repeat threads suddenly go very quiet when the subject is CHOCOLATE!! :)

What I would like to know is how a company like Herschey's that makes such awful chocolate can make such a wonderful product as Herschey's Chocolate Syrup? We bring some of it back in our luggage when we go to the States.

About the other products:
Cadbury's :D
Galaxy :D
Peanut butter kit kat :eek:
Yorkie bars :eek: taste like cooking chocolate (probably why the advertise it for men only - they probably reckon not many blokes cook with it)

Did you have a good trip Chip NoVaMac? I lived in Iceland for a while and it is expensive. Not so bad when you live there though and get the local salary. But as for whale meat :eek: :eek: :eek: Ugh!!! It stinks!!!
 
edesignuk said:
If you haven't had a Peanut Butter Kit Kat you haven't LIVED!!!
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I haven't and I only just heard about them yesterday :eek:

Must. Find. One.

Reeses Cups do the US proud, my local newsagent stocks those heart stoppers!
 
One thing I never understood...why is a milky Way in the United States different from a Milky Way in the UK? The same goes for a Mars bar.
 
mouchoir said:
I haven't and I only just heard about them yesterday :eek:

Must. Find. One.

Reeses Cups do the US proud, my local newsagent stocks those heart stoppers!
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I miss the days when they had the peanut butter Twix. Those were good stuff!
 
kildraik said:
I like Swedish candy, such as real Toblerones. They taste better from Sweden than in the US.

Besides that, is there a good website that I can buy British candy from thats not too expensive?
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Can't say if there the cheapest but CyberCandy do some interesting stuff, some of the japanese stuff is cool :)

http://www.cybercandy.co.uk/
 
max_altitude said:
How are they different?
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They're opposite candy bars. In the US, the Milky Way is chocolate, nougat, and caramel. In England, that is considered a Mars bar. In England the Milky Way is all nougat, covered in chocolate. In the US, this is called a 3 Musketeers bar.
 
Black&Tan said:
They're opposite candy bars. In the US, the Milky Way is chocolate, nougat, and caramel. In England, that is considered a Mars bar. In England the Milky Way is all nougat, covered in chocolate. In the US, this is called a 3 Musketeers bar.
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Ah ok, I wasn't aware of that. Our Mars Bars and Milky Ways are the same as in the UK. :)
 
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