American chocolate is better than British chocolate: CHANGE MY MIND

Answering the age-old question: is British chocolate better than American chocolate?? Is there any sweet better than a Cadbury Dairy Milk? How many bites of British chocolate before I throw up? Those answers and more on today's episode!
As a Canadian living in England, I love trying new British sweets (and chocolate). I decided to taste test as many British chocolate bars as I could before vomiting lol Hope you enjoy!
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I share the ups and downs of an expat living abroad and what it's really like living in the UK. It's not always easy, but there's been so many wonderful experiences, too. I post a KZbin video every Tuesday and an additional video every Saturday on my Patreon account. I also livestream every Wednesday and Sunday at 6:30pm GMT on Twitch.
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[@richardpoynton4026]

You can’t beat American chocolate! If you’re partial to that authentic ‘hint of vomit’ flavour…….

[@danjames5552]

I noticed that it tasted like sick !!!! 😫

[@alanelesstravelled8218]

Hershey's used an additive in the milk to give it a longer life. The additive is also found in vomit and some smelly cheeses. Americans have become so used to this taste that an additive is now included to emulate this taste.

[@Kay-ly3hb]

Haha you beat me to it

[@Escapee5931]

I thought that was what the vomit bucket was for - dip the chocolate in to make it taste more American.

[@Kay-ly3hb]

@@Escapee5931 well done 😂

[@elroymartyn8429]

When you say "British is different to American" I think the word you were looking for is "Superior"!!!

[@BigC1290]

Exactly she was trying not to admit it.

[@alwaysfair4991]

Vastly!

[@KenFullman]

The clue's in the name "GREAT" Britain. (Dozey Canuk) 🤣

[@SciFi2525252000]

Cadbury has gone downhill since the Americans bought it. Tastes nothing like it used to.

[@llewcunedda4528]

Taste more sweet and less creamy

[@SciFi2525252000]

@@glastonbury4304 That's just wrong. Cadbury was bought by Kraft, now Mondelez in 2010. Mondelez is an American company based in Chicago.

[@glastonbury4304]

@@SciFi2525252000 yes you're right , however cadburys in the US is still very different than cadburys in the UK ...the UK still manufacture cadburys in the same way and Hershey's still manufacture cadburys under licence, however cadburys is still a British company , just owned by an American parent company , but it's chocolate remains the same in the UK

[@FoodTastertv]

IDK man , I just did a whole taste testing video trying 11 CADBURY DAIRY MILK variants and they all seemed good to me with the exception of a few.

[@harrymarshall]

@@FoodTastertv modern Cadbury's is nothing like the original thing,, it's now the Kraft cheese of the chocolate world, when once it inspired the author Roald Dahl 🕊️🤍

[@eveoakley6270]

I have a cousin in Alabama and every year I send her 3 parcels of Cadbury chocolate from the UK and prawn cocktail crisps. She always says it’s the highlight of her year.

[@Rachel_M_]

Your cousin just became my most respected American, just because of the prawn cocktail crisps.

[@dianeharrison4975]

She must get really sad 😢when it’s coming to the end of her stash 😂

[@eveoakley6270]

@@dianeharrison4975 🤣🤣🤣 she does. I’m due to send her some more though. Her Christmas parcel is late because I’ve been in hospital 👍🏼

[@dianeharrison4975]

@@eveoakley6270 ahh hope you’re better now . She ll enjoy her new supply I bet 🥰

[@eveoakley6270]

@@dianeharrison4975 yes, thank you 👍🏼

[@nickshale6926]

Who makes the best chocolate: Britain or the USA? *Belgium has now left the chat*

[@geoffpoole483]

Belgian chocolate is the gold standard.

[@shlibbermacshlibber4106]

British is good but its a bit bland, like most of our food

[@YvonneWilson312]

Belgian chocolate is absolutely the best.

[@DrZiplock]

Swiss chocolate waves hi.

[@baxtertia]

@@shlibbermacshlibber4106 how very dare you ?!?!?!

[@kittyformanrn9268]

Cadbury makes Hershey's taste like dirt. Flake, Wispa, Twirl are the best.

[@shlibbermacshlibber4106]

I haven't eaten dirt since I was 3, it was more mud TBH

[@edmonddesbiens]

actually hershey tasty like vomit. it has to do with an acid they use to speed up mufacturing.

[@hairyairey]

Cadburys is being corrupted by its American owner

[@tubaman66]

@@hairyairey They had better not mess with Dairy Milk or things will get ugly!

[@FoodTastertv]

Ive tried FLAKE and TWIRL in my British candy taste test video and they are very good !!!!

[@greekos99]

I’m sorry to report a massive omission here. The humble Double Decker. Massively underrated but absolutely epic.

[@DjDolHaus86]

If left in the fridge it can also double as a self defense weapon because it becomes one of the hardest substances known to science

[@harrypike5140]

And Crunchie

[@schrodingerscat1863]

@@harrypike5140 Yes but Crunchie is really not very nice, a bit like Maltesers in bar form but doesn't taste anywhere near as good.

[@iriscollins7583]

@@schrodingerscat1863 Crunchy is Honeycomb, Maltesers are Malty, different flavours altogether. Cadburys have deteriorated since being bought out by another company. They have altered the ingredients Etc.

