Americans Try US vs UK Chocolate - Blindfolded Taste Test *Shocking*

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In this video, my wife and I try US vs UK chocolate in a blind taste test!. Join us as we compare some of the most popular American vs British chocolate for the first time! We're absolutely shocked at just how different the UK chocolate is from what we're used to.
Which chocolate do you think came out on top? The results were shocking to say the least!
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[@reactingtomyroots]

For those interested in the ingredients list of the Terry's Chocolate Oranges, we posted a side by side picture on the community tab! 👀

[@janolaful]

You can get dark chocolate orange and maltesrs, I have had reeces butter cup here in the uk which wasn't a favourite the chocolate is way to thick and hard this comes from a person who must be the only one who likes coffee chocolate 😉

[@jasonmcgilloway2829]

Such a joy to watch, great fun. Best wishes from Belfast.

[@DeviousWeaselUK]

It’s really surprising to see that the ingredients for the chocolate orange are the same for both US and UK. And the fact that the US one is made in France 😂

[@neildavies6835]

i'm shocked by this.for me the essence of vomit in U.S chocolate is a firm no,but for people raised on it,it becomes natural. in some vids you say you look for better products,so maybe your not as honed on junk ingredients.

[@cheche2181]

The elite way to eat chocolate is with a hot cup of tea…I might just join you…where’s my box of maltesers gone? 🤔

[@John_B_Gage]

Who remembers when the Snickers bar was known as the Marathon bar and the same with Starburst was known as Opal Fruits in the UK?

[@hardywatkins7737]

Who remembers when mars bars were the size of house bricks? I tell you one thing that is sadly not to be experienced this day... Snickers Crunchers.

[@hardywatkins7737]

Yeah i do remember Marathons ... they were bigger too. How is it that these bars like snickers and mars get smaller and smaller whilst dairy milks get bigger and bigger?

[@grunge_surf_witch_uk9130]

@@hardywatkins7737yep I remember marathons and opal fruits keep saying everything getting smaller!!! I had some wotsits the other day they have gone tiny!!

[@samstevens7888]

Have any of you seen how small the boost bar is now in the multi pack? It's not much bigger than a fun size.

[@hikariyouk]

Yupp. And "Marathon" was so much better a name that naming it after a derisive laugh.

[@lloydcollins6337]

Unfortunately the quality of Cadbury chocolate has decreased since it was purchased by mondelez foods (a US company, formerly Kraft foods) who dropped the ingredient quality to save money. This was in 2008/9

[@happybunny8704]

When they did that I became a Galaxy girl can’t stand the taste of Cadbury now…

[@dukedex5043]

By UK law they still need to have a higher cocoa percentage to be callec chocolate compared to those required in the US

[@russcattell955i]

@@dukedex5043 For how much longer, I wonder ?

[@CezTV]

In Ireland, they didn't drop any of the ingredients, as far as I'm aware. I have heard irish cadbury tastes different, now I'm wondering if that's the reason why. Still love the taste of cadbury chocolate

[@Gambit771]

@@russcattell955i Why do you think that?

[@RedversCross]

So kitkat and Terry's chocolate orange originate from York in Northern England. Rowntrees was sold to Nestle who invested a lot of money in new factories. Unfortunately, Terrys was sold to American Kraft who immediately closed down all UK production and shifted it to Poland. The chocolate Orange is now made in France. So only its roots are English.

[@furyiv]

Still banging though. Always liked Terrys chocolate over Nestles

[@hardywatkins7737]

I'm not a fan of the mint ones. It's just not very good mint chocolate as mint chocolate goes. The orange ones are still ok but i thought i noticed a change a couple of years back. They seemed more sickly and more of a perfume orange smell.

