Americans Tasting UK Sweets and Snacks | Snack Mail

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Definitely check out Katt & Kitty Gaming!! (Link to their channel in video description) So what’s your favorite out of all the items we tried in this video?

[@KattandKittyGaming]

Hey, thanks for the shout-out, friends! We had a lot of fun working on your intro!

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Once again, thanks a bunch for creating it!! It’s absolutely perfect!

[@MrGazzw]

I'm from the uk myself and love most of them too. The tea is best If you put the teabag in the cup 1st then pour boiling water slowly over it, this allows the tea to brew quicker, and in some cases enough to remove the bag a few seconds after filling the cup, some flavoured tea can be a little weaker so may need bunking in and out of the cup a few times, then with all bags you give it a little squeeze over your cup to retain as much flavour as possible from the bag.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

We didn’t know that pouring the hot water over the tea bag causes the tea to brew quicker...how interesting! Thanks for the tips 😊

[@MrGazzw]

@@FromtheHobbitHoleThat's how I've always done mine and the bag is never in the cup longer than 40 seconds, a little squeeze of the bag against the side of the cup with a spoon can help if the bag puffs up, as this expels the trapped air, to which can also aid in a quicker brew time, just not so hard as to burst the bag open. I personally don't take sugar in tea 🍵 or coffee ☕ but I do milk for normal black teas, this I find doesn't really effect the subtle flavour differences, but flavoured and green tea I don't as they tend to be better without milk, especially green tea 🍵 as it makes it look a little unappealing.

[@RainaMcGump]

Those flavour squashies are great! And now you've tried them all! Another great video guys, I'm glad you enjoy the snacks we have here across the pond!

[@abbigeorgia]

Sianie90 they haven’t tried the rhubarb and custard yet!

[@leahtigg5533]

@@abbigeorgia I just sent them some rhubarb and custard boiled sweet along with some other boiled sweets for them to try

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

There’s a new Squashies flavor?!?! That’s exciting!! Rhubarb and custard sounds delicious!

[@RainaMcGump]

@@abbigeorgia ooooh I havent tried those ones yet! I need to try them!

[@jennetscarborough5145]

You can always add slightly less boiling water, and then, once brewed, top up with cold water or a couple of ice cubes to quickly cool it to a drinkable temperature. Don't forget that with a standard black tea, most Brits will have added cold milk and/or sugar and stirred vigorously, all of which will lower the temperature somewhat.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

You bring to us great input and for that we thank you! 💚💛

[@vickytaylor9155]

Milk doesn’t go in fruit or herbal teas so you were fine. My favourite is Twinings Saint Clements which is orange and lemon. It is named after an English nursery rhyme which talks about London landmarks.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Oh man...that would’ve been bad if we did have milk and put it in that tea! Thanks for letting us know. Which nursery rhyme are you referring to?

[@vickytaylor9155]

It is called oranges and lemons and it talks about the poverty in London at that time and of the different landmarks of the day. The first few lines are “ Oranges and lemons say the bells of Saint Clements. You owe me five farthings say the bells of Saint Martins.When will you pay me says the bells of Old Bailey (these are our high court), when I grow rich say the bells of Shoredich. It has a very grizzly end which I won’t go into but you can look that bit up after you have your baby. Sadly most of our nursery rhymes have a sinister or depressing meaning behind them, such ring a ring of roses a pocket full of posies. This was about the Black Death.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Never heard of the Oranges and Lemons nursery rhyme, but Ring of Roses we have heard of and remember singing as a young child. It’s interesting how nursery rhymes have such a dark story behind them...which we were taught that the reason for that was to teach the young children to be careful of the bad things that can happen in life.

[@Steve10578]

7:43 - Being you did a Chocolate Factory quote don't you mean Scrumdiddlyumptious and not just scrumptious. LOL

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Haha! We sure do!! 😉😁

[@dukedepommefrite]

You guys are cool cause you're really down to earth and you take the time to properly rate stuff. I enjoyed watching your videos (I'm a Brit.)