[@schrodingerscat1863]

@@iriscollins7583 Maltesers are cinder toffee too same as Crunchy but has a malty flavour added when making it, Crunchy is the natural cinder toffee flavour. I think they altered the Cadbury recipe when they got bought out to make it cheaper and also to make it melt at a higher temperature so they could market it in hot countries. It isn't even close to the chocolate I remember from my childhood.

[@klondikechris]

We are so lucky in Canada: we may have different bars, but the companies are (or were) British for the most part. Like Cadbury's. Yes; Hersheys is sold as well, but Cadbury's beats it every time!

[@FoodTastertv]

I agree with you hundred percent !!!

[@badfinger61]

Annnd...we have Coffee Crisp in Canada. Nuff said.

[@FoodTastertv]

@@badfinger61 Coffee crisp is a great candy bar and all but it doesnt taste like coffee at all even though it smells greatly of coffee !! Thats why the original coffee crisp bar never ranks high in my taste testing videos !!!

[@badfinger61]

@@FoodTastertv Point taken. But they're still tasty in my opinion and something about the texture that I like.

[@FoodTastertv]

@@badfinger61 Oh they are very tasty !!! But not coffee flavoured at all. However I tried the Easter Egg version of it in one of my taste testing videos and fell in LOVE with it cause that one has a very strong coffee flavour to it !!!

[@bambit08]

I'm British ... the BEST chocolate is definitely Belgian chocolate. 🌟🌟

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

Dark at least 70% or it’s not. Chocolate for me

[@jackwalker4874]

Yeah, but Belgian chocolate is special, it's not something that you'd spend your pocket money on after school.

[@sexpistol7712]

Or Swiss

[@mothmagic1]

Be careful with Belgian dark chocolate though as it tends to be bitter. Mind you British dark chocolate can be if it's over about 75% cocoa

[@ne007ne]

NEVER

[@James-xo8dl]

To be sold as chocolate in the UK a product needs a minimum of 25% cocoa solids. In the US the minimum is 10%. It therefore stands to reason that British chocolate is objectively 2.5x better than American chocolate. SO THERE!

[@Jimmy_Jones]

Hahaha

[@sherlockrobin597]

Boom!

[@newtron1]

Correct and thus the reason Hershey tastes more like "wax" vs chocolate.

[@Cloneufc]

Incorrect. We have chocolate factories all over that are just as good as Euro chocolate. You can find coco at all levels, even 80%. Most Americans just buy disgusting chocolate because it's cheap. It's the same with our beer. We have craft beer and breweries all over that have excellent beer. Most Americans stick with the cheap disgusting commercial beer.

[@James-xo8dl]

​@@Cloneufc You can absolutely say that America produces very good high-end chocolate and I would agree. However I'm assuming that we're talking about cheap snack bars in which case on the whole I think adding more cocoa does make them better.

[@benspinks342]

The fact that I can remember when all of these were twice the size is making me feel really old! 😭

[@Apollo890]

Me as well especially the Mars that used to be twice as thick.

[@trevorenever265]

Or maybe, as a child, your hands were smaller. Just a thought...

[@chrisytfc879]

They weren't twice the size, your hands were smaller

[@Yandarval]

Pre Kraft. Cadburys used to be harder and not as soft as today. The harder Chocolate was some much better than the soft stuff we have bee forced to put up with now.

[@jerry2357]

Personally, I prefer continental European chocolate: Belgian, Swiss or German, for instance. So I buy bars of chocolate from Aldi or Lidl normally. And I much prefer dark chocolate.

[@AndrewBuckleBookReviews]

Definitely, love the chocolate from Aldis. German / Belgian ... yes, their chocolate wins hand down. Most UK chocolates are way too sickly. Each to their own though !

[@davidknowles3459]

Best I've found is Asda Smart Price Dark chocolate.30p for a 100g bar.And it tastes so good!

[@iriscollins7583]

@Richdragon Try the smaller companies. Once you start mass producing anything, quality goes out of the windows.

[@RiverMersey]

As if there isn't enough controversy in the world, Alanna comes up with this! Adventure and Naps lights the fireworks and runs away!!!🍫

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

🥳

[@stewartkingsley]

Its a public service.

[@droopslondon6270]

@@AdventuresAndNaps you're so gorgeous

[@judgejudyslover]

Tbf she dabbled too. Telling people to get the jab. I don’t appreciate youtubers giving medical advice and no I’m not anti vax.

[@RoastLambShanks]

There isnt a controversy, British chocolate is better then American, its a self evident fact.

[@andysutcliffe3915]

I would say, Cadbury’s has gone severely downhill since Kraft bought it, they claim to have made no changes, but it’s obvious to all they moved it more towards the American flavour, or at least cost cut the ingredients.

[@pheart2381]

not just the flavour,the construction. leaking caramel,crunchies with the coating missing in places. horrible.

[@PhilipWorthington]

Yep, as a Brummie and life-long cheerleader of Cadburys, Kraft was the worst thing that ever happened to them.

[@tonyclark1838]

Yes especially as the vast amount of their products are no longer made in the uk

[@NicholasJH96]

Unfortunately your right, I noticed tase changed, in chocolate with cream egg

[@alanhilton3611]

I've tried a Hershey bar and the taste it left in my mouth was similar to the taste after you've been sick for me it has to be a starbar. Could see you starting to struggle halfway through but I really appreciate your sacrifice 😵

[@stevenclarke5606]

Yes totally agree with that , I tried it once and had to spit it out, tasted like Vomit!

