Topic: I'm eating foreign candy/snacks/food/beverages

[ShyGuy]

So I stopped by my local Cost Plus World Market and decided to try a few of these imported candybars. I think they are supposed to have this 'vastly superior' European chocolate. Here is what I got:

Yorkie



This is a pure chocolate bar, segmented into chunks. It's not bad, but Chocolate tastes a little cheap and a little too sweet.


Lion Bar



This was pretty good! The cookie thing in the bottom was interesting and the caramel was thicker like a Rolo instead of a typical candy bar. I would like to find the Peanut version.

Aero



This was weird, but in a good way. The bubbly texture makes it very light, but it seemed more crumbly than smooth when eating. Maybe it wasn't fresh enough?

[Oblivion]

That last one is imported? I could have sworn I've seen that in American stores (not world markets).

[azeke]

I remember that Lion candybar, for some reason i thought it was Turkish or something. Or maybe i'm confusing it with Albeni...

[UncleBob]

I don't know about the Aero, but Hershey's makes an "Air Delight" (both in bar and Kiss form)...

https://www.hersheys.com/pure-products/details.aspx?id=24376&name=HERSHEYS+AIR+DELIGHT+Bar

It's the only "all-chocolate" bar I'll eat.

[Sarail]

Aero bars are great! I get a Canadian lady friend of mine to bring back a bunch (along with Coffee Crisp bars) when she goes to visit her family during the summer. Smarties are also quite excellent.

[Plugabugz]

Both Yorkie and Aero are commonplace here.

Aero has a lot of different flavours like orange, mint, white chocolate and a few random "limited edition" ones.

[Dasmos]

Yeah we have Aeros in Australia too, but when travelling overseas I've noticed our chocolate tastes a little different to European and Asian chocolate (Sorry Americas, I haven't visited you yet.) Now I'm not sure if this is true, but I was told that the flavour difference is due to an additive or a recipe difference that is in all our chocolate that sort of stops it from melting so easily in our summers.

Doesn't work so well though we had a heat wave last week and I went to buy a Snickers from the supermarket and within minutes of leaving the airconditioned building I ended up with a sticky, nutty mess on my hands.

[Oblivion]

I don't know about the Aero, but Hershey's makes an "Air Delight" (both in bar and Kiss form)...

https://www.hersheys.com/pure-products/details.aspx?id=24376&name=HERSHEYS+AIR+DELIGHT+Bar

It's the only "all-chocolate" bar I'll eat.

That's what I was thinking of.

[Ian Sane]

Aero as a foreign candy seems so bizarre to a Canadian like myself.  A popular pack of Halloween candy around here contains fun-size Kit Kat, Aero, Smarties and Coffee Crisp.  It's funny to think that Kit Kat is the only one of those in the United States.  Coffee Crisp in particular is one of my favourite chocolate bars and it would be weird to live in a country without it.  Another favourite of mine is the similarly named Crispy Crunch, which is kind of like a Butterfinger.

Of course when I'm in the States I have to get myself a Whatchamacallit.  Another one I love is Reese's Fast Break which used to exist in Canada as the Sidekick.  I was pretty miffed when they discontinued that one.

One foreign chocolate bar I had once was Double Decker which was pretty damn good.  Some dollar store in my area had gotten some in and after my initial purchase I pretty much bought the rest of their stock - which was only like eight more bars.  They went fast.

[UncleBob]

Maybe we should start up a candy exchange program.

[Sarail]

Oooh... brilliant idea! I'd join in.

[BlackNMild2k1]

Maybe we should start up a candy exchange program.

Oooh... brilliant idea! I'd join in.

Don't forget to check your candy for needles and razor blades before eating.
I wouldn't trust no one around here :

[UncleBob]

Who puts needs in candy?  That's just weird.

Although, funny thing, if I was to have access to people who would send me candy from far-away lands, I'd want some Kinder Eggs... which are illegal in the US because they have stuff inside them.

[BlackNMild2k1]

damn keyboard. I'm not on my usual computer, keyboard has stuck buttons. I also type fast enough at times that I see what I want to see and just hope that I typed it right. no red underline means technically it was a correct spelled word... no need to look back now.

and what kind of stuff is in Kinder Eggs?
I've never heard of them.

[UncleBob]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinder_Surprise

[azeke]

Kinder Surprise's chocolate is so good they sell it separately, without the toy. It's the only chocolate i care enough to buy for myself.

[Dasmos]

Maybe we should start up a candy exchange program.

Oooh... brilliant idea! I'd join in.

I'd be fucking down for this in a second!

[Plugabugz]

Is there any british candy you guys are interested in?

Better still, lemme take a photo in the shop later for you all.

[Sarail]

Is there any british candy you guys are interested in?

Better still, lemme take a photo in the shop later for you all.

OH PLEASE DO. Please!

[Plugabugz]

This is just the shop nearest to my house. I'll look in a proper supermarket tomorrow.

[Plugabugz]

I'll kickstart this with a bit of fun.

First person to PM me an address after midnight GMT, i will send them a mystery packet.

Vegetarians excluded from this one, sorry I know what i'm going to send.

[ShyGuy]

Minstrels?

[oohhboy]

American chocolate was made differently at the time. The process resulted in high levels of acid in the chocolate. This is why "European" chocolate taste sweet compared to American chocolate. Today the process is duplicated simply but adding the appropriate acid instead of spoiling the chocolate.

[Ian Sane]

Is the green Kit Kat Chunky the one with peanut butter?  That's another awesome bar we used to have in Canada that's now gone.

[Dasmos]

Is the green Kit Kat Chunky the one with peanut butter?  That's another awesome bar we used to have in Canada that's now gone.

If their green one is anything like the green one we have here, it's mint.