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Hey Heidi - I forgot about the U.S. Smarties! And just to set the record straight, I'm sure that Daniela agrees with me - the U.K. Smarties are not the "same" as the U.S. M&Ms - it's just they're the same idea - candy-covered small chocolate discs that don't melt in your hand!
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I don't have any around to look on the package - what about Dove bars? I wonder who makes them...? They seem kind of like they're more in the European style of chocolate.
What a sweet thread
We have lots of types of chocolates and sweets (loads more than what we used to have during the 80's Gary
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Reece's Peanut Butter Cups - yes
KitKat - yes
Hershey's Chocolate Bar (w/or wi/out Almonds) - yes
1000 Grand - no
Baby Ruth - no
M&Ms - yes
Mars Bar - yes
Almond Joy - no
Mounds - no
Snickers - yes
3 Musketeers - no
Milky Way - yes
Twix - yes
Butterfinger - no
We also have lots and lots of European stuff (cote d'or, godiva etc.) used to have Cadbury's which I loved but they've stopped bringing them. And then we have a range of local chocolate - very very good too!
We have lots of types of chocolates and sweets (loads more than what we used to have during the 80's Gary
Reece's Peanut Butter Cups - yes
KitKat - yes
Hershey's Chocolate Bar (w/or wi/out Almonds) - yes
1000 Grand - no
Baby Ruth - no
M&Ms - yes
Mars Bar - yes
Almond Joy - no
Mounds - no
Snickers - yes
3 Musketeers - no
Milky Way - yes
Twix - yes
Butterfinger - no
We also have lots and lots of European stuff (cote d'or, godiva etc.) used to have Cadbury's which I loved but they've stopped bringing them. And then we have a range of local chocolate - very very good too!
Er - does it say something that we are all know so much about chocolate and sweets.
Now, continuing the theme. Do you get Minstrels outside of the UK? They are like a bigger version of chocolate Smarties (about twice the size) but have chocolate crispy coatings. They are delicious. And they are marketed as being the "milk chocolate that doesn't melt in your hand". I can't remember who makes them.
Now, continuing the theme. Do you get Minstrels outside of the UK? They are like a bigger version of chocolate Smarties (about twice the size) but have chocolate crispy coatings. They are delicious. And they are marketed as being the "milk chocolate that doesn't melt in your hand". I can't remember who makes them.
What about Galaxy chocolate bars and Yorkie?
Yorkie's brilliant! they started of (I think) in the 70s with ads showing truckers taking huges, man-sized bits out of their chocolate bar.
They've now got biscuit and raisin flavour (Yum) and Peanut (Yuk).
The lastest ads running label them as 'not for girls'and the ads show girls dressing up as blokes to get their hands on Yorkies and having to prove they can shop for DIY tools, mend cars etc.
Great chocolate, great ad campaign!
I love Mistrels too - and Maltesers.
Oh dear. This is going to necessitate a late night visit to the Circle K, I fear . . .
Yorkie's brilliant! they started of (I think) in the 70s with ads showing truckers taking huges, man-sized bits out of their chocolate bar.
They've now got biscuit and raisin flavour (Yum) and Peanut (Yuk).
The lastest ads running label them as 'not for girls'and the ads show girls dressing up as blokes to get their hands on Yorkies and having to prove they can shop for DIY tools, mend cars etc.
Great chocolate, great ad campaign!
I love Mistrels too - and Maltesers.
Oh dear. This is going to necessitate a late night visit to the Circle K, I fear . . .
I'm partial to dark chocolate: Hershey's, Dove, KitKats and Godiva. Russell Stover, See's and Whitman's are good, too. Around Christmas, I'm able to get Queen Anne dark chocolate=covered cherries. Lately, Walgreen's has been stocking Ghirardelli's, too.
FYI: Nestle is a Swiss-based multinational, that makes a lot more than chocolate. Hershey's developed a chocolate bar, for the military during the Gulf War, that won't melt.
FYI: Nestle is a Swiss-based multinational, that makes a lot more than chocolate. Hershey's developed a chocolate bar, for the military during the Gulf War, that won't melt.
Smarties originated in Canada and are similar to M&M's in the states, but only better!
There was a Smarties song in the TV commercials..."When you eat your Smarties do you eat the red one's last, do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast...."(don't remember the rest of the words!)
As JuliB mentioned, the U.S. Smarties are called Rockets here in Canada and they usually only become popular at Halloween to throw into the loot bags.
The best chocolate, when you want to splurge, is Godiva...oh...Godiva.... When I travelled through Europe one summer, I became addicted to white chocolate. It's interesting that white chocolate is not popular over here. I ended up spending half my European meals eating white chocolate..mmmm
(leaves in search of chocolate)
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There was a Smarties song in the TV commercials..."When you eat your Smarties do you eat the red one's last, do you suck them very slowly, or crunch them very fast...."(don't remember the rest of the words!)
As JuliB mentioned, the U.S. Smarties are called Rockets here in Canada and they usually only become popular at Halloween to throw into the loot bags.
The best chocolate, when you want to splurge, is Godiva...oh...Godiva.... When I travelled through Europe one summer, I became addicted to white chocolate. It's interesting that white chocolate is not popular over here. I ended up spending half my European meals eating white chocolate..mmmm
(leaves in search of chocolate)
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Oh Yola!! and Flimflam!!! Did you HAVE to mention Mintrels!??!?!?!
they are the best chocolates ever....