[@terencecarroll1812]

I agree, starters are so nice

[@terencecarroll1812]

Starbars

[@keithrudd8003]

That will be the additive butyric acid … same as in vomit

[@garethkershaw4804]

Yep tastes like bile.

[@BooBaddyBig]

Wispa is made with CO2, whereas Aerobar the bubbles are nitrogen. That's why they're slightly different.

[@sepez]

TIL

[@2ridiculous41]

WISPA THE CLIMATE CHANGE BAR

[@hairyairey]

@@2ridiculous41 If they made a helium filled bar they'd be flying off the shelves!

[@BooBaddyBig]

@@hairyairey Yes, and they'd give you a squeaky voice!!!

[@Judgles]

"I feel like I can smell colours" - classic Alanna! Seriously, you are so brave putting yourself through this ordeal for our viewing pleasure. And you're right, Aeros are irresistibubble!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks so much!! ☺️

[@hairyairey]

@@AdventuresAndNaps actually it's a condition called synaesthesia. Where your senses are mixed up. And you can taste yellow for example.

[@itsmephil2255]

I'm so glad she didn't use the word "Candy"

[@jonathanmaybury5698]

@@hairyairey She maybe a savant, We'll have to call her Rainwoman from now on!

[@NicholasJH96]

Aeros are good unless it’s mint one which is rank

[@PaintedBothways]

Malteasers are one of my faves. Also, to save you struggling to open the malteasers in future, those packs actually smoothly and easily tear horizontally all the way across about an inch from the top.

[@mrtechguru22]

Vomit taste difference: A long time ago in America (dunno when) they would send the chocolate with troops in ration packs. To make them last longer, they did something with the milk to preserve it, giving it that sour taste. When the war was over, the troops wanted the same tasting chocolate when they got home and sort of got used to it, so they proceeded to keep the recipe. To this day, Americans just prefer this flavour, so manufacturers keep doing it. This is what I heard anyway

[@Davey-Boyd]

I've heard that too. Was in on Steve the MRE testers channel?

[@ProtocolAbyss]

This is also why Americans are such a laughing stock, cause they prefer eating vomit

[@andyleighton6969]

The word[s] you're after is: Butyric Acid.

[@BumbleTheBard]

There used to be some wonderful ads for Flake back in the 1970s, themed around the idea that eating one was so immersive that you became oblivious to everything going on around you. The most famous one was the woman in the bath with the overflowing water. You can find them if you search KZbin.

[@cryptonitesats]

Bounty is great if you like coconut, i love coconut so one of my favs. Your face when eating it was priceless though 😂

[@MoviesNGames007uk]

Has to be the red Bounty though.

[@hairyairey]

@@MoviesNGames007uk Weirdly in Cadbury boxes it's the most unloved one.

[@FoodTastertv]

I agree !!! I LOVE BOUNTY as well !!! That coconut flavour and the texture of desecrated coconut in the center is amazing !!! It always rank high in my taste testing videos !!!

[@suttoncoldfield9318]

Bounty is ok but it takes ages to chew up a mouthful.

[@FoodTastertv]

@@suttoncoldfield9318 I love that desecrated coconut texture !!! LOL

[@bobbod8069]

Just a quick tip. Never leave an open bag of open Maltesers on the dashboard when driving round a roundabout.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Fair 😅

[@chasfaulkner2548]

PMSL, been there..........

[@davidcopplestone6266]

Another one would be....Never leave an open bag of Maltesers near me.

[@virthanki902]

Loved This! 🤩 Feels like Alanna’s old videos, It’s great to see the direction your taking with your channel, with Adventures, Naps and Food too

[@FoodTastertv]

I LOVE her taste testing videos !!!! I hope she does them kore often !! She is on of the youtubers that inspired me to make my own food taste testing channel !!!

[@amandalewis3898]

The British company Rowntree Macintosh made various sweets, biscuits and chocolate but they were bought by Nestle in the 80s and I think munchies just don’t taste the same. Yorky bars also originally made by rowntrees were made in York so they did get their name from the city. Golden cups were gorgeous also from the same brand 😋

[@claire778]

Yorkies don't taste the same either.

[@jeffgraham6387]

I believe the texture difference is because the UK melt the ingredients whereas the US use the extruder method which accounts for the grainy texture...Hershey's lobbied to prevent Cadbury imports, so the Cadbury bars in the US are made by Hershey!

[@craigroaring]

That's a pity. Cadbury is a quality chocolate at a decent price.

[@sepez]

"Dont let them try good stuff or they won't want ours!!!"

[@iriscollins7583]

@@craigroaring Its gone downhill since being taken over. No after taste like it used to have. Apparently some of the ingredients have been altered. Which probably accounts for the difference. They even renaged on an agreement, not to get rid of jobs,they found a loophole,some production was transferred to somewhere in Europe. I don't buy any Cadbury products now. There are some excellent chocolates out there.

[@kennyhogg5820]

Well the cocoa beans are ground up, the more you grind it the smoother it becomes, so a grainy texture is usually because of lower grinding time. Very finely ground beans are more expensive and require way more time to process. Dove in the US does make finely ground chocolate called "smoothes", which indeed has a very smooth texture. Love the caramel filled ones.

[@fuzzlewit9]

So much for the American Free Market they like to go on and on about.

[@vickytaylor9155]

Cadbury in America is made by the company that owns Hershey’s and I believe they use dried milk, whereas we use proper milk.