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Oh my...thank you so much! 😊 we really enjoy doing this and it’s great to hear when our friends from across the pond enjoy what we do 💚💛

[@stephenbarnard8672]

Hi Nathan & Hailey, another varied selection of sweetie goodies some of which I've never seen so I am learning too. never ever thought I would see Hailey give a liquorice flavoured item a 10, lol. trust you are both well and I would like to wish you both a very Happy Thanksgiving day for tomorrow, I hope you are not caught up in that awful snowy weather I saw on the BBC news tonight. Best wishes..

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Hello Stephen, it’s fun when we try things that some of you viewers haven’t even tried! And it was a shock to see Hailey give that licorice toffee a 10!! Thank you for the thanksgiving day wishes, and I’ll let you know that we don’t have to deal with the snow that some parts of our country is getting. Though, we did get some snow this past Sunday but it melted by the end of the day. Talk to you in the next video!

[@bunglepanda]

Great first video, glad you enjoyed most things :) our sour sweets are usually very tame (compared to other places at least) but you do get more actual flavour, especially as we can only use natural flavours in our products. I saw a make your own squashy cupcake kit yesterday, thought I'd died and gone to heaven

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Thanks! It makes sense how the sour wouldn’t be as strong since it’s produced naturally. And a make your own squashies cupcake??? What?!?! That sounds incredible!

[@itzmeg3032]

I liked the video before watching cos I know its gonna be good

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Ha! That’s great!! Thanks so much! 😁😊

[@g2024_]

I’ve always left flavoured teabags in the water, it keeps infusing the water that way. I’d only ever put milk in with regular ‘black’ tea leaf tea, although my mother doesn’t even put milk in with black t4a (she calls it welsh tea as a lot of people in wales seem to drink it that way (yep my mum is welsh))

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

We do like a lot of our teas black. Only certain ones, in our opinion, need a splash of milk. And leaving flavored tea bags in the water really only makes the tea better 😉

[@lilmisstrufflesx]

I’m really late to your videos but recently become obsessed with them! You probably already know this by now but wanted to tell you that milk only goes into teas such as English breakfast tea or “normal tea”. Herbal teas or green teas are just with water or it will be sort of curdled!! I’d love to send you some of my favourite British snacks! If you haven’t already you need to try a “flump” and a “freddo” for sweets wise. You also need to try “monster munch” and Jacobs “cracker crisps” ❤️❤️❤️

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

There’s no such thing as being late to our videos! We are super happy that you found us!! We were given that piece of advice already, but no one talked about how the milk will curdle in those herbal teas. If you want to send us a box, please private message us on either Facebook or Instagram and then we can talk about it there 😃

[@hannahbellxoxo2414]

There is no link between starburst and fruitElla you and thinking of opal fruits xx

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Ha! You are right... 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♀️ The last time we had Fruit-tella, it reminded us of starbursts and then made everyone comment to us about how starburst is an original British confection called Opal Fruits. Our memories upon filming this video forgot the Opal Fruits connection. Oops!! We had to go back and read through the comments on the video from almost a year ago to recall all that. Thanks for correcting us! 🤪

[@carolb9208]

Beautiful cat❤

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Thanks!

[@lloydcollins6337]

Morrisons is a supermarket chain here in the UK so they sell their "own-brand" equivalents of some other products. All the supermarkets in the UK do their own ranges, which are generally more affordable than branded products, but can be as good or better!

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Oh cool! Our supermarket chains here in the States do the same thing...even if the chain is more local and not national.

