American Tries British Sweets! *for the first time*

[@johnhare6652]

And with your first bite of the Cadbury bar you found out exactly why Hersheys went to court to get it banned in the USA.

[@AdeleD79]

Exactly. Cadbury is far, far superior. I tried a Hershey bar once, it made me feel sick! Like it tasted almost synthetic? Weird. But nah, that's not how chocolate should taste. Cadbury, Galaxy and Belgian chocolate, all the way.

[@jamesmansion2572]

@Ab Intra This is an interesting issue that we have grappled with since we entered the EEC and exited the EU. A bit like what a sausage is. Its very technical - but I like Cadbury's Milk more than the Bourneville, and also more than most creamy posh Swiss or Belgian chocolate. I'll admit to liking Yorkie.

[@hilaryjohns4049]

@@AdeleD79 Best chocolate is Lindt chocolate. Cadburys, Black Magic and Dairy Box were great until the 1980s. The chocolates in those days had solid filings. Now they are all full of soft and oversweet gunk. They are disgusting.

[@hilaryjohns4049]

@Ab Intra Quite agree. Lindt chocolate for me. Cadburys is very inferior. Belgian or Swiss chocolate is on another level.

[@vazatimo3000]

Ab Intra that is utter rubbish Cadbury is proper Chocolate and there are chocolates manufactures in every country including Belgium and Poland which have great chocolate

[@NickyPasquier]

I'm sorry to say this but when I tasted a Hershey's bar for the first time I thought it was horrible! Our Cadbury bars are so delicious 😋

[@rbr2023]

Snap! I felt it tastes like sick! 😖😁

[@shellygoodwin9530]

It’s absolutely grim

[@MrNigelBriggs]

Never tried American Chocolate but have heard the acid in the preservative is the similar to the acid in vomit. I don't know if that is true but that's what I heard lol

[@missqt48]

Same here! I had a Filipino friend back in high school who brought us back a bar of herseys from her holiday. Worst chocolate I’ve had in my life 🤢🤢 tasted like someone chewed it, spat it out and dipped it in melted butter!

[@EllaSketches]

Hersheys is rank

[@B-A-L]

I once had an argument with an American who claimed that Kit Kat is an American brand just because it is made by Hershey in the USA. I gave up trying to explain what a licensing deal means because I was getting so annoyed I threatened to shove a Kit Kat so far up his arse he'd be able to tell how many fingers there were!

[@Ashleigh123]

omg ive just lol at this comment haha

[@alisonscurr4395]

😂😂

[@vazatimo3000]

I know the feeling lol

[@philipmorgan6048]

He liked 4 fingers?

[@budgetboxuk]

There was a difference as well in the packaging the exported kit kats had a sealed wrapping but UK had the silver foil with the paper band.

[@Enlightened-WOLF]

take the biscuits to the next level by dipping them in a cup of tea for 2 seconds it will blow your mind

[@shellygoodwin9530]

Literally what I came here to say - put the packet of biccies down, get the kettle on and make yourself a cuppa - then pick up where you left off with the biscuits. Dunk and go.

[@sophiahunt6785]

Americans drink cold tea... The whole British way of making tea is not a thing there...tis odd. 😂

[@lollUK]

A cup of tea and dunking those bad boys is taste bud heaven 🤤

[@VC-gt8fv]

Chocolate digestives have to be dipped in Cadbury’s hot chocolate.

[@sophiahunt6785]

I love how passionate us Brits are about tea...

[@TheDiplococcus]

I had to laugh. You can actually see your eyes light up and the smile broaden as you taste the British Cadbury for the first time. It really is THAT good :)

[@MrSinclairn]

Yep,we are gradually turning him into a right,little Anglophile/Britophile!

[@pauliosantos6379]

UK cadbury's is trash compared to when it was actually cadbury's

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@pauliosantos6379 That is rubbish, it s now tasting the same.

[@cl4re4d4ms]

American chocolate does taste like sick though! Who wants that?

[@captainpeacock4442]

@@peterwilliamallen1063 I don’t know how old you are but I would imagine that if you actually think that Cadbury’s chocolate is great then my guess is you are only young.Im 62 and I bought it for many years until mondelez bought Cadbury’s out,it doesn’t resemble at all how it was years ago.They should change the name to mondelez chocolate because that’s all it is these days.Absolute Rubbish!.

[@indigomoon6422]

Accidentally stumbled across this video and watching this lad's reaction to eating the Cadbury's chocolate for the first time has made my day! 😄

[@debshutch]

It was wonderful. 😊

[@happydog3422]

Imagine a cold rainy day you've got hot tomato soup, thick crusty bread, a cup of tea and chocolate biscuits... perfect👌.

[@dtulip1]

yeah but do NOT dunk the biscuits into the SOUP by mistake ;)

[@ajandrianjafymusic]

@@dtulip1 I actually made that mistake with jaffacakes once didn’t notice until I bit it😂

[@beepboop5491]

@@ajandrianjafymusic But was it good? Sometimes sweat and savoury work well 😂

[@beepboop5491]

Oof I put sweat 🤦‍♀️ that'd be gross :')

[@ajandrianjafymusic]

@@beepboop5491 it was surprisingly okay😂

[@paulknox999]

its really strange to me but when I see an American eat a chocolate biscuit most(not all) have the chocolate facing down. Then when I see a Brit eat a chocolate biscuit most(not all) have the chocolate facing up. I have now as an experiment tried it both ways and the taste does change. both are equally as nice. I usually eat mine as a Brit chocolate facing up.

[@s4ss1n]

technically (according to the chocolate buiscuit businesss) the chocolate side is the bottom, but that doesnt denote which way it should be eaten. i eat them as it comes i take no note of which way round it is but im a cookie monster lol

[@TheOther_Kid]

Am I the only one who puts 2 together with the chocolate sides facing eachother...

[@Markus117d]

I'm a Brit, And I've always had then choco side down. Lol...

