15 British Sweets Everyone Should Try - Anglophenia Ep 22

From Cadbury Flake to jelly babies, Siobhan Thompson shows us the British candies we should all try at least once.
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[@obnoxiousfandomname813]

WHAT ABOUT THE FREDDOS! YOU CANT FORGET ABOUT THE FREDDOS, WOMAN!

[@joannehenton4610]

eh

[@amandawatson5944]

Obnoxious Fandom Name I like the caramel ones

[@rsowers]

Obnoxious Fandom Name what about curly whirlys

[@SpudsMcHaggis]

Freddos are not British they are actually Australian and originally manufactured by MacRobertson's, an Australian confectionery company that was bought by Cadbury's in 1967.

[@OriginalPinkbird]

Obnoxious Fandom Name yeah my hubs is an Aussie & he loves Freddo Frogs.

[@sshah2545]

I discovered this channel years after it died, but Siobhan is still unbelievably adorable

[@Kennikus]

This is the truth.

[@hannahatkins6096]

absolutely

[@abishop6368]

Anything blackcurrant flavored is basically unheard of here in the US. The first time I went to England I discovered Ribena, changed my life forever.

[@moodlemcdoodle5746]

America doesn't have Ribena?? You poor souls

[@kateruch7196]

We have Ribena, but no one buys it unless they know what it is. It's sold in more upscale grocery stores, but not difficult to find. Dark Chocolate McVities on the other hand are difficult for me to find. Milk chocolate are easy to find. Depressing.

[@pixwool]

Wait, you don’t have anything black currant flavoured? How do you survive? It’s probably one of the most popular flavours in Britain! Under orange, of course.

[@mehhandle]

@@pixwoolI saw something on KZbin about why there isn't blackcurrant flavour in America , hopefully I explain this properly lol. Apparently the blackcurrant Bush carries a type of disease (or mold, can't remember which) that some of native trees and plants don't have any resistance to . So when they brought the blackcurrant bushes over to America they caused a lot of damage to the woodland areas. A lot trees died, which had a massive knock on effect to other wildlife and to any industry that relayed on wood. If you want a better explanation it's probably still on KZbin somewhere.

[@pixwool]

@@mehhandle That makes a lot of sense, i guess Britain has stronger trees.

[@flaczollieberena471]

Terry's chocolate orange and double lollies are the best.

[@BeckiPercyBeckiPercy]

AwesomeOrigamiAndDiy's I love chocolate oranges! I moved to America almost 2 years ago and I miss them a lot!

[@iudexmortem1139]

Double Lollies are best

[@lilpingu1066]

Double lollies are bae I remember that once I had had so many that when I liked them, my tongue started to bleed a little. but I would keep on licking like there was no tomorrow

[@lovelessbachelor]

SophieBennett123 there not my fav but...GODDANGIT THERE GOOD!

[@DinomiteHQ]

SophieBennett123 and also drumstick lollies

[@Catinnor]

I don't know why I watch these since I'm British

[@mollietunnicliffe8474]

neither do I... I kind of watch these videos and imagine people who do not live with these things...

[@eligibbons2155]

I just watch them to see if I'm british enough but I always end up not knowing half of the phrases because I'm not a 13 year old london girl who speaks souly in rhyming sland.

[@Catinnor]

I know how you feel

[@Catinnor]

I was gonna say "I know how you feel" again but well, you get the idea

[@lucyfleck2666]

EpicEthan21 me neither just weird

[@ellielouise6247]

Jaffa Cakes are my life, honestly.

[@NowhereBeats]

Are they a sweet?

[@terencekreft482]

No, they look like a biscuit but they are really a cake. Layer of hard cake, topped with tangerine jelly, topped with chocolate. About the size of a biscuit (cookie).

[@tbrowniscool]

Aldi's version are so much better than the orginal

[@confusedvoyager7916]

Siobhan is my favorite British sweet.

[@BwareGamer]

simp

[@irrelevance3859]

Hold on Americans DONT have malteasers? wow they are missing out

[@starsavage8001]

we have something called "whoppers" which I think are similar

[@katief3924]

Yeah we have whoppers, same idea but they taste horrible. Malteasers are undoubtedly better imo

[@WorgenGrrl]

You can find them in some markets. My local grocery store has a British section on the international isle.

[@katief3924]

Alex S True. And near my college there's a little market completely dedicated to British foods, and you can get Malteasers and other stuff there (I'm sure there are other small markets like it)

[@iblockpuncheswithmyface1490]

We have them in Canada.

[@maj3stic289]

Maltesers and Aeros aren't in the US???????????????????????????????????? maybe I won't move there after all!

[@criskity]

You can get Maltesers in the US.

[@maj3stic289]

+CNVideos oh thank goodness, I was starting to worry!!

