Brit Reacts to AMERICAN STUDENTS eating BRITISH Snacks for the First Time!

[@SherriLyle80s]

Someone needs to send Lewis our chocolate like See's or Ghirardelli because Hershey's is like our cheap chocolate.

[@annahall7651]

Omg, Sees salted dark chocolate caramels 🤤

[@BTinSF]

Still no comparison with good British/Dutch/Swiss/Austrian chocolate, especially if that's what you've grown up with (and I live in San Francisco--Ghirardelli is everywhere).

[@latnscorpio1]

Love See’s chocolate!!🙌🏽

[@skyydancer67]

​@BTinSF but have you had See's chocolate? That is super regional and I was glad to have tried it once.

[@rosenabush4394]

Most American chocolates, including Ghirardelli, has too much paraffin in it. I prefer dark German chocolate.

[@JIMBEARRI]

Hint to Brits : American say "cookie" because England wasn't the only nation to populate North America. The Dutch were in New York first. Cookie most likely comes from the Dutch word, "koekje", which is roughly translated as "little cake".

[@jellyrolls2253]

Interesting I didn't know that to be honest.

[@gkennedy2998]

@@jellyrolls2253 New York City was originally called "New Amsterdam". Many Dutch names are used to name streets and neighborhoods.

[@wildwesley9328]

I went to West Point and a lot of the surrounding areas still have Dutch names and influences, Peekskill, Fishkill, Stony kill… (kill is little stream in Dutch), Brinkerhoff, heck even most parts of the city have Dutch origins to their names.

[@elkins4406]

@@wildwesley9328 Indeed! I grew up in that part of New York, and it wasn't until I was an adult that I learned that "kill" wasn't just yet another commonplace English synonym for brook/creek/stream/river. There weren't any 'kills' in Ohio. Blew my young mind.

[@amamos191]

I have a cook book that actually says cookie traslates to "little cake" so you are correct.

[@nenakring5495]

Having grown up around where Hershey chocolate came from, it should be known that Milton Hershey created the chocolate to be affordable to EVERYONE. He knew it wasn't top tier. He made it so that not only the rich could afford chocolate, but even the poor. That was his market and he nailed it!

[@NSnicket]

I honestly love Hersheys. I know it’s not top tier and there’s stuff like Cadbury but I still enjoy my Hersheys. I lived with Irish kids my freshman year of college and they loathed Hersheys more than I can possibly express.

[@user-gu7kk5zk2b]

HERSHEYS CHOCOLATE IS TERRIBLE BECAUSE HE SOURED THE MILK SO HE COULD BUY IT IN GIANT QUANTITIES TO LOWER THE COST. AMERICANS ARE CONDITIONED TO THE SOUR FLAVOR WHICH TO EVERYONE ELSE TASTS LIKE VOMIT. FACT

[@unripetheberrby6283]

That's one of the nicest things ever heard. :')

[@shaneg9081]

And it tastes fine if you grew up with it.

[@sdzanca6]

Yes he did! I toured Hershey a few years ago and found the city, the factory, and amusement park were all absolutely amazing places with so much history and fun. I have also toured Ghirardelli and their processing and target class were for different indeed. Tastebuds play a big part in how someone appreciates or dislikes food so getting upset because someone doesn't like something you do isn't fair. 😢

[@mbourque]

We've had the orange chocolate for decades. I remember having them for holidays growing up 40 years ago.

[@J_Fine1582]

Me, too. My mother’s favorite.

[@Crowski]

Same!

[@jonimclelland1709]

Yep! Same here.

[@legallyredone5561]

Exactly. Every Christmas, especially

[@peterwatkins671]

I became a fan as a child because my mom loved them. RIP mom.

[@chantellenew2331]

There's a Terry's Orange in every Christmas Stocking in my family for 5 decades.

[@desktopkitty823]

I'm Korean, my college roommate is English. I make Korean food: japchae, yaki mandu, bulgogi, etc. She criticizes my food while she boils all her food, then drowns it in vinegar.

[@HelpfulTed]

Yep, that checks out. British cuisine: boiled, soggy, wet and tasteless.

[@JAHDUBProductions]

Korean food is way better. Good fish

[@misshell]

Korean food : top tier.

[@yves2016]

lol I. A Brit Nigerian so I love British food and Nigerian food but East Asian food is my favourite

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

​@@HelpfulTedsounds.more like American

[@brandonaston301]

Fun fact Lays is first, Walkers is owned by Lays and they just changed the name to Walkers in the UK. Its Lays pretty much everywhere else.

[@johns7283]

Imagine this - they call ALL vacuums Hoovers, cuz Hoover was the first affordable mass produced vacuum that made it to UK

[@AnnieDC304]

Yup. But it’s interesting how different populations favor different flavor profiles. I’m pretty sure we aren’t offered pickled onion or prawn cocktail flavors. It would be interesting if Lewis got his butt away from his desk and did some original contempt showing us what Lays/Walkers flavors they had on offer.

[@_ice_berg]

Walkers was a separate brand in the UK that was acquired by Lays. Walkers was an established name so instead of trying to bring in a new name to the UK, PepsiCo (who owns Frito Lay maker of Lays) kept the name Walkers in the UK with some of the Walkers original products like Monster Munch to keep the brand recognition.

[@Lucinda_Jackson]

@@johns7283 Americans used to call them all Hoovers, too! And used the word 'Hoover' as a verb, as well.