[@MrThanefull]

British here and I've always had chocolate faxing down

[@TomGodson95]

@@TheOther_Kid Same here 😂

[@rugreen5107]

What a genuine and lovely bloke. Nice one JP

[@minipoppy64]

Great video, I'm from the UK, we have Hersheys here but compared to Cadburys it's nowhere near in the same league.....I suspect the US won't import our chocolate as it would put Hersheys out of business 🍫😂 x

[@aiistyt]

Bit of perspective needed. There had to be a special agreement in the EU in order that Cadburys could continue calling its product chocolate

[@TomGodson95]

@@aiistyt What else are you going to call it?

[@aiistyt]

@@TomGodson95 I’m just giving you facts, Cadburys didn’t use enough cocoa in their chocolate to satisfy EU standards. I grew up with Cadbury’s and love it but it’s nowhere near as good as Belgian or Swiss chocolate and there’s a reason you can’t find it on the continent except where Brits go on holiday

[@richmorris2870]

Completely agree

[@davidhoward2487]

@@aiistyt Cadbury's had to change their product to halah, even their chocolate Easter eggs, had to be changed with Easter removed from the wrapping, to placate some customers who complained..guess which...

[@chasfaulkner2548]

When trying crumpets:- Toast until golden brown, spread with good quality butter, nice and thick, allow butter to melt into holes a little and consume whilst hot, best with tea but do not dunk!

[@andrewlaw]

And if the butter doesn't run down your hand you haven't put enough on!

[@chasfaulkner2548]

@@andrewlaw Absolutely, that's the best part of the experience, apart from the eating of course.

[@janicetaylor7516]

And wear a chest-protector too or crumpet butter will be all over your front. Tommee-Tippee bibs are good as you can lick the fallen butter off.

[@chasfaulkner2548]

@@janicetaylor7516 Tommy said he hasn't been licked off for ages! Ahem.

[@realburglazofficial2613]

Crumpets dunked in tea 🤢

[@Helbore]

When I went to the US years ago, I took loads of Dairy Milk bars with me and used them as currency.

[@Yaapo]

Uhh no comments?

[@damienkakoschke3099]

LOLs, it's sounding a bit like post Glasnost Russia & Jeans & cigarettes in jail! :P

[@Knappa22]

"I have the UK/US hoodie on; I got it for my birthday..." He's so adorable!

[@miaschu8175]

Baked beans on toast and chocolate digestives - both go well with a brew, and they're typical student fare. I wrote most of my essays with a mug of tea or coffee and a packet of chocolate digestives to hand!

[@SoundsToBlowYourMind]

The only problem with the chocolate digestives (especially the dark choc version!) is that they are so addictive, you can't just have one or two at a time and you end up eating half the packet!

[@paulmichaelfreedman8334]

Give me a cuppa rosie and a pack of digestives and they're gone in 60 seconds!

[@judegunn1]

Once you eat a McVities chocolate digestive, it's so hard not to reach for a second. This made me smile :)

[@vinnyganzano1930]

Hob Nobs rule😉😁😁😁

[@catharineholton49]

One is NEVER enough!!!!!

[@vinnyganzano1930]

@@catharineholton49 I agree, one packet is never enough😁👍🇬🇧🥃

[@timglennon6814]

You are the only American who has pronounced the McVitie’s right.

[@n0w3lly90]

Yep... nice job, spot on 😊

[@DFzonefd]

And caramel, most Americans say carmel

[@KeplersDream]

Named, of course, after Jack 'the hat' Mcvitie, biscuit magnate and inspiration for Gene Wilder's portrayal of Willy Wonka. He would delight the children of London's East End with the biscuits he always carried in his signature top hat. He tragically fell foul of aggressive competition from the rival Kray-Zee Kookie Kompany. (Disclaimer: truth value of this post may not apply in all areas.)

[@bobmirdiff2043]

LESSON 2: Pronunciation of Menzies and Dalziel?

[@petervenkman69]

You aren't wrong.

[@richardgregory3684]

As their name suggests "digestives" were invented and marketted as an aid to the digestion - digestive health being something of a preoccuptation with the Victorians! They are a semi-sweet biscuit using wholewheat and brown flour. There was no chocolate coating, and in fact "plain" digestives are very popular in the UK. AFAIk the main differenc ebetween UK and US chocolate is the cocoa butter content. That's the natural fat in cocoa beans. I believe that US chocolate has a considerably lower percentage and uses substitute fats, possibly synthetic ones.. Cocoa butter not only has a lot of flavour, it is what makes chocolate melt at almost exactly the temperate of the human body. Which means it melts perfectly in your mouth and coats your taste buds, giving that deep, rich and lasting flavour. Milk chocolate is MUCH more popular in the UK than most European countries. In fact the Brits are one of the biggest chocolate and sweet eaters in Europe. Other countries tend to go for very high quality chocolate, usually dark chocolate with a high cocoa level and less dairy fats.

[@robinknox3569]

When you’re next at the British shop try and find Tunnocks Tea Cakes or Tunnocks Caramel Wafers. Top UK biscuits made in Scotland.

[@rosiebottom3870]

I'm from England and they're my favourites.

[@vinnyganzano1930]

Don't forget the Caramel Logs, my personal favourite.

[@Immhotep]

Most biscuits are designed to have tea with them, so many taste plainer or stronger on their own. You can also adjust the sweetness by adding sugar to tea. Ginger nuts mellow with the tea, and the chocolate on digestives melts a little and makes the flavour better. Cadbury is good but galaxy is my gold standard, when you get a po box also request a Bournville.

[@richardpoynton4026]

The choceur chocolate bars from Aldi are brilliant, too…..

[@realburglazofficial2613]

Galaxy is god-tier chocolate

[@bushchat28d]

Galaxy is too sweet

[@Nightingalea]

Galaxy is like velvet chocolate. The taste is so smooth and creamy. YUM!!

[@Jollyjilly58]

I’m from the uk so glad you enjoyed our sweets and biscuits. I have had the peanut butter cup they are nice but sooooo sweet lol. Try the biscuits with tea they are even better

[@stananders474]

I really enjoy watching this young man's podcasts. He is a super great independed minded reporter and I know he will do well throughout his life. Btw, my rescue guinea pigs (up to 30) absolutely love ginger biscuits. Best wishes from a 70 year old UK old man.

[@nicksykes4575]

My Triton Cockatoo also loves gingernuts, as well as hobnobs and richtea.

