BOOTLEG CANDY From Algeria - Comparing The Knockoffs With The Originals

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00:00-01:04 Introduction
01:04-03:55 Kit Kat VS Kool Break
03:55-08:10 Snickers VS Celebrity Barre
08:10-10:34 Lion Bar VS CRAZY Bar
10:34-12:53 Twix VS Mandolin
12:53-14:02 Conclusion

[@WeirdExplorer]

In case you missed it, here's the episode on my visit to a Bootleg McDonald's: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIfQhJZtbpWapLc

[@mikelkautzer3830]

Very interesting channel and review. I think you missed a chocolate bar product called "Winergy" which is kind of famous local brand i think. Regards.

[@Sarah-Jhony555]

if these products are really going to be of the same quality as the originals, how do you expect Algerian citizens to buy them? so we have to be strategic not just to launch products that will end up in inventory!!!! 😅

[@Lembdadelta]

As an Algerian, the reason for the existence of so many bootlegs is that foreign companies cannot implement here without partnering with a local company in some type of 50/50 contract, to avoid foreign monopolies and "economic imperialism". I think it's a great thing to protect the local market from foreign companies that the local ones could never compete with.

[@Kristenm28]

I agree, that's a good thing.

[@adelmax9465]

I'm from Algeria and used to eat a lot of Mandolin when I was a kid but the quality of it change now .... back in the day when you bite it you will drag caramel like mozzarella and the chocolate taste better , about the nougat that's authentic Algeria nougat taste , keep it going I love your videos and thanks for visiting .

[@spirttomb]

Same with candies in the states. Prices going up, quality going down

[@adelmax9465]

@@spirttomb yeah I have an American uncle told me something like that and he told me that the orange juice bottle be came smaller too in the States ( at least in NY because he lives there)

[@benmeradiabderrahmane3963]

Egyptian product nothing algerian in it

[@adelmax9465]

@@benmeradiabderrahmane3963 did I say Mandolin is Algerian product 🙃 , it's sold in Algeria and I use to eat it a lot 20 years ago and the quality of it dropped , show me where I said it's Algerian 🤥

[@NoOneForNow1]

@@benmeradiabderrahmane3963 well thats nothing to be proud about it tastes horrible.

[@Fennecalgerie]

As an Algerian i genuinely believe that kool break is better then kitkat 😂

[@MuscleMMan]

Yep... True Despite the fact that i haven't even tried kit kat before 😅

[@pmdxdrk3134]

​@@MuscleMManhe is right Kool break is much better and even cheaper

[@jarayablack3619]

Disagree

[@zinoubambino3514]

i agree with that lol

[@3abdooogamer734]

Kool supreme is better than both🗣

[@ahmedbenlahrech5352]

I am Algerian and I've been following you for a while now, and am happy that when you visited my country you didn't get swarmed by the Algerian online mob for visiting like what's happening with other content creators LOL (It's not omnious or anything, it's just that Algeria isn't used to getting tourists so when we do have one, it's exciting) and as for the knock-offs, Algeria started seeing an apparition of a variety of knock-offs due to incentives for local production (coupled with both its upsides and downsides), but there are still some hidden gems that's produced locally that I've yet to encounter the equivelant of anywhere else!

[@zascoco6617]

We are getting more and more tourist recently. Concerning the bootlegs I wonder of we will go the same path as China in some way. beginning by making bootlegs and then our won quality products.

[@chahineboudemagh9596]

راو جايه النزوح الريفي

[@thenumidianman3989]

Stop kissing up.

[@brtk_71]

?​@@thenumidianman3989

[@detectfevi]

Man I truly love these review videos of local snacks and drinks! Don't stop making them please!

[@WeirdExplorer]

Glad you like them!

