Looking for UK/European things (Snacks/items) to send my American girlfriend?

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My girlfriend and I are sending each other gift packages from our countries full of small gifts and snacks/candy. I was wondering if anyone had any must try things I could include in my box for her? Here is what I have so far:

Shortbread
Maltesers
Percy pigs
Squashies
Marmalade
Thai sweet chilli sensations
Skips
Kinder bueno
Pickled onion monster munch
Orange fanta (She's in shock at the colour difference)

They don't need to be stricly from the UK, I'm trying to think of a Cadbury bar to add and potentionally some other European chocolate that would blow an americans mind. Anything that she wouldn't have. Thanks!

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moremattymattmatt@reddit

Anything from Ringtons, Duffy’s single variety chocolate

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Asmoothlove@reddit

Nik naks

That is all

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ParsleyChops@reddit

I took some bits out for a colleague last year and he still talks about how good the Jaffa Cakes were!

Also Monster Munch, Mini Cheddars, Nougat, Love hearts, Polos, Smarties (they have Smarties too but different to ours), Nik Naks, Milky Bars, Pot Noodle.. I also gave him some local postcards.

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Internal_Breakfast36@reddit

Teacakes

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Brighton_Spores@reddit

Turrnocks caramel wafers

Marmite

Twiglets

Quavers

Drumsticks

Refreshers

pear drops

rhubarb and custard

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hotstepper1995@reddit

Twiglets are diabolical 💀

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AkihabaraWasteland@reddit

Marmite

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letmereadstuff@reddit

Wotsits. Would’ve said Percy Pigs and Monster Munch, but you’ve already got those on your list.

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stauer88@reddit

Cheese and onion crisps.

It's not a common flavour over there. (Or at least it wasn't!)

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RoboTon78@reddit

Tunnocks teacakes.

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JCDU@reddit

I was going to add Tunnocks Teacakse & Wagon Wheels but anything with marshmallow in it might react badly to being in the non-pressurised cargo hold of an airplane.

Penguin, chocolate digestive, hobnobs, bourbons, nobby's nuts.

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Lonely-Chocolate2587@reddit

A bread mix. I believe the American bread is more closely related to cake.

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Great-Ad-632@reddit

No tea??

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ItsPenguins@reddit (OP)

I'm not sure what's best, not really a tea drinker myself!

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Lonely-Chocolate2587@reddit

What? Are you even British?
I prefer Tetley. Definitely not PG or anything like it, they’re awful these days. Yorkshire is fine too.

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rapidbunny4404@reddit

Yorkshire!!!

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Nooms88@reddit

Some jams or chutneys if you want to branch out from the snack theme

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Lonely-Chocolate2587@reddit

Ah, yes. Branston only though.

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AndrewHinds67@reddit

Hob Nobs and Jaffa Cakes. My girlfriend is American and she loves them.

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OverCategory6046@reddit

https://www.border.co.uk/our-biscuits/ - I recommend the dark chocolate ginger ones, truly next level biscuit.

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Japhet_Corncrake@reddit

Surstromming.

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andyH1971@reddit

Evil tw@t, I love it 🤣🤣🤣🤣 (the idea not the fish)

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elementarydrw@reddit

Do you have access to German Katjes? They are the guys that make Percy Pigs for M&S. They are almost exactly the same, except Katjes products don't use pork gelatin, and they cost usually around €1.20, rather than the markup M&S put on them.

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anenglishrose@reddit

M&S doesn't use pork either, percy pigs are vegan and don't cost much more than €1.20

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Wrong_Duty7043@reddit

They were nicer when they had pork.

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elementarydrw@reddit

Ah, i've been out of the country for a few years then. They used to have the green vegetarian ones, but Katjes used to make them with gelatin for the UK range.

And every time I have seen them when visiting parents recently they have been around 2 quid a bag! Are they on offer often? There was a whole thing last year in the UK news about the price now being 2 quid.

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Wrong_Duty7043@reddit

Tunnocks tea cakes, bovril, irn bru, dandelion and burdock.