[@alibali193]

Yes I look at him and he reminds me of my own son. He has a lovely manner x

[@Rassilon72]

I absolutely agree with you. He is an intelligent and very well mannered young man.

[@grahamhill2267]

When you try the Branston Pickle, try it in a soft white bread sandwich with cheddar cheese or Ham or even both! It’s delicious! By the way, I’m loving your videos! Much love from me here in the UK!

[@philipmorgan6048]

Bring out the Branston.

[@lakkess3889]

Has to be British cheddar though!

[@fr1day2]

a few years ago, a fire near xmas time at the branston pickle factory had ebayers tring to sell jars of branston pickle for £20 a jar

[@MsNosferatu1985]

@@lakkess3889 Oh yes proper English mature cheddar not the weird orangey US interpretation. I'm hungry now. I need a chocolate biscuit.

[@JazCorta]

@@lakkess3889 Yes, that orange thing they have there cannot taste the same as a proper Cheddar.

[@ozzyprogdomino8815]

I was working in the USA and bought a loaf of bread on arrival as part of some shopping as I was given an apartment. I put the bread in a cupboard and forgot about until I was about to leave three weeks later. I was was expecting to find a disgusting mouldy mess and was quite worried. But in fact the bread looked as good as when I bought, I was so relieved I had not eaten any, it must have been so stuffed with preservatives. You be lucky if a loaf lasts three days in the UK.

[@shaunb8]

I'm a bit and they last 1 to 2 weeks and if refrigerated or frozen (don't forget to defrost) they last 5 to 6 week so until you live in Britain don't assume things

[@shaunb8]

I'm a brit* on my God I hate auto correct

[@joshgilpin]

@@shaunb8 I'm sorry but I'm a Brit and have lived there for 23 years & most loaves of bread in our house normally start to go off after about 4-5 days certainly less useful for sandwiches past that point as they are dry or stale. American bread does seem to last much longer which is good if you're the only one eating it but its only certain types as Italian style (similar to British bloomer loaf) doesn't last more than 4-5 days.

[@leglessinoz]

I'm in Australia and our bread goes mouldy pretty quickly especially in hot weather. I don't like keeping it in the fridge because it gets dry.

[@sarahcarrette2193]

Dark chocolate digestives every time! I also put them in the biscuit tin with ginger nuts, so they pick up a slight gingery taste too, yum!

[@lemonyogurt0]

Only with blue top milk them dark chocolate digestive lol

[@andrewnairn6288]

Yip. Don't even like dark chocolate on its own but for some reason digestives gotta be dark.

[@derekclear3913]

Yep, dark choccy digestives......but they must have been in the freezer for at least 24 hours.

[@CaffeineKing]

Oh!! So clever - I have to try this now.

[@stevearmstrong9213]

The glasses of milk on the packet is part of their advertising. One of the selling points about cadburys is the high milk ratio in their chocolate. They used to advertise it as having a glass and a half of full cream milk in every big bar of chocolate. If you look at it, on the packet there are 2 glasses each with a different amount of milk, one is full, the other half full.

[@deborahcox921]

As a Brit love all the British products I drink a lot PG Tips it’s my favourite tea the Bisto gravy granules is what we use to pour on our Sunday Roasts, love beans on toast, Heinz tomato soup, Warburtons crumpets and Branston pickle which we add to our sandwiches like cheese and pickle. I’ve seen Reese bars in our supermarkets

[@PARIDABY]

I once had a bite of Hershey Bar, it was revolting! Cloying, over sweet artificial, I have no clue what they make it out of but it's not chocolate :)

[@rachelhudson8362]

I tried some and it had a weird off milk sour taste

[@pennylane9133]

Leaves a nasty after taste as well.

[@PARIDABY]

@@pennylane9133 Yep, chemicals additives and from the texture of it, lard :)

[@Tinabee1961]

I agree when an American sweet shop opened in the UK, first thing I tasted was Hershey bars and twinkies both were very disappointing, especially the 'chocolate' had a nasty smell and after taste. Cadburys all the way, (also love Lindor Lindt).

[@philipmorgan6048]

Now you know why American troops gave them away.

[@philipashley9723]

My aunt, started working for Cadbury's chocolate in the 1940s, in the plant in Moreton, on the Wirral peninsula, Cheshire, UK. She started on the packing line, putting assorted chocolates into boxes. She was told to eat as many chocolates as she wanted on her first day. She didn't eat any on the second day. 🤗

[@vanessaeden8174]

@Phillip Ashley They still do that today for staff at the Cadbury Factory

[@cherylmatthews4066]

I am 63yr old and have thoroughly enjoyed your video's, love learning the differences between USA and Uk. I am from Wales in UK 🇬🇧 in answer to a question you asked in another of your Video's...we have quite alot of Beach's here in UK 🇬🇧 some Pebbles some rocks but mostly sandy and very beautiful, our coastline's are stunning, Our beaches are graded on how Clean they are, how much Rubbish laying around etc if they pass then they are given a Blue Flag. I am from South West Wales and we have 17 Beaches around my birth town. All exceptionally beautifull. You must come to UK and tour.. Those Ginger biscuites are really good to help relieve Heartburn, my 5 children when they were teething were given ginger biscuits to help sooth gums. I love our cadburys chocolates, i could eat Reises Peanut Butter cups.mmmmm!. Xxxxx x

[@donelliot3301]

I'm from the UK and I once visited relatives in Canada years ago and took loads of family-sized bars of Cadbury's Dairy Milk with me. Needless to say, I was exceedingly popular!

[@davidjohan99]

Thought you'd like to know Joel that Cadburys change the ingredients in their milk chocolate in 2017....It was even YUMMIER before😊 Btw...if/when you make a cup of tea try dunking the digestives in the hot tea....REALLY Yummy! 👍

[@jacquiemoppett2391]

Yes I don't buy Cadbury any more it is not as good.

[@lachlanross1]

@@jacquiemoppett2391 still better than Hershey shite

[@alimar0604]

Ginger nuts are the best dunkers. They don't disintegrate 🇬🇧

[@captainpeacock4442]

Cadbury’s Chocolate is absolutely horrible these days since the Americans bought them out years ago

[@peterwilliamallen1063]

@@captainpeacock4442 Kraft may have purchased Cadbury, but since they transferred Cadbury to a subsidiary of Kraft, Mondolaz International Cadbury has been allowed to do it own thing again.