[@Aloh-od3ef]

The same happened when the yanks brought Cadbury! Hardly any Cadburys is made in England anymore 😢

[@V.C.S69]

@@Aloh-od3ef….The country was up in arms when the Cadbury family sold their factory to an American buyer, the chocolate was much better under the original Cadbury owners. Unfortunately the corrupt U.K. governments under since Blair did nothing to stop our manufacturing closing down and moving abroad, encouraged in fact working with the E.U just to say we have 2% emissions.

[@furyiv]

@@Aloh-od3ef the Dairy Milk sold in the UK is produced in the UK, the factories around the world produce it for markets around the world.

[@stephanie.r382]

The UK chocolate orange is flavoured with natural orange oil. Maybe the US is artificial orange flavouring making it taste stronger? Great video!

[@101steel4]

Definitely. They do love an artificial flavour in the US 😂

[@Trebor74]

Think it contains paraffin wax,too

[@reactingtomyroots]

That's a possibility! We did notice the orange oil is slightly further up in the ingredients list in the US version as well

[@jamesrigby6061]

Thank you for the camera switch. So much better being able to see you and whatever it is you are showing us as they really are.

[@Melanie_7796]

I’m Irish and an American friend kindly sent me over a box of American sweets and treats to try. I was grateful but didn’t encourage her to send another box 😅

[@helenwood8482]

I think Lindsay is more used to the fake orange taste. The British flavour is genuine orange oil.

[@kezlana6907]

Yeah I think so too. I think deep down she knew it was the US one as well 😂

[@reactingtomyroots]

That's a possibility! We did notice the orange oil is slightly further up in the ingredients list in the US version as well

[@ElizabethMackenzie69]

​@@reactingtomyrootshi Steve, just wondering if you found the xmas card, note, and Harrods postcard I sent you. (The box with Bagpuss). 🙂

[@samjj8942]

​@SmearCampaignUK the US is Orange Oil flavour, the UK version is Natural Orange Oil.

[@philipocallaghan]

@SmearCampaignUK Wrong ...... Try again!

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

Good morning Steve household!! 😁 That blindfold looks like a teenage bra on your head Steve! 🤣 That Snickers at the end, you look like a couple of crack addicts fighting over the last rock! 😂

[@kimarnill7648]

I was thinking the exact same thing 😂😅

[@ohwiseowl9163]

Same thinking 😂 bless him

[@tamielizabethallaway2413]

Lol guys! It reminded me of Weird Science!

[@kimarnill7648]

Poor Steve, he does also look like Seth brundle from the fly 🪰

[@claregale9011]

😂

[@andybaker2456]

That was fun! I have to say that I much prefer Galaxy to Cadbury chocolate. I'm glad you've flipped the camera around now, too! It made things very tricky when you held things up to the camera for us to read, and also did odd thinks to the map of the British Isles on the back wall. 😁

[@kezlana6907]

Yeah Galaxy is so much creamier than cadburys. Cadburys used to be so much better than it is now.

[@mmckenzie8085]

Yes I prefer Galaxy. So creamy mmmmhmm. My favourite chocolate though is Lindt.

[@davidstewart2996]

Galaxy Chocolate is the best tasting bar against Dairy Milk and Yorkie in UK, probably because Mars haven't changed the recipe.

[@simond5387]

Is it just the kid in me having "tee-hee" moments, or does Steve's blindfold look like a bra? 😮

[@reactingtomyroots]

It definitely does! An upside down one

[@gothicgeisha2929]

​@reactingtomyroots no its the right way round, a foam form t-shirt bra is what they're called in uk, it looks like a triple A cup, which is the smallest cup size in the UK, usually kept as starter bras, the weird thing us when you get past Acup and the bras get bigger the double letters indicate the larger sizes, but in A cups they're the smaller sizes. Dunno who thought that up, guessing they copied the batteries sizes 😂

[@Tymbus]

Hi Steve! Hi Lindsey! Happy Holidays! In the UK, Galaxy is much sweeter than the most popular brand "Cadbury's Milk Chocolate". BTW that's not a blindfold, that's an eye bra! LOL

[@Rachel_M_]

Rowntrees chocolate. Now that's a blast from the past for you 😉 Was never the same after Nestlé bought them

[@neilgayleard3842]

They did the same with trebor sharps.

