#british sweets

[wikipediapictures]

After Eight

“After Eight thin chocolate mint (i.e. the original variety)” - via Wikimedia Commons

[cars2-renaissance]

Well I don’t have a cake but it IS Finn’s birthday today so I’m eating my Aerobar with him. It’s the least I can do

[personinthepalace]

pls share your thoughts on the british snacks, I love hearing about this sort of thing! 🍬

Sorry for the long wait but over a month later, my family and I have finally finished the snacks! And they were delicious!! I’ll share my notes below (yes I took notes they’re not much though haha). Thank you so much to @forensicated for being such a wonderful friend and shipping these treats to me!! I can’t wait to return the favor :)

To anyone reading: have you tried any of these treats? Do you have a favorite?

I took photos and notes of some of the candy I ate:

Twisted creme egg: creamy center, sweeter than I expected

Carmel: runny caramel, not too sweet

Crunchie bits: not too sweet, really like the crunchy bits inside- kinda like crunch

Wispa: inside look interesting, good

Fudge: kinda chewy, not too bad

Eclair: toffee :) make sure not to chew haha

Dairy milk: good solid milk chocolate

Teaser: crunchy bit inside, I like :)

Twirl: weird taste/texture, not bad but not a fave

Dinky decker: have something like a wafer inside, tastes okay

Bounty: coconut, like almond joy but without the almond, not too bad

Mars: good solid milky way with carmel

Caramac: sweet, creamy color, pretty good

Cadbury Creme egg- maybe bc I kept in freezer, not as sweet as I was expecting haha

Daime: chocolate, crunchy carmel(?) on inside

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Some other notes:

The Mars candy is definitely one of my favorite it is similar to the American Milky Way except that the american version has nuts

I like the candies with the crunchy bits inside- it reminds me of the american Crunch candy

Cadbury white chocolate marvellous creations jelly popping candy: I love the popping candy in it- like pop rocks/fireworks in the mouth!

While we might have similar candies like m&ms and snickers, the packaging is different, the size smaller the average american equivalent, and less food coloring

Creme egg: I froze it and then bit into it! It wasn’t as runny as I thought it would be (though I guess it’s bc I kept it in the freezer haha)

Hairbos: mainly my mom and sister ate them, but I love that there a variety from hard to creamy to chewy gummies!

Love the jaffa cakes!! The orange and cranberry ones were my favorites :)

And those were my incoherent thoughts haha. Overall love them all, and I’m so grateful to have received such a lovely care package from an international friend 🥺

Thanks for the ask!

[thefoodarchivist]

Sugar free vegan sweets. These are actually quite nice for when you fancy an old school jelly sweet from your childhood. I like the cola bottles best!

[brentering]

Desserts: Knickerbocker Glory with 4 scoops of ice cream, strawberry sauce, wafers, and a gum ball (left)

white chocolate chip cookie dough with white chocolate sauce and vanilla soft serve (right)

[cutex24]

Yummy Scrummy!

so I totally love Liquorice Allsorts, who’s with me??  -  especially the blue and pink jelly buttons and the pink and yellow coconut rolls!!  mmmmm!

[personinthepalace]

Care package from the wonderful @forensicated !!! We’ve been discussing British vs American chocolates and candies, but I never imagined that you would actually send some over to me!! Thank you so much for this wonderful gift! I am truly touched 💜 I can’t wait to try all of these treats haha

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