[@simonjones7727]

I remember a New Yorker cartoon about whether somebody wanted baked beans on toast because they were British, or because they were insane. Britain can be quite a snobby country sometimes but there is also a core of things that are shared by everyone whether you are Kate Moss, HM Queen or the lowliest worker and beans on toast is one of those things. Like buttered toast as a treat during the day for adults it is one of those things that transcends class. Everyone has cheered themselves up by making it at some point, usually at a time when the spirit is flagging a bit like a Sunday teatime.

[@cazzaa5012]

Or the morning after the night before..best cure for a hangover, strong milky tea and hot buttered toast 😋

[@YaYa-ke1zr]

That is so interesting to me! I had heard a similar story when I was visiting London many years ago. In a random conversation with the owners of a bed/breakfast, they mentioned making a quick meal for Diana Princess of Wales when she was visiting a friend (post divorce). I was totally taken aback when I asked what she requested: beans on toast. I couldn’t wrap my mind around the fact that a person who could request any food from any part of the world would request … beans on toast.

[@johnfisher4214]

Love Cadbury chocolate and Chocolate digestives, the ginger are good too, especially when dunked in hot tea.....try it. Love your videos....please keep it up.

[@cliveshorters5078]

Hi there JP We have a version of your first item called Cadbury Caramel. One of the main reasons Hershey don't like the sale of UK chocolate down to the amount of coco butter Cadbury UK use compared to the US version

[@peterd788]

It was mostly a legal matter. Hershey had the US licensing rights to Cadbury for many years and their versions of Cadbury products were so different to the original that allowing the sale of the original in the US would damage their brand.

[@allenwilliams1306]

There are, indeed, UK regulations on the minimum proportion of cocoa butter in a chocolate product that is necessary to call it “chocolate” at all. If it falls below, it can only be described as “chocolate flavoured”. Joel should realize if he is tasting British things that the authorities are hot on the precise descriptions applied to many foodstuffs in the UK, and to mis-describe any product is a criminal offence. For example, “orange flavoured drink”, “orange drink”, “orange squash”, “high juice orange squash”, “orange juice from concentrate” and “orange juice not from concentrate” are all different things. Also, prepared foods such as confectionery have to have a list of ingredients, in descending order of their content, printed on the packaging. Those ingredients which are emphsized in the overall description of the product also have to specify the minimum proportion of the whole which they constitute. For instance, Cream of Tomato soup will state the minimum proportion of it that is tomato (and cream, for that matter, because “Cream of Tomato” implies the inclusion of some cream, but “Creamed Tomato Soup” is deemed not to).

[@euronick61]

@@allenwilliams1306 Scottish Smoked Salmon and Smoked Scottish Salmon is another example .. the first description is salmon that is smoked in Scotland but the fish could be from anywhere and the second description is salmon sourced from Scotland

[@spoop2111]

Hersey apparently use Milk from powder, whereas Cadbury is pure fresh Dairy from cows (hence the name).

[@steevenfrost]

Chocolate digestive biscuits are perfect for dunking in tea or coffee. The melting chocolate just elevates the flavour. Gorgeous.

[@polheg1]

Noooooo..... Yuck!

[@MrAcidKnight]

Oooof, branston with a cheese sandwich. Especially some good mature cheddar.

[@martinbutler9999]

Has to be an proper bread, not the mass produced cotton wool type, something like a bloomer, or French stick do they have French sticks in the US?

[@dominicryan8308]

Under the cheese on cheese on toast!! Nom nom nom 😋

[@colinp2238]

Good with cheese on toast too.

[@rosfow]

I wish I could like this more than once!

[@ApiaryManager]

If you enjoyed Cadbury chocolate, you'd have enjoyed it even more pre-2010 when they were taken over by an American company. The original Cadbury chocolate was something special! The Americanised Cadbury is very similar to a Hershey bar so is neither one thing nor the other. People here (UK) hate the taste of Hershey chocolate - I don't know anyone who says they like it! Hey, here's a tip for you: dunk (dip) your McVities biscuit in your cup of coffee (just enough to soften it a little - don't leave it in too long or it will disintegrate). It's much better that way! :-D

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

Was watching a news feed the other day, apparently the Cadbury family retained the rights to the original chocolate recipe, and there are rumours that the descendants of the original owner are planning on starting up their own company again, obviously not as Cadburys, and marketing the original recipe again. There was a lot of support from those the reporter talked to for the project.

[@cannyexplorer5357]

I so agree that the taste today is awful. I stopped buying cadburys chocolate after the takeover in the U.K. Still get my chocolate hit but never with cadburys.

[@mikeantonio3163]

I think they changed from butter to palm oil. It used to literally melt in the mouth. It seems to be sweeter than it was but maybe I've grown up.

[@tinataylor7313]

It was kraft USA that took over cadbury's I live in Bournville in Birmingham, George Cadbury would be turning in his grave I reckon but I think it was his great or great great grandchildren that sold cadbury's

[@hlwhhlwh2351]

@@MayYourGodGoWithYou The great great great grandson (I think I have got enough greats) has his own chocolate company, organic, Love Cocoa. Not cheap but worth every penny. His truffles are to die for, especially the liquid salted caramel truffles.

[@fiona4423]

McVities do special edition Digestives too. At the moment, they have a Christmas Pudding version and a Gingerbread version. They’re both delicious.

[@CarolineThomas76]

Mince pie ones now too

[@shaunb8]

Ikr I'm gonna stock up on the gingerbread ones before they are gone cos they are my fave J

[@prezzeruk4054]

Gravy is a rich sauce we pour over roast dinners! Dont try it on its own.

[@danosverige]

@Ben Wilcox - You spelt "under" wrong!

[@TomGodson95]

@Ben Wilcox if its store bought yeah, make it yourself and its lovely! especially when you mix in chicken juices

[@jillhobson6128]

Americans don't know the meaning of real gravy. Their's is absolutely disgusting

[@stewrmo]

He's lying. We Brits pour it on our cornflakes....🤫🤣

[@marydavis5234]

@@jillhobson6128 Not All Americans, I make my own gravy.