[@brettknoss486]

Whoppers are better!

[@aosaabandoned780]

+Nobu Ichida dont u dare abandoned the UK we need you, I need u

[@maj3stic289]

***** milk duds are nothing like maltesers! milk duds are basically poppets.

[@RPGaddictC]

As an English English teacher teaching abroad (if that even made sense) I use your videos in some of my advanced classes...but now it's midnight here and I'm craving English sweets

[@Tairneanach]

I think you should be a private teacher hired by a woman. Then you could say you were an English English teacher teaching a broad abroad. ... I'm sorry. I'll go put myself in detention now.

[@RPGaddictC]

Tairneanach Wow this language really sucks sometimes...

[@xMiRAZ94]

Tairneanach Im dying xDD

[@DarinaAugustaTertia]

Tairneanach hey, can you explain what's the pun in "a broad abroad"? :) I just guess it's a pun. Well, it's not what one can find in a dictionary. I guess, it's obvious that I'm not an English native speaker :)

[@crappytoe]

Августа Шнайдер "Broad" is word for a woman in less respectable way.

[@joninewazzup]

Liquorice Allsorts are amazing! We have them in The Netherlands too, only here they're called 'Engelse drop' which literally translates to 'English liquorice'.

[@breannamay8800]

omg I love Flakes! All of these are in Canada too, I didn't know they were British.

[@breannamay8800]

And wine gums

[@kevincozens6837]

Forget wine gums. Jelly babies, FTW! :)

[@mackieman2675]

oh no, do Canadians say "mom" also.... the horrorrrr

[@kevincozens6837]

Just those who have been corrupted by the Americans. ;) It is very rare to find a card at a card shop that says mum. They almost always say "mom".

[@breannamay8800]

Canadians are American, because they're in North America. Different provinces say different things, but "mom" is the most common. Although a lot of people pronouncd it as "mum", but it's always spelled "mom".

[@notapirate4287]

I feel offended at the fact Jaffa Cakes were not included on the list.

[@bieuxyongson]

They aren't really candy. I love Hobnobs but they aren't candy either. Hope she does one on cookies....um, biscuits.

[@burntgrahamcracker2866]

Cakes aren't on this list

[@starbow2244]

And Galaxy

[@sarahthomson3150]

+Notapirate If Jaffa Cakes stopped existing, I would stop existing.

[@notapirate4287]

Sarah Thomson Jaffa cakes are bae

[@TheAMboom]

What about parma violets?

[@awkwardeb6743]

I personally hate parma violets but they do remind me of summer holidays for some reason.

[@Izzy-fv1ng]

TheA_Mboom I can't live without pama violets

[@hueymcsorley659]

No just no like get out

[@kawaiichan6118]

TheA_Mboom THEYRE DISGUSTING

[@duck7581]

What are Parma Violets lol

[@saminajamjar8679]

Wispa bars and chocolate oranges 😍😍😍

[@coolgir179]

"Crunchie bars - i imagine they taste exactly like that expanding foam builders use" This is exactly what i think every time i see that foam!

[@The_Space_Born]

I like how almost every country you go to their sweets and desserts are always consistently good across the board. It's like they can have the worst tasting food in the world, but their candy, cakes, pastries, and ice cream never disappoint you.

[@jordanl2317]

I hope you're not sophisticated enough to realise that that was potentially a backhand compliment...

[@The_Space_Born]

It's not meant to be taken as a compliment of any kind. It's only my personal observation.

[@tigerwa]

You are a vile whale spouting ignorance.

[@HeatherGermaine]

tigerwa Saying the candy tastes good and that makes them vile? I'm pretty sure that makes you the vile one

[@TristanBanks]

Some countries, like egypt, sweet stuff tastes awful but the savory food is great.

[@jdgannonable]

Let's not forget Freddos - every English person's benchmark to measure inflation in the UK. "I remember when they were just 10p!" etc great video Siobhan, as ever.

[@beacreates4370]

But but what about Jaffa cakes?

[@Domolikesyoshi]

Er Jaffa cake is a cake biscuit not a sweet

[@simplelife6663]

how to tell the difference between a cake and a biscuit when they get stale a biscuit goes soft and a cake goes hard, its due to sugar content I believe but you can google it and check if you like. Jaffa cakes are defiantly cakes as proved in a court case over tax payments. go figure

[@Angie-qf3oz]

Artist4life ik =(

[@henryhargreaves5712]

No definitely always be a biscuit to me what cakes are sold in plastic tubes on top of each other

[@supremenerd4259]

Henry Hargreaves Jaffa Cakes are. Dur. Jaffa Cakes are cakes, hands down. On their packaging, it even says 12/24/36/48 CAKES. They are officially cakes, even the law says so.