[@vickybrombley7476]

bounty does deserve its own chocolate bar , its a fabulous delight of coconut and chocolate ×2 😉 give it another go , you'll luv it , fabulous video ❤

[@hairyairey]

Does Bounty count as one of your five a day? Asking for a friend...

[@nuraalek8296]

I find the milk chocolate one to be a little sickly, but the plain chocolate Bounty is probably my all time favourite, especially if left in the fridge to chill for a few minutes before eating.

[@Escapee5931]

Dark Chocolate Bounty ftw

[@FoodTastertv]

I LOVE bounty !!!! Ive tried it in a few videos and it always ranks high !!!!

[@chokolatelatte4764]

Bounty is my favourite. Being taste tested my someone who doesn't like coconut is rather unfair on the bar!

[@bakajiji]

"Get a hobby" That's why we love you! My favourites are Crunchie, Bounty (I realise you have to like coconut), Cadbury Fruit and Nut, Fry's Chocolate Cream.

[@FoodTastertv]

BOUNTY is delicious !!! It always ranks very high in my taste testing videos !!!!

[@robertespley248]

Bournville rum & raisin There was also one I remember from my childhood in the 80's which was a bar of chocolate but each segment had a different filling. Kinda like a chocolate bar version of milk tray

[@AndrewBuckleBookReviews]

Old Jamaica ... of course, dipped in some nice dark rum as well

[@tonybennett1306]

Wasn't that one of the Frys chocolate bars with 5 or 6 different fillings?

[@AndrewBuckleBookReviews]

@@tonybennett1306 Yes, loved that bar. Don't think they have had that one for ages but I would buy it if they re-release it

[@Ionabrodie69]

@@tonybennett1306 Yes it was the Fry’s … I remember my gran buying a bar of Fry’s original mint every Friday for herself and a Crunchie for me and my cousin.. and then years later ( I’m 53 ) they came out with “ thank crunchie it’s Friday” .. I felt like I invented that…😂😂🇬🇧

[@rjt3476]

"I don't care, please! get a hobby!" then proceeds to eats all of the Chocolate 🤣

[@gregorybigg8924]

Watching you trying to pull open the malteasers is hysterical when the packet is made to rip the top off easily 😂😂

[@DontPanicDear]

A Mars Bar really needs to be slightly chilled. They’ve also been badly effected by the shrinking and calorie reductions. The chocolate on top uses to be super thick and have some real bite to it. Now at room temps, you are quite right, as they are a bit moooshy!

[@petertrezise4545]

Try a deep fried Mars Bar. I think it was invented in Scotland.

[@mehallica666]

I recently found an old school unopened Mars bar while cleaning out the shed. It was GIGANTIC! I was still tempted to open the bad boy up, but wiser heads prevailed. It's a bummer how small they are nowadays.

[@stanettiels7367]

Swiss chocolate is better than both American and British chocolate. Change my mind. Even the non premium Swiss chocolate is lovely. Milka chocolate (a mauve coloured packaging with cows on it) is lovely. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇨🇦.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

I love Milka!

[@michellee7465]

The only British chocolate I like is Galaxy. Swiss, Belgium are all my favs. 😍

[@stanettiels7367]

Yeah, Milka is just stonking.

[@stanettiels7367]

@@michellee7465 Yeah I agree with you. I’ve really got to be in the mood for chocolate, though. I’ll have a craving for it that lasts around an hour and if that passes, I can take it or leave it. That craving I have is strong though.

[@jfergs.3302]

Not sure i'd agree. Milka is very good, not Cadbury standard, but good. And once, when in St Moritz, I sampled a bunch of chocs from the Laderach store. A beautiful, high end chocolatiers. I thought their standard chocolate, plain, or with nuts, very good. Not necessarily better, but comparable. However, their fruit flavoured chocs i found very bland, really disappointing. For better, I think you have to look to Belgium. Those Guylian seashells, now they can give Cadbury a run for their money.

[@ssaunders2k]

Best British chocolate. ... hmm ... for me, at the moment has to be Cadburys Dark Milk Giant Buttons. Goes brilliantly with a hot chocolate, tea or a strong coffee. From childhood, toffee crisp and Lion bar.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Oooh can't say I've had Cadbury's dark milk giant buttons..! I'll be on the lookout

[@hairyairey]

@@AdventuresAndNaps I think there are giant Bournville buttons too. Did you miss Bournville? Interesting place as well.

[@FoodTastertv]

My fave British chocolate bar is a DOUBLE DECKER. I tried it a while back in my British candy taste testing video and LOVED IT !!!! For me it has a bit of a coffee flavour ( even thought the label doesnt say anything about coffee ) and thats why I LOVE IT !!!!

[@DavidCulshawmer-r]

@@AdventuresAndNaps dark milk is propper nice , i dare to say its slightly better than cadburys dairy milk ( ooo controversy haha )

[@jillhobson6128]

@@AdventuresAndNaps Cadbury's Boost.

[@shearerslegs]

Thanks for the video, I hope you have a great week

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks so much! You, too!

[@AndysEdits]

Loved this! I think we forget how lucky we are to have such a great selection of chocolate in the UK thanks to Cadbury, Nestle and Mars. By brand everyone has their favourite: Dairy Milk vs Yorkie vs Galaxy Wispa vs Aero Twirl vs Ripple Timeout vs Kitkat Boost vs Drifter vs Twix Starbar vs Lion Peanut vs Snickers Double Decker vs Milkyway Mini Eggs vs Smarties vs M&Ms

[@stevethewanderer1687]

Why's noone mention Thornton's? I'd take Thornton's chocolates over either Cadburys or Galaxy (or Mars, Nestle, etc.)

