Americans Try British Chocolate Bars and Biscuits | Thomas' Box #4

[@sunnyshine2215]

Absolutely love Crunchie, you have to enjoy a full bar to appreciate it fully, the way it snaps when you take a bite is very satisfying!🤣

[@FinnLovesFood]

Crunchies are still a fave!

[@smurfsup8434]

100% Crunchies are amazing

[@MM-kd3cb]

I enjoy Crunchie’s but even better is Australia’s Violet Crumble which has more honeycomb than the Crunchie

[@JLR-gf3le]

You pair are the best for wanting to watch America’s eat our British culture 😂

[@eviltwin2322]

Blue Riband is actually pronounced a bit like "ribbon" (in fact it's common for people to mistakenly call it a "blue ribbon"). They've changed the recipe recently and they just don't taste how they used to.

[@woodentie8815]

2.5 thousand views in a day, wow! Tina, you've won a coconut!! 😁

[@FinnLovesFood]

LOL! :)

[@GRAHAM2109]

Raspberry Ruffles were my dad's favourite.

[@maxinemuhammad5979]

❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍 love crunchie and picnic also the bounty . Great vid loved it

[@FinnLovesFood]

Thank you! Crunchies are so delicious!

[@misolgit69]

Hi Guys, purely my own opinion I think the main problem with Frys Turkish Delight is they've had to tweak the original recipe to enable it to flow into the mould which results in a slightly less appealing mouthfeel, I used to love it when I was young but not anymore, Raspberry Ruffles I've always thought of those as a Gentleman's version of Bounty, they're also available as individually wrapped loose pieces sold by weight 😇

[@FinnLovesFood]

Interesting about changing the recipe. It did seem a bit different from regular Turkish Delight we've tried.

[@dorothysimpson2804]

Frys have belonged to Cadburys for over a hundred years. The Raspberry Ruffle bar is also very old. The Blue Riband is pronounced ( rib and) like the bone, they are usually milk chocolate. Viscount also comes in orange. Love the hygienic way you both handle the food.

[@SnKKS]

I've always pronounced it Rib-an .. heard others also call it ribbon.

[@FinnLovesFood]

I bet the orange Viscount is delicious too.

[@sandyblack9698]

Great video glad you liked the crunchie! Have you tried marmite peanut butter? I see Ross likes his watches I have a tissot blessings from devon England 🍷🍷

[@FinnLovesFood]

Thanks! Ross says you have a keen eye! One of our viewers sent us a jar of Marmite peanut butter and we really like it for spreading on toast.

[@sarahtaylor4516]

Love frys Turkish delight. You have to keep eating it and then you will learn to love it! Mmmmmm. Love a kit kat chunky too, we've had loads of flavours of them, peanut butter was a good one. Chunky is better than normal kitkat in my opinion. I have never really liked lion bars though. Fox classic was a childhood favourite!

[@FinnLovesFood]

The Kit Kat Chunky is nice and I bet the peanut butter one is delicious.

[@richardbrown8966]

I'm pleasantly surprised. You are the first Americans I've seen that have enjoyed the Turkish Delight. I've seen a few spit it out though!

[@FinnLovesFood]

Oh wow! We didn't even spit out the Heinz macaroni cheese when we tried it. I think the only thing we have spit out is Dutch salmiak licorice - and that was after giving it a good try!

[@valeriedavidson2785]

I adore Fry's Turkish delight and I am English.

[@misolgit69]

PS the Lion bar was an attempt to rival Picnic introduced by McIntosh niw made by Nestle the inner of Chrunchie us also known as Cinder Toffee in UK it's generally sold by dealers in markets who also sell Candy Floss (Cotton Candy) so uf you're ever at a State Fair ir a food fair, keep an eye open you might be lucky

[@AndysEdits]

Glad you liked the Rocky Caramel - a staple in my lunch box as a child, and I always ranked it above a Twix. They do come without caramel in a Red packet too - but no where near as good!

[@Lunarangst]

Interesting to see how lunch box staples varied. Mine were Viscount and Echo

[@Lunarangst]

Interesting to see how lunch box staples varied. Mine were Viscount and Echo

[@johngalt5411]

For those who have a Trader Joe's in their neck of the woods they have an awesome dark chocolate almond bar. It's huge, probably the size of a DVD case, very reasonably priced. Someone at work turned me onto it, highly recommended.

[@FinnLovesFood]

Love Trader Joe's!