[@lolasue1907]

I love Liquorice Allsorts! And the 'loo rolls' are my absolute favourite :)

[@heavydiesel]

The liquorice in sherbert fountains should be hollow, you use it as a staw to suck the sherbert out! Or at least you did 30 years ago.... No walnut whips?

[@childofthestones2820]

heavydiesel yes, exactly - and that's why it's called a fountain!

[@bluedivide1]

heavydiesel - the hollow licorice never really worked in practice though, most people just tore the top off and poured it in their mouth .. so no real change there. Sherbert came in dozens of colours and flavours bought by weight from a jar in a paper bag in the early 70's, a dipped and eventually coloured stained finger was all that was required to match a coloured tongue, we was pioneers and sweet shop test pilots back then.

[@MonkeyButtMovies1]

Was never a huge sherbet lover, I remember being occasionally given dib dabs as a child and I just traded my sherbert for my brothers lolly; I got two lollies and he got double sherbert, we were both happy!

[@Platinumsniper]

Opal fruits, made to make your mouth water

[@philipsheppard4815]

Yeah, Starburst, made to make your mouth water, does not work at all

[@dalriada842]

I'm still annoyed that they changed the Marathon bar's name to Snickers. Bloody stupid name! The long defunct Cabana bar was my favourite though. I wish they'd bring that back.

[@Platinumsniper]

dalriada842 Personally I enjoy Penguins but they are extremely hard to get here

[@dalriada842]

Skystalker They're popular enough here, that there are plenty of rip-offs sold to undercut them in price. The major supermarkets are the biggest sellers of them. There might be a product where you are that is essentially the same thing with a different name.

[@aestheticdemon3802]

British 'Marathon' bars were renamed to mastch the American 'Snickers' name after some yank exec from the parent company came to Britain and discovered the product had a different name here, outraged, a change was ordered despite severe warnings from the marketing people that it would damage sales,. Sales of the bars dropped alarmingly following the change but by then it was too late to do anything about it without making a senior exec look like a total prick.

[@formulafish1536]

Australia has so many of these! We have both flake, and this thing called a twirl, which is a flake that has a coasting of chocolate around it. Love them so much!!

[@UndefeatableTwilightCatgirl]

We have Twirl in the UK too. That's where it comes from.

[@shanchat]

You have Tim Tams and they are amazing. I bought a lot of them when I was in New Zealand.

[@gearjammer3688]

Twirl, best choc bar ever and only 50p!

[@Georgestella100]

In the 'old' days Maltesers advertising said they could be eaten as part of a calorie controlled diet and the liquorice in a Sherbet Fountain was hollow and was used to suck the sherbet out (it got blocked very quickly!).

[@babsus785]

I personally love a good Mars Bar.

[@AtheistOrphan]

So does Marianne Faithful

[@Joetheawesome60]

Lion bar

[@paulntraci99]

I miss popping the top off of a tube of Smarties.

[@craigharkins4669]

***** that's good though, right?

[@MissKinksAhoy]

I still miss the original blue Smarties. They'll never be the same since they changed the colour :-(

[@paulntraci99]

***** I never minded that the tube smelled of cardboard. I mean, it's made of cardboard, so it's going to smell that way isn't it....

[@DerDudeInShanghai]

Put Smarties tubes on cats legs and make them walk like a robot

[@peterf4625]

I miss the letter on the inside of the lid

[@rebeccalaird4124]

She's right, there's just something about the shape of chocolate buttons that makes them better than just eating normally shaped Cadbury's chocolate.

[@lyllydd]

Wow. This takes me back. I grew up living in the Middle East, in a community that was about half British and half American. When you mentioned Opalfruits, I remembered getting some when we went trick or treating. It seems to me that Opalfruits were a little softer than Starburst. I also remember cassis-flavored sweets. Hard to say which was my favorite. Most of them were available on both sides of the pond, like Kit Kat bars. Oh, and for any Brits living in the states who might be watching, here's a helpful tip for Halloween: US GB Smarties Fizzers M&Ms Smarties You're welcome.

[@TurkeyBaconIsAwesome]

A lot of these are in Canada too! :)

[@crystalward1444]

+Aas “PlutoniumBacon” Deconsilder Thought I have to admit that I am insanely jealous of the box of Wine Gums.

[@JHA854]

+Josh Hilton not really. It just depends if the store has decided to import them. Most of this stuff isn't available in normal stores and if it is, it costs a lot more.

[@beccu-chan8693]

its bc of common wealth xD

[@angedejeudi]

+J Hughes Not sure about you, but where I live, even the dollar stores carry maltesers and aero, sometimes wine gums, and the cadbury buttons can often be found in walmart. I wish we had more of the fizzy candies though.

[@angedejeudi]

+angedejeudi oh yeah, and crunchie bars, but they're in a different packaging than the one shown.