[@Brian-MC]

Ahh this takes me back to the first video I saw of yours were you were trying British snacks 😀. Great video. Got to be galaxy for me and bounty’s are great as well.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks Brian!!

[@pebblessmudgef1578]

They were my favourite

[@FoodTastertv]

Ive tried the Galaxy bar in one of my videos and wasnt a huge fan but I LOVE BOUNTY !!!!

[@hughfranklin3072]

You judged Bounty on the fact it was coconut, and not on the chocolate.

[@UKCougar]

"I feel like I can smell colours" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Glorious.

[@grahamash62]

Just been trawling back through the past A & Ns and found a Christmas chocolate tasting episode. You really suffer for your art Alanna

[@openviews]

Amazing. You could’ve included some Tunnocks products, these are also British chocolate.

[@FoodTastertv]

OMG I just tried TUNNOCKS in my recent video and it was very good !!!!

[@AndrewBuckleBookReviews]

Tunnocks are wonderful !!

[@delithnutkins6017]

Tunnocks omg to die for

[@kurtcraig3421]

what suprises me the most is how well that plant in the corner is doing. taking into consideration it's yours.

[@waynegazard5038]

Very rude and very funny well said.

[@millinutz]

as long as the Americans make chocolate, i'm staying in Europe! I love Aero (especially the Mint), but that was back when it was made by Rowntree's. Since it belongs to the enormous worldwide Nestles concern (that dabbles in all and anything), it seems to have a flatter taste now... but it's still good. Hey, here's a thought..., aren't the Swiss famous for their Chocolate? Ever tried Lindt, Camille Bloch or Laederach? And as an insider tip, try "Frey's" which is not only good, but also the biggest selling Chocolate by the Swiss themselves!

[@mrfox8256]

The big three companies in the U.K are Cadbury, Mars and Nestle. Mars make everything Galaxy, Mars, Twix etc and Nestle make KitKat, Smarties, Yorkie and so on 🙂

[@BongEyedBastard]

Galaxy Ripples for the win, and also I've never understood people's aversion to the Bounty, I love coconut, it's delicious.

[@FoodTastertv]

I LOVE BOUNTY !!!! It always ranks very high in my taste testing videos !!!

[@rklrkl64]

You can find Hershey's Cookies'n'Creme (the only decent tasting Hershey's - their standard Hershey's chocolate is indeed truly awful) in some UK stores - I've seen it in Home Bargains a few times for example (and not priced expensively or in some weird American section). Cadbury's Double Decker is one of the best UK choc bars - surprised you missed it out! Standard Kit Kat was always a basic staple for me - prefer it to the somewhat unwieldy Chunky version. Toffee Crisp was also a "go to" for me. Cadbury's Twirl gives you a great choc hit like the wrapper says - it's much closer to a Galaxy Ripple in form (but way better than a Ripple) than the frankly stupidly unmanageable Cadbury's Flake (only good for putting in a soft whip ice cream cone to make a "99"). Mars Bars are far too sickly even for my crazily sweet tooth, so I rarely eat them - Twix is far more palatable. Just glad you avoided the truly dreadful Fry's Turkish Delight - possibly the foulest UK confectionery ever created that contains chocolate. I suspect a large proportion of UK folks have damaged tastebuds because that's the only expanation why this rosewater jelly monstrosity is still on the market after many decades!

[@FoodTastertv]

OMG Its always great to find a fellow DOUBLE DECKER lover !!! I tried it in my British candy taste testing video a while back and LOVED IT !!! I find that DOUBLE DECKER has a hidden coffee flavour ( the label doesnt mention anything about coffee ) and thats why I LOVE IT !!!

[@lynnenolan3484]

I love Turkish delight I had one today on the drive home from work

[@briangarner8484]

excellent review. I seem to recall that US chocolate as to use adulterated milk because of the distances it has to travel, and UK milk can be delivered anywhere in country fresh (pasturised).

[@1977Harrier]

I once smelled a bag of open Hershey's Kisses and it smelled like rancid milk and no, they had not gone off. There is no comparison, only Belgian chocolate forms any sort of real rivalry with our chocolate.

[@schrodingerscat1863]

Swiss chocolate is also very good, better than Cadbury these days since the Americans messed with the recipe

[@redman6T8]

The first time I visited America I ‘had’ to try a Hershey’s chocolate bar. It was disgusting. Other sweet ‘candy’ stuff over there was great, but Hersheys 🤮

[@P5YcHoKiLLa]

There really is no comparison. Best UK chocolate is either Cadbury's or Thornton's (RIP) I tried Hershey's once, it was a gritty horrible punishment.

[@thehonestcritic6577]

Thorntons are still in business arn't they ? I know their factory in Belper Derbyshire is no longer there , im sure their Factory in Alfreton is still producing chocolate.

[@liamcollinson5695]

I do like Lily o Brian's dessert chocolates more than any other

[@bilkyasko]

Around Christmas you can usually get a tube of just the Orange Smarties alongside the mixed tubes (and this year just Pink and just Blue), which is probably going to be even more popular seeing as there's seemingly an orange version of every chocolate coming out.