[@britt1784]

@@AnnieDC304it’s funny you say that, I’ve thought the same thing. He always says the UK doesn’t have this or that, but I watch a British travel channel and the UK had a lot of variety in food, scenery, landscapes, etc. He would honestly learn so much more about his own country if he would just leave the house 😓

[@rhemaman]

Dill pickle flavored potato chips do exist in the US but not with onion flavor mixed in. And the pickle flavor is very niche with very few people buying them. Salt and vinegar isn't even as loved here, but is far more popular than dill pickle

[@cherylgraves7382]

I love both!

[@rauschershollow2204]

@cherylgraves7382 I love both also!

[@Danielle-jg4qn]

I live in an area with a small company that makes hand made chips among them are dill pickle chips. They market them regionally and can’t keep them in stock. We also have crab flavored chips. I’m in Virginia and those two flavors are widely sold here and in Maryland.

[@bretthoyle5683]

Literally 2 of lays most popular flavors lol

[@rhemaman]

@bretthoyle5683 when you say popular, they're actually at the bottom of the list of flavors represented on the shelves. Didn't say they don't sell them. I said they did. But they can't hold a candle in sales to the popular selections. Barbecue, Cheddar, Sour Cream and Onion, and Plain

[@Nameless-lk8ld]

Hershey also has many types of chocolate. Plain, almond,dark, peanut, M&M, Kisses 😊. So I don’t think that we should call it crap when there’s so much variety to suit your tastes. 🇺🇸👍🏻

[@heatherlowe7330]

Right, and Reese's peanut butter cups are made with the same chocolate as Hershey's bars so I had to laugh when he said he liked the peanut butter chocolate 😂

[@heavin6586]

Picked onion and prawn cocktail?? We love you Lewis but.. " Whaaattt?" 😂

[@aolsweetsew]

what exactly is prawn cocktail? Is it like our cocktail sauce, ketchup and horseradish?

[@yia01]

@@aolsweetsew i guess the equavent would be shrimp flavor fries or chip

[@TheSarahBackwards]

It sounds gross but they're actually so good! I'm American but my dad is from Cyprus and they have a lot of British foods there so the prawn cocktail chips are popular there. They do taste kind of like the cocktail sauce with a little bit of the shrimpy flavor, but not in a gross way😂 I don't even like shrimp but I like those chips

[@laurie7689]

@@TheSarahBackwards I'm a US American and I don't like shrimp or cocktail sauce. I like crab cakes and fish with rice or cornbread/hushpuppies. Maybe I'd eat them if they were a corn chip with fish or crab flavor, but definitely not with shrimp flavor.

[@littlegui4823]

Hersheys is very VERY cheap Chocolate!

[@christined6321]

The voice crack “they don’t like it?!” 😂😂😂😂. Lewis is so devastated.😩😭

[@oltedders]

Food we would feed to our pet rats, and Lewis is almost in tears because his favorite chow is being trashed.

[@PrincessLorie]

I know, I feel so bad for him. The mom in me wanted to give him a hug and say, “It's OK, they don't know what they're talking about, they have no taste.”

[@summeronio9751]

​@@PrincessLorie Except we all know that would be a fucking lie

[@ronclark9724]

What do you expect? Outside of fish and chips, British food is CRAP...

[@wu_v]

Walmart sells Terrys Chocolate Oranges during the Christmas season and they are DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!

[@Proudtman]

Definitely an incredible treat! I actually do love them

[@danseeloff867]

Yeah I was surprised it was on the list, I buy these every year.

[@AnnieDC304]

I didn’t know they were British. As a kid, we often had them at Christmas. I loved them.

[@badooy85]

We also buy chocolate oranges every year for christmas, although I've grown partial to the dark chocolate w/raspberry one myself. Everyone else here prefers the original chocolate orange. And yes, we always bang them on the table/counter to split the "slices" apart and break them off the core As for chocolate... i can't do milk chocolate at all... dark chocolate is way better than the cardboard tasting milk chocolate.

[@Stacked3403]

​@@badooy85yes the raspberry one is so good but I love the original also

[@i_think_i_am_lost]

Hershey's is not the standard for chocolate. It's simply a chocolate that is just around. There are tons of different candy and chocolate brands. But other countries only ever compare Hershey's. Not to mention, there are thousands of stores that make their own chocolate in their shops. The U.S. makes good chocolate. Just unfortunately, the cheap one has better branding.

[@Ash.Crow.Goddess]

I love the way you lean in, and get real close to your screen when they're eating... you're so invested in them liking the snacks. It's great! 😂

[@Mtndude76]

This is the reason we love this guy. His reactions are priceless. 😂 my wife keeps asking, "What are you laughing at?"😂

[@phoenixcaladrius3538]

I feel you about the Americans not liking British food. But remember, we had to sit through the Brits not liking our Girl Scout Cookies - and that really hurt! Who in their right mind doesn't like Girl Scout Cookies - especially the Thin Mints?

[@jadeh2699]

Not a fan of Girl Scout cookies. We buy them so the girls can make the needed funds, but the cookies get used for animal treats.

[@jasmineh5841]

Agreed i was absolutly devistated when they didnt like the thin mints

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

I think it's because we have Viscounts they are nicer cheaper and available year round.

