"British" Chocolate
 

I am going home for a visit, leaving tomorrow :D

During a chat with a colleague about the trip, she asked if I can bring back some British chocolate or sweets. The people I work with eat a lot of junk, crisps, chocolate and sweets. They would like something quintessentially British but I am drawing a blank here. Other than some British Cadbury stuff, what else can I bring back?

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A Yorkie bar

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The one I miss is Toffee Crisp. You get Coffee Crisp here but it's completely different.

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Anything from the Duchy range is quintisentially British. The Duchy range is the Prince of Wales range from Highgrove. :thumbup:

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A walnut whip.

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Curly Wurly? Walnut Whip? Black pudding.


OK, that last one isnt technically a kind of chocolate, but is uniquely british maybe.

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Marmite covered oven roasted cashew nuts.

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1. Boost
2. Starbar
3. Double Decker
4. Mars
5. Yorkie with Raisins
6. Kinder Bueno
7. Cadbury Fudge
8. Cadbury Dairy Milk
9. Nestle Toffee Crisp
10. Terry’s Caramel Bite

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Maybe Thorntons choccies, they've been going for ages. You could throw in a bit of their toffee too, although the last time I had some I broke a filling.

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Sherbet flying saucers are really nice and you could put a lot of them in your suitcase without going over your luggage allowance. :thumbup:

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Never heard of this one? Can a replica be found in the Tesco value range?

Yes!

<shudders> Although it would be quite funny....

Do behave.

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Pork scratchings maybe. ;)

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No its not, Blut wurst in Switzerland & Germany plus their is a Quebec version. so much for your ecky thump:rofl:

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Yes all very "British" half are Swiss the others American:rofl::rofl:
May be some Kendall Mint Cake or is that now foreign too

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Several of those you can get at Bulk Barn

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Oh, that's an idea! Thorntons would be good for sharing round a group of people.

I'm surprised, at myself and at the suggestions so far, for all the moaning about local chocolate I've seen on here in the past it's actually pretty hard to think of a specific British confection worth bringing back.

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Well for me it's just Cadbury's that is a disappointment here. I often go to the import shop in New Westminster to get proper UK Cadbury's, it's just so much creamier and nicer. My girlfriend thinks it might be the type of milk the use, since most UK milk isn't pastuerized. Who knows.

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Fry's Turkish Delight. Full of eastern promise :thumbup:

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Thats disgusting ...... How about pickled onion monster munch or smarties or you could even go for that nice healthy Scottish delicacy deep fried mars bar :eek: im sure your work mates would love to try that :thumbsup:

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Raspberry Ruffles

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Terry's Chocolate Orange. My nan used to buy me these at Christmas. You only have to tap it and unwrap it.

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Hi

I haven't posted on this particular bit of the forum but had to reply to this thread.

Creme Eggs...

If I ever get to Canada I will miss them. A lot... :ohmy:

x

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Why, they have them here:confused:

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Galaxy caramel

other sweets
peardrops, yorkshire mixture, pontefract cakes, cinder toffee

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Yipeee!!!! Didn't think they would!! You've made my night. I can sleep easy now...

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

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Now that would be carrying coals to Newcastle. The stores here are awash with them at Christmas time.

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Basicly you can buy all the crap British chocs here :eek::eek:

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Topic, Milky Way, Milky Bar, Caramac. Can you still get Milk Tray bars? And Plain Choice bars?

Sweets - Sherbet Fountains. Lemon bon-bons, Shernet Lemons (and the strawberry versions). Toffee crunch (pillow shaped things).

Mojos, Fruit Salads.


And Smarties in tubes not boxes :)

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I like marathon bars and those pink shrimp things. And some some space dust.

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Readily available.

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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:thumbsup:

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

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Der!!!

Minstrels - several family bags :thumbsup:

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

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Galaxy
Minstrels
Flake
And Branston Pickle in a squeezy bottle ;)

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

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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?

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

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

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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.

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