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Haunted_Stormbird@reddit

Can I suggest some things for her to send to you?

Smartfood white cheddar popcorn

Extra Toasty Cheezits

Uncle Eddie's peanut butter chocolate chip cookies from WholeFoods. (You will just die when you try these they are so good.)

Nacho Cheese flavoured Doritos

Jarred salsa, red (either Newman's Own, or something organic)and the Herdez green salsa verde

A can of coke, to compare to UK coke

peanut butter filled pretzels

Combo's pizza flavoured filled snacks

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Suspicious_Banana255@reddit

Galaxy. Your favourite tea bags. Irn bru. Kinder surprise as they aren't allowed a toy inside food there. Quavers. Ribena, they don't have much blackcurrant flavour.

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slinkimalinki@reddit

Tunnocks teacakes

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ghastlycupcake@reddit

Belgian chocolate is the answer

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Silver-Machine-3092@reddit

Has anyone recommend a finger of fudge yet?

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Fred_Blogs_2020@reddit

You made me laugh about the Fanta. My in-laws are American and we always have to take British orange Fanta with us when we go to the US because they prefer it. Crunchies and Twiglets also get a spot in the suitcase. Jaffa cakes Pork scratchings A stick of rock from the seaside Parma violets

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Secure-Occasion-3599@reddit

Tunnocks caramel bars, milka chocolate, ferrero rocher.

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Fun_Department_7643@reddit

I'd go Lion Bar, Starr bar or a boost

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Putrid-Beach_@reddit

Holy trinity right there

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Fun_Department_7643@reddit

Amen

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Exfatty2347@reddit

M&S Jaffa cakes. Lidl finn Carre chocolate

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simonjp@reddit

Check out /r/snackexchange and have a read of the UK>US exchanges; you'll get an idea about what's unexpected and/or appreciated. But I think you've got a good list there!

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Dense-Coat-4280@reddit

Kinder stuff is readily available in the states. Percy pigs are a great one. Jammie dodgers? Yanks think these are hilarious. Biscuits in general. The monster munch and pigs are what we get in our english care packages... oh and the extra strong tetley tea bags!

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JonTravel@reddit

Percy Pigs are available at Target in the US

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Dense-Coat-4280@reddit

Really? Wow. Won't give them my money, though.

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JonTravel@reddit

I agree with that

Target are starting to stock more M&S stuff and Nordstrom are starting to stock M&S clothing.

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Wretched_Colin@reddit

I know the Kinder eggs are illegal in the states. They’re worried about people choking on the yellow toy container.

Thankfully you can just buy a revolver at Walmart to keep yourself amused rather than assembling a Kinder toy.

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thricedice88@reddit

Anything with blackcurrant in, I cba to go in to the reason why, but basically it's very unusual in America, enough so to be considered exotic or unusual.

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OK_LK@reddit

Scottish tablet

Scottish macaroon bar

Irn bru

Fudge

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InfiniteBranch4364@reddit

Scampi fries, Welsh cakes or Eccles cakes, Vimto fizzy rip rolls and Flumps!

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BellendBuilder@reddit

Parkin cake and Yorkshire Tea

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huntinwabbits@reddit

Jaffa cakes.

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resting_up@reddit

Including that they're actually buscuits.

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MojoMomma76@reddit

Jaffa cakes

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Good_Lettuce_2690@reddit

Choc hobnobs

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Active_Chipmunk208@reddit

Hobnobs, brown sauce and salad cream 🤤

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King_Olaf_thebastard@reddit

Twiglets

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THXORY@reddit

Anything by Galaxy

Aeros

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EUskeptik@reddit

Thai sweet chili?

German Kinder Bueno?

I suggest some Twinings English Breakfast Tea, Tunnocks Tea Cakes and/or Caramel Wafers, Batchelor’s Cup-a-Soup, Marmite, Colman’s English Mustard, Elderflower cordial, pork scratchings. 😋

-oo-

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Lord_Cockatrice@reddit

A packet of Twizzlers? Maybe a box of Hob Nobs?