[@TrueHelpTV]

thin mints.. ehh... short bread.. oof

[@Legless_Orphan]

I remember loving Girl Scout cookies as a kid but as an adult can't stand them. I don't know if they changed their recipe but does not hit now

[@OrojinMusic]

This is a great example of conditioned pallets. There are flavors you grow up with and get used to and then they are what tastes good to you. This is true for so many countries and their cuisine. You like what you like.

[@meztlistormheart2636]

This is always a fun discussion because I've fed more than a few Brits over the years. We definitely have different tastes. The US versions often have different ingredients or sometimes chemicals not allowed in Europe. While we don't notice in the States, these do change the flavour. I love certain foods from the UK and can't stand others. It makes life even more of an adventure, I'm opening up a plant based takeaway in the UK and it's quite a learning experience.

[@theinvisiblewoman5709]

I wouldn’t say this is a good example of conditioned pallets. I bet you the American students would enjoy other foods no from Britain. And it really depends on where in the US they are from too Western border states, north east, Midwest, southern. British foods have a sad history where their food lost its spices due to constant warring for hundreds of years causing depression foods to become the norm. Britain used to have actual flavorful foods native to their lands.

[@sharonjames1255]

Chocolate is what you get use to just like everything else. The best chocolate I ever had was when a friend brought me some from Switzerland when she visited her family. That was to die for! But I love Hershey's Chocolate, Reese's chocolate peanut butter candy, Chocolate covered peanuts, chocolate covered raisins, and a few more Chocolate candies and cookies.

[@teresabutler3013]

I LOVE Terry’s orange, I get them every year for Christmas!

[@jachyra4]

"Hershey's is top tier." Whaaaaaat? From an American, I don't know anyone who thinks this. It's widely accepted that Hershey's is basic chocolate and everything else is better, but more expensive, so Hershey's is kind of the quick, cheap go-to for a chocolate fix. Top tier... who says that?

[@CaraFay-bf8jk]

American chocolate sucks! Buy German or Belgian chocolate at Aldi.

[@GoTellJesusSaves]

Apparently some American teens think so? I disagree. Gonna have some real organic dark chocolate now :)

[@veggiesarefruits]

Our chocolate sucks, I'm giving that one to the Brits. No one buys Hershey's chocolate to eat alone. It's a cheap substitute to use in recipes, for the most part. I didn't know those chocolate oranges were from the UK. They're bomb!

[@judithhardin2783]

I’m an American and Hershey’s is drowning in wax…cheap chocolate. But Rolos and KitKats are from the UK originally.

[@yamicolmenero8199]

As an American, I can honestly say, Hershey's chocolate sucks!! But somehow, my mom loves it! Bleh!!

[@JoeJones78]

From what I've heard, Hershey developed his formula and methods to purposely make chocolate cheaply because it was so expensive at the time. He wanted a cheap way to bring it to Americans. For me, personally, it's ok. It works when I want chocolate... But if I want "good" chocolate, I reach for something else lol

[@TheSomewareMan]

Yep. What gives Hershey's milk chocolate it's distinctive flavor is actually soured milk. It's really not good chocolate by the rest of the world's standards. If you're not used to eating it, chances are, you're not gonna like it

[@hatchusaf]

Also, it kept extremely well compared to other chocolates of the day. This allowed them to ship them to Europe with the GI’s so most Americans that had chocolate for the first time did so in the war and it was Hersheys, so it became the bar

[@niles8102]

I am starting to not like American milk chocolate after trying German and British chocolate. Ours is WAAAAAY to sweet for me now.

[@SlpBeauty333]

Kinder Eggs are "illegal" here. They're actually milk chocolate for the rest of the world. IIRC they're made to supplement kid's milk supply. The other people saying they hate America chocolate? Uh, hmm. You loved them at the end of WWII. Now you've changed your mind? Okie dokie 👌. This other extra special dark 95% cacao stuff? Just eat bakers chocolate already. It's like people ordering a really big coffee with multiple shots of espresso. FFS just go have some nose candy already and stop messing around. I know it's ridiculous but hearing it so often just gets to me.

[@aga3852]

Oh Hershey just hits that sweet spot a lot of them fancy chocos can't hit for me ngl XD Always interesting to see new products though

[@adndragon9156]

The orange chocolate stuff is sold around Christmas and it’s popular with Americans.

[@julijohnson5141]

We get Droste brand here...

[@mel-kaom4637]

I liked them. Very novel marketing scheme for chocolate. The break away wedges. We used to smash them to get them open. I used to work at a sporting goods store owned by a Norwegian. It was initially ski products then the branched out to all sporting goods. We sold Toblerone chocolates and the chocolate oranges.

[@michaeldurham4812]

When I went to the UK I was blown away by how many flavors of chips/crisps y'all have. Thai Prawn Chili Pringles was the big surprise. I'd never heard of that.

[@bretthoyle5683]

Recently the American market has brought in mexican flavors , but I've been wanting them to tap into the Asian market because they have some flavors that sound insanely good.

[@Fluffi_Bunni]

Terry's Chocolate Orange you can buy in the states, usually around Christmas.

[@chriss.8582]

We've had Terry's chocolate oranges in the US for literally decades now. Entire generations of Americans know and love them already.

[@Cindyd-k3e]

And some of us have still never heard of it

[@talia8614]

​@@Cindyd-k3e They're really good! I don't like chocolate, but I'll eat those

[@EarnestEgregore]

yea we put em in shoes with real oranges on St. Nick's day here

[@melissajohnson9016]

I always got one in my stocking at Christmas and loved them.

