Best food from America?

[Rosalisa]

Hoping MN can help me out here. DP is coming to the UK next week and wants to bring me some things.

Which treats and savoury things have you enjoyed the most or can you get most things here now?

(Actually I can't, I'm in the Highlands. It's a tiny Tesco)

Grape jelly? Kraft Macaroni and Cheese?
My mind has gone blank 😶

Thanks in advance.

Is Garrett's sold outside of Chicago?

All the different M&Ms flavours (Almond is my favorite).

Secret's Scentsations deodorant (gel).

Graham crackers for s'mores - if you don't mind Hershey's chocolate, it's the right kind of thickness for s'mores too.

Chocolate covered pretzels which are mega expensive here. Though you can make them pretty easily.

Melatonin is great and another thing that I can't live without is the bright blue Tylenol cold and flu medicine. It knocks you right out and keeps you asleep when you're choked up - I buy three bottles at a time to bring home.

I’m living in the US and the only thing I will really miss when I go home, apart from fresh corn, is seltzer; unsweetened fizzy flavoured water. I will probably bring back melatonin as well, but unless you find a discount pharmacy most medicines are more expensive here, including the huge lifetime supplies of paracetamol that everyone recommends. If you need that many you are taking too many, just get them in Sainsbury’s for pennies every time you go.
M&Ms are a good idea, there are types here that we don’t get at home. Strangely, if you can still find Cadbury mini eggs they are nicer than home - no palm oil. All other chocolate has to be treated with caution, Hershey’s in particular tastes of vomit and is vile. There are premium chocolates that are lovely but in general the US isn’t a great chocolate source.

We used to bring large tubs of paracetamol & ibuprofen but now that they are so cheap here (30p for 16 ibuprofen in tesco etc) it's not worth it. I do get naproxen & ranitidine though (and melatonin).

Everything but the bagel seasoning from trader joes. It’s so handy to have and makes the humble celery and cream cheese come alive!

I buy most of my medication in the U.K. and bring over to the US, it is cheaper in the U.K. currently.
Melatonin is something I would buy in the US but I only use for jet lag.
DH values the pain killers with sleep medication in.
Some fresh food is great, the Midwest does produce lovely corn and I like bison.
The country I am always happy to get food parcels from is Mexico.
It is hard to know what you will miss when you are gone probably La Croix for me but overall I don't find the food a highlight.
( I am happy never to see another deep dish pizza, hot dog or anything including popcorn covered in cheese flavoring)

Looking at these suggestions, very little😬

grape jelly, that is the only thing I would ( and do ! ) bring back
Hersheys taste like vomit , I cant believe anyone would bring that back

I mostly bring back

drugs - zantac / tylenol in giant tubs.

Tinned tomatillos for green chilli, still haven't found them here

Jerky (possibly not legal??)

Rice a roni. I love it. I know it's crap.

Apart from that there's not much that you can't get in Tesco now.

when my dh was working in the states he used to bring the kids back pop tarts as you can get all sorts of flavours you cant get here...so much sugar though, least its a long life product, if you like jelly bellies much cheaper there, he used to get a massive bag for prioce of 1/8th size in Tesco, if you like apple sauce or have young kids they can get huge jars of it for a couple of dollars, my teen loved it used to sit eating massive jars or with yogurt or custard, there really isn't even an equivalent product here, but great in making apple sauce cake, my ds liked trying unusual breakfast cereals, so they were light to carry, the other things kids liked were the graham crackers and large marshmallows for making smores, we'd used our choc though, me i'd say just go pick up something random we don't get here, and he always surprised me lots of bbq sauces and marinades, Mexican sauces too. Flying back he'd bring bread, bread mixes to make his own there , and baked beans.

Proper crunchy cheetos. Used to find them in Tesco, then only the jalepeno flavour which is good, but never see them anymore. I'd trough my way through a suitcase full of them!

I agree with the Jif and Skippy natural peanut butter.
I'd bring packets of powder to make Ranch dressing and also taco seasoning.
Ibuprofen and Acetaminofen. Benydryl allergy tabs (pink ones)
Suave shampoo and conditioners, Fantasia frizz buster serum and Ivory soap bars.

Slightly off-topic, but where can you buy Goldfish in the UK? I've never seen them in a UK supermarket! DH has to buy them in bulk when he goes to the US atm

If you have room for cereal, the sugary stuff is great but I have a special place in my heart for Crispix and Rice Chex.

@RavenLG you can get proper crunchy Cheetos in both Costco & Booker. I've also seen them in a few independent news agent type places. The darned things are like crack, I don't dare buy the boxes of 36 packs from Costco or Booker.

Blue corn chips, things from Trader Joe's (my favourite supermarket), maple sugar candy (favourite treat and never seen it in the UK)

Koeze peanut butter (simply valencia peanuts pureed)
Xochitl chips
Masa
Trader Joe's Organic chocolate syrup
American Cheerios
Swedish Fish
Jolly Ranchers
Chex Mix
Huge jar of Ibuprofen (is that a food?!?)
Block of Velveeta - secret to great macaroni cheese
Snyders Honey Mustard Pretzel pieces
Dried poblano chillis

scissy I would get goldfish at our local department store’s American food section, but I don’t know that I’ve seen them in other supermarkets unfortunately.

Mostly I missed particular fresh fruits and veg in the U.K., but that’s because I was able to get lots of Farm fresh fruits and veg in the US. There is nothing like a tree ripened peach. Mmmm. The one thing I could never find in the U.K. that I missed was graham crackers. There really is no good substitute.

Alcohol!!
They do a gazillion different flavoured Vodka’s , Malibu’s and Bacardi’s that you just can’t get here. My particular favourite is the coconut Bacardi... delicious!
Obviously he will only be able to bring back a couple of bottles tho due to stupid customs rules 😡

@Mustbetimeforachange you’ve bloody made my day! I’m going to drag my friend with a Costco card there and buy them alllll

scissy Costco for Goldfish crackers.

Hidden Valley ranch dip mix. It’s a sachet of powder. Mix it with sour cream for the nicest dip ever.

@Toddlerteaplease that is so funny. Our local hospital has a Timmies in the lobby but there would be a huge outcry if they tried to get rid of it!