[@kin1332]

Ok, when I was in London I ate a delicious candy bar called "Gold" and then I couldn't find it anywhere, I was devastated because it tasted so freaking good. Jammie Dodgers are delicious, too. Also, they're not exactly sweets but salt & vinegar and prawn cocktail Walkers are amazing.

[@jck0]

gold bars are really good! you can usually find them in uk supermarkets, if you know where to look... we wouldn't usually associate that sort of bar as 'candy' though, because they have biscuit in them they're usually in the chocolate biscuit section, with the kit-kats and stuff! :)

[@kin1332]

Thanks! Now I'll know where to look when I come back to London :)

[@saffeelizabeth4157]

***** I love gold bars!!!

[@MagpieEpicdude]

***** Found your GOLD bar www.mcvities.co.uk/products/bars

[@kin1332]

Thank you!!

[@lydiaolwell3167]

Crunchies are my absolute favorite! I highly recommend!

[@edwardweeden2834]

In the next edition, please include Kendal Mint!

[@stormiethrussell1577]

I love Cadburys Marvellous Creations!!

[@Paper_Gangsta17]

Anyone tried the Areo yogurts they are the best 🙌🏻

[@batman_lover3431]

Yep

[@jjfilms9267]

+Skellibones :3 havent had them in ages do they still exist

[@Paper_Gangsta17]

+Killerdog2829 yes if course, get my weekly stash of them from iceland 😁

[@lauramacleod4822]

OMG YES THEY ARE BAE

[@indipindy16]

+Paper_Gangsta17 Areo yogurts are magical! Especially mint ones. >////

[@gregcleveland6270]

Wow! Really enjoy all of your videos. Thanks!

[@RobertNewstrand]

Never tried Cadbury Flake, but love the Double Decker bars and the Cadbury Fudge bars...also the Aero bars and Mars bars are great and we get those two at Publix in Florida (USA)!!

[@Angie-qf3oz]

Robert Newstrand OMG U NEED TO TRY A FLAKE =)

[@hi-kr3pf]

You need to try a flake

[@kayleighgriva4817]

AWWWWW BOI YOU ARE MISSING OUT ON THE BEST ONE! GET.YOSELF.A.FLAKE.RIGHT.NOW.

[@RobertNewstrand]

@@Angie-qf3oz we don't have the Cadbury Flake in the US. However, Publix (grocery store) has Maltesers now, jammie dodgers, Aero bars (mint and regular), a scottish wafer bar 4-pack, and wine gums. I had to import Double Decker bars and Jaffa Cakes thanks to Amazon (takes 3-4 weeks to get to Florida).

[@mistermartindale838]

Wait... the US has Mars bars though... RIGHT!? They're like THE chocolate bar, after a Dairy Milk obviously.

[@CamilleonProductions]

Wait, they don't have Crunchie bars in the US? WHAT IS THIS

[@Ms155y]

Same with malteasers??! Those poor sods

[@Ninjacat72]

TARDIS Tales We have them in Canada!

[@katiehaines8247]

TARDIS Tales what about jaffa cakes!

[@TollingBells]

Well, we're STARTING to sell British candies... Mostly Cadbury stuff. It was banned here for a long time because their chocolate is generally better than our own and Hershey/Nestle's afraid of competition.

[@aislinlindsay3570]

+TollingBells haha Britain rules

[@sammi876]

My favourite British sweets are jelly tots and refreshers

[@suzeq7172]

Bassets Mint Creams. Hard crystalline sugar on the outside and creamy mint that coats your tongue on the inside. Used to be made by Terry’s. So, so good.

[@Fishies56]

My favorite is flake bars. They are great with some hot chocolate on cold winter nights

[@ednuttah]

Spangles? Rainbow drops? Turkish Delight? Milky Bar?

[@arieltritan8940]

+ednuttah Turkish Delights i get them once or twice from turkey or Cyprus

[@ednuttah]

***** Yes but they are British and were sweets.

[@michelepiteo7179]

+ednuttah nothing special a bout a spangle but why did they change from opal fruits that did do as promised and try be creamier

[@NigelGentry]

+ednuttah Also, she mentioned pear drops, but not my favourite, rhubarb & custard. The sugar on pear drops acts like sandpaper and scrapes your tongue!

[@elaineharley5501]

+Nigel Gentry Marks & Sparks, when it was in Canada, carried 'Pudding Sweets'. Four types of hard candy with filling, such as the rhubarb and custard you mentioned. I STILL miss 'em - they were THAT good!

[@sacozone]

Smarties! Puts M&Ms to shame.