[@BarkingSpiders-km7oj]

I agree with others saying Cadbury's gone downhill since being bought by Kraft. IMO the best choc found in the UK are the German brands stocked by Aldi and Lidl. My own fave is Ritter Sport. Of course, as any European knows it's Belgium that's the king or queen of chocolatiers

[@leeharveydarke]

Uh, I seem to recall you mentioning several times you're a savoury person all the way - this kind of sacrifice is Nobel prize worthy.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Doing it in the name of science lol

[@leeharveydarke]

@@AdventuresAndNaps Dr Naps surgery is open for business!

[@NicholasJH96]

@@AdventuresAndNaps I didn’t see any wagon wheels & they are British

[@rogerwitte]

First of all, fine chocolate is fine chocolate - the comparison is 'ordinary' chocolate like Cadbury vs Hershey. Regular belgium chocolate is probably even better as chocolate but I think the really unique thing about everyday British chocolate are the different textured chocolates like twirl, flake, aero or whispa - it is an idea that hershey just doesn't get.

[@PaulW4]

Besides Bobby from Austria, a double decker is the only chocolate bar I've ever had with cereal pieces or puffs in it

[@SteveGouldinSpain]

Thanks for doing this so we don't have to. Great that you take one for the team!!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Any time!

[@sparkequinox]

Btw, drinking black coffee clears the palette, so doing this in between sweet bites would make each taste as they should.

[@se4307]

I can imagine you visiting Cadbury’s World and falling out legless 🤣

[@chasfaulkner2548]

And whilst in Brum why not treat yourself to a Balti, at the Balti triangle, about 3-4 miles away?

[@usgreth]

The amount of chocolate you walked out with at the end of one of those tours was quite surprising. (Disclaimer this was a really long time ago).

[@michaelwhitcombe7749]

Being brought up and living in the UK, in was always Cadbury's for me and I find Hershey's coarse and gritty. On one of my trip across the pond I wisited the Ghirardelli factory in San Francisco and their chocolate was very smooth and creamy; more like Swiss chocolate as I remember, so not all American chocolate is terrible. Just as not all UK chocolate is cadbury's, not all US chocolate is Hershey's!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

That's fair!

[@chrisytfc879]

It is also incredibly expensive

[@Sandysand701]

You missed out on the most iconic British chocolate bar, Cadburys Flake, also Cadburys Fry's Turkish Delight should be in there. Toblerone also, but it's Swiss chocolate.

[@JacknVictor]

American made chocolate can tend to have a slight taste of vomit to it and that is because it contains a component that is in vomit, which is butyric acid (the stuff that leaves the taste of sick in your mouth/throat) so yeah. Yum. Puke chocolate. The reason being, combined also with paraffin, is to stabilise the chocolate for a hotter climate so it doesn't melt on the shelves. I'd rather keep chocolate in a cooler than put spew and Paraffin in to my chocolate to be honest.

[@krissymarklewis1793]

Cadburys was never the same since it got bought by another company and they seemed to have changed a lot of the recipes.

[@wessexdruid7598]

A US company... :-(

[@peterdavidson3890]

KRAFT bought Cadbury and certain items were shifted away from the U.K. to POLAND and the taste changed on those items (for the poorer). PROFIT was the KRAFT mantra.

[@markthomas2577]

I love a Bounty Bar ....... multi-pack preferably !

[@dickhead6419]

Best with dark chocolate.

[@gerrymccartney3561]

Award that girl a medal for being brave and putting her self through this test.

[@DerekArmsden]

I've missed these gorging videos!

[@ersmum7352]

I think galaxy is called dove in North America. Love the chocolate tasting video. I prefer Cadbury’s but malteasers are my favourite. Have you considered doing a chocolate tier list?

[@FoodTastertv]

You are correct about GALAXY and DOVE being the same !!! can you believe Cadbury has 11 different DAIRY MILK bars in Canada ?? I tried them all in one video and by the end of it was was ona sugar high LOL

[@clivemitchell43]

This all started off in 1866 with Fry’s Chocolate Cream, first mass produced chocolate bar in the world. I didn’t see that on your list! Ps you’re right about Mars and Bounty 🤢 although I still wouldn’t eat a Hershey’s 🤢🤢

[@anneheffner6389]

I was raised on Godiva chocolate (Belgian) growing up and it's one of my favorites. As an adult, I am living at a poverty level due to health reasons. I can't afford chocolate. As an American who has lived all over the world I would rate German chocolate and ice cream the best. More than likely, I bet each country has one or two better chocolates that win the taste competition. Sorry you suffered for your channel. We love you for your efforts!

[@NicholasJH96]

Best ice cream is Joes Ice Cream Welsh-Italian ice cream, if you haven’t tried it you should but would need to come to Wales for it.

[@mothmagic1]

Alanna there's a job for you somewhere as a chocolate taster. Bounty is a thin wrapper of chocolate around a large quantity of honey soaked coconut. Life is all about learning, it's even better if we can enjoy the experience as well. The straight chocolate Yorkie is the best version.

[@martincook9795]

“Please, get a hobby” 🤣🤣. But since it’s the Internet , let me annoyingly say, we don’t pronounce the T in Nougat. Or I don’t, anyway. More seriously, you have a very entertaining way of doing these vids.

[@MarcusTDM]

Yeah without the t is the newer millennial way of pronouncing it, its always had a t to me, pronounce like a nugget of gold!