[@gammock9871]

I've just come across your channel. The comparison is a great concept. I was fascinated. Good luck with your kitchen and all your future videos!

[@richclark-cribbensuk2185]

I've watched so many of your reaction videos from Richard Dawkins through to comedy and to ones like this. And I just wanted to say I really enjoy the respectful and honest way you do them. You seen genuinely interested and they're always honest and engaging and its really good to see. Thank you so much and keep up the good work buddy 👍

[@anenglishlife7210]

I’ve had Hershey’s when I lived in the US.... it had an awful aftertaste like sour milk. There really is no comparison with U.K. chocolate or Belgian/Swiss chocolate.

[@savinaking8637]

Yes you are right lindt chocolate, Thornton's continental blend and toblerone. Can you imagine if toblerone made chocolate spread?.

[@marydavis5234]

the Milk in Hersey Chocolate from the US has butyric acid in it, it keeps the chocolate from melting when being shipped to different states as some US states can get up to over 100 degrees during the Summer, I eat Nestle candy bars myself. the US Cadbury bars are even worse than Hesheys

[@Ghost_Cal_]

I don’t know if this is true but somebody said Hershey has a bit of vomit in it could be a lie or it could be true

[@anenglishlife7210]

@@Ghost_Cal_ I think the acid they put in Hershey’s to stop it melting is also found in vomit.

[@Ghost_Cal_]

@@anenglishlife7210 yeah that’s probably right

[@stevemoss7793]

Someone else may have commented already, but the McVities Digestive is a plain (ie not coated) biscuit that goes really well with a cup of tea or coffee. The chocolate digestive is available both with milk chocolate as you tried, or with dark chocolate.

[@lynbruce2770]

my daughter has a friend in New York and a few years back they sent each other a box full off snacks for Christmas my daughter was not so keen on the American snacks but her friend loved the UK snacks

[@nigelwalker2668]

I loved the video. The way your face lit up when you tried the Dairy Milk! 👌🏻 I also loved that you worked your way through a load of brands; but it’s left you with a totally random selection of products, from chocolate and biscuits, through blackcurrant cordial, to gravy granuals! You’re definitely going to need a cooked dinner to try the gravy on!

[@lois7799]

As a Brit, good choices of food. I can agree with you about the Cadbury and Hershey’s. I tried Hershey’s and was quite disappointed. It’s a shame US doesn’t have proper Cadbury’s.

[@sleepyfox8983]

Great selection of decent branded UK stuff, great job. Ginger Nuts are definitely a lot better dunked in tea or coffee :)

[@XFPIt]

As a red head I always get worried about people dunking ginger nuts

[@christinamoxon]

Agreed, best way to eat a ginger bickie. Although rich tea are more commonly used for dunking.

[@philbarber8324]

Just a word of warning regarding the crumpets. They are wonderful covered in butter (some people add a little jam on top as well) but make sure you grill/toast them fully. Otherwise, an underdone crumpet is disgusting ....

[@steveray2529]

Absolutely. You can't beat a well-grilled crumpet smothered in butter!

[@samantharichardson6956]

Ooooo and a bit of marmite or Nutella

[@shaunm3206]

With a cup of tea!

[@camerachica73]

@@steveray2529 smothered in butter and honey!

[@BomberFletch31]

Perhaps that's what I've been doing wrong. I have tried crumpets once and didn't like them.

[@jamhough22]

I also like mcvities chocolate hobnobs they are an oat based biscuit. Also, don’t let the air get to the biscuits as overtime they go soggy. Any biscuit goes well with a cup of tea, but especially chocolate digestives: break in half, dunk in briefly and then eat, don’t let it get soggy otherwise it will end up in the bottom of your mug. Speaking of which.. Cup of tea: teabag in mug, boiling water onto teabag, infuse with a teaspoon, gently swirl and squeeze for about 30 ish seconds, teabag out, add your desired milk quantity, usually so its similar colour to a digestive, add sugar if desired. Boom, cup of tea. Also on the subject, Bisto is a gravy used when we have a roast dinner/sunday roast, it should be fairly thick when made, goes well all over your roast, all over everything.

[@Cinesta76]

Don't forget that when you get to try the juice you need to add it to water. Many reaction videos I've seen have the person drink it neat then wonder why it tastes wierd

[@KathleenMc73]

Yeah, I've seen those too. The fact that it's got blackcurrant in it will blow his mind as it's still illegal to grow blackcurrants in the States I think (although I think I read that they might be introduced into certain areas).

[@Thurgosh_OG]

@@KathleenMc73 Not illegal any more but not known widely because of the previous ban.

[@demonic_myst4503]

Mean sqoush juice you dint add to water sqoush you add to water

[@carollabrose8119]

Why is it illegal to grow blackcurrants in America?🤔

[@demonic_myst4503]

@@carollabrose8119 years ago a blackbery plant was improted and it carried a fungus that killed white pine trees, usa banned them because it devasted the lumber industry

[@Gaga-ob1fn]

Mcvities digestives also have a plain (dark) chocolate variety. They are so good. When you have a P.O. Box I can send you some 👌

[@aiistyt]

I live in Belgium and have to hunt for them - the very best

[@areadhead]

The dark ones are my favourite too. I wonder what percentage of buyers prefer each type

[@maxinejacobson4006]

I always took Jacob’s Orange Club back to the US from Scotland; everyone loved them, they’d never tasted anything like it.

[@tbirdparis]

FYI, the reason why regular supermarket brand chocolate in the US has a fundamentally different taste to pretty much anywhere in the world is because of this: In the early days of mass producing chocolate, some manufacturers started using what's called "the dutch process" which involves treating the cocoa with an alkaline, in order to temper its natural acidity. The thing is, like most chemical processes in food production, it's just a cheap and fast way to achieve a result that can actually be done way better with longer fermentation and better quality ingredients - which obviously cost more. In the case of "dutching", one side effect is that it also creates a kind of acrid undertone in the flavour profile. If you're not used to it or expecting it, then it tastes really weird - in fact, it's the reason why so many people from outside the US describe Hershey's as tasting like vomit the first time they try it. Now, what happened in the US is that back in the day, even Hershey's tried to ditch that process after it became more cost-effective and easier to make chocolate in a more natural way. But to their surprise, the US public had already become so accustomed to the flavour of alkalised cocoa that people actually complained about the change. So they had to go back to making it that way. Meanwhile in the rest of the world, nobody has gotten accustomed to that taste profile - they're all used to the objectively better baseline taste of chocolate that isn't chemically treated in this way. So if they ever try Hershey's, it just tastes cheap and weird to them. Anyway there you go, that's the reason why Americans are surprised there's such a difference in taste whenever they try regular supermarket chocolate from outside the US.