[@FractalMachine]

different melting points for chocolate doesn't necessarily mean different ingredients. interestingly, you could have the exact same ingredients, and yet have 2 chocolates that melt at entirely different temperatures. the reason, is that chocolate molecules have more than one way to crystalize. so depending on the treatment of the chocolate, and the curing process, even starting with the exact same substance, you can get various types of chocolate. for instance, "Beta chocolate" has a high enough melting point that it will even stay solid while you handle it, or even in a fairly hot sunny day in algeria, provided it's stored in the shade. while "Gamma chocolate", melts at temperatures that are well below room temperature, so it will only stay solid for a very short while after taking it out of the fridge. and just like in any other crystal, if you have seeds of a type of chocolate, you can make liquid chocolate crystalize around those nucleation points, growing into the specific chocolate crystal you seeded it from.

[@curhob]

For those who don't know, this is also called tempering- Bringing chocolate to certain temperatures and then cooling it down. it's done in factories to make chocolate stay set at room temperature, and H2CT has explained this extensively.

[@johnnyearp52]

Interesting!

[@laurasnow7822]

The Celebrity chocolate bar will probably always be softer because if it is melted once you can’t really cool it back to a less warm room temperature and have it return to a solid state. Basically, the chocolate must be re-tempered all over again if it melts because the crystal formation is lost. Bla bla bla im guessing you already know this

[@poppinc8145]

It's great to know that Algeria has good quality chocolate. A lot of countries in the developing world have very poor quality "chocolate" far worse than US chocolate, and US chocolate is already pretty bad compared to other Western countries due to its low cacao content and use of corn syrup instead of cane sugar. In Europe the cacao content is 30% and in the US its like 10% to be considered chocolate. In a lot of developing countries the cacao content is even less or sometimes none and is mostly just brown coloring and tastes awful.

[@Pan_Galactic_Gargle_Blaster]

the issue with the flavor of big name brand US milk chocolate is the higher butyric acid content due to how the milk solids are processed. Gives it a slight cheesy/vomit hint in the aftertaste. There are plenty of better options than Hershey's in the US though.

[@riverAmazonNZ]

The Crazy bar seems like a good one to me. Wafer crunch, rice crunch, plenty choc, no caramel. Ideal!

[@Shitballs69420]

"Crunchy" bar is what they're trying to copy I'm pretty sure

[@riverAmazonNZ]

@@Shitballs69420 to me a crunchy bar is honeycomb coated in choc

[@Manilla_yanni]

love your channel and I'm so grateful you came to my country 🇩🇿 We also love the USA

[@mikedrop4421]

Ironic how the quality of US chocolate always lags behind the rest of the world when we could make some of the best in the world. We all expect Belgium or Switzerland to do chocolate better than us but when Algeria is beating you at the chocolate game you've got a problem.

[@RababaInc]

why do you think Algeria should be producing worse chocolate than the US or vice versa?

[@janicejames3005]

Believe it or not neither Belgium nor Sweden grow cocoa. 😂😂

[@DudokX]

I think it might have more to do with local tastes, at least that's how it was explained to me by American coworker. Apparently people prefer different kind of chocolate in US than in Europe and Africa.

[@anteversus8471]

Perhaps because Algerian producers base themselves on European standards and because they aim to export. . For example, in Algeria there are several brands of dark chocolate or hazelnuts which are made of cocoa mass and cocoa butter, zero vegetable fat and which are as good as imported brands such as Ritter Sport (German chocolate) or Milka. Relatives living in Canada brought us Canadian chocolates and cookies, they were of very poor taste, made with vegetable fat. We also produce chocolates made with vegetable fat but they are still delicious.

[@tafneb3679]

Than you have no idea about Algeria and their products its not new ! During the frensh occupation the frensh took several recipes from Algeria and between 17s 18s in the royal kitchen such as UK and France they use to cook algerian dishes and call it exp : gigot à l’Algérienne( algerian lamb) soupe à l’algérienne( algerian soupe ) viande cuite à l’algérienne ..etc Beside , Algerian women are renowned for preparing the best cakes and pastries in the Eastern word and even European one do some research 🤌🏻

[@KonaSquid]

Should have compared ingredients. The knockoffs might be superior if they don't contain corn syrup lol

[@ariariaris]

That and in general the chocolate seems to be of better quality. I’ve tried US chocolate-based snacks like these and the chocolate has always been worse. Like a semi-solid sugary grease.