[@martincook9795]

@@MarcusTDM I am 62, no millenial me :)

[@iriscollins7583]

@@MarcusTDM Nougat should be pronounced as NOOGA. It is a French word.

[@MarcusTDM]

@@iriscollins7583 it is accepted in Britain as an alternative pronunciation. Guess is depends where you live.

[@MarcusTDM]

@@martincook9795 you just look like one! 😉

[@Jamie_D]

I prefer Galaxy to it's closest Cadbury's counter parts, such as caramel to caramel (or carmel for Americans) but Cadbury's also has such a huge selection of stuff that can knock it out of the park compared to galaxy

[@FoodTastertv]

Cadbury really does have a huge selection of candy bars !!! Its insane !!! I tried 11 of their Canadian bars in just one video a while back !!!!

[@Lulu-jl5zd]

Loved this... and well done. 3 bars to consider... Bournville the plain dairy milk nom nom nom... Crunchcie - that's the hard yards on the sugar front and of course the plain chocolate Bounty in the red packet which is amazing if deep fried in a light batter. Hope you read this :)

[@johnrhodez6829]

Cadbury chocolate was wonderful until Kraft bought it and had the temerity to imagin that changing the recipe would improve things. It didn't.

[@djunior874]

The problem is, all of them have SO MUCH SUGAR inside them. They would still taste good with a quarter of the sugar. The problem is, manufacturers have had a "sugar arms race", making their products ever more sugary to compete with each other, changing the publics' palates to get used to so much sugar.

[@joshbrailsford]

Well said. And for that reason my favourite chocolate is Green & Blacks Organic dark chocolate with 85% cocoa solids. It doesn't make your teeth feel like they're dissolving.

[@FoodTastertv]

I AGREE !!!!!

[@djunior874]

@@micko5664 It could be much less and still be tasty

[@joshbrailsford]

@@micko5664 They really ought to replace their standard Dairy Milk with that reduced sugar version, as the latter still has 37% sugar by weight. The G&B's 85% cocoa solids contains only 14% sugar, and doesn't taste at all bitter.

[@AndrewBuckleBookReviews]

@@joshbrailsford Yes, that is about the only sort of chocolate I enjoy now, something with taste and not teeth dissolving (don't think they would have sold them well with that in the adverts though back in the 70s)

[@gigteevee6118]

Haven’t eaten any of these for years, lost my sweet tooth, swapped for wine 🍷🤪 a great journey down memory lane.

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Thanks for watching!

[@reefermaker]

The difference is a legal requirement. In the UK it has to have minimum 20% cocoa solids. Usual rule of thumb is to look at the percentage cocoa solids

[@matc6221]

What an awesome ol'skool A+N! 😀 If you could smell colours, I could taste this video! 👌Choc-flipping-tastic, fun. Just what I needed after a shitty week, nice one!! 😀

[@stevenclarke5606]

Wow that looks like a lot of fun, enjoy. I tried American chocolate when in Florida and I personally found it absolutely disgusting. I love British chocolate, but I’ve been to Switzerland a few times and the chocolate I had there was Amazing it was another level it was absolute Heaven! My personal favourite at the moment is Cadbury’s Dark Milk .

[@thylacinenv]

Even when blotto I've never eaten a bar of soap, thankyou Herchey I now know! Sometime ago Kit-Kat produced a five fingered version of their classic, what's not to like about five fingers of pleasure?

[@Forest_Fifer]

Ok, I legitimately just snorted...

[@malarkey2217]

I'm with you Alanna, love chocolate with a crunch. My choice is dairy milk with biscuit pieces called 'Tiffin bar'. Local supermarkets seem to have them for a month or so, then very annoyingly not at all for six months or so! 😋😋

[@danjames5552]

In Japan you can get kit kats in over 200 flavours!!! There are videos on KZbin of a shop that just sales kit kats !!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

So cool! I wish we could get them here

[@BumbleTheBard]

The reason you can tell something is Cadbury's just by looking at the colour of the packaging is that for over 20 years Cadbury held a trademark on the colour, although eventually a court ruled that the trademark was unenforceable. For myself, I have to go with Swiss. Lindt with hazelnuts.

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Well, Swiss is technically better, but it can be expensive. American isn't always bad, for some reason Reese's get their chocolate right, and I've been brought up on British chocolate so I'm biased, but let's throw a spanner into the works - German chocolate can be very good too, and not too expensive. (Belgian is nice too, but too, too SWEET!)

[@alansmith2197]

I was always led to believe that chocolate was formulated according to the climate where it is sold. I can see the case where UK chocolate wouldn't fare well in really hot climes.

[@davidleighton1763]

They change the formula for hot climates. Unfortunately the taste suffers.

[@davidcopplestone6266]

@@davidleighton1763 I heard that too. Australian chocolate is not good at all

[@bdwon]

I love your use of the Hershey's Cookies and Cream image rising up like the Empire's Cruiser near the outset of the first Star Wars movie

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

😂

[@bushchat28d]

You can give up chocloate for Lent and its a voluntary act. Go to America for any length of time and you give up chocolate because you have to. When you went for the Time Out Alanna I was taken back to your vid on Polish stuff and your reactions to the two epic wafers you tried then are still etched in my memory! Nice video :-)

[@johnm9845]

If you've been brought up in north America then your taste buds are accustomed to American chocolate. Cadburys taken over by Americans was a distinct downer for most British people. Hershey bars ,for example, are not popular in UK because American chocolate tastes awful. Many have felt sick afterwards because of the butyric acid contained in many American milk chocolate products. It is a compound found in Parmesan cheese and vomit. Judged by any criteria of what goes into product American corporate chocolate suffers by comparison to its European neighbours, particularly Swiss chocolate makers. But, if you prefer American chocolate then good luck to you. But, go on any comparison site listing the differences between American and European chocolate then you'll be in the minority if stating a preference for the former. America is famous for many things, but don't see producing decent chocolate as one of them.