[@TheScow26]

English guy here, sesame snaps are my favorite👌 milk only goes into English breakfast tea.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Glad to hear someone else likes the sesame bites! And thanks for the bit of info about teas and milk 😉

[@paulprice7482]

I have to leave my tea for a good 15minutes before drinking, so we don't all drink our tea scolding hot. There is also a peanut flavour Lion bar. Love the Prancing Pony mug. God bless.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

That peanut Lion Bar sounds like it has to be really good!! And it’s good to know that other people out there like to let their tea cool a bit before drinking 😊 That Prancing Pony mug is awesome 🐎

[@personalcheeses8073]

Paul Price vomit Luke warm tea 🤢

[@LC-ck8xc]

A chipotle pepper is a smoked, dried jalapeno. I finally got to try the raspberry squashes and they were so good. I don't like American raspberry flavored thing but those were wonderful.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Thanks for explaining what chipotle is. That’s awesome that you got the chance to try those squashies!!

[@rayoflight6505]

Squashies are indeed so good. Nothing else quite like them. 😍

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Agreed!! 🙌

[@helenrobinson8894]

Another fab video. I do love hearing what you guys think about our UK things. Don't worry about the teas they are not meant to have milk in those ones. I love Twinnings Cherry Bakewell tea and the very spicy chai teas. Glad to see you both looking well x

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Looks like we lucked out not having milk in the house! We probably would’ve added the milk and then had some other faux pa occur. Lol. And thanks for enjoying our videos!

[@Mel-cj5qk]

You must try Yorkshire Tea jam and toast flavour and biscuit flavour. The jam and toast one is gorgeous!!

[@katherinehigham347]

nooooooo pour the hot water on the bag :) we are very particular about how our tea is made xx maybe i need a life x :)

[@ClareThePear]

No English people are very fussy with tea when they did that I was screaming

[@jamiebaldwin5323]

@@ClareThePear omg same!!!... And I thought drinking tea at its hottest was normal but apparently not.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Thanks for the advice! Next time... 😉

[@iankinver1170]

Once you've taken the tea bag out, you can let it cool to your own taste. Some people just have cast iron throats.

[@crumbleduffer2127]

You're going to need to buy a toffee hammer if you want to eat traditional toffee, I know it sounds mafe up but they're very real!

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Yknow...we have heard of it before! 😁

[@gmdhargreaves]

Star Burst used to be called Opal Fruits until American bought everything up and changed the names. love you guys.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Sorry that we Americans keep changing all your great snacks and sweets items! We would’ve loved to try the originals!! Thank for the love! 💚💛

[@johnchurchill6818]

Spearmint and liquorice tea is great but I think an acquired taste Another goodun guys Keep em coming I hope all is well with you 2 and everything is going well 👍👍🍻

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

We are very intrigued now to try that flavor tea! Thanks!! We have more in the works for sure 😁 And all is well! See you in the next video 😊

[@andrewvalentine6977]

Just wondering. What do you do with the left overs from these videos? Hope this isn't a stupid question. I would guess store them and save for later. As you are nice people you might give to your neighbours or unlikely possibility throw them out.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

We enjoy them over the days and weeks after filming a video. We will share with our friends and family from time to time so that they can experience some of the amazing and unique items we were sent.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Oh! ...and definitely not a stupid question 😉

[@andrewvalentine6977]

@@FromtheHobbitHole thank you for replying. You did as I suspected and thought possibly I was asking something a little obvious.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

You are welcome! We do our best to reply to as many comments as possible. Whether or not you think your question was obvious doesn’t matter to us...we are glad you asked!

[@stevenwiltshire9004]

The Milk chocolate 🦁 bar is best 😃

[@carolinegray3150]

Milk goes into scottish tea also

[@eviltwin2322]

Not sure what Fruitella flavours you had previously, but you should try and get the English orchard fruit flavours if it wasn't that. The pear and the apple flavours are amazing!

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

It might have been that pack of flavors because we remember having pear and apple!

[@personalcheeses8073]

I’ve never see. Those kale and chipotle crisp things I want some

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Definitely get them next time you’re at the store!