[@espenschjelderup426]

Corn syrup is a American thing, so I doubt it.

[@yangtse55]

HF corn syrup is just cheap sugar same chemistry as cane or beet sugar.(sucrose=glucose + fructose) You actually mean HFCS because unprocessed corn syrup is just glucose. Academic for me as I haven't eaten this sort of thing for 40 years or so.

[@NZKiwi87]

Corn syrup is almost unheard of in many other countries.

[@yangtse55]

@@NZKiwi87 it's cheap in usa as it's an indigenous crop and heavily subsidised as is sugar beet in UK and. EU

[@mannbat]

Great video as always! As an Aussie there's a few treats from AU / NZ which I think you'd find quite interesting: - Mint Slice (one of the most delicious biscuits ever made) - Tim Tams (if you get your hands on these then you absolutely have to try a "tim tam slam") - Chocolate fish (this is an interesting NZ-specific treat. There's an aspect of culture tied up with this treat too) We also have our own localised version of a Snickers bar (called a "picnic", made by Cadbury), though these days Snickers has just as much product recognition.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Can't forget cherry ripe. Thats my favorite :)

[@ComicSansMcGee]

We have Tim Tams in Canada too. They are easily my favourite cookie/candy bar

[@johnnyearp52]

Tim Tams are ok. Not my favorite. But decent.

[@rythinpain]

love that the bootlegs aren't bad

[@CrustaceousB]

Having a really rough day today. Your videos are always very relaxing for me. Thank you. 💜

[@MoniBahaa]

I'm from Egypt and Mandolin is my childhood favorite candy. The quality changed drastically due to shrink-flation, with the company replacing some of the cocoa butter in the chocolate with vegetable oil and reducing its size quite a bit. It's still a nostalgic thing for me, but Twix is currently miles better.

[@hhhhhhh2385]

love these types of videos!!!!! similar vibe to ashens comparing japanese kit kat flavors. came for in-depth fruit content, stayed for candy bar reviews

[@ghadasmile8287]

You should try maxon products N° 🥇☝️in algeria 🇩🇿 💯

[@ghadasmile8287]

Algerian products are the best ❤😊🇩🇿

[@bankafouf.]

What " they are not att all 😅! What No no no ... ?

[@user-cz5ql7ry3q]

@@bankafouf. Wow bro Smell a liar I was excited to buy them and stop posting your stinky comments Racist 🤣🤣🤣🤣 jealous

[@hikerbikerhorse]

love t see more like this! thanks for always entertaining

[@mikedrop4421]

Haha, not expecting this but it's a great idea for a video

[@WeirdExplorer]

Glad you think so!

[@JustJulia-qt9nh]

This was a really fun video.

[@redlinerer]

i didnt even realize this was one of your videos when i clicked it, what a nice surprise!

[@johngalt5411]

Hey, we do knock off products in the U.S. too. Many of our successful TV shows are based on sitcoms from other countries.

[@avibank]

Your dining room chairs are epic!

[@Jhud69]

Love these comparisons, if you find stuff like this on your travels don't hesitate to make content about it!

[@100oracle]

I really love your channel and especially how well you describe sensations. If i were blind i would want you to follow me around and describe the world around me lolz.