[@rachelpenny5165]

I still use the phrase Rowntrees of York gives best in value for the colours of the rainbow.

[@wenglishsal]

@Tymbus .. I was thinking the same thing, when Steve had that 'blindfold' on.. It did indeed look like a bit of extra support for the lesser blessed ladies in the chesticles department.. LOL

[@reactingtomyroots]

yeah, when we went back and edited we thought the same thing lol

[@ScottXV]

The camera is fixed, I can read the words the right way! Glad you enjoyed the chocolate

[@rogerb68]

You've now both become UK citizens 🇬🇧😁 Great video..👍🏻

[@kerrydoutch5104]

I read somewhere the US FDA philosophy on food additives that until its proved harmful it stays in. In the UK Europe NZ and Australia food additives stay out unless theyre necessary. Food safety regulations and standards in those places are much higher so US processed foods arent allowable or the recipes ars modified.

[@mike-reck]

Hi Steve! nice to see the background & packaging the correct way around, Happy New Year to your family Best wishes Mike

[@busybee844]

I have been to the US and tried the snickers, i could not eat it. I actually went back into the shop and brought the UK version, which cost me more money. I did the same with the Mars bar. Great video guys.

[@davidl8298]

Hello there from the UK. I think all your videos are excellent and this was no exception, a great scientific and non biased approach, you are both to be applauded for your thoughtfulness and approach to the taste testing. Very entertaining too. Best wishes for 2024 to all of you, David from Staffordshire 🙂

[@garyfisher247]

Im from York, England and if you visit York check out the Terrys factory. Its now expensive apartments and a restaurant but the history of chocolate making in York is there to be seen.

[@garyfisher247]

@SmearCampaignUK you can visit the factory and see it from the outside/ walk the ground etx. York Chocolate story is a museum on the history of chocolate making in York and you can visit Goddard's house which was the Terry family home.

[@DylRicho]

I was going to send over some things for you to do a video like this, so I'm happy that you tried this format. 😄 Sounds like Lindsay would absolutely love the Galaxy Caramel. I've just had a couple of teeth removed and my mouth is still numb. I've been trying not to laugh throughout the video because it's difficult with a numb face. 😂

[@FacelessJanus]

Congrats on getting the camera (or camera angle) fixed, makes watching a greater pleasure !!!

[@marydavis5234]

Lindsey commented they used a cellphone to film

[@Dazza5007]

Cadbury dairy milk 200g bars were so nice , big chunks , now it’s 100g and tastes nothing like it used to , why ruin something that was so good , GALAXY chocolate all the way nowdays it’s way ahead of Cadbury ❤

[@backudog]

THE VIDEO IS THE CORRECT WAY ROUND, TIS A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE! 😂 great vid btw.

[@neilgayleard3842]

It won't come as a surprise to most British people.

[@AnthonyLeadley-v6s]

This is something we used to say at school a long time ago. The Bandit had a Secret Pickup and hit the Penguin over the head with a Club and made his Breakaway in a Taxi.

[@edwardwoodstock]

Snickers fan here....yep, I love our snickers. For me I think it's because you can taste the salt on or in the peanuts? I love this video by the way. Thanks for taking the time to do this. You two are great sports and it's good fun to watch your reactions and understand the differences. Thanks and wait until you try nutrageous 😍

[@claw1770]

I don't know how i found your channel, but im pleased i did. Thanks from north east england. Now why do i have a craving for choccy orange and a coffee!!

[@neilgayleard3842]

In Britain dove is a brand of soap. That's why mars called it galaxy.

[@sameebah]

I think Galaxy has been around a lot longer than Dove soap.

[@abigail1st]

Dove soap came to the U.K. long after Galaxy chocolate.