[@russcattell955i]

Congrats & best of luck with the pregnancy, If you have plans to cross the pond, don't let family life get in the way. Just remember, England isn't all about London, England is not all about UK and UK is not all about Europe. However if you only manage a long weekend & go tasting crazy in London's Borough market it will be a experience to fascinate the grandchildren.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Thank you!! Hopefully one day we will get the chance to come visit your country...and hopefully for longer than a weekend 😉 We would enjoy seeing London, but would love to see other iconic places throughout the country.

[@paulmoore4223]

I really enjoy your uk snack tests. Hope younget to visit us at some poinr.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Thanks...glad you enjoy them so much! We hope we get to visit someday too!!

[@lexxieburton6182]

idk if theyre the same but i found raspberry and milk squashies at sheetz

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

😮😮😮😮 are you SERIOUS????? This. Is. Fantastic!! Hoping they are the same 🤞

[@Richiecandylover]

Swizzles sweets (the ones that make the Squashies) make absolutely awesome sweets, usually my favourite - and their customer service is great, when I complained about a stick being missing in a Dib dab (like fun dip) they sent a box full to me of sweets 📦

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Oh wow!! That’s great customer service! We’ve had other sweets from Swizzles in the past and we do agree...they make some great stuff!

[@carolinegray3150]

I haven’t tried white lion bar

[@chrisward8323]

They also make a peanut butter lion bar. Never tried it myself not keen on peanut butter type chocolate.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

We love peanut butter and chocolate so that sounds like it has to be incredible!

[@jamesclarke4370]

Did you that starburst were actually called Opel fruits in the seventies and early eighties you probably already know this . Great video once again guys 🇧🇳🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

We have been informed since posting this video, but we still very much appreciate your comment! Thanks!! 😊

[@carolinegray3150]

I would like the strawberry pencils

[@brxee]

Has anyone sent you liquorice imps yet? Sesame Snaps are just an addiction waiting to happen!

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

No, we haven’t received anything like that

[@yatak1000]

The word you are looking for when regarding something that is sour yet not sour is "tangy".

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Ahhh....yes! Thank you 😊

[@yatak1000]

@@FromtheHobbitHole No problem. Keep up the good work and congratulations on the youngling!

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Thank you and thank you!!

[@chriswinspear7965]

You can now also get Rhubarb and Custard flavoured squashies..... Not my bag but ok.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

We’ve heard! Can’t wait to try them one day!!

[@andyjames6300]

You don't put milk in those teas

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

That’s fortunate! And super good to know for the future when we do have milk in the house 😉

[@valeriebrown3872]

Starburst chews used to be called opal fruits but they changed the name a few years ago xx

[@personalcheeses8073]

Valerie Brown 🎵 Opal fruits, made to make your mouth water, fresh with the tang of citrus. 4 refreshing fruit flavours, orange , lemon , strawberry, lime. Opal fruits, made to make your mouth water 🎶

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

For some reason we were thinking there was a connection between starburst and fruittella...we forgot that the true connection was to opal fruits 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♂️😜

[@valeriebrown3872]

@@personalcheeses8073 and they did make your mouth water to

[@Steve10578]

I don't think you put milk in them type of teas anyway, they are more like herbal teas. Just like you don't put milk in green teas. It's just with what they call black tea milk is optional.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Good to know! Thanks!!

[@gazinessex2]

Starburst, do you mean Opal Fruits!!

[@carolinegray3150]

I am a coffee drinker,I like tea sometimes

[@jamesblundell4616]

Was the intto irish

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Nope. It is Hobbit-ish. Our friends took a lot of inspiration from Lord of the Rings when composing the music

[@personalcheeses8073]

Twine-ings

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Thanks for letting us know! 😁

[@jamiebaldwin5323]

Fun fact: The British have asbestos mouths, we do roll boil our water then drink it right away.

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

We’ve seen other comments with that term...”asbestos mouths.” Is that a common term in Britain?