[@whoahanant]

​@@Cindyd-k3e they're only really seen and talked about during Christmas. Which probably doesn't help spread them at a rapid rate lol. But they've been in the US for a while now.

[@donaldinnewmexico]

Lewis, This is why we had a revolution.

[@isagacha1015]

lol

[@heatherlowe7330]

😂

[@powerofanime1]

"Maybe because we invented the language?" ...the funniest part is that American English has changed less since the first colonists arrived here, than British English has in the same amount of time.

[@Dandee268]

I agree. For example. Bickering about us calling it soccer when they named it originally.

[@EricaGamet]

@@Dandee268 And still have a weekly show called "Soccer Saturday."

[@karlkustrich9295]

England might have invented the language but America perfected it

[@bonniefields1320]

The orange chocolate we have here

[@jellyrolls2253]

​@@karlkustrich9295 they made it yet they couldn't keep it lol. I'm the one who made the original comment about it when the video got posted. Lil miss calculation of how english developed since the 17 hundreds.

[@AlphaSorrow]

the chocolate orange is so popular that when its available during Christmas it usually sells out right away. as for the others they are either too sour like the monster hands one which is "pickled onion" or not savory enough like the twigs, pickled things are something only a few americans eat [one of which being myself i love pickled eggs and pickles]

[@phillyphan1225]

We get two orange chocolates every Christmas Eve, but it’s the dark chocolate, and everyone wants to break it-we all take a piece for “luck”…not sure when this started but we do it every Christmas Eve.

[@rhondapease8516]

I am from the USA and Hershey chocolate is okay. It's a cheaper chocolate. The chocolates that I like are Ghirardelli or Lindt Lindor. Then there are many local chocolate shops owned by families that make their homemade chocolate. Those are very good too.

[@jlgavitt]

Ghirardelli and Lindt Lindor is special occasion chocolate, Hershey is your basic chocolate choice. It's acceptable for the price.

[@Mtheory9]

The US has those chocolate oranges. I have gotten one for Christmas every year for 30 years. We have good chocolate in the US not just crappy hersheys

[@Boricua2k]

"How can these kids not like pickled onion?!" is a wild statement 😂

[@alosialee]

Hahaha right?! 😂😂

[@chilldon26]

Lmaoo. “I can’t believe they didn’t like the ear wax flavored crisps”

[@monicaz1558]

If you'd have sour cream and onion chips then yeah, pickled onion would definitely pale in comparison.

[@Zhroomtrip]

im born and raised in the US and ill eat straight pickled onions by the spoonful. pickled anything really...

[@adiahaalexander9359]

​@@Zhroomtrip I love pickled vegetables and pickle flavored snack too but you have to admit american food companies don't market pickle flavored products to american children so I'm not surprised they didn't like it.

[@shibboleth5768]

Can we just all agree that chocolate is good regardless of country? I love Hersheys and I love Cadbury. Maybe Cadbury has better "chocolate" but Hershey gave us Reeses peanut butter cups so I think we are MORE than even. 😄

[@DravenGal]

Fair. But my favorite candy bar in the world is Canadian!

[@sharkkeeper01]

Cadbury is nothing to write home about

[@DravenGal]

@@sharkkeeper01 British Cadbury is SO much better than American Cadbury though!

[@Zhroomtrip]

all of those are cheap and have much better alternatives. try more expensive ones and youll see how cheap those taste

[@kandacesimms83las]

we get the chocolate oranges here (usa). usually at xmas time, toblers choc oranges to put in stockings lol them not seeing one before is WEIRD. And Cadbury is my favorite choc available here, its brit n i love it.

[@Stephanie_Ella]

11:27 they sell Terry’s chocolate Oranges all over the place here in New England at Christmastime - in milk AND dark chocolate. I buy them every year.

[@andrewdodd4424]

To be fair American teens are squeamish about most any strange foods, mostly used to sugary and buttery salty foods. And these are only like 6 individuals which cannot represent the vast regional differences in food tastes. And US snack makers have studied adolescent food preferences and done extensive test sample studies to craft foods just for that demographic.

[@EliF-ge5bu]

Careful about speaking on behalf of a very diverse country!

[@Morna777]

Exactly their pallets haven't really developed yet either.

[@JAHDUBProductions]

And regional tastes as well. I'm from the east coast where you have options and good snacks. When I got to the southwest, the candy and cakes and things where nasty. They like chili peppers in candy and the cake was colored bread. The food was good though. But not the snacks.

[@Vigorous_Potato]

@@Morna777 we have one of the widest food palettes in the world What are you talking about? lol Y’all’s food palette is like 1/8 the size of ours For instance most of our country loves spicy food while y’all don’t even understand how to use spice Even at their age they’ve probably had a wider palette of food than you your entire life lol

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

​Yes the UK does have an amazing array of food and we do love to use spice but America does have almost as much ​@@Vigorous_Potato

[@ajwinberg]

Listen, , Listen, Listen! I don't understand why the Terry's chocolate orange is in those video. We have them in America, usually around Christmas. But they have existed since I was a teen in the 1990s. Seriously, I don't know how these kids have never had one of these. It's mind boggling.

[@csailer2353]

They’ve existed a very long time. My mom used to get them at Christmas when she was a kid growing up in the 50s

[@Axphyl]

I’m 29 and I’ve never heard of them. Now that I know they exist, I’d like to try them when they hit the store shelves this holiday season.