[@RushfanUK]

@@abigail1st Actually Dove soap was launched in the UK in 1957, 3 years before Galaxy chocolate.

[@utha2665]

In Australia we have Dove soap and Dove chocolate, I don't know which recipe we get though.

[@susanashcroft2674]

Imagine asking for a bar of Dove in the UK, you would get a bar alright but of soap. I'm sure there are brand names in the US that don't translate as to what you think they are in UK. 🍫🧼

[@fountainwell49man65]

Terry’s Orange made in France. Used to be York, UK.

[@xxkeddersxx]

I'll never forget a documentary I once watched about UK vs US chocolate, where it showed that most American chocolate manufacturers add butyric acid into their chocolate - this is an acid found in rancid milk and vomit, used to extend shelf life. So it is kind of no real surprise that UK chocolate is generally favoured!

[@hawkyhawk]

apparently our coke and dr pepper taste different even the fantas looks different so pop could be a good one

[@gouki7851]

my fav part of this video must be the camera being the correct way around. Love your videos, keep up the good work :)

[@Ha-young_is_Just_Too_Fine]

Great video Steve, love this alot, from 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@8outof10catzDOOM]

Wouldnt be the last time Steve blindfolds her asks her to open her mouth and says, "Are you ready for the whopper!" 🤣

[@Timeteam-pl1si]

Wait till he here's it back sorry Steve

[@reactingtomyroots]

😂😂 Yeah...playing it back during editing felt really awkward lol

[@Timeteam-pl1si]

Well it makes it good viewing

[@kelvinpotter3408]

Nice to see everything the right way round.

[@vallee3140]

Loved the blind fold tests, brilliant idea.

[@jana7514]

LOVE THIS!! 🥰 🇬🇧

[@francis_n]

Steve's reaction to the Snickers bar at 31:53i definitely thought he was gonna say "Mama mía" and then launch into a full Pavarotti number!

[@reactingtomyroots]

It wouldn't be unlike me 😂

[@suehoult9062]

My mother was swiss so her mother sent us lots of chocolate. I always oreferred British chocolate.

[@Jo.H.]

Hi Steve and Lyndsay, very interesting. Great idea blind taste testing.

[@ChloeAndBetty]

You have fixed the mirroring, strange to see you sitting on the right, another great reaction video.👍

[@MrTumshie]

I haven't watched the video yet but thank you already for sorting that camera! The back to front map in the background was driving me mental.

[@reactingtomyroots]

haha, yeah we filmed this on our phone instead of computer. Some videos will still be "backwards" unfortunately but the important ones we'll try to do this way :)

[@Matt-lg1te]

That was a great taste test guys and it's nice to see the UK and Ireland is in the correct position... I thought I was living in Ireland since I started watching your channel lol.

[@ShaneGilbert-cx4th]

I have no test how much chocolate bar's have changed over time .I live in coventry uk. The chocolate bars have stunk over time as well . Hi both I admire YOU for doing a blindfolded feasting ,AND TAKE CARE AND all the best see you next time. 😄😄👍👍👍send my love to your daughter 💖

[@MarjorieStoker-oj8fh]

Honestly fantastic beautiful couple and beautiful little girl Sofia great to know you like and love our cultures UK 🇬🇧

[@PooleyX]

Only just discovered your channel and you guys are lovely. I'm happy to be a Brit for the food but I love the US. I've been up and down it, east and west coasts, and it is extraordinarily beautiful and diverse. If only the best of both worlds existed. Hope you can make it over here at some point.

[@stevewebster5219]

Seeing you two reminds me I haven't seen the film The Fly for a while.

[@heathermurray9939]

I live in Carlisle Cumbria England & my favourite chocolate bar is " wispa " 2nd crunchy " 3rd diary bar

[@ruthletts9752]

Is the US orange an artificial flavouring rather than uk that is real orange oil. Just interested in how the orange is formatted

[@paulmilner8452]

probably they tend to go for chemical based flavours than origin

[@calibrax]

FINALLY you fixed the camera! Welcome to 2023!