[@juanirving276]

In my opinion no I hate smarties, also we have both in the US

[@RiderAEonRanger]

US Smarties ≠ UK Smarties. What US calls "Smarties" (and Canada calls "Rockets") are more akin to (Nestle) Wonka SweeTarts or Necco Wafers. What the UK (and basically the rest of the world) call "Smarties" from Nestle are closer to M&M's (milk chocolate buttons covered in a candy shell)

[@martynnotman3467]

+AEon Tokusatsu Reviews except MUCH nicer. ..american smarties are totally different you are right. and frankly vile..

[@auggieaugbourn4788]

Be sure to eat the red ones last. If you're from Canada you'll know why.

[@duallove6909]

When I was a kid I used to always use the red ones for lipstick 😅👄

[@moleshaman3040]

Pear drops ,Aero and rhubarb and custards. Jelly babies ,cho colate orange,Kendal Mint Xake and Yorkie bars also taste great IMO. I really miss UK candy ! :)

[@kirk1968]

This was great! One of my best friends here in the US is from Britain and always brings back such amazing treats...will pass this along so that I can try some new things :) Great video, thanks!

[@nbdj86]

How can you not mention the Curly Wurly!? But don't worry Siobhan, you can still have my last Rolo...

[@nicholasbarr729]

In the original Sherbet Fountains the liquorice stick formed a straw through which you were supposed to suck the sherbet up - hence the name. The "straw" would invariably become clogged. Then, the intense sucking required to clear it would result in a sudden, severe, coughing fit caused by inhaling sherbet at high speed into your lungs.

[@mimy27]

There's nothing like dunking that Rich Tea or Digestive biscuit.

[@alc1nad1m1trescu6]

All of these made me cry with happiness

[@ufoiag]

I still havent got over they changed Marathon to Snickers!!!

[@speleokeir]

+ian gleed - Yep. Snickers sounds like an STD

[@judacia]

no jammie dodgers?

[@andynightingale7335]

Those are biscuits.

[@PaulJohn01]

jammie dodgers exist at all points in time and space.

[@gearjammer3688]

Wave a packet of Jammie Dodgers around in our house and get tramppled to death by the kids.

[@PaulJohn01]

Throw them in the air and run for your life.

[@pupgaming5072]

The are not sweets

[@puppz9274]

These are so good omg Especially double deckers, I love em

[@chandlerinlasveas3418]

Siobhan Thompson, I rewatch these Anglophenia just to watch you.

[@ayannabuckner]

My favourite British sweets are caramel galaxy bars and mint aero bars. They sell theme here at Whole Foods in the US along with Farley's Rusks

[@DarthArachnious]

I remember Blackjack gum being popular in The States during the late 80's. Because Christian Slater chewed it in 'Pump up the Volume'.

[@MatthewBrannigan]

Yes, they showed the wrong Black Jack! In the US Black Jack is chewing gum and in the UK Black Jack is taffy. Both are aniseed flavor so have the same roots.

[@laurenjones9242]

Matthew Brannigan I noticed that!! It kinda irritated me, but sweets are a weird thing to get irritated about, but I used to love them, the best bit was when you peeled off the paper and a bit of the paper would still be stuck to the sweet and you'd know you were eating paper. Don't know why that's a good thing, but nostalgia!

[@laurenjones9242]

Matthew Brannigan also was that "root" a pun?

[@gdg1963]

It was, also, in the late '60s and early '70s here in America.

[@coolhacker1025]

I love Jelly Babies. I wish more of your list was available here in the states.

[@willowtreeocean6856]

I love all of these

[@kiaz1st]

Pfff, I have no idea why she called it 'Brighton' Rock, instead of just Rock. In Brighton you have Brighton Rock, in Blackpool we have Blackpool Rock, etc. But if you're going to refer to it in general it's just 'Rock' or 'Rock Candy'

[@Domolikesyoshi]

Candy Rock not rock candy as that is a sweet all on it's own

[@StephMullyy]

Yeah I don't call it Brighton rock it's stick of rock to me

[@gimmie55]

Edinburgh rock is different it is like a super compressed powder that is in the same shape and crumbles when you bight it!!

[@Sunshine-zm1fx]

Did you watch the video? She says this in the video. She mentions that the different towns have their names inside the candy.

[@kiaz1st]

+Baxter You are right, she does, and it's probably me just being pedantic about presentation. But it's more of an afterthought and she doesn't really explain that it's not always named Brighton Rock. If she's introducing a candy to someone who doesn't know what it is, it would probably be wiser to give them the common name of the candy, in this case 'Rock' or 'Rock Candy', rather than the name it's known as in just one town, in order to avoid confusion. But that's really just a bit of criticism I could give, since she is really good at presentation and the video itself is wonderful.