[@badisfaiza847]

Sir am from algeria and see company's sheat so let's be real grateful for your chanell

[@avariceseven9443]

I like the word "inspired" more than bootleg or copied, it's less controversial. Bootleg has this illegal connotation to it. Like the product is illegal and might have copied more than the packaging and mimic the original with lower quality ingredients and maybe unsafe ones too. More often than not, these companies just ride on popular brand's success by trying to make their own version and sometimes even make a close copy of the original's packaging but I don't think their intention is to trick people to buy them thinking they are the original. There's a cookie biscuit in the Philippines called cream o. A kind of classic here. Not knowing what oreo is, I never thought it was a "copy" of it until I was more aware of things like that. The packaging color scheme is similar too but the flavor is not the same. I cant remember exactly, cause it's been years since I have both. It is interesting finding these copies though and the word bootleg is easier to say than saying this is inspired by x product. lol

[@GolosinasArgentinas]

Love the candy/snack/soft drink episodes :-)

[@apteropith]

some dollar-stores in ontario (canada) have knockoff kit-kats and a few other bar styles, on the same shelves as the "originals" even which isn't that odd, if i think about it: it's more odd that only dollar-stores carry generic-brand versions of most candy-bars, when stuff like generic-brand oreo cookies are ubiquitous edit: there's also knockoff snickers with similarly few-if-any peanuts, and i'm pretty sure a lot of the more unusual candy and off-brands in these stores are also from turkey

[@griigorihabii]

I'm always a sucker when it comes to reviewing snacks from different countries.

[@mandab.3180]

man now i'm mad we don't have lion bar cause that sounds cool. also, now i want chocolate 😮‍💨

[@MannyJazzcats]

I live in the UK,had one after many years recently,was very disappointed,you arnt missing much

[@belg4mit]

Get a Krackle, or if you an find it, Ritter with cornflakes.

[@Nunya_Bidnez]

I love your content. Keep it up brother.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Thanks, will do!

[@ShellyS2060]

Whoo Hoo a junk food journey! My favorite ❤

[@missenglish8909]

thank u for trying our Algerian snacks and for giving ur positive feedback .Anyways since u are in Algeria come to Mostaganem city its really beautiful then u can visit Bejaia and Jijle Also these are cities with various beautiful beaches very pleasing for summer hot

[@Locut0s]

The dollarama dollar stores here in Canada actually cary some Turkish made chocolate bars that are clearly inspired by some western brands.

[@vampire369]

great video, more randon snacks from other countries please!

[@mikelkautzer3830]

Very nice video , Thank you very much for this share

[@JTMusicbox]

“Break me off a piece of that Kool Break bar!”

[@MrZork33]

The crazy bar was a staple of my childhood lol. This brought back good memories

[@MotoHikes]

Lion bars are GOD tier. Very upset for anyone in the US unable to find them.

[@MannyJazzcats]

You are deluded,they have nothing to them when you bite into one,maybe they have changed but they definately arnt great anymore.the Picnic is what a lion bar wishes it was

[@MrJking012]

Looks like a Mr Big tbh its basically the exact same thing.

[@Breadonbread98]

I am bread 🍞

[@Shitballs69420]

And pretty sure the "crazy" bar is copying a "crunchy" bar

[@PRDreams]

Relax, we love our chocolate bars. Only the FOMO will go out of their way to taste chocolate shaped slightly different because someone in YT said it was GOD tier.

[@berkoukes-design1134]

i don't live in Algeria no more, but back in the days these cost arround 20 dinars (equivalents of 10 cents) the fact that they where much cheaper than the international brands made them so popular, i think that why it's very hard to find brand like kitkat, lays .. etc they simply can't compete with the locals

[@qwertyasdfgh4655]

Michigander here, love lion bars most specialty candy stores carry these. Whenever I go to market I find myself scanning the international sections for them. If your in the us and haven’t had one I highly recommend trying one if you can find it.

[@ryyssblk3386]

Kool break is a great quick lunch for uni students :'')

[@cgmohammed]

Thank you

[@stonedbeaver]

Lion is one of my favorites.

[@hollywebster6844]

You can usually find Lion bars at Middle Eastern grocery stores in the US. They are delicious!

[@Mstudies200]

Actually in Algeria, we do have the other snacks that you were talking about that you do have in US like KitKat lion ..etc but there is type of people who copy those snacks and they are cheaper than the other ones, but you can buy the both And I think this thing exists in all of the world. For example, you can find a lot of copies of Nutella, but of course they have not the same quality.