[@BlameThande]

Interesting, I knew some of that but not the full story. People here in the UK tend to think all Hershey's products are awful because of that tendency with their standard chocolate bars, but they do some stuff that's perfectly fine (like their cookies and cream white chocolate) because that factor doesn't apply.

[@tbirdparis]

@@BlameThande you're welcome. Btw, I'm not from the US either, so the first time I ever tried Hershey's chocolate it was quite a surprise to me too... It tasted so obviously weird that I remember even looking for the use by date on package to check if it hadn't gone off!

[@legend9335]

Someone told me years ago that Hershey add something to the chocolate to help prevent it melting in the high temperatures the USA experiences. I wouldn`t know if that is true or not.

[@tbirdparis]

@@legend9335 never heard that myself, but it sounds pretty dubious. It gets just as hot or even hotter in plenty of other countries too, so you'd think they'd all do the same if that were the case.

[@dmm9714]

And is it also something to with transporting the milk across America in the past? Something was done to it so it would travel.

[@ojonasar]

9:17 - I prefer the dark chocolate version. Don’t buy them that often, not because I don’t like them (I do), but because once opened, the whole packet WILL be eaten, and pretty quickly. Buy them as an occasional treat. Yummy.

[@vinnyganzano1930]

Me too but I can't indulge as much thanks to diabetes 😭😭😭

[@vjpearce]

I love digestives. The plains ones crushed up make the most amazing bottom layer for cheesecakes. When you come to try the Robbinson squash don't drink it straight. You "MUST" dilute it first. You don't have a comparison to it in the US.

[@Tonyblack261]

I suspect the US version of Cadbury contains corn syrup. In my time in the US, everything seemed to contain it.

[@TarnishUK]

I tried Hershey for the one and only time some years ago when I first started WW2 living history in a US group. I was really surprised by it, really, really unpleasent with to me at least a strong aftertaste of vomit. Absolutely foul.

[@TarnishUK]

On a more positive note though I love Reese's. 😁

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

@@TarnishUK I tried some for the first time yesterday. To me the chocolate was OK but a bit too sweet, while the peanut butter had a distinctly salty taste to it, but no real taste of peanuts. Not bad but not something I would consider great either. Edible if you like super sweet outside and a salty inside, but I'm not really a fan of this taste.

[@philipmorgan6048]

If you like vomit, it's the bar for you.

[@tabitha4135]

Yuck 🤮

[@lindyashford7744]

Oh, absolutely! Like a kind of bilious deterrent to eating chocolate! I remember reading about them sending Hershey bar to Europe after WW2 and thinking those must have been some extremely hungry people to have enjoyed them. Cadbury’s is very moreish chocolate but European chocolate is really wonderful.

[@christinewilliams1294]

The digestive should have choc on top with a cup of tea. Buy a tin of Quality streets ,celebrations , have a selection of chocolates crumpets put them in the toaster not too long with real butter and strawberry/blackcurrant jam. The Swiss make amazing chocolate as well. Good luck with you taste test. Forgot to say Bisto is poured over meat/ turkey, a steak etc , look it up on KZbin

[@philiptodd7062]

We have a Cadbury caramel bar in the U.K.

[@miaschu8175]

Yep, and it's way too sweet!

[@michelletrudgill4573]

Digestive biscuits are usually plain and were eaten to aid digestion, hence the hame.. they need a cupper ( tea or coffee) as they are dry. Enjoy. Also good if you have a stomach bug and can't eat they help.

[@matthill3293]

I just buy them to bash up and use as a base for cheesecake.

[@Cinesta76]

I was going to say the same thing 😃😃

[@lynnhamps7052]

Cuppa, babe :) but you're absolutely right x

[@Codex7777]

*cuppa :)

[@janetsislandlife4486]

😄😄 I loved watching you try for the first time things we enjoy regularly!!! I'm British and live on the Isle of Man in the Irish Sea. You must dip ginger nuts and digestives in your tea though!!

[@johnwelsh2152]

Can’t wait to see him drink some “Bistro”. It’s going to be hilarious 😂 😂😂

[@shawnharrison9922]

Bless him 😂

[@alisongrant5864]

Maybe his mum will make him a nice steak pie with it 😂

[@annemariestewart8233]

let him try bisto gravy granules id pay good money to to see that and oxo cubes

[@vanessaeden8174]

What about Bovril

[@annemariestewart8233]

@@vanessaeden8174 lmao bovril worra bout bisto gravy granules? pmsl

[@Mike-James]

American Companies aren't always honest when it comes to certain things like British chocolate, they don't want you to know how good they are.

[@andysutcliffe3915]

Ever since Kraft bought Cadbury’s, they have been trying to drive down the quality in the UK to make it cheaper to produce, but they are hampered by the food regulations.

[@kp-qr6hy]

@@andysutcliffe3915 Andy Kraft sold Cadbury several years ago ,money trouble,half the Cadburys sold in the uk is produced in Ireland and Poland,it's getting worse all the time ,it like catching A falling knife

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States

[@kevincasson9848]

Loved this video son! You're very entertaining and articulate 👌👍

[@markcreitzman8728]

Most snacks are pretty similar although Hershey’s Kisses are very reminiscent of the taste in your mouth when you’ve just thrown up

[@user-jv7ig6ie5b]

That's EXACTLY the reaction I had when I tried them. Vile.

[@SA-qm3bp]

I was about to say the same thing. Hershey’s chocolate is absolutely disgusting

[@folkme3042]

They must be a big seller Lol.

[@johnmcgurn8921]

I love digestive biscuits as well - especially the dark or plain chocolate variety. I don’t know why but they seem to taste better when you bite into them with the chocolate side uppermost.