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NotAnotherThing@reddit

Can we actually buy Twizzlers in the UK? Haven't had those in 22 years since moving here.

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NotAnotherThing@reddit

Snacks or crisps from Serious Pig

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resting_up@reddit

Marmite, blow her mind.

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NotAnotherThing@reddit

Potentially not in a good way. Lol

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GeorgeMcCall@reddit

Piccalilli

A regular jar of chunky unsweetened Piccalilli

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Maz-Wye@reddit

Marmite!! 😋

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redcore4@reddit

Seabrooks crisps

Bourbon/custard creams

Sherbet - dipper, dib dab or double dip, flying saucers, lemons

Vimto

humbugs/everton mints

dandelion and burdock

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Revolutionary-Key650@reddit

Polo mint centres.

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rapidbunny4404@reddit

Stroopwaffles! Very tasty Dutch sweet snack. You can get them in (flying) Tiger and most supermarkets (in the UK) now as well I think

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defroach84@reddit

You can also get them in the US.

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Wretched_Colin@reddit

Lidl have xxl pack of stroopwaffles on the shelves at the moment. They’re irresistible.

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LittleMissAbigail@reddit

Some form of caterpillar cake! A whole one might be a challenge but if you still want a bit of the OG, M&S do make mini Colins of a much more reasonable size to send.

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WinkyNurdo@reddit

Nik Naks nice n spicy and rib n saucy

Co-op Sea Salt & Chardonnay Wine Vinegar Crisps

Tunnocks Tea Cakes

Galaxy chocolate bar — much better than cadburys

Jaffa Cakes (M&S do some lime ones that are very good)

Ginger nuts

Custard creams (M&S do some super posh chocolate covered ones which are sensational and expensive)

Chocolate hob nobs

Twiglets

Pork scratchings

Jar of marmite

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No_Election_1123@reddit

Depends where your girlfriend lives because most US supermarkets do have a wide range of European chocolate products. So if she discovers she loves Lindt then at least she can pop into the nearest Walgreens and stock up

Tunnocks teacakes are great, but are difficult to ship without coming back crushed at the other end. The wafers (both plain and milk) are a good idea.

It could be fun to send her some Mars bars and Milky Ways, as they're different products in the US . Hobnobs are good, not impossible to find but difficult

Some odd flavoured crisps, US supermarkets are really bland in the flavours they sell here

The things I always bring back are M&S hot cross buns and McVities Ginger Cake, the latter is the only thing I really struggle to find in thr US

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Weird1Intrepid@reddit

Biggest jar of Marmite you can find

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SportingGamer@reddit

Most of the sweets from a traditional British sweet shop. If you can find it, Old Jamaica chocolate from Cadbury. (rum & raisin bournville)

Dandelion & Burdock (compare to Root Beer)

Irn Bru (compare to your orange fantas)

Ambrosia rice pudding

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Pristine-Ad6064@reddit

Tablet

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artrald-7083@reddit

Tony's, Milka, Lindt and/or Ritter chocolate depending on her taste in chocolate. European chocolate (in which I include British despite the efforts of Cadburys) is quite different to the everyday US stuff, although I'm quite sure the US has decent high end equivalents if you try. The ones I mentioned are all supermarket brands.

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No_Election_1123@reddit

All are easily available in most US supermarkets (or at least the ones close by me) though

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Mrcooper10@reddit

Yorkshire mix Highland toffee bars Jelly babies Seabrook crisps

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Utterly_Spidey@reddit

I have a couple Spanish and Italian chocolate snacks that will literally blow her mind. Can send it to you tomorrow if u want.

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ALittleNightMusing@reddit

Mr Kipling Battenburg cake (or mini ones)

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TermAggravating8043@reddit

Irn bru and Scottish tablet

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anenglishrose@reddit

Blackcurrant squash - blackcurrants are banned from being grown in the US I believe so not a common flavour

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Upbeat_Branch_4231@reddit

Irn Bru

Lindt chocolate

A tin of Colmans English mustard (powder) Not a snack, but a condiment she'll not be familiar with.