[@davebirch1976]

The Yorkie bar was created by the Rowntree chocolate factory in York (now owned by nestle) kitkats and Aeros were also created here. As usual Yorkshire makes the best things 😂

[@alanvanallen7762]

Thorntons chocolate is one of my favourites,although originally a british brand from Sheffield in Yorkshire,it is now owned by italian company Ferrero since 2015,but their chocolates are now often seen in many supermarkets in the UK

[@ScottX68000]

Galaxy Caramel is my absolute favourite chocolate, Terry's Chocolate Orange is a close second.

[@FoodTastertv]

Wish we had GALAXT CARAMEL so I could include it in my Caramel Chocolate taste testing video that I just did the other day !!!

[@lesley585]

I admire your dedication to the task. Someone has to do it........

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

All in the name of science

[@tiempo34]

Hershey's tast like sick. And why? it contains Butyric acid. literally vomit taste! As far as what's the best chocolate probably has more to do with what you ate as a child. Swiss Belgium chocolate is good but I'll stick to Cadbury's.

[@teresafinch7790]

It was a sad day when Nestle bought out Rowntrees. I am one of many people boycotting Nestle, as they encourage bottle getting babies in countries where the water supply is not safe, and to people who are so poor they will be tempted to dilute it to make it go further, also they take water from poor farmers to bottle to sale to rich people, and argue that water should not be a human right. I do miss kit-cats.

[@kevanparker908]

If you are a 1950's child like me Nestles only had one product "The Milky Bar" Advertised by the Milky Bar Kid. From there over the years they went on to take over most of the British Chocolate industry!

[@kelpkelp5252]

I tried some American chocolates once and they seemed so sweetened somehow, lots of 'E' numbers etc This was a while back though.

[@Elwaves2925]

Hey Alanna. Love your food/drink vids. If only you'd got all these from trick 'n' treating strangers. UK is much better IMO. I tried to like US chocolate over a year but I found it sickly and awful. I ended up not eating chocolate until I came home. For straight chocolate, it's Galaxy for me. Aero Peppermint and Crunchies are my favourite but I can only have small amounts these days. There used to be a mint version of Munchies (called Mintola) but you can't find them these days.

[@MrnicEsmurfsmurf]

now call aftereight bites

[@FoodTastertv]

Mintola sounds delicious !!! We dont get MUNCHIES in canada otherwise id love to be able to try it in one of my taste testing videos.

[@Elwaves2925]

@@MrnicEsmurfsmurf Yeah, that's true. I always forget they exist as my local shops don't sell them, only the wafer thin version. Cheers for the reminder. :-)

[@usgreth]

Do you remember Pyramints? :)

[@Elwaves2925]

@@usgreth I didn't until I searched now and I do remember the advert. Can't say I ever tried the sweet itself though.

[@Mariazellerbahn]

A variation on the Bounty was Cabana. That had glace cherries added but it never caught on.

[@raymonde4272]

My best ever chocolate bar was the Ovaltine, available for a few years in the 1980s but not here since. Wispa and Toffee Crisp are my favourites today, though American Reeces Peanut Butter Cups are very rich and moreish.

[@GemDotThirteen]

That's a lot of chocolate! Personally I think it really depends on the brand/product. Some American chocolate is okay but some is truly awful & tastes like vomit! I'd eat all of them, apart from the Bounty... Coconut, grim, no thanks! You ever had magic stars? Love magic stars... and m&ms, yum!

[@AdventuresAndNaps]

Yasss magic stars!!

[@ysabelcook9521]

@@AdventuresAndNaps @GemDotThirteen the reason that american chocolate tastes worse is because they put butyric acid in it... And the very same acid is what is in yes you guessed it... Vomit so thats why gem you say... It tastes of vomit... And the reason british chocolate doesnt taste the same in the US? The Hershey Company owns the rights to manufacture Cadbury chocolate in the US. It banned imports of British-made Cadbury chocolate in 2015. British expats claim that Cadbury's chocolate in the US tastes nothing like its UK counterpart, but according to Hershey, there's barely any difference in the ingredients. (which is code for sure there is a difference... We just wont tell you what it is)

[@Londoneye57]

@@ysabelcook9521 Yes and they have completely ruined Cadbury

[@tabithamccauley7787]

You've made me bloody hungry!!☺ I got excited trying Hershey kisses a friend brought back from America, and nearly three up in my mouth....tried a regular Hersheys a while after...same thing🤢😖

[@fuzzlewit9]

When, usually at Christmas, people get the bite-sized mixed tubs of chocs, the ones left behind in the tubs when all the favourites have been eaten, are Bounties and Mars. I've seen this in friends and relatives houses, and it applies to my house too. So you are right, they're the least popular of the lot.

[@unclegreybeard3969]

British chocolate is basically, Cadbury's Mars Nestle Rowntree (now owned by Nestle) Interesting fact - Kitkat ingredients include broken kitkats.