[@jasonjude1235]

Never tried that, I might have seen it on the shelf before. Now if I do see it I will probably try it.

[@laurie7689]

I never liked them, myself. I don't like chocolate and citrus flavors together. Yeah, they're here in the USA. It's not like I've never tried one. I don't judge a food or flavor until I've tasted it, sometimes more than once.

[@IzzySalami]

I’m 32 and I’ve never seen these in any store I’ve been to. Maybe, it’s limited to certain areas or certain individual stores themselves ask for them.

[@Reillyspringstexasredirt]

Everyone likes the food they’re used to eating. We have been eating Hershey chocolate for generations

[@veronica978]

But Hershey chocolate is gross even as an American

[@cathyl3892]

Hershey chocolate is not the same as it used to be. It is very waxy now.

[@VeritasA4G]

Agreed! i used to be obsessed with Hersheys as a kid now i cant stand it. ​@@cathyl3892

[@JAHDUBProductions]

I don't eat it much but the town of Hershey is cool. Smells like chocolate and Hersheypark is kinda cool still

[@DravenGal]

​@@cathyl3892Yeah, about the only thing Hershey's is good for is s'mores, because, being waxy, it doesn't melt too much. I used to like Hershey's Kisses but haven't had any in ages.😊

[@kaseyboles30]

I'm a midwestener and knew how to open the chocolate orange and have been seeing them for years. Usually around the holidays, but for couple decades at least.

[@mikewest4671]

There is a variant of the orange chocolate ball we have hear. It comes in sticks/skinny small bar shape. It's a orange super soft gummy covered in chocolate. I remember being obsessed with that version so bad at one point in time for a few years that was my main candy I would eat...

[@Shirl67]

My kids love the chocolate orange. They would be very upset if they didn't get one every year in their stocking. It's become a Christmas tradition.

[@gruanger]

Also, the problem with talking about Chocolate in America is you can get any type of chocolate, so I think Hersheys is nasty gross wax, but you can get chocolate from anywhere and may not know it is actually another country's chocolate.

[@DanielMWJ]

It's the butyric acid. It was needed to prevent milk from spoiling before modern refrigeration. Hershey's kept using it because Americans were used to it.

[@BTinSF]

Yeah but kids don't buy the good stuff usually--they buy things like M&Ms and Hershey's kisses and candy bars with chocolate and other stuff and none of it uses "the good stuff" so they may never have tasted the European chocolates on the shelf alongside what they are buying.

[@MauveRose]

@@BTinSF I've tried plenty of European chocolates. Some of them are utterly disgusting because of too much sugar or cocoa butter or a combination of the above. And a lot of the "European" chocolates on the shelves are made under license by either Hershey or Nestle in the US.

[@dead-claudia]

yeah i have a heavy preference for brands not made by hershey's bc of that additive. i didn't know it was a specific additive (or its history) until recently, but i did notice a major taste difference. my favorite is lindt 100% dark (yes, i'm one of those who can't get it dark enough lol)

[@BTinSF]

@@MauveRose Congratulations on trying many European chocolates but I don't think your opinion is widely shared among global adults. And it really doesn't matter who owns the companies--it's about the quality of the ingredients and how they are made and, as a result, how they taste.

[@I8uup]

Yes we do get the orange chocolate balls during Christmas here in America lol

[@qm7497]

we have those chocolate oranges here, i've been eating them since the 90s. You will usually see them around christmas because they are used as stocking stuffers. banging them on a table is the selling point

[@bananaehgs4477]

Terry oranges are my favorite Christmas candy. We (at least in my family in Az) love it so much

[@ScottieRC]

My friend in England got me to try several snacks when I was there that he was SO sure I would love!! I thought most of it was garbage. He couldn’t believe I genuinely didn’t like some of it. Blew his mind.

[@dreamweaver1603]

That's because we are used to the highly addictive high fructose corn syrup and they probably have real sugar and maybe don't salt it as much. Their snacks may actually be better for us.

[@laurie7689]

@@dreamweaver1603 Or it could be their flavor combinations. I would never eat shrimp flavored chips or pickle and onion flavored chips. I don't like shrimp at all and I don't eat pickles, except on burgers. I don't like vinegary foods. I also don't like chocolate and citrus together, although I love chocolate with berry flavors, such as strawberry and raspberry. I also love chocolate and cherry together, just nothing citrus with chocolate.

[@jellyrolls2253]

FUNFACT: American English is closer to actual English from the past, British English was created through actors and upper class and passed on to differentiate themselves from the colonies.

[@jellyrolls2253]

(The information I'm putting here is from sources) 1. American English is actually older · 2. British English is more like French · 3. American spelling was invented as a form of protest Scholars can trace the history of dialects, and there are similarities between English as spoken in parts of the American Southeast and English as spoken in England during the early colonial era some Americans speak English with an accent more akin to Shakespeare's than to modern-day Brits.

[@buttergz2562]

Wild that I saw a tiktok explaining this today.

[@LiteralCrimeRave]

It's heavily regionally dependent.