[@JojoHoran1D]

Bueno hands down is amazing, or Freddo frogs

[@nonagone9570]

+Jordan Simmonds they give me memories of a corner shop with the caramel freddos

[@Alex-wv9en]

Yeah, but Freddos are probably, like, a hundred quid by now.... 😭

[@JojoHoran1D]

+Alexander Marriott I got into a small argument today with my friend over the price of Freddos 😂

[@robingent7194]

+Jordan Simmonds Yeah Freddo frogs are good but no way I'm I falling for that he got kids & a mortgage to pat off

[@shelbybarber5148]

Omg same 😻😻😻 I looooove the White Bueno 😻

[@upsettispaghetti_9013]

Aero bars I had them for the first time in Brazil. So good.

[@shelleyc6153]

I visited Scotland many years ago, and my favorite sweet there was tablet!

[@jessicacarey1186]

Crunchie bars are my favorite! My husband prefers Fruit Pastilles. I enjoy them too, but I am much more inclined toward chocolate. Also, where I live in the US, I have two stores both within a half-hour of me called Jungle Jim's International Market. They are HUGE stores that carry foods from all over the world. I can pick up any of these candies there any time! It is great!! However, whenever my Mom or Grandmother visit our relatives in England, or our relatives visit here, they always come (or come home) with suitcases loaded with PG Tips tea bags, Crunchie Bars, Aniseed Balls (Yuck! But my mom loves them...) and Fruit Pastilles. It's like Christmas! We love it!

[@mirajali2777]

I was reading this comment and then crunchie came up

[@hambyr]

My English friend got me onto PG Tips. I order it from Amazon. We Americans are clueless about tea and don't even know it

[@jessicacarey1186]

Absolutely! I grew up on "real" tea. lol My Grandma is British and so is my Mom.

[@PaulJohn01]

Aniseed balls are great.

[@marthaedden9569]

I LOVE fruit pastilles!!

[@AlliCrumley]

"They are great if you like your treats to also punish you." Now I have to buy a ticket to England and procure ALL of these. Where is my passport?

[@LeTrickyTrickster]

I am in the UK and can buy some American sweets on the UK Amazon. Perhaps you can buy UK sweets on the US Amazon?

[@AlliCrumley]

You are a genius. Thank you internet gods for the comment above.

[@LeTrickyTrickster]

Alli Crumley I'd recommend Refreshers too, they're great!

[@juliescott4473]

Diverse areas of the US will often have specialty markets that sell imported sweets. We have a few Indian markets in the area that also sell British sweets.

[@yarnycakes]

ukgoods.com 😎

[@chilibean215]

My absolutely favorite sweet from UK is (for always and ever) the Tunnock's Wafers. There is nothing better for me.

[@sistahmels8228]

Well now. Now I know what I missed out when I was on London. Guess I need to go back for another visit and try your sweets. Funny video!

[@northgarms1180]

WHERE ARE THE RHUBARB AND CUSTARDS!!?? I demand to know.

[@Gh0stClown]

A twirl is objectively better than a flake.

[@Ms155y]

Agreed. They don't crumble until they're in your mouth.

[@shlurpaj3557]

Floobs yessss!

[@teresarivasugaz2313]

Floobs Yup, although both are delicious

[@JJBushfan]

Floobs Mmm... more practical, I'd say. I prefer the taste of Flake, but it comes at a price. However carefully you eat it (head back, tube in mouth etc) approximately 20% of it still ends up as crumbs on the carpet. Mars had a good idea with their Galaxy Dipped Flake (a forerunner of Twirl) but Galaxy doesn't taste anything like chocolate, so why bother?

[@jamezp1]

+Floobs Ripple trumps them both :D

[@Neptunade]

Love the way you say nougat.

[@laurabarnesathome]

what the hell is candy corn, just no America, just no

[@suroorbutti9175]

I'm not American and I tried and trust me I would eat a whole filled with it!!!!!

[@amberm385]

It doesn't taste anything like corn! ;)

[@maryellenallen]

Candy corn is disgusting and on behalf of my country, I apologize for its existence.

[@95neoncolors]

yeah.. same.. yuck.

[@melindagibbs8400]

Candy corn is a honey flavored candy that you usually only find around Halloween. Even though its honey flavored there is a lot of confectioners sugar in them making them Very sweet.

[@worldwanderer5540]

my favorite British sweet is anything Cadbury...even went to a Cadbury Factory once...even the aroma was satisfying! : )

[@PatGilliland]

Maltesers, crunchie bars and winegums are all readily available in Canada. Allsorts are slightly more difficult to find but not impossible. Most of the rest can be found in specialty shops. Siobhan is a licourice heretic. My wife will kill for the coconut allsorts.

