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grimtales1
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Has anyone tried American snacks? How do they compare to UK variants?
Once I tried 'Whoppers' and they suck balls, basically a nasty version of Maltesers as they arent made of real chocolate. I do like Reese's Cups and Nutrageous though.
However I came across "Cheez-It" crackers in Tesco, and I'm like "These are OK" and then a bit later on "These are really bland with just a slight cheesy aftertaste"
Once I tried 'Whoppers' and they suck balls, basically a nasty version of Maltesers as they arent made of real chocolate. I do like Reese's Cups and Nutrageous though.
However I came across "Cheez-It" crackers in Tesco, and I'm like "These are OK" and then a bit later on "These are really bland with just a slight cheesy aftertaste"
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You can't get UK Cheetos can you?
Talking of additives, some countries like Canada wouldn't have things like our breakfast cereals and marmite because they have added vitamins which are classed as banned additives.
Just checked and they were only introduced last year into the UK, didn't realise. Thought we had to make do with Wotsits.
Chocolate bars that I haven't seen here but think they would be a nice addition:
Coffee Crisp (not at all similar to Toffee Crisp)
Crispy Crunch
Oh Henry
Cherry Blossom
These might be specific to Canada, not the US.
The company that made Twinkies (Hostess) went under and was bought out. They stopped production during the transition (they were shuttered for months) and then the new bakery took over. Other than being smaller, domestic Hostess products have seemed the same (at least the ones I've tried.) I wonder if they didn't license the brand for export. Where were they made, I wonder.
Are peanut butter Snickers and peanut butter Twixes American? Because if so, those too.
There's a brand called something like Flipz(?) too which does white chocolate coated pretzels, so gooooood.
If you like Pop Tarts, you might like Pillsbury's Toaster Strudel. It's the same basic concept as Pop Tarts only the crust is more of a flaky pastry type crust and you really do have to toast them or put them in the oven. They come with a packet of frosting that you can squeeze on, but it's pretty terrible so I usually leave it off.
The other difference is you can also get them with a scrambled egg and cheese/bacon/sausage filling.
It's amazing what's in the pre-prepared frozen food aisle, isn't it?
I hadn't had a Pop Tart in about 40 years. One day, a few weeks back, I was wandering my local grocery store and they had a big display of them, with new soda pop themed flavours. There was root beer and orange soda, and I thought 'Ew" and went merrily along.
But it planted a seed in my head, because they were like Space Food Sticks and Tang, one of the treats that had to be begged for, and I got all misty thinking about them. So the next week I bought some of the brown sugar cinnamon ones, thinking I would have one for nostalgia's sake, and then, suitably disappointed, I'd then feed them to the chickens.
Wrong.
I can't speak to the other flavours, but I wasn't disappointed. I mean, they are what they are, shelf stable pastry filled with sugary goo, but for a afternoon snack with a glass of milk or a cup of tea or coffee, they still work.
I had them once. Tasted like super-heated jam covered in cardboard. Horrible.
I doubt you were a child at the time. What kids enjoy and what adults like tend to be vastly different things.
Not so. Coco Pops is the king of sugary cereals. Although I suppose technically that counts as American too.
Aside from the marshmallow sugar cube bits the rest of Lucky Charms is bland fare, whereas nothing goes to waste in Coco Pops, not even the resulting chocolatey enhanced milk!
I had Coco Pops again for the first time in years last week. You'd have thought I had 5 cups of coffee the sugar rush was so mental.
I've never seen European Hershey - where can you get it?
Probably in B&M stores, they have a section for American sweets and snacks.
Edit: Ooops didn't read that properly sorry. Don't know about European Hershey bars.
Most newsagents and supermarkets sell them. He's talking about the ones sold in the U.K. but being a bit trendy by referring to them as European.
Sounds yuck.