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To think Americans have better sweets

111 replies

Oldsu · 20/02/2015 17:44

My favourite sweetie shop has started selling US imports.

Yesterday I had a pack of black cherry jelly beans covered with chocolate and today am happily munching my way through a pack of Raspberry M&Ms. Bloody expensive mind you.

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BunnyLebowski · 20/02/2015 17:46

YABU.

American chocolate is vile and contains something related to vomit (read it in an article last week - can't remember what it's called).

Nancy66 · 20/02/2015 17:48

no way!

I love the USA but their sweets/candy are shite. Far too sweet and sickly.

Their crisps are rubbish as well

Wantsunshine · 20/02/2015 17:49

Yabu American sweets are horrible and an acquired taste from birth. When I lived there I had to get English sweets/chocolates imported

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MrsFionaCharming · 20/02/2015 17:49

If they could replace the grape flavour with black currant, I'd totally agree with you. Because purple sweets should not be gross fake grape flavour.

MrsFionaCharming · 20/02/2015 17:50

Their crisps are rubbish! No salt and vinegar, and no Chilli Heatwave Doritos!

DownAtFraggleRock · 20/02/2015 17:51

YABU

Oh the disappointment when I found out all the green ones here are apple flavor and not lime...and fecking cherry instead of strawberry.

it's a travesty

nochocolateforlentteacake · 20/02/2015 17:54

Nasty nasty nasty. Hershey's are boak. Butterfingers are passable but the rest are a major disappointment. Our like local Tesco had an american section and stocks twinkies, Hershey's, tootsie rolls, etc - all the stuff off the telly!

I've tried most if them, and apart from mike and ikes, you can keep 'em. Also, I find the stickers on the back of quite a few of them saying 'contains GMO ingredients' a bit off putting.

Moanranger · 20/02/2015 17:56

It's a question of palate. I am American, but have lived in UK for 30 years. Not a huge sweet eater, either, but certain American ones I miss and I do think See's chocolates take some beating.
Their mainstream stuff is pretty rubbish, but they do have some nice artisanal ones,but then so do we!

CupidStuntSurvivor · 20/02/2015 17:56

US chocolate is basically fat with flavourings. UK's is sooooo much nicer.

cosmicglittergirl · 20/02/2015 17:57

Milk bottles, Parma violets, refreshers, flying saucers, cola cubes, tablet, rock, cola bottles, dib-dab, sherbet fountain, rainbow drops, pear drops, chewing nuts, wham, Highland toffee, mint imperials, alphabet letters, foam bananas, strawberry laces, rosy apples, sweetie bracelets...
I could go on. YABU!

StayGoldPonyBoy · 20/02/2015 17:57

Sweets are better, pop tarts, different flavours etc but the chocolate is rank.

SoonToBeMrsB · 20/02/2015 17:59

US sweets are horrible, their chocolate taste like dirt.

They have better soft drinks than us though, proper Coke is like heroin to me and I go through litres of watermelon Arizona when I'm in the States.

nochocolateforlentteacake · 20/02/2015 17:59

My poor sister still gets mercy parcels of (mainly) chocolate sent over to the US and she emigrated in 1979.

squoosh · 20/02/2015 18:00

America has a lot of great foodstuffs. Sweets and chocolate are not numbered among them though.

Purplepumpkins · 20/02/2015 18:01

Not a huge fan but I do love Reece's peanut butter cups and jelly Bellies

DrHarleenFrancesQuinzel · 20/02/2015 18:01

The only sweets I like from those American shops is mint M&Ms. When they first started popping up it was exciting, but Im just bored of them all now. Give me a Dairy Milk any day.

PearlieQueen · 20/02/2015 18:02

Paydays. That is all.

Moniker1 · 20/02/2015 18:02

Sweets are crap in the USA as are desserts.
Some ice cream is ok.

cosmicglittergirl · 20/02/2015 18:02

Mint M & Ms sound nice.

HelenaDove · 20/02/2015 18:04

After what they have done to Cadburys.....no bloody way.

fuzzpig · 20/02/2015 18:06

Fruit Runts are the best.

NeedABumChange · 20/02/2015 18:06

YABU, they are nasty tasting. Too sweet and chemical.

fuzzpig · 20/02/2015 18:06

And yep Reese's pieces YUM

nochocolateforlentteacake · 20/02/2015 18:06

Reece's are way too sickly sweet. I had a Payday (research). Oooooo too sweeeeet.