[@massmama3953]

Especially us and n New England

[@massmama3953]

We have the chocolate orange and flying saucers here in the US

[@robinsmith2815]

Final out the door on his statement "We invented the language" is "Good because you sure didn't invent good tasting food. Nobody has to talk but everybody has to eat'. 🤺

[@thebruno2823]

Terrys orange has always been my favorite chocolate. I get them every Christmas. I used to buy them all year round but here they only have them for some of the holidays now

[@deborahcarroll2172]

I spent a quarter at King Alfred's College in Winchester and there was very little food served in the cafeteria that I liked. I ate most of my food at the pubs. A majority of the meals I ate at school was a jacket potato, which is a baked potato with baked beans. At the pub, I often ate fish & chips, or a sandwich.

[@gailadams9294]

It’s partly just a function of where you grew up and are used too.

[@chrishebert5672]

Here in Texas, H.E.B. sells Terry's chocolate oranges year-round. They're my favorite! If you read the instructions on the box, it says to smack it on a table to break apart the slices before you open it. I can eat a whole orange in a sitting.

[@Pace2Bass]

Thanks for letting us know, Chris! I'm from the Houston area with many H.E.B locations and I'm excited to try them for my first time! 😊

[@chrishebert5672]

@@Pace2Bass I go to the HEB in Meyerland Plaza. Last time I got them, they were on the very bottom shelf near the middle of the candy aisle. Very small display area.

[@MxPotato84]

America has Terry’s chocolate orange during the Christmas season. I get it every year when Xmas shopping.

[@blackrock1961]

We've had Terry's Chocolate Oranges in the USA for decades. It's a Christmas tradition at my house. My son was always the one to slam the orange on the counter.

[@debgehart]

Love your show. Southern America's love pinto/soup beans with cornbread grumbled in it, and a slice of onion. Also love grilled cheese sandwich with sweet pickle slices on the side. Similar to yours but completely different taste..

[@BobSmithintuit]

The chocolate orange reminds me of Christmas 🎄.

[@anime9stars]

Agreed. We have the chocolate orange available around Christmas time in Utah.

[@daywalkerdaveclark2694]

Only times I've seen them

[@luchts4547]

It seems that's the only time American retailers import them

[@MadDogTM]

thats when i first got one years back. they're tasty but also fun to break apart and have a cool design

[@melaniemitchell9419]

​@@anime9stars Minnesota too

[@LeonaDwoske]

Im in the USA and The flying saucers are from my childhood and i was born in the 50s. They were penny candy. The Terrys Chocolate Orange has been a Christmas Staple in my homes for decades.

[@RogCBrand]

They look similar, but their flying saucers are hollow and made of rice paper- kind of tasteless and dissolves in your mouth. Inside is a "sherbet" powder, which is sweet and fizzy on the tongue. (though, maybe if you are someplace like the East Coast, maybe you got them imported from the U.K.?)

[@LeonaDwoske]

@@RogCBrand Oh ours had little candy beads in them I loved those though.

[@RogCBrand]

@@LeonaDwoske I was wondering, because here in the Northwest, we have different stuff than other areas- like Idaho Spud candy bars, etc. I was born in 1966, so maybe the one you had, with the candy beads, was gone by my time, or maybe it was just in your area? But I seem to remember UFO shaped candies that were like SweeTarts or Smarties- that sweet-sour compressed sugar powder thing, so I thought maybe that was what you were thinking of. So many of the old candies are gone or hard to find!

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

​@@RogCBrandyou are thinking of satellite wafers you can still get them

[@RogCBrand]

@@sharnadixon-scott710 The ones I remember were solid. I've looked online to find them, but it seems like they are long gone. Maybe it was a small company that made them and when it closed they just disappeared.

[@misslora3896]

The chocolate oranges have been sold in the U.S. during the Holidays for a pretty long time. It had to have been around 25 years ago when my mom 1st introduced me to them, because my daughters were still young children at the time and they're now 36 and 30. They immediately became an annual Holiday treat that we bought every year. I imagine the reason they're only available during the Holidays here has to do with them being imported. I don't mind, it keeps them as something special.

[@dead-claudia]

i wouldn't be surprised tho tarriffs going into the us are also considerably lower than into europe. running a quick check on an online import duty calculator suggests it may be free to import (6% normally otherwise).

[@ConnieK-n1i]

I buy Terri’s chocolate oranges every year for my husband for Christmas. They are delicious.

[@susandame8947]

Every single year, without fail …. My kids ( now adults) gets that chocolate orange for Christmas 🎄 in their stockings 🥰

[@jelestra]

Mine too, for twenty five years now. In my area they're sold during the Easter season too.

[@anneo3754]

I do like Hershey's chocolate. But my favorite is Ghirardelli. I've found in my limited experience with European chocolate the texture and cocoa levels are not what I'm used to. I enjoy scones with clotted cream. Don't confuse scones with biscuits or you're going to be disappointed. Our biscuits are awesome! Especially split with a good sausage gravy smothering them! Or butter and jam or honey! Also cookies here are going to be what you call a biscuit 😂 Confused yet? I rather enjoyed my English breakfast. Except for the tomatoes. Mashed peas? The beans on toast is a surprisingly good combination 😊 When trying snacks from other places I notice there are LOTS of different snacks all at once. Unless it's a party I generally only have one or two choices. 😊 The chocolate oranges have been in the US since at least the early 60's. We'd get one for Christmas and I always had my Dad eat mine 😂

[@Zhroomtrip]

Ghirardelli is the closest to European chocolate without being European as you can get.... it's owned by Swiss manufacturer Lindt

[@theendlessoyster8648]

The Reese’s Peanut Butter cups,in fact, IS Hersey’s chocolate. 😊

[@yvonnezolna1453]

Reese started his own company after LEAVING Hersey in the 1920s. It was only in the 1960s that the two companies merged together.