[@ghadasmile8287]

#welcome_to_algeria 😍🇩🇿😍🇩🇿😍🇩🇿😍🇩🇿😍

[@man-xy1cs]

Somehow, that snickers bootleg made its way into a store in the Philippines because i remember buying one a few years ago

[@GrandDawggy]

I've always called the "design" on a snickers the vain.

[@rocketamadeus3730]

Wtf that Snickers bar has some girth. Never seen one like that.

[@WeirdExplorer]

must be all the peanuts that it is packed with

[@fae430]

Used to get a Kit Kat like thing from aldis that was always my favorite

[@FoodwaysDistribution]

Price comparison would be interesting though

[@pmdxdrk3134]

I'm algerian and the Kool Break is actually cheaper then kit Kat by 40% at least

[@bubaks2]

Would have loved to see the ingredients on the packaging

[@J1WE]

Dollorama in Canada has 3 bars made in Turkey that are copies of Mars, Snickers and Bounty Bars.. Called Meteor, Island Bar and forget lastbine.

[@alpha.wintermute]

Lion bars are pgood. I can find it in the international aisle at my local grocer in US. Also you make great videos!

[@edgarburlyman738]

In your opinion, is a candy bar like a Snickers or KitKat as good as an energy bar like Clif for hiking/outdoors purposes?

[@WeirdExplorer]

When I'm hiking I carry trail mix. But between the two, I would go with the Clif bar. I sometimes keep one as an emergency meal substitute when I'm doing a long haul gig. They are more filling in my experience and can be thrown into a bag without worrying that it will get melted or mangled as much as a candy bar.

[@edgarburlyman738]

@@WeirdExplorer I find the energy bars like Clif to be about as filling as a Snickers, perhaps somewhat healthier. But what I really like is the Gatorade ones, it's very filling.

[@frankmacleod2565]

fascinating

[@islemlemiti4555]

as an algerian I tried kitkat before and tried kool and I find it crazy that kool is better

[@Jeem101]

You can find mandolin in Egypt as well.

[@jfletcher2357]

The Crazy Bar reminds me of the Bar-None bar we used to have in the US, except those have chocolate wafers. Weirdly, they're being made again...in Turkey 😄 They taste pretty close to how I remember, but that's interesting to me, at least.

[@user-ib2yc9dx5q]

The important thing is that Algerian products are much cheaper

[@coppliable]

That KitKat looks like its from the 70s

[@christianhansen3292]

Lion bar reminds me of A 'Whatchamacallit"

[@TomsBackyardWorkshop]

We have a more similar candy bar to the crazy bar in the US but I cant recall what it is called.

[@snowmiaow]

Zagnut maybe?

[@DS-qg9cd]

Ahh... Mandolin, I remember eating it when I was a child but sadly I can't find it anywhere, and for anyone interested, back in the times it costed only 10 DZD, that's equivalent to ~$0.12 nowadays

[@PayPercuh]

i recommend you try tiger bar (inspired by lion bar)

[@Tam.I.am.]

There's a bootleg Mars bar that you can get at Dollerama around here, from Turkey... I like that bar better than the original. It just tastes better to me. Some people say it's sweeter than Mars, but I haven't found that. I know one reason I like it better is that the bars are smaller. Less sweet to get through. lol I've never heard of Lion bar, but here in Canada we have a wafer bar called Coffee Crisp.

[@ilovecheese162]

Im from algeria and im watch on ThemTube

[@GREENFIREISCOMINGRUN]

the wonder food's food are actually very yummy and the kool break is very good

[@Asque42]

I see you shop at Aldi

[@monferno1]

The crazy bar looks more like a Tim-Tam with rice on the outside tbh

[@laline_aaa]

i think the difference between the lion bar and the crazy bar is because crazy is trying to replicate the crunch bar from nestle ? i don't know if crunch and lion are the same but when i first saw the crazy bar it reminded me more of a crunch bar

[@ICE-ok4ne]

You should talk about price difference to

[@chaimalekkam4233]

The Mandolin bar is so nostalgic, but it used to be much better tasting, i remember as kid you could drag the caramel like a mozzarella stick when you bite into it, the quality of it dropped over the years

[@andybaker2456]

The Kool Break is probably more inspired by KitKats that are sold outside of the US. The US KitKat packaging is different from the rest of the world, which would explain the different red colouring. Kool Break looks more like the KitKat we get here in the UK.

