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pudadough · May 2012

I think someone already mentioned World Market. You can find a lot of international things there. They even have vegemite for Aussies abroad. Or daring Americans. Lol.

Amazon is pretty good about shipping British foods to the US at reasonable prices. I've recently been looking at reviews for clotted cream. Once you get past the barf-inducing name, it sounds divine! :laugh:

Mctree20 · May 2012

We have the Codfather in Phoenix, http://thecodfatheraz.com/

A lot of the supermarkets sell a few British foods, like Jaffa Cakes, Hob Nobs, PG Tips as so on.

Have never managed to find a decent pork pie though :sad:

Or a good curry...

Lived in Canada for a while also, used to find Marmite in with the cake mixes (because it says "yeast extract") and Yorkshire Puddings in with the frozen deserts (*sigh, yes it says "pudding")

brookepenni · May 2012

Geez people!!!!!!

Cadbury is Australian originally NOT British!!!!

And here in Australia we have sweet stores that sell nothing but candy from around the world.

And yes - the world is totally missing out by nit having Curly Worleys hehe!!!

Nah, it ain't.

Edit to add: My comment refers to Cadbury's originally being Australian.
http://www.cadbury.com.au/About-Cadbury/Cadbury-in-Australia.aspx

Wow, we were always told it was an Aussie original. It's different to NZ cadburys too. But NZ has some awesome chocolate - pineapple lumps and perky nanas!!!

Shajadea · May 2012

We have quite a few British items in the military commissaries. Also, there are some specialty shops with goods as well. Though your sweets are good, I really LOVE your pub foods and your pasties! Ahhh, I can't wait to come back for a visit!

dovesgate · May 2012

So if someone were going to attempt to locate British chocolate (or just pay to ship it over), what would you recommend trying?

I prefer dark chocolate to milk chocolate (is "Dairy Milk" milk chocolate?) unless the milk chocolate has something in it - fruit or nuts or something. Dark chocolate with raspberries in it is my ultimate favorite but I love the American Cadbury creme eggs too (my Easter favorite). Of course, that could just be emotional since my mother has been getting those for me for Easter since I was a little girl. Anyway, based on my preferences, what do you British (or British candy lovers) suggest?

runnercheryl · May 2012

So if someone were going to attempt to locate British chocolate (or just pay to ship it over), what would you recommend trying?

I prefer dark chocolate to milk chocolate (is "Dairy Milk" milk chocolate?) unless the milk chocolate has something in it - fruit or nuts or something. Dark chocolate with raspberries in it is my ultimate favorite but I love the American Cadbury creme eggs too (my Easter favorite). Of course, that could just be emotional since my mother has been getting those for me for Easter since I was a little girl. Anyway, based on my preferences, what do you British (or British candy lovers) suggest?

Dairy Milk is milk chocolate, yes. It tastes a little less soft and silky than Galaxy, which is a personal favourite, but I believe you have Galaxy in the form of Dove over there? I don't know if it tastes the same, though - US chocolate has always tasted very artificial, and Galaxy seems as far from that as possible. I've never tried your Dove bar, but the packaging is the same.

In my opinion, the best way to experience Dairy Milk is in an Easter egg, but there are also a huge range of bars including full milk chocolate, honeycombe, fruit and nut...

Kinder chocolate will always be my personal favourite, but that's not quite the same.

Sockimobi · May 2012

Geez people!!!!!!

Cadbury is Australian originally NOT British!!!!

And here in Australia we have sweet stores that sell nothing but candy from around the world.

And yes - the world is totally missing out by nit having Curly Worleys hehe!!!

Nah, it ain't.

Edit to add: My comment refers to Cadbury's originally being Australian.
http://www.cadbury.com.au/About-Cadbury/Cadbury-in-Australia.aspx

Wow, we were always told it was an Aussie original. It's different to NZ cadburys too. But NZ has some awesome chocolate - pineapple lumps and perky nanas!!!

Mmmm chocolate pineapple. Unfair!

I went to a higher ed college that was founded by George Cadbury and George Hamilton Archibald . It's just down the road from Cadbury world, which is in a town called Bournville. Cadbury's make a choccy bar named after the town

Cadbury world smells amazing - though you leave feeling really really ill (if you're greedy like I am).

When Kraft bought Cadbury, we all cried because we thought our choc was going to start tasting like cheese :sad: And then they really did put cheese in the choc (or the other way around) ... and Philadelphia cheese with Cadbury chocolate was born... tastes OKish :noway:

jessicasloan91 · May 2012

The few times my Mum went over to the States for business trips she used to bring my sis and me American chocolate/candy back and well... yeah. Hershey's just can't compare to Cadbury's, Galaxy or a Terry's Chocolate Orange!!! That said, there was a lollipop of some type she brought back once that was amazing. If I was desperate to get any American candy there's a department store near me (Fenwicks) which has a food mall with plenty of American candies/chocolates/cereal) and it seems to be slowly creeping it's way into Asda too (I'm enjoying the marshmallow fluff for my hot chocolates but avoiding the Hershey's).

If you want the best chocolate though you have to head to Belgium (there's an amazing choc shop in Bruges which has about 10 flavours of milk chocolate alone and where they have massive blocks of chocolate and just knock as much as you want off the big block!) or Switzerland. Proper Swiss toblerone's beat ours hands down. If I remember rightly, the milk content is higher so they melt a lot quicker too.

I don't think I could ever move to America as I'd miss our foods too much.

Yeah I noticed marshmallow sluff in Asda too!

D446 · May 2012

Holy crap! I thought Cadbury was only Australian. Good to know if I ever go to Britain I won't be without good chocolate

TeachTheGirl · May 2012

Suggestions for chocolate bars to try:

Double Decker.
Lion Bar.
Curly Wurly.
Crunchie.

...I don't remember which are Cadbury and which are Nestle, but those are my favorites.

sazziecee · May 2012

I prefer dark chocolate too and usually buy Green and Blacks (it's actually now owned by Cadbury though) they have 70% and 85% dark, as well as 60% dark with other bits in them like cherries- lovely sour ones, yum! or raisins and hazelnut, amongst others.

I also like Lindt dark chocolate with chilli in, not sure if that is British though or just sold here

I bought my hubby an "American mystery box" of sweets from Cybercandy online and the Hersheys kisses were gross! quite liked the cookies and cream M&M's though.

x

ElizabethRoad · May 2012

OMGosh how many times have you saved all the purple skittles til last because they are the absolute best, to try one and remember oh spit, they are GRAPE and not blackcurrant!!! LOL I did this for the first year I was here. I miss blackcurrant. HATE grape everything! lol

They have blackcurrant candy? That's not fair!

ElizabethRoad · May 2012

I also like Lindt dark chocolate with chilli in, not sure if that is British though or just sold here

I have had that in the US... not all that common though.

I bought my hubby an "American mystery box" of sweets from Cybercandy online and the Hersheys kisses were gross! quite liked the cookies and cream M&M's though.

I've never like Hershey's Kisses, well I liked them when I was a kid, but they are not good at all. But I've never heard of cookies and cream M&M's.

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