[@heatherlowe7330]

Right 😂

[@hannah3250]

My husband is English, I love the chocolates, I’ve tried all the chips shown here, and really wanted to like them but I failed. I love fish and chips and Sunday roast dinners! 😊❤️🙌

[@AlphaSorrow]

from what i remember reading its like 1-10 Americans eat seafood, things like fish and pawns. for them to even like it is a good thing, if they finish it it means they like it alot.

[@imakeajiffypuff4525]

American stores sell the Terry's Chocolate Oranges during the Christmas holidays. They are really nice.

[@daricetaylor737]

We get those orange chocolate balls around the Holidays here in the USA and I personally look forward to seeing them in the supermarkets and will buy one when they are here.

[@yves2016]

A Brit here. I Escher forced me to try them, I discovered I loved em

[@daricetaylor737]

@@yves2016 Nothing better than dark chocolate and orange!! My mother makes this amazing candy at Christmas that are orange jellied dipped in dark chocolate. I will eat those till I am sick to my stomach!

[@jodyknapp5374]

Fun fact, the Hershey Company supplies the chocolate for Reese’s peanut butter cups. I don’t know what Hershey bar you tried, but our peanut butter cups use Hershey’s chocolate. Hershey in fact has many different flavors out there, also it’s not an expensive chocolate so I it may not compare to your favorite chocolate in England. Ghirardelli chocolate sells for a bit more and might be more comparable to your orange chocolate.

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

Np our equivalent price wise in the UK to herseys would be aero cadburys or lindt. Our cheaper chocolate is cheaper than herseys and tastes better

[@yamicolmenero8199]

Ghirardelli chocolate is much better than Terry's. I've had both and can honestly say that. But that doesn't take away from the Terry's chocolate orange!! When I see it I buy it in bulk! LoL Love that combo!

[@anotherdaywithmoneejakajus1696]

They supply the chocolate for all of them, butter finger, twix,etc,. And it's made with spoiled milk.

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

@@anotherdaywithmoneejakajus1696 poor Americans

[@JohnLennon99791]

We have Terry's orange in the U.S.

[@themourningstar338]

Yeah, they've been in the U.S. for a long time. They used to only be available around the Christmas holidays back in the 80's, and my mom was getting them for our stockings every year back then. In the 90's they became available year round. I love chocolate oranges and end up getting one probably every 2-3 months.

[@elkins4406]

@@themourningstar338 I got one in my stocking every Christmas morning as a kid, and that was in the '60s and '70s, so they've been sold in the US -- at least at Christmas time -- for a looooooooong time.

[@themourningstar338]

@@elkins4406 That makes sense as to why my mom was so fond of them, she grew up in the 50's and 60's. I didn't know how long they'd been around before I was born. Production post WW2 started back up in 1954, but I couldn't find when exactly they started selling them in the U.S. as a Christmas item... probably soon after that.

[@Musiq_Lov3r]

We have Terry's Orange chocolate as well as other flavors from them. Orange is sold year round but the others like mint and raspberry I've only seen at Christmas. We also have the flying saucers but those are mainly only in nostalgic candy shops because they are very outdated like the wax bottles with sugar water or the sugar dots on paper.

[@Well_Hale]

I love the orange chocolate! They make it in strawberry flavor too. I can only find it during the holidays, so I buy several of each flavor. Our host needs some Ghirardelli chocolate!!

[@thisaintnothang]

We get chocolate oranges in New England around Christmas time. Same brand even. There is actually good chocolate in the US, but they mostly regional or local chocolatiers. Most decent-sized cities have a chocolatier or two. But American taste in chocolate is different - we are used to it being a little less sweet - and the best chocolates are usually dark ones. There are a lot of single-source chocolatiers too, who go all over the world and find cocoa growers to buy from. You just have to find places and local brands like that.

[@tinainfanti]

We have flying saucers. I remember them in the early 60's .

[@IAmLucipurr]

I will say I LOVE the chocolate oranges. I used to see them more often during my childhood, but now you can only find them around the holidays like Christmas or in a special candy store that specializes in international candies.

[@2Askew84]

Terry’s chocolate oranges are actually sold here in the US as well. It is my favorite chocolate treat and one thing I like to do with it is put it in hot chocolate.

[@bulletproofpepper2]

Oh the Orange chocolate thing is great. I was over sea at Christmas and was given a whole box not just one slice. I shared them with the crew of people from around the world. All that tried loved them, I think we have them now imported or a copycat here in the USA for a few years. I love love the orange chocolate. I like the Hershey’s dark chocolate but not the milk chocolate. Thanks for sharing.

[@nateaurand1601]

I've had the chocolate orange before. Had no idea it was from the UK. It's a very good treat

[@thomashernandez7596]

The flying saucer comparison to church bread is call communion wafers...

[@bluflaam777LSA]

I love vinegar, dill, pickles etc. I'd probably like Monster Munch. I love terry's orange chocolate. I don't like Hershy's, but I do like other US chocolate.

[@DanielMWJ]

It's the butyric acid. A pre-refrigeration souring agent to prevent milk from spoiling that they keep using.

[@dead-claudia]

@@DanielMWJhershey's basically got stuck using it bc too many people got used to the taste and developed a preference for it.