[@vincenthewlett4329]

Fry's were bought out by Cadbury's years ago but kept some of the Fry's poplar brands

[@ellyse3385]

Fry's Turkish Delight one of my absolute favourites. Dark chocolate, raspberry and coconut is a wonderful combination. You should also try dark chocolate Bounty if you can too.

[@FinnLovesFood]

Ross would love the dark chocolate Bounty.

[@isaamamjad9679]

I am from England I love Crunch chocolate 🍫

[@cheekymonkey666]

the best one's i think out of all those is the lion bar, crunchie, kitkat, bounty, turkish delight, the rest not too bothered about, but all good to eat as always... we have our grand kids over for vacation for a week so feeding them has been interesting, they don't seem to know what half the veg we have are and were very picky eaters, for example i like cheddar cheese on toasted whole meal, they wouldn't touch it unless it was on cheap white bread, really annoyed me they not being taught about all types of foods... anyway i went to local baker who was happy to help and he made me a small loaf of every type he makes i sliced them and toasted them with cheese on and told the kids to try at least 3 of them... the whole lot was gone in a matter of an hour, took a few bribes with pocket money for them to try it but for the rest of the week they didnt have any white bread at all.

[@FinnLovesFood]

I seem to recall that I preferred white bread as a kid. It sounds like the variety of fresh baked breads is helping to change their minds!

[@davebirch1976]

There is also a lemon version of the Turkish Delight which is nice. There used to be an orange flavour Viscount but I've not seen one for ages. It would be interesting for you to do a comparison between the original British version and the American version of things like Skittles, Starburst, Twix, KitKat. And also things that are named differently but is the same thing like our wagon wheels and your moon pie, our milky way and your 3 musketeers, and our mars bar and your milky way

[@FinnLovesFood]

We did get the chance to compare both Milky Ways, 3 Musketeers and Mars in some videos. I think we have seen some British KitKats here, but not the others.

[@anthonyscott4270]

You could break a crunchie into crumbs and mix them into a small bowl of ice cream. You really will enjoy it. Good luck.

[@FinnLovesFood]

Sounds good!

[@BigC1290]

You pronounced it the correct way vis - count the s isn't silent in it and there's only an original and caramel version rocky

[@sandrapaterson8678]

Hi Tina and Ross, most of the bars are biscuits. I love coconuut and the Turkish delight 😋 kit kat chunky do a peanut butter filling which is lovely too. The Riband is pronounced like ribs. Have a lovely weekend 🌟

[@FinnLovesFood]

We had such a hard time sorting which ones would be in the biscuit video and which ones would go with the chocolate bars! And should have known the pronunciation would be incorrect. After all, we do have our differences in pronouncing words like vitamins! :) The peanut butter filling sounds delicious.

[@jennetscarborough5145]

Have you ever tried Rose or Violet Creams? They are a very traditional sweet, but are somewhat controversial option, as a lot of people are put off by the floral flavours. They are a chocolate coated soft fondant (like in the Frys bars) but flavoured with either Rose or sweet Violet. I'm very fond of them and have even made them myself (along with assorted truffles).

[@FinnLovesFood]

We've heard of them, but haven't tried them. They sound interesting. We don't see many floral flavored sweets here.

[@adrianmcgachie]

Most of these products have been around for years! Always interesting to revisit! I am more a savoury tooth these days, than sweet. I'm never sure if my hands got bigger or the bars smaller, lol, from my youth. I guess we all know the truth....

[@FinnLovesFood]

LOL!

[@michaelriordan8265]

Chocolate and mint and chocolate and orange really go together, but not coconut, by the way that phone call was from Cadburys lol

[@FinnLovesFood]

Maybe Cadbury wants to sponsor us! LOL.

[@magepaster65]

I have a 4 pack of crunchies in my fridge at this very moment. Lovely! Edit: I now have a 3 pack of crunchies in my fridge at this very moment.

[@FinnLovesFood]

How did that happen? LOL! :)

[@bertinamurray7009]

Hello from the Bronx try exotic fruit

[@FinnLovesFood]

Hello! What kind of exotic fruit?

[@bertinamurray7009]

@@FinnLovesFood lychee rambutan

[@bertinamurray7009]

Just look up online exotic fruit

[@staceyblee1319]

The original Rocky is a red wrapper which is just biscuit and chocolate

[@martynnotman3467]

That raspberry thing is way too sweet for me.