[@jamiebaldwin5323]

@@FromtheHobbitHole yea it basically means we have a higher mouth heat tolerance, probably due to growing up drinking alot of hot beverages. (some people even drink warm beer)

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

We’ve heard that British people drink warm beer...but is sounds like it’s not everyone that does it.

[@jamiebaldwin5323]

@@FromtheHobbitHole No, not everyone.

[@carolinegray3150]

I have never heard of asbestos mouths

[@ADIE261]

we start drinking our tea right after its made as our mouths are made of asbestos. either that or we are just stupid

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

It seems to us that those who drink it as hot as possible have been conditioned that was since a very young age

[@iankinver1170]

Please make the tea with boiling water, not recently boiled water. It really is important. Also, leave it to stand for six minutes, and then take the tea bag out. Coffee is made with sub boiling water. Tea has different requirements. Like your show though. (Marmite thing was cool).

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Thanks for the tips! We’ve definitely gotten better at making tea since this video was made 😉

[@jonevans6446]

Me and alot of people i know would fully boil it and would drink it more or less straight away maybe its just a uk thing

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

It’s hard to bring ourselves to drink such hot liquid 🥵

[@LindsayTVFilm]

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc, often known simply as Chipotle, is an American chain of fast casual restaurants in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, and France, specializing in tacos and Mission-style burritos. Its name derives from chipotle, the Nahuatl name for a smoked and dried jalapeño chili pepper. The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol CMG.

[@LindsayTVFilm]

source: Wikipedia

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Didn’t know that Chipotle was international...how cool!

[@jca111]

You have to get your tea making skills up to speed ;-) Bag in first. Boil kettle, immediately on boil pour in water. Wait 3-5 mins, milk and sugar if required. Also those mugs were way to big. They would require 2 bags each!!

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Lol. That we do! Thanks for the step-by-step guide 😊

[@carolinegray3150]

Nice house

[@carolinegray3150]

I ate bubble gum as a child

[@amandaely9983]

It’s ok, they’re non milk teas

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Awesome! Thanks for letting us know 😊

[@jpw6893]

Tetley recommend (on normal tea at least) to leave the tea bag in for 5 minutes.

[@carolinegray3150]

I drink instant kenco coffee

[@carolinegray3150]

If some one says haggis is a bird,they are joking

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Haha...we definitely know what haggis really is! 😉

[@michaelfisher22]

Yeah i wouldn't listen to the people that say drink the tea right after making it, It's kinda stupid your probably damaging your throat doing that i would give it a few minutes, I'm British and most tea tastes the same to me if I'm having the regular stuff with no fancy flavours I have to put in milk and 1 to 2 small spoons of sugar just to enjoy it, it's good for dunking biscuits but I'll never know why people are so obsessed with drinking the stuff, Great video 👍

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

We have a hard time understanding why people become so obsessed with drinking coffee...like, we enjoy it but not enough to have multiple cups a day. We enjoy good flavored teas so it’s nice to know that milk isn’t required for those. And thanks for enjoying our video!

[@LindsayTVFilm]

Nice Mugs

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Thanks! 🍻

[@carolinegray3150]

Or is it a gueshouse

[@iahmed1534]

Try Saudi Arabia snacks

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

We should!

[@asingh4025]

Nathan , Haley .....With the greatest of respects Please please please for the love of God and all that is Holy .... DO NOT put milk in herbal teas ..... it is NOT the done thing loool it tastes absolutely awful, especially the mint and i have no doubt it will have you spitting it out within seconds looool ..... for best results ..... leaves the tea to brew for 5-7 minutes with a tea spoon of honey ps Haley love the prancing pony mug

[@FromtheHobbitHole]

Haha...thanks for the warning! Though, having us spitting out the awful tasting tea would be a funny blooper 😉 (but we won’t do that cause we don’t like staging bloopers). And who doesn’t love a good Prancing Pony mug...right?!

[@asingh4025]

@@FromtheHobbitHole lool absolutely