[@barbaracartwright2737]

Great reaction to the Cadbury's chocolate! The Mc'vities biscuits also come without chocolate , which are also a really good biscuits, really good with cheese too 😋 The Branston pickle is good with cold meet or cheese on a sandwhich ,just don't spread it too thick! When you eat the crumpets toast them on both sides great with butter and ok with jam too. ( think you call it jelly?) Great video !

[@improvesheffield4824]

Nice reaction. If you like chocolate digestives I think you’ll love chocolate hob nobs! The main difference being that it’s an oat based biscuit rather than a wheat based one. Of course you can get them both without chocolate as well.

[@sooevers9411]

Oh Hob nobs take choccie biccies to a whole new level. Chocolate Hobnobs are my favourite

[@MrBaronCabron]

Chocolate Hobnobs are the GOAT of biscuits. I never buy them because once I have one the packets gone.

[@savinaking8637]

My daughter told me that Cadbury dairy milk is extra creamy in Ireland. Good chocolate should be sucked slowly to get the best flavour, don't bite it. Cadbury caramel is quite sickly sweet. My Aunt from America wanted a Cadbury chocolate bar, a cup of tea and a pork pie (you should buy one from a butchers that makes their own, still warm from the oven) when she came back to England. Oh you should try galaxy chocolate as well, that is really good as well. The gravy you bought is good but if you can get the same thing in a jar it's even better and it's gluten free. Gravy with a Sunday roast lunch, with what Americans like to call "pop overs", the English call them Yorkshire pudding (if it's one large one, or small ones Yorkshire's), a REALLY GOOD recipe is Tom Kerridge's, it always turns out superb. Read a good book and let the chocolate melt on your tongue, it's heavenly. The thing that I would like to get all the time here is Jolly Ranchers, especially the watermelon flavour. If you slightly over cook those crumpets they will be better and try to get some Cadbury chocolate spread in a jar as when spread on crumpets it melts and goes into all the little holes. You should eat over a side plate if you put honey or golden syrup on. A cold snowy day, a good walk and home to tea or hot chocolate and crumpets toasted in front of a fire, pure bliss!.

[@wellersmate]

Oh wow I just watched more of your video - you have a feast ahead of you!!!! Brantson Pickle is delicious in a cheese sandwich- beans on toast a staple for most people on a budget or students! And the people who find general cooking a challenge lol. Enjoy! Btw I love my biscuits dunked in tea!!!

[@evboi35266]

You really need a homemade roast dinner, with roast potatoes, mash, Yorkshire puddings, onion gravy, fresh roast Chicken or whatever meat you want, UK pigs in blankets and ofc vegetables:) I’m hungry now ….. ugh

[@jules.8443]

I have found the Bisto gravy in the jars, dissolves better than the tub gravy. I always got a furry feeling on my upper gum from the tub gravy. I never have that problem from the glass jar version.

[@JakeGlobox]

love a roast dinner!! And pigs in blankets are to die for

[@BourbonJRA]

Don't forget the stuffing.

[@evboi35266]

@@BourbonJRA oh yeah yummy

[@showmoke]

@@jules.8443 - powder is best!

[@dwein22]

Had Hershey’s once, never again! Have American friends who always take back British Chocolate to the USA when they come over as they believe it's better than what they can get at home.

[@romystumpy1197]

Yes its bloody vile.

[@Revolución_Socialista]

"Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States

[@dwein22]

@@Revolución_Socialista - try calling anybody from outside the USA "American" get ready to run. The USA is the only country in the Americas to have the word "America" in the country name. "American" is generally taken to mean a US citizen.

[@lunavelvet-moon3931]

We dip our biscuits in our white tea or coffee . Try chocolate hobnobs they are the best . Try grated cheese in your beans for beans on toast .

[@roysimpson9711]

You should try the plain chocolate digestives You start the pack and then before you know it , Its gone and you Cant move for an hour British chocolate is amazing

[@kerryannestevenson6099]

Put the Digestives out of reach otherwise the whole packet will be gone in a flash,same with the Cadbury chocolate bar,

[@lindaskinner350]

The digestive biscuit should be eaten with the chocolate facing up (that’s how we brits eat it) also try it dipped in tea - delicious

[@PASwiftUTube]

Ginger nuts are best eaten with a pot of tea. If you are alone, dunk one in the tea delicious! Try a Cadbury Flake, they are also wonderful. Also Basset Jelly Babies, always fun to bite their heads off!😂 You definitely made good choices, I love all the British candy you chose.

[@samanthaworledge7207]

I love chocolate digestives they are so addictive and great with tea! Can't wait to see you try proper beans on toast, add cheese for optimum taste!

[@myeditsworld6921]

Your videos are amazing! Subscribed🥰

[@philipcochran1972]

Hershey doesn't want the competition because they know they'll lose Look at the ingredients. They are in order of quantity, most first to least last. I understand Hershey's first ingredient is sugar, Cadbury's is Cocoa. Now you know how 'oppressed' you are in the USA and you didn't know it

[@jeanetteyuile2851]

We eat Cadbury chocolate here in New Zealand. Happy to see you enjoyed it.

[@alphatucana]

I like the Ginger Nuts and other plain biscuits with butter on them (one one side only). They can also be dunked in tea for a second or two (with the butter on them just the same). It improves both the biscuits and the tea.

[@philipemery5898]

Glad to see you have PG tips! Biscuits are so much better with a brew. Digestive biscuits are my favourite, especially the dark chocolate ones and then the ginger biscuit. You do get reeses and Hershey’s here, I do occasionally buy them, but I do prefer Cadbury.

[@KathleenMc73]

You definitely need to make yourself a cuppa and dunk the ginger nut biscuit in your tea. It will be a lot easier to eat that way. Don't dunk for too long tho or you'll end up with a ginger nut submarine on the bottom of your cup!!!

[@adeledavies8428]

I personally would only eat those biscuits you have with a cup of tea.

[@fionagregory9376]

Tetley's make tea bags make tea.

[@fluffy_potato6070]

Yorkshire tea for life ✊

[@neilcorbett5353]

Cadbury used to produce a chocolate bar called Old Jamaica, it was good of the gods, run flavoured raisins mmmm!

