Polar Bear

Dickens in Chilliwack BC import real British foods... $3 for a turkish delight and $8 for a pot noodle... harsh but a welcome fix when needed

Atlantic Xpat

Aniseed twists.
Cadburys mishapes.
Thorntons treacle toffee.
Thorntons Viennese truffles.
Revels.

ann m

Der!!!

Minstrels - several family bags

Monique_in_Canada

Galaxy
Wispa
Twiglets
Walkers Crisps (cheese and onion, prawn cocktail, BBQ Rib)
Fruit gums/Pastells

Tuppence

Galaxy
Minstrels
Flake
And Branston Pickle in a squeezy bottle

Flossie and Jim

One of those nice metal tins from M&S containing a mixed chocolate biccie assortment usually goes down pretty well with work colleagues.

ireland2canada

Great suggestions...well some great, some downright weird.

I think that Thorntons will be a winner, maybe some Galaxy and Revels are a great idea. Most other things can be found here, except maybe the sweets you used to buy as a 'quarter' bag. Lemon bonbons, apple tarts, aniseed balls.

The problem will be actually bringing this stuff into work without scoffing it all myself. Do I like these cretins enough to part with a family bag of Revels?

Piff Poff

I've been eating those the past few weeks - not quite the same when my sister isn't around to eat the walnut

To the OP, Bournville chocolate and a tub of heroes should do the trick.

Steve_

Not hard to find in Canada, especially Mars and Dairy Milk. You might have to go to a British speciality shop for some of them.

Steve_

These are people he likes, I'm assuming. (I do actually like Twiglets but they're an acquired taste).

Steve_

Aka Dove chocolate.

Steve_

I agree, Thorton's truffles. I have become fond of Roger's chocolates since I moved here but they have a different speciality, not truffles. Purdy's doesn't have anything to compare either.

Surprised that a lot of people seem to have not figured out that most of the stuff they're listing is available in Canada, e.g. Milky Way = 3 Musketeers. Caramel = Caramilk, etc. You can even get Fox's biscuits at Loblaw's under the President's Choice brandname.

mandymoochops

not strictly chocolate but get a can of spotted dick at Tesco or Asda - always goes down a storm.

Some snotty teenager asked me on a flight to Blighty once if this were a fictional desert - and sniggered til snot came out of her nose when I told her that it was indeed, a real bona fide pudding.

Peasant.

The4BellsLondon

Ooooh Thornton's Viennese truffles , no way on earth would I give them to work colleagues , mmmmm I had a 3 tier choc wedding cake with TVT on top mmmmmm.

Last time I bought some of my closer work mates a multiple bag of curly wurlies and flakes, they went down well, ooooh and Percy Pigs, but had to wrestle them off the kids!

mandymoochops

Football Crazies and fish and chips (you can cover them in chocolate to keep them relevant)