[@marydavis5234]

They commented it was filmed using a cellphone.

[@Debbie-henri]

While the US definitely loses ground on chocolate, I'm relianly informed that in the jerky stakes, you still hold the field. We used to get parcels of American products from US friends, and a lot of it was locally made jerky. Our friends knew a hunter who would make his own from almost everything he caught or bartered. So along with beef jerky smoked over different woods and flavoured with different home recipe seasonings, we received deer, boar and even alligator jerky. Until that time, I didn't even know alligator was considered edible.

[@carolineskipper6976]

That was fascinating! I thought Steve might prefer the US Snickers, because he is so used to that one- but no! When you ever get over here, you'll need to have spare suitcase room to take a ton of chocolate home with you!

[@adamdalton3492]

Hello , I've been watching a lot of reactions on Americans trying UK chocolate and it's interesting how different our chocolate is to American chocolate. Although our chocolate is good in the UK most people consider Belgian chocolate superior to ours. Wishing you a happy New year from Gravesend, kent . England

[@alanimms5558]

Nice to see you guys finally turned the video around. Looks like your sat on the other side of the room now

[@EmilyCheetham]

I think the reason USA chocolate is overly sweet is USA tends to use high fructose corn syrup, where as UK uses cane sugar.

[@jasonw2356]

For Milk Chocolate the Milk has an impact on the taste. In the US you tend to add more sugar making things sweeter I guess its what the UK Market wants.

[@jeanlongsden1696]

you should play the Malteser game ... you tilt your head back and put a Malteser on your lips. you then blow to levitate it in the air. the longest time wins and you get an extra point for it landing in your mouth rather than falling to the floor.

[@reactingtomyroots]

Might be interesting! haha

[@neilmurrell281]

What we all know in good old Blighty our chocolate reigns supreme.😋

[@barrygage2176]

Excellent, you have a new Camera! 😃

[@clairemorgan8750]

Went NYC a few weeks ago and brought a few chocolate alternatives home - whole family agreed, even my 6 year old nephew that UK chocolate was better lol

[@davidsmith8728]

Go it gal !!! There is no such thing as "too big" when it comes to pieces of chocolate.

[@peterbrown1012]

Woohoo! Video is right way around 😊

[@carlosallen85]

Love you guys 🇬🇧

[@philiprose]

i love the way you made this video, a great concept

[@vanessamootoo2193]

I come from Corwall and agree with most that is said when I lived there I took it for granted Only when I went back with some friends that I saw what all the hype was about I love and miss it very much When we went back the weather was great And we saw the beautiful sea and tropical plants which can't be grown anywhere else in the uk .I would advise a trip over to St Michaels Mount off from Marazian or a day trip to the Iles of Scilly and go to the gardens of Tresco.

[@julianaylor4351]

When Cadbury was taken over, I switched to stronger chocolate bars and tried other brands. The Cadbury bars now taste like they did way back in the eighties, so less creamy. I once found an amazing Spanish Christmas chocolate bar in a pound store, unfortunately I haven't seen it since. You should try different chocolate covered snacks, from the US and UK, like chocolate pretzels versus chocolate cranberries, etc.

[@shado3811]

Just to advise that Reese choc sold here (UK) is just imported from the US - Regards

[@nickclark6001]

Wonderful Video! What do you use to film your videos? probably a phone as the writing is the wrong way around and we can't read it. you need to change the MIRROR function to the opposite in the camera settings . keep up these riveting videos they are SO interesting and we all learn a lot from them where ever we live! just noticed you did it !!

[@rikmoran3963]

Congratulations, I don't think I've seen any other reactors do a blind taste test on US v UK chocolate.

[@scottythedawg]

that was a good way to taste things. It is surprising how many people eat with their eyes, let alone the bonus of not being tell which version is which.