[@nukasnook1561]

Lion bar looks like our picnic bar in NZ

[@amandawilliams5079]

Looks like a Lion bar is a rebrand of a Mr Big bar here in Canada.

[@4evaavfc]

Yum.

[@abdellahzouggari3242]

We have tiger bar which mimicks the lion bar

[@kanders7391]

Keep in mind that the American chocolate candy makers were and may still be buying their coco from African growers who kept children there against their will as slave labor. I don’t know where Algiers coco beans come from. Who knows, maybe the same place.

[@dancoroian1]

Can't understand why you wouldn't at least put the melted one in the fridge for a second instead of just opening it melted like a MONSTER

[@repeatdefender6032]

Can I write you a little theme song to use when Vostok makes an appearance?

[@genekalutsky8813]

Crazy looks like Picnic

[@player_unknown963]

Doesn't Wal-Mart and Hannaford do something similar with store brands?

[@esmeraldagreen1992]

Candy, the new fruit!!!

[@kacemsyco]

You've should try winergy its better then celebrity bar

[@bouabdellahghanem4380]

Mandoline is a replica of twix but sadly thats not the real og mandoline Mandoline is an old chocolat barre that algériens realy love but the company that make it stop working for some reasons than start making it again but it doesnt taste like the old one

[@JHaven-lg7lj]

Oh my gosh I want Lion bars in my life. To the internet!

[@Quarksi]

The twix winning for american candy bars is an absolute deserve

[@jackhuge6054]

You did not talk about the price difference between them in America, their prices are high. Algeria's snacks are also sold in Europe in abundance, France, Belgium and Spain..ect

[@bankafouf.]

Who would likely will bay them : 😂 one a joke ? ... You could get a deaseas just from smelling them ... Or worse hart atak , death ex ...

[@karimdz9131]

​@@bankafouf. Moroccan like always 😂

[@benamar.x8990]

​@bankafouf. they say " buy " , not "bay " , "disease " , not " deaseas " , "heart attack " , not " attak " , dumb

[@user-cz5ql7ry3q]

@@bankafouf. Here too, man. Are you a dog to keep barking every where? I'll buy them and visit Algeria.cry now😂😂😂😂😂

[@medislamben9712]

​@@bankafouf.morrocan dog

[@fanysara4119]

I'm a Algerian and we have ripoff candy and real like my dad brings us candies like kitkat m&Ms and more and mondolin is not a ripoff it's just a Egyptian candy made by cadbery in Egypt 😊

[@langustajableczna]

I always buy bootleg candy bars instead of the originals bc they are always nestle insteaf of my country's business. I do this for anything I can

[@HFC786]

Besides McDonald’s is there other bootleg food places

[@MuscleMMan]

Mandolin is Egyptian

[@allanthomas6097]

Snickers says snickers in canada

[@fuzzylilpeach6591]

I found this very interesting! Is US chocolate generally not that good compared to other countries?

[@friday3592]

US chocolate tastes like vomit. that's not me being rude, theres a specific ingredients, butyric acid, thats only in US chocolate that gives it that flavour. I've tried a few American candy bars like Hershey's I remember most vividly and I had to spit it out. and I'll normally eat anything if it's got sugar in it

[@fuzzylilpeach6591]

@friday3592 you know what, now that you say that, i totally see it. I've always enjoyed Cadbury over Hersheys, I just thought it's because it was creamier. But damn, it actually does have that flavor...

[@johnnyearp52]

I never noticed a vomit flavor to any chocolate but American chocolate does not taste as good.