British Expats - American Chocolates?

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ChocolateBabz

Jul 15th 2014 2:14 am

Re: American Chocolates?

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Originally Posted by Weeze (Post 11336922)

I'd take one of the Oreo special flavours. The peanut butter cup Oreos are delicious.

Oh I forgot peanut butter cups, my lot like them but you can get them in Asda now so no point in wasting valuable luggage space. The only chocolate I eat over here are twix or kit kat, they are passable I think because of the low chocolate to wafer/caramel ratio and I liked coconut creme dove eggs at easter although I wouldn't thank you for dove chocolate, again there was more filling in those than chocolate.

Some of the Ghiradelli is OK and some of the Godiva if you have a store nearby. If you were visiting me in the UK I would rather have a big box of toffifee or toblerone from the duty free.

wtkp0u

Jul 15th 2014 2:38 am

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Another vote for Ghiradelli , ideally in a gift tin. Always been a hit and (as far as I know) you can't get in UK.

Ghirardelli - Premium Chocolate and Chocolate Gifts

Sally Redux

Jul 15th 2014 3:34 am

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Originally Posted by mikelincs (Post 11336996)

:sick:

She's doing it on purpose :frown:

GeoffM

Jul 15th 2014 3:52 am

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Originally Posted by ChocolateBabz (Post 11337010)

The only chocolate I eat over here are twix or kit kat, they are passable I think because of the low chocolate to wafer/caramel ratio

Agreed, they're probably my most common snack.

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Originally Posted by ChocolateBabz (Post 11337010)

Godiva if you have a store nearby.

Godiva is in the UK so another "coals to Newcastle scenario"! :p

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Originally Posted by ChocolateBabz (Post 11337010)

If you were visiting me in the UK I would rather have a big box of toffifee or toblerone from the duty free.

But check the prices first as Duty Free often seems to be more expensive than the high street these days.

Sally Redux

Jul 15th 2014 4:04 am

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Originally Posted by GeoffM (Post 11337123)

But check the prices first as Duty Free often seems to be more expensive than the high street these days.

Pop into the corner shop on the way to the person's house :thumbup:

Hiro11

Jul 15th 2014 4:07 am

Re: American Chocolates?

Fairly easy to find:
Ghirardelli (owned by Lindt, so perhaps not American)
Dagoba (proof that Hershey's can make excellent chocolate)
Scharffen - Berger (more proof that Hershey's can make excellent chocolate)

Luxury stuff:
Best Chocolate in the U.S. | Food & Wine

Trivia:
Hershey's is truly terrible, but it's not due to incompetance. In fact, it tastes like that deliberately. The Hershey's Process, invented in the 1910s, introduces partially lipodized milk into the chocolate. This was done as a cost saving measure (it reduces spoilage) in pre-depression US when chocolate was a very expensive luxury item. Americans got used to the taste and it stuck. As a result, the standard Hershey's milk chocolate contains butyric acid, which is also found in parmesan cheese and baby spit up. Most Americans are so used to this disgusting taste that they look at you blankly when you say that Hershey's tastes like puke. Which it literally does taste like. Sensible Europeans didn't grow up on this stuff and thus have an automatic gag reflex when trying to eat it. Avoid.

Anian

Jul 15th 2014 6:20 am

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If you are getting stuff for kids, then just get a variety pack of the random penny sweets. It's no better than UK stuff (in fact it is mostly worse), but it's different. Twinkies would probably go down well just because British people have probably heard of them from US tv and movies.

Give them Hershey's and they might give you a load of UK chocolate in sympathy for the nastiness.

yellowroom

Jul 15th 2014 9:09 am

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Originally Posted by Hiro11 (Post 11337147)

As a result, the standard Hershey's milk chocolate contains butyric acid, which is also found in parmesan cheese and baby spit up. Most Americans are so used to this disgusting taste that they look at you blankly when you say that Hershey's tastes like puke. Which it literally does taste like. Sensible Europeans didn't grow up on this stuff and thus have an automatic gag reflex when trying to eat it. Avoid.

butyric acid is so ubiquitous that other candy manufacturers add it to their "chocolate" as Americans think that is what it should taste like.

Anyway, the only US candy I shall miss on my return to the UK are York Peppermint Patties. Very moreish. Probably because of the very low chocolate content and the massive sugar hit. Mind you I have also been known to plough my way through a box of After Eight mints on my own.... :o

Pulaski

Jul 15th 2014 9:36 am

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Originally Posted by yellowroom (Post 11337467)

butyric acid is so ubiquitous that other candy manufacturers add it to their "chocolate" as Americans think that is what it should taste like. ....

Yeah, but then you're also talking about people who like salted snacks coated in chocolate. :unsure: :sick:

Teaandtoday5

Jul 15th 2014 9:41 am

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Originally Posted by Hiro11 (Post 11337147)

Explains a lot. I have had a bar of Hershey's for 5 months uneaten . No 'chocolate' has ever lasted this long in my house.

Goldina

Jul 15th 2014 10:40 am

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Sees of course.

GeoffM

Jul 15th 2014 11:22 am

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Originally Posted by Teaandtoday5 (Post 11337491)

Explains a lot. I have had a bar of Hershey's for 5 months uneaten . No 'chocolate' has ever lasted this long in my house.

We've got some in the fridge for the same reason. I really ought to clear it out.

For some reason I never tried the chocolate coated bacon. Only one thing worse than US chocolate, and that's adding streaky bacon to it.

Cardienscarf

Jul 15th 2014 10:28 pm

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Originally Posted by brit_usa2014 (Post 11336464)

Hi, I'm due to travel to the UK soon and stumped on what special American Chocolates to buy? I know of Hershey's, but are there any 'good ones' that you don't get in the UK?:confused:

Many thanks!:)

More to the point, how much chocolate are you going to take back to the USA with you.

Titchski

Jul 16th 2014 1:10 pm

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I bought 4 3 packs of Double Deckers back with me.

I ran out in two weeks and Mrs T had to bring more :o

In my defence, I did share ~~some~~ one with a work colleague.

As for stuff we took: clothes and shit from Wallyworld, some dodgy sweets and some jerky that we sneaked in.

Found the jerky in Tesco, cheaper than US prices!

steveq

Jul 17th 2014 10:07 am

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Originally Posted by mikelincs (Post 11336849)

Problem is you can now get Hersheys etc in the UK, stocked by ASDA, which is, of course, owned by Walmarts, all I'm thanakful for is that we dont get anything like the customers featured on 'People of Walmart' here in the UK

No, we re-branded it 'people of Morrisons'.....or as our local store had it for several days 'Mor. ons'

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