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all these sweets make me green with envy ...............;
Having eaten copious amounts of chocolate last night (late night forray to the shops), I feel green to. . . But not with envy!
... the rest of the Smarties song (not Grammy material, though) is:
Eat that candy coated chocolate, then tell me when I ask
When you eat your Smarties, do you eat the red ones last?
Then they sang the whole thing again, but way faster.
And I do eat the red ones last... M&M's, too!
Eat that candy coated chocolate, then tell me when I ask
When you eat your Smarties, do you eat the red ones last?
Then they sang the whole thing again, but way faster.
And I do eat the red ones last... M&M's, too!
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I hope I'm not offending anyone, but Hershey's kisses are the most horrible and disgusting thing I've ever eaten. We got them from our friend from US and when I attempted to eat one, I got tears in my eyes and I almost puked. It was so horrible.
KitKat
M&Ms
Mars Bar
Snickers
Milky Way
Twix
are the bars I recall seeing in Finland too, and of course here in Belgium.
KitKat
M&Ms
Mars Bar
Snickers
Milky Way
Twix
are the bars I recall seeing in Finland too, and of course here in Belgium.
Hi,
we do see quite a lot of American sweets here. No Hershey that´s for sure and I don´t think it´s something I miss. But you find Mars, Snickers Kitkat,bountyetc I actually found Jellybeans at the airport in Crete on Wednesday.If you want more specific information don´t hesitate to contact me .
Best wishes Elisabeth Prtovos-Killing nearLuebeck northern Germany
we do see quite a lot of American sweets here. No Hershey that´s for sure and I don´t think it´s something I miss. But you find Mars, Snickers Kitkat,bountyetc I actually found Jellybeans at the airport in Crete on Wednesday.If you want more specific information don´t hesitate to contact me .
Best wishes Elisabeth Prtovos-Killing nearLuebeck northern Germany
Kitty and Casper I had to laugh when you said: "I got tears in my eyes and I almost puked" (from the Hershey kisses).
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I think you've been eating too much Salmiakki! Now THAT brought tears to my eyes and I almost puked!
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JulieBthanks for finishing the song....it has been awhile since I last heard it!
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I think you've been eating too much Salmiakki! Now THAT brought tears to my eyes and I almost puked!
JulieBthanks for finishing the song....it has been awhile since I last heard it!
I do try to avoid Nestle products, as they also make baby milk formula, which they push very very heavily in the developing world. But I think that is another thread.....
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You're right flimflam, and as I recall they've encountered a LOT of problems because people add too much water to lower the cost of using it, resulting in problems with malnutrition. It's very sad.
Kassandra, I had to laugh! "U.S." chocolate IS very different than other chocolate, and that's why I asked! I guess I'm just a choc-o-holic, as there's little in the way of chocolate that I don't like - so far. I guess for me it's all about the mood I'm in.
I love dark chocolate too. I think many people who like dark chocolate probably don't like Hershey's. And Vikki, I agree that Hershey's does a terrible job with the Rolos. !!
I love the "European-style" Godiva chocolate - but only in small amounts as it is SOO rich. The Dove Bar chocolate I was asking about is much richer than traditional domestic chocolate (I looked at a wrapper the other day and found out it is manufactured by M&M/Mars Candy).
I've never heard of Minstrels or Galaxy or Yorkies. And here in the States, it is M&Ms that are sold as "the chocolate that melts in your mouth, not in your hands." M&Ms now make a "crunchy" M&M that is the outer candy shell, an inner shell of chocolate, and then a crunchy center kind of like a malted milk ball but not malted. They're O.K.
...although when it boils right down to it, I guess I'd have to say may favorite chocolate fix is - Oreo Cookies!
Yummmmm!!!!!
Kassandra, I had to laugh! "U.S." chocolate IS very different than other chocolate, and that's why I asked! I guess I'm just a choc-o-holic, as there's little in the way of chocolate that I don't like - so far. I guess for me it's all about the mood I'm in.
I love dark chocolate too. I think many people who like dark chocolate probably don't like Hershey's. And Vikki, I agree that Hershey's does a terrible job with the Rolos. !!
I love the "European-style" Godiva chocolate - but only in small amounts as it is SOO rich. The Dove Bar chocolate I was asking about is much richer than traditional domestic chocolate (I looked at a wrapper the other day and found out it is manufactured by M&M/Mars Candy).
I've never heard of Minstrels or Galaxy or Yorkies. And here in the States, it is M&Ms that are sold as "the chocolate that melts in your mouth, not in your hands." M&Ms now make a "crunchy" M&M that is the outer candy shell, an inner shell of chocolate, and then a crunchy center kind of like a malted milk ball but not malted. They're O.K.
...although when it boils right down to it, I guess I'd have to say may favorite chocolate fix is - Oreo Cookies!
Yummmmm!!!!!
Oh, you are making me hungry! I prefer European chocolate to Hershey's. I really don't buy just plain Hershey bars very often. But I love Krackle, kind of like Nestle Crunch. Ghiradelli is good chocolate, too, but I don't see their candy bars often, just chips and other chocolate items for baking.