[@surfbbee]

As are Aero and Flake bars. I see sherbert and liquorice allsorts often as well, including corner shops and all department stores it seems. You can get most of the other treats at common enough places like Bulk Barn. I think BlackJack is the only thing on the list that I haven't seen anywhere except those ridiculously overpriced UK-import shops. Oh, and black currant-flavoured things. Once in a while I'll see a pack of blackcurrant Fruitella at convenience stores but that's it apart from those import shops. Irn Bru you can get all over the place, but the candy? I don't think I even saw it when I lived in the UK, lol. Wham bars yes. Double Deckers are my fav from this list. Or, well, they were until I saw a pack of 8 at Sainsburys for £1... Moderation is the key to not puking up things you love. I would have included Dolly Mix here though. That is my absolute favourite.

[@Wordsnwood]

Ummm, allsorts are frankly common in Southern Ontario... Costco, Loblaws, Shoppers Drug Mart all carry them. I'm a bit sad for you if they're not available where you live! :-)

[@carly9339]

surfbbee Noooooo Dolly Mix is absolutely rank D: Oh and allsorts too!

[@Candyclouds4ever454]

yay!! aero bars!! I just found out about them last year here in America and I LOVE the green one

[@jennifersanders3564]

I'm from America but when we go on holiday (vacation) to the UK. I love dolly mix. I also love anything from Mr. Simm's olde sweet shoppe.

[@robinburt5735]

Walnut whips are my fave

[@MsJoaniePH]

When I was a lass, we used to have a Cadbury product on our local shops' candy shelves called "Scotch Shortbread" -- which sold for about a dime per package of eight. They were essentially a good quality of shortbread squares dipped in milk chocolate. Somewhere around the very early 70s they went away. I would love to have some now! What's not to like about Cadbury's chocolate and shortbread?

[@mandolinic]

+MsJoaniePH That reminds me of something called "Cadburys Snack" that was available in England in the 1960s and 70s. It wasn't a single product, but a range of different chocolate and biscuit (cookies), wrapped into a small package. I'm pretty certain that there was one with 8 small chocolate coated shortbread squares, and another with 6-8 long-thin wafer fingers, also chocolate coated.

[@MsJoaniePH]

+Mandolinic In thinking about the name, these were also called Cadbury Snacks as well. All I ever was aware of were the Scotch Shortbreads and none of the other varieties you mentioned. It would seem that one does tend forget small details from 40+ years ago.

[@rainyday4970]

+Mandolinic That sounds amazing.

[@HyuugaCharlie]

+MsJoaniePH they are called "Snax" now

[@MsJoaniePH]

One thing that came to me in my adulthood: Scotch is a whiskey and Scot is a person (such as myself). A better usage, on the part of Cadbury's, would have been to call the product "Scots Shortbread or Scottish Shortbread"... :) One must always consider that things on this side of the pond are not always quite grammatically correct -- and no one notices such distinctions.

[@FelicityWilkinsonfelicity]

Just give them allllllll This top ten was so on point.

[@davidmacgregor5193]

Cinder Toffee, Soor Plooms, Rhubarb Rock, Koff Kandy, Voice Tablets, Yorkshire Mixture, Peanut Brittle, Rhubarb & Custard, Butternuts, Scottish Tablet, Macaroon Bar, etc, etc.

[@CraigUntlNytTym]

she called it brighton rock but showed blackpool rock

[@petgrief]

WHAT A DISGRACE!! GOSH!!

[@Alex-wv9en]

I've always called it Edinburgh rock... I guess it depends where your from

[@CraigUntlNytTym]

Alexander Marriott it depends wgere you buy it from

[@Alex-wv9en]

+Craig Penfold Ezacrly

[@ThatDawnOne]

+Alexander Marriott Edinburgh rock is different; more soft and powdery as opposed to the hard, minty stuff with words in.

[@pixiepie3667]

You forgot that Malteasers float if you blow them. X

[@t4smiyah]

Nicola Farnworth Do they?

[@katiedavis5810]

I love all of them

[@castielle532]

Great video!!! Love the host! So funny!! :D Oh! And Dairy Milk. Those are amazing too.

[@tymime]

No Lion bars?? I'm surprised the Beatles' (former) love of jelly babies wasn't mentioned.

[@menwoolover1]

Lion bars aren't exclusively (or notoriously) British like these on the list. They are actually more popular in Italy, France and Germany

[@EdgeOfLight]

menwoolover1 lion bars are soooo good, nesquik bars too

[@TheShizue777]

menwoolover1 Lion Bars! My very favorite. Do they still make Turkish Delights? My least favorite, but they had very dramatic commercials back in the 1970s.

[@tbonegal1989]

Toffee Crisp is something not sold in America and my favorite chocolate from the UK.

[@MatthewBrannigan]

I get my fix from Fresh and Easy - they sell a number of different UK candies and are all over CA,NV & AZ.

[@ryanjankelowitz9710]

I've had most of these! I love a Flake in a soft serve! Aero too!

[@kingswagoncat6251]

My favourite originally British sweets are Parma Violets.

[@kingswagoncat6251]

They taste like if baking soda and grapes had a baby.