[@michelemartin3642]

Aw, remember that, it was delicious. It makes me reminisce, as I haven't had one for decades ?

[@wellersmate]

Also I love Reeces peanut butter cups. Family used to send them to me but they are now readily available here in the uk! They also used to send us Pringles in the 70s & 80s which I would savour to the very last crisp! They too are now available here!

[@margaretmclagan1908]

You need to dip the ginger nuts in a cup of tea(hot) so they can melt. Yum.

[@marje8249]

When it was taken over they changed the recipe, the previous Cadbury’s was amazing.

[@songsmith31a]

And now tell us just who took over Cadburys - it makes intriguing reading.

[@robbirobin9657]

And Cadbury's used to be a different and better shaped chunk.

[@lo1079]

@@songsmith31a Kraft, I think.

[@songsmith31a]

@@lo1079 Thank you. The decision to "meddle" with what worked so well was foolish and surely counter-productive in terms of known reputation in terms of popular taste.

[@lo1079]

@@songsmith31a agree, although I still do like Cadbury's, but have heard a few people say it tastes different now. I feel bad for US people who only have Hershey's. Having seen it on films etc. all my life, I too was disappointed when I tasted it.

[@davidtemple5934]

Try the crumpet toasted , not in a toaster but under a grill/broiler , bottom done first then the top with just butter first . Then try it with some cheddar cheese on the top so it melts into the air holes , you may find it slightly addictive .

[@KevinRogers80]

As a Brit living in Amsterdam, I’m soo jealous that you were able to get your hands on those digestives, I can’t even order them just now because of Brexit 😂 Also, was absolutely adorable to see how excited you got over them 😄

[@claireh1792]

I’ll send you some if you like 😄

[@KevinRogers80]

@@claireh1792 awwwwww 😊

[@MayYourGodGoWithYou]

We can still get them here though (Ireland). In fact the problem we seem to have is that a lot of the UK food stuff is getting through still and on to the shelves but the supermarkets all report serious supply problems with items coming in from mainland Europe. Aldi especially having warnings up everywhere stating that they can't guarantee that items will be on the shelves - especially a lot of the Christmas specials in food - because of serious supply and delivery problems.

[@rizer5795]

Great video, love the surprise on your face with the first chunk of Cadbury Dairy Milk 😊. When you get to the PG Tips try dunking a chocolate digestive biscuit in the hot tea too 😋

[@roslyncoward3222]

Cadbury's Dairy Milk, the best, love it!! I do love Reece's Peanut Butter Cups though, I love anything with peanut butter. In the UK we have Peanut Butter Kit-Kat, yum! We all love a chocolate digestive here and a ginger biscuit is enhanced by dunking it in a cup of tea! Tfs, I enjoyed it, and particularly your reaction to the Cadbury's!!

[@philiptodd7062]

Ginger biscuits are perfect with tea

[@johnfrancismaglinchey4192]

Hi. JPS. try the dark chocolate biscuits ,,,👍

[@emmastone8147]

Digestive are Biscuits. you would call them cookies. They are Not sweets or treats really the Brits have them with a cup of hot tea with milk in the tea and we do something called dunking. You dunk the biscuit to the point of virtually melting there is a knack to catching it before the biscuit breaks and lands in your tea. it's a must try if you want the true brit experience of tea and biscuits

[@Codex7777]

In the Uk, for something to be called chocolate, it has to have a LOT more cocoa solids in it, as minimum, than chocolate does in the States. I think in the US it can be as low as 10%. That wouldn't be classed as chocolate in the UK. There also tend to be a lot more additives in US chocalate, than in British and European chocolate. Btw, although Britain makes some amazing chocolate, the best chocolate in the World is undoubtedly Belgian! :)

[@lynnstewart7034]

I agree, Cadbury’s is good but Swiss, Belgian and Dutch chocolate is even better.

[@aiistyt]

Cadbury is not considered chocolate in mainland Europe.

[@gerardflynn3899]

I couldn't agree more on the Belgian chocolate.

[@101steel4]

Cadbury is our basic stuff. It's basically our version of Hershey's, just better. There's far better quality chocolate in the UK to be had.

[@bigdaddigaming]

I'm British but I've lived in the us 21 years and honestly there's a significant difference between actual Cadbury and Hershey version of Cadbury, Hershey unless they completely copy Cadbury's UK recipe they'll never be as good but that being said the Hershey version of Cadbury is far better than Hershey own brand Those are chocolate Digestives, you can get Digestives without the chocolate obviously just called Digestives, Ginger nuts are great for dunking in tea Be looking forward to the rest of the taste test

[@julia2jules]

Sadly over the last 6 to 9 years the taste, texture and melting point of UK Cadbury’s has changed. Very subtle changes but not as good as it used to be. The year mondelez changed the chocolate on the crème egg was awful

[@bigdaddigaming]

@@julia2jules seriously, that's so sad that Cadbury has allowed that to happen

[@stevenrawlings4663]

Enjoying your video's! Hi, I'm Steve from the UK & the best way to enjoy your biscuits is to dunk them in a hot cup of your PG Tips!! Only dip them in for a couple of seconds at a time though or you may loose some in your brew.

[@rachaelbullmore48]

Your reaction to Cadbury's chocolate was good to see. Looks like you enjoyed it. Here in the UK Cadbury's are king for affordable chocolate snacks, but if you really want a luxury chocolate brand from the UK, Thornton is a great choice. Special occasions like birthday, Easter or Christmas are great for getting a Thornton's selection, and they do a fabulous Halloween range too. Expensive but well worth a try. The flavours are richer and smoother too. Nice vid.

[@philipdouglas5911]

Pity Cadbury's was bought by Kraft who did not know they were onto a good thing. The quickly changed the recipe for the bar that you are eating and it is now not as good as it was. Certainly less creamy.

[@sallyomahony7440]

Try Hotel Chocolat. Despite the name it’s a British firm and much better than Thorntons.

[@rachaelbullmore48]

@@sallyomahony7440 I agree and totally forgot about Hotel Chocolat. Its very expensive but amazing quality chocolate

[@WardieChimps]

@@sallyomahony7440 I find Hitel Chocolat too bitter tbh. But Hersheys? Eeuch!