[@TheKruxed]

Checking the ingredient differences, I think your 'orange' is coming from the vanillin which as far as I'm aware isn't something we get in the UK and so its probably boosting the orange oil flavour and smell artificially as both products appear identical otherwise

[@russellfrancis6294]

Loving this loving this loving this !

[@franohmsford7548]

The orange flavour may not be uniform in strength through the whole chocolate orange - That could be why you got a big hit of orange from one bite but not from the next. I've never really been a fan of them myself.

[@alanburton5099]

Hi from Robin Hood country (Nottingham. U.K) really enjoyed the content . We have visited the U.S many, many times and always bring our own chocolate for our evening treats-have tried U.S chocolate and never really got the taste for it-much of it tastes like soap with sugar but Heyho guess we have been spoilt . Keep the content going guys. Alan B

[@bdi8541]

lol Steve looks like ‘the fly’

[@GeoffreyBurtt-Ellis]

Here in the uk we already knew what would come out on top.

[@Sharon-jh6xs]

I really enjoyed this you should do more videos like this 😊

[@Burglar-King]

I tried a Hershey bar here in U.K. I was so curious. It had hazelnuts in it and I liked it. It was different in texture and less creamy but it tasted like a chocolate Easter egg. Thank you for liking our chocolate. ESP. Our Snickers. 😊

[@conneryshand.]

Try putting batter on that snickers and deep frying it. Woo Hoo!

[@neilrichards683]

Great video blind taste test brilliant idea keep up the good work Steve and Lindsey

[@davidloyd-hearn6551]

As an American in England, i always laugh when Americans say british food is bad. Not these days. I love German chocolate, but i would rather have british chocolate than American.

[@littlebrookreader949]

I really enjoyed this!

[@SuzetteGrist]

By the way, manufacturers add mint and orange flavour to disguise poor quality chocolate. Suzette MIHEc uk, now SA😊

Please remember UK brand chocolate sold in the US is made in the US to US taste just as US chocolate made in the UK is made to UK taste. On

[@sachaclulow9288]

That made me laugh watching you both laugh

[@TK-Will.]

Nice to see you’ve flipped the image

[@Thee_Penguin]

I get what you mean by buttery....its the added milk in our chocolate so you're probably picking up the dairy profile

[@RedRidingHood-pc2cm]

Has anyone tried the Terry's chocolate mint? It's to die for.

[@garybaker7219]

Thanks. Cheered me up

[@dianabialaskahansen2972]

Blame Hersheys. They started using Butyric Acid to extend the shelf life of their chocolate and keep costs low, using sugar to drown the worst taste. During WW2 Hershey was a supplier of chocolate bars to the rations of the soldiers and these soldiers became so used to the taste, that when they returned after the war, other manufacturers had to start using butyric acid too. These days Americans are used to the taste, having known it from childhood, while people from Europe will complain about the taste of American chocolate, at least until they get used to it.

[@Pinkoni10]

It maybe the cocoa butter we use in our chocolate (uk)

[@dawnsheard4786]

I miss a Topic they discontinued them in 2021 😢 I’ve been craving one for months the star bar is closest but just didn’t hit the same spot.

[@jimrodda]

You should check the difference in ingredients in the UK and the US chocolate bars.

[@nuttyrachel]

This taste test was good, a different wa y of doing it made it more entertaining and an unbiased opinion. :)

[@matiascampbell2464]

I see the cameras fixed, i almost thought i was looking at a different channel for a bit...😅

[@WJS774]

Can't say that's at all surprising, I've never tried American chocolate, but _everyone_ seems to agree that our British chocolate is much better.

[@brigoose7945]

always rince with water before next piece

[@davidv.8655]

These results are just simply what we knew in the uk already. 😅

[@martin-hall-northern-soul]

How fun was that! Happy days :)

[@lottie2525]

So funny watching you feed each other chocolates with fly eyes on🤣

[@reactingtomyroots]

😂