[@sunnyshine2215]

I didn’t realise you can still buy these, I only remember the individual sweets in Woolworth pick and mix

[@martynnotman3467]

@@sunnyshine2215 they are one of those things you find in random shops then dont see again for 5 years.

[@GRAHAM2109]

@@sunnyshine2215 Poundland always sell them. I have seen bags with the individual ones

[@sunnyshine2215]

Thanks guys I’ll be on the hunt!

[@woodentie8815]

Don't remember if you've had Cadbury's Fruit and Nut but I think the raisins along with the nuts make a great chocolate bar.

[@FinnLovesFood]

I don't think we have. The other night I did have a Cadbury with whole hazelnuts. Yum!

[@woodentie8815]

@@FinnLovesFood Hopefully you’ll get to try some, might change your mind about raisins with chocolate? Like to see more of you in the kitchen, preparing stuff you’ve not tried before - like the beans on toast vid. but a bit more adventurous!? 🙂

[@FinnLovesFood]

@@woodentie8815 Ross has talked about wanting to make toad in the hole.

[@MM-kd3cb]

Bounty were sold in the US in the late 80s, I prefer those to Mounds. Tina, Lu Pims, don’t know whether they are a French or Canadian company make an orange and raspberry Jaffa Cake like cookie that are indistinguishable from Jaffa Cakes.

[@FinnLovesFood]

We actually did a taste test of the LU Pims and Jaffa Cakes, plus we found some by Milka. We thought the Jaffa Cakes still edged out the Pims. 🙂 Though Pims are much easier to find!

[@mattdaley1982]

Have a look for the Cadburys picnic bar adver from the 90s

[@FinnLovesFood]

We will. Always fun to watch old adverts!

[@EVERYDAYGames00]

Dark bounty is the best it as red packaging

[@smcin13]

Need to eat some of these biscuits with some British tea 🍵 😋

[@neilgayleard3842]

Kit - kat chunky, peanut butter flavour.

[@FinnLovesFood]

Peanut butter and chocolate - great combination.

[@woodentie8815]

Regarding ‘riband’, I think you Americans, and some of us over here, would call and spell it ‘ribbon’, riband is an older word for the same thing, only pronounced riband in regards the chocolate bar. Fry’s Turkish Delight’s a bit more subtle than your average chocolate bar, a bit more “grown-up”! 🙂

[@FinnLovesFood]

Well, now "blue ribbon" makes sense! I don't think we've ever seen "riband."

[@BigC1290]

Wafer and wafer fillings are very popular in Europe and yh bounty are just almondless almond joys

[@FinnLovesFood]

Similar to Mounds bars.

[@BigC1290]

@@FinnLovesFood yh basically our dark chocolate bounty is more like mounds yh

[@vanessaking4495]

Ho to you both great video I’m with Tina on the coconut items no thanks I love crunchcie and I’m with Ross with the Turkish delight my real favourite’s are boast and starbar cheers 👍

[@FinnLovesFood]

More chocolate bars we haven't heard of before!

[@marilynmcgregor7810]

The blue riban is a biscuit

[@mattdaley1982]

Have a look out dark chocolate bounty bars

[@sarahc12377]

There is no honey in a crunchie bar , it's cinder toffee

[@dinastanford7779]

Most of these are nice chopped up and sprinkled on ice cream

[@FinnLovesFood]

I bet they are!

[@smurfsup8434]

The dark chocolate bounty is so much nicer

[@sunnyshine2215]

Agreed, over the years I have found myself preferring that over the regular

[@FinnLovesFood]

Ross would really like that one!

[@jillhobson6128]

Nesslay Blue Ribband. Have you ever eaten real Turkish Delight, not chocolate covered?

[@FinnLovesFood]

Before this we've only had Turkish Delight without the chocolate.

[@jillhobson6128]

@@FinnLovesFood I love real Turkish Delight without the chocolate.

[@woodentie8815]

I'm old and cantankerous enough to remember when it was pronounced, 'nessels' - come the day when someone decided the correct pronunciation was 'nesslay'?!!? 🙃

[@FinnLovesFood]

@@woodentie8815 and over in the U.S. we always pronounce it as "nesslee."

[@shannonsmith4174]

YOUR WRONG TURKISH DELIGHT IS MY FAVEOURITE CHOCOLATE BAR..