[@jameswolfe8065]

My brother had monster munch a few years ago on a trip, he said it tastes like funyuns that went rancid😅

[@jelestra]

We have chocolate orange in the US. But can only find them around Easter and Christmas. They also come in raspberry flavor, even though they still look like oranges. Have also found them in milk chocolate as well as dark chocolate.

[@JulieSlaughter-r8p]

I get Terry's Oranges for christmas every year. and have for years. They did open it the right way.

[@SarahBroad-kw7fj]

Most people don’t like strong vinegar things here in the USA but I love vinegar and salt chips even the stronger flavored ones

[@kikibigbangfan3540]

If you live in or near the South...or have family and friends, that can get to a Publix Grocery store. The Publix store brand Salt and Vinegar are stroooong in vinegar. You would love them.❤😊

[@Timbothruster-fh3cw]

Same!👍💯

[@kittykatz4001]

My sister love vinegar potato chips.

[@k1llsh0t_87]

I enjoy salt and vinegar chips but can't stand like anything else vinegar related

[@jryan9547]

I like salt and vinegar chips but totally understand why someone wouldn’t. Def not for everyone

[@AdamNisbett]

Brought some of my family to the UK for the first time at the end of May and the dark chocolate “digestives” were described by them as “this is everything to me!” They were by far the favorite snack of the trip of what our group tried. Thankfully I was already aware of the popularity of digestives in the UK as that name doesn’t appeal to a USA mindset whatsoever.

[@debbsc5176]

Exactly! The name "digestives" sounds weird, but they are actually delicious!

[@redram6080]

Digestives are delicious but the name sounds disgusting

[@TheSomewareMan]

Yeah, when you call something brown a "digestive biscuit"... I don't care what kind of English you're speaking, that can't sound appetizing in any way

[@annecox944]

The best American chocolate is from Ghirardelli and Dove.

[@kathycarter2406]

Belgian chocolate is the best by far!

[@annecox944]

@@kathycarter2406 I absolutely love Belgian chocolate!

[@karenlackner192]

We have Terry’s chocolate here. The orange is my favorite!!!! Raspberry not so much

[@andrewhdemarest]

I'm an American from Idaho, I LOVE chocolate oranges, hits me directly in the childhood; my mom would buy them every year for Christmas.

[@ScribbleScrabbless]

We had the chocolate orange 🍊 during Christmas time in New York ❤

[@americaforever2798]

We get them in Alabama too, probably the whole east cost with coverage like that.

[@johns7283]

Actually you can buy them year round at World Market

[@cloudsn]

We have chocolate oranges over on the west coast, ever since I was little. I love them so much.

[@Proudtman]

It depends on what flavors you grew up on as to what you're tastes might be! I'm one of the few that are willing to try new foods

[@AC-ni4gt]

Lewis, they're talking about Communion bread. I only know of Communion because I've heard of the word.

[@ashphoenix406]

I literally grew up on chocolate oranges every Christmas in my stocking. Terry's are sold every Christmas in many different stores and we even get more selection now with dark, white, toffee and I think I even saw a raspberry one once. I thought it was weird that it was on this video since it's as common as Cadbury eggs here in America.

[@tairaharthwing9530]

Terry's Chocolate Orange usually appears in US Walmart around Christmas, it's one of my favorite chocolates. If it wasn't so hot and wouldn't melt in the mail I'd order a few.

[@powerofanime1]

I've actually had a Terry's Chocolate Orange and I have to agree. Damn good treat.

[@prbd0985]

14:45 also if you’ve had Reese’s peanut butter cups, they’re actually using Hershey’s chocolate majority of the candy companies that use chocolate in their candy bars are using Hershey’s chocolate

[@elkins4406]

The Reese's peanut butter cups (and Snickers, and Kit-Kats, etc., etc.) you buy in the UK are not made with Hershey's butyric acid method. They're made in European factories which do not use that methodology, so they don't have that 'special' Hershey's taste.

[@PYROHIAN89]

reeses PB cups are made at Hersheys in PA along with a few others, m&ms and twix are made in the next state over in NJ, at Mars,

[@dead-claudia]

if only they made reese's without the butyric acid in the chocolate and made the peanut butter with a bit less sugar. if they did that, i'd be in heaven.

[@akoni024]

12:36 thanks for this video. As a child of the 90s i remember these chocolate oranges. And i loved em

[@hikazekoi]

We have the chocolate oranges here, you just primarily find them closer to christmas. Same brand and everything

[@DarkWillUser]

From Google: "Although they have different names in different regions, there is little distinction between Lays and Walkers as they are essentially the same product made by the same company. Both brands offer similar flavors such as salt & vinegar, BBQ, etc. The ingredients used to make both brands are almost identical."

[@sharnadixon-scott710]

Walkers was a different company last bought them out flavours are different and walkers are a little crisper

[@k9raven960]

Chocolate Oranges are sold in the U.S., especially around Easter and Halloween.

[@trentgay3437]

Christmas is when I see them

[@PYROHIAN89]

they sell Terrys oranges in dark and milk in New jersey around holidays

[@melissasmith3619]

We have Terry's chocolate oranges here in California. You can find them mostly around Christmas. I got one from Walmart last year 😊

[@Clocksucker2]

We have those orange chocolate candy here in the US though, I only ever see them around Christmas time. They are so good! I love putting it in the freezer for a while, and get it nice and cold.