[@GleePerformancesProfile]

KingSwagonCat GD omg yes. I love parma violets😍

[@evie5551]

L.O.V.E. them.

[@eggy_triceratops4583]

KingSwagonCat Gaming I kinda think they taste like perfume And yes they are also my favourite sweet overall

[@pixwool]

To be honest, I think fizzers are better, but I still love Parma violets

[@SPORTEKS]

My favorite British sweet is Bounty it comes in regular chocolate and dark chocolate it is packed full of white non toasted coconut.

[@greenteawithbees]

Personally I don't like bounties, because of the coconut ( I don't like the texture of coconut in them, but I'll eat a coconut in chunks), but I remember really like Turkish Delights :)

[@SPORTEKS]

Flitter Shy Bounties come in all kinds of flavors and sizes there's small,medium and large. There's coco cherry coconut,dark coco with coconut,milk coco with almonds and coconut. The big one's has three bars in it but small and medium have two.

[@GrahamPHL]

Smarties are way better than M & M's and should have been included as well!

[@oliwiakin8790]

When it comes to Aero bars I was always too impatient to actually wait till the chocolate melts in my mouth as they did in the commercials and just enjoyed the fact that when you chew the it feels funny xD

[@joeking5310]

Victory V's (both types), polo mints, walnut whip, rowntrees fruit gums, fruit pastels, munchies, picnic bars, creme eggs, refreshers, etc, etc.

[@louisabell1454]

Everyday on the way hope from school we would buy penny sweets and I would always choose fruit salads!

[@jtrenoweth]

Aero Bars have been my fave since a child . But life is not complete w8thout trying a caramelo Koala mmmm choc Koala filled with Caramel

[@arittsu]

So strayan.

[@5335816]

Refreshers! Nom nom. I want a crunchie now. Nice video.

[@MrMusiclover41]

I am a huge licorice fan, so I would never toss out good licorice candy! I enjoy the English licorice which I find here in the States in the international sections of super markets.

[@richardvanderlaak826]

Yeah I'm more of a dutch licorice fan, but maybe that's because I'm dutch myself 🥲 - It has a stronger flavour than the English licorice, which has (in my opinion) soap tasting flavours

[@mrmusiclover4178]

@@richardvanderlaak826 I have not seen Dutch licorice here, but I would definitely try it! Occasionally I see Finnish licorice, and Australian is fairly easy to find. The U.S at one time had an excellent domestic licorice, produced by Switzer's Licorice in St. Louis. Unfortunately, like most decent products here, the Switzer's company was bought out by the outfit which produces fake licorice called Twizzler, and Switzer's excellent licorice was discontinued. It's the American way. Therefore I have to seek out international licorice.

[@GRAHAMAUS]

Not just up in arms about Opal Fruits/Starburst, but still sore about Marathons turning into Snickers, and the loss of Opal Mints along with Opal Fruits. And don't get me started about Spangles.

[@sewind6613]

And Treets and Tooty Frooties.

[@nicholaslawlor8623]

Whoever discontinued Old English should be hunted down like a rabid dog!

[@Victoria_Phoenix]

I live in Canada and you can get quite a few of those sweets here like Cruchie, Aero, Chocolate Buttons, and wine gums and liquorice allsorts, and most Walmarts also have a from the UK candy section

[@amelie2626]

I LOVE Liquorice Allsorts!!! I am very happy they are imported here to Canada. And Flake (the chocolate bar) are good enough to die for.

[@smokingsamosa]

Freddo, the chocolate frog which has gone up from 12p, to 17p, to 20p, and not it is a whopping 25p!!!!

[@louisecookson4786]

They were 5p when I was a kid.....

[@leelss139]

I wonder why cream eggs aren't in the list. I have never seen them somewhere else except in GB.

[@spderweb]

They are in Canada and the US. Alot of these in the list are always available in Canada but I guess we're under british whatever still so maybe that's why.

[@CrownofRa]

Because Creme Eggs are revolting and should only be recommended to your enemy.

[@Kwippy]

Creme eggs aren't vile but they aren't terribly good either. They are just fun for kids because the inside look like (cooked) egg. The yolk and the white parts, they just taste of sugar.

[@CrownofRa]

***** They are as far from delicious as you could possibly get.

[@kaitlyn3075]

You forgot kinder suprise and party rings!!! I love you videos because i live in the uk and i am british and i just love your videos!!!! Keep up with the good work

[@anthonyfd100]

Totally cute. I love the cardigan, the shirt done up to the top, the pony tail, the big Clark Kent glasses. And sharp as a tack. No, I actually didn't listen to much of it, as I've already listened to her multiple British accents as least three times, and already know I love her ;-)

[@petercdowney]

Even if wine gums DID contain alcohol, they wouldn't get me drunk, due to my Irish heritage.