[@staceyblee1319]

I call them viscount I think my family do to

[@slimofbonar1978]

Had proper Turkish delight in Turkey but wasn't keen, and I love cadbury's chocolate, but not their Turkish delight, only fry's will do for me 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@FinnLovesFood]

I didn't know that Cadbury made Turkish Delight too.

[@slimofbonar1978]

@@FinnLovesFood yeah but it's not great, you might like it 👍🏻

[@johnleonard9090]

@@FinnLovesFood there’s also Cadbury Old Jamaica, which is dark chocolate with rum and raisins

[@slimofbonar1978]

@@johnleonard9090 old Jamaica is one of my favourites ❤️❤️❤️

[@valeriebrown6466]

there is peanuts in the pic nic x

[@FinnLovesFood]

That's what we discovered, we just didn't get much peanut flavor. Maybe it's because we only had two bites!

[@da90sReAlvloc]

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[@FinnLovesFood]

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[@BeckyPoleninja]

I only know one person that likes Frys Turkish Delight. Certainly not the "proper" stuff

[@FinnLovesFood]

Seems people are loving or hating it!

[@BigC1290]

It's fair to just say Tina is not a candy person in general looooooool

[@Wintis_Swizzle]

Tina & Ross are boss ❤️

[@FinnLovesFood]

🥰

[@weedle30]

I’m currently suffering from the dreaded Covid 😩😨😥and normally, watching you both chomping down on chocs and goodies, would have me drooling and digging deep into “my” chocolate stash to join in but today?? Naaah ‘shakes head’ nada, el zippo, nowt interests me sadly 😕😫 but even if I didn’t have Covid, I would not be indulging into avTurkish Delight bar! 😵‍💫😵‍💫I don’t like real Turkish Delight anyway! But… I love Crunchie; Bounty; Picnic; Lion Bar… anything really - apart from that dreaded perfume pink goo …

[@FinnLovesFood]

Oh no, Helen. We're sorry to hear you have Covid. Hope you feel better soon. Fingers crossed, we haven't caught it, but feel it's only a matter of time.

[@joanne26]

I’m not a fan of any chocolate bar with salted caramel and not a fan of anything with coconut in like the Bounty Bar I do regularly buy both Picnic Bar and Lion Bar and they are👍 but prefer the Lion Bar more because of the peanuts in them At junior school so 8-11 years old i would have a Blue Riband Bar, viscount biscuit or a Rocky bar at break time Never heard of Ruffles Foxes Classic -they are👍 Fry’s Turkish Delight 😝😝😝😝😝 As a child my paternal grandfather used to come to dinner from Monday to Friday at around 6 He would bring me a Fry’s Chocolate Cream or Nestle Walnut Whip or Mr Kipling French Fancies Kit Kat bar - love them so much thick chocolate on the outside Heinz Macaroni Cheese😝😝😝😝😖😖😖 Crunchie Bars love them 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿😍😍🤩🤩❤️❤️

[@FinnLovesFood]

After we looked up the Picnic bar, it said it had peanuts in it, but we really didn't taste them much. We also like the Fry's Chocolate Creams and Walnut Whips. Haven't had Mr. Kipling French Fancies, but so far we've enjoyed other items from Mr. Kipling.

[@joanne26]

@@FinnLovesFood I ‘found you’ recently and ❤️the videos you post From 1996 to 2016 I worked full time for an 🇺🇸hydraulic valve manufacturer based north of Chicago in an area called Lincolnshire who wanted to replicate their factory in UK to deal with the EU and places like Russia and India I never in all the years got across the pond having asked many times but perhaps not ‘meant to be’🤨🤨 We in Birmingham would have our piece parts shipped over from O’Hare Airport to Heathrow 4 times a week Therefore in the shipment of hydraulics we would get on a regular basis 🇺🇸cookies and sweets and stuff and the box would always contain ‘TWINKIES’ It’s the worst Golden Sponge cake with creamy filling I’ve ever tasted and it was just the once Sickly sweet😖😖😖😝😝😝😝😝😖😖😖 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️

[@FinnLovesFood]

@@joanne26 I never cared for Twinkies. I hope they also sent some better sweets along with it!

[@bushchat28d]

Uh oh.... there's really nothing to be said about Fry's "Turkish delight" other than its disgusting and shouldn't be allowed to be made, let alone sold! It bears absolutely NO resemblance to actual turkish delight which is generally superb :-)

[@angelavara4097]

Just take a bite each instead of cutting them lol

[@FinnLovesFood]

:)

[@Lunarangst]

Or yknow , just do as you please is also good