American chocolate is better than British chocolate: CHANGE MY MIND

Answering the age-old question: is British chocolate better than American chocolate?? Is there any sweet better than a Cadbury Dairy Milk? How many bites of British chocolate before I throw up? Those answers and more on today's episode!
As a Canadian living in England, I love trying new British sweets (and chocolate). I decided to taste test as many British chocolate bars as I could before vomiting lol Hope you enjoy!
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  • @richardpoynton4026
    @richardpoynton40262 жыл бұрын

    You can’t beat American chocolate! If you’re partial to that authentic ‘hint of vomit’ flavour…….

  • @danjames5552

    @danjames5552

    2 жыл бұрын

    I noticed that it tasted like sick !!!! 😫

  • @alanelesstravelled8218

    @alanelesstravelled8218

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hershey's used an additive in the milk to give it a longer life. The additive is also found in vomit and some smelly cheeses. Americans have become so used to this taste that an additive is now included to emulate this taste.

  • @Kay-ly3hb

    @Kay-ly3hb

    2 жыл бұрын

    Haha you beat me to it

  • @Escapee5931

    @Escapee5931

    2 жыл бұрын

    I thought that was what the vomit bucket was for - dip the chocolate in to make it taste more American.

  • @Kay-ly3hb

    @Kay-ly3hb

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Escapee5931 well done 😂

  • @SciFi2525252000
    @SciFi25252520002 жыл бұрын

    Cadbury has gone downhill since the Americans bought it. Tastes nothing like it used to.

  • @llewcunedda4528

    @llewcunedda4528

    2 жыл бұрын

    Taste more sweet and less creamy

  • @SciFi2525252000

    @SciFi2525252000

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@glastonbury4304 That's just wrong. Cadbury was bought by Kraft, now Mondelez in 2010. Mondelez is an American company based in Chicago.

  • @glastonbury4304

    @glastonbury4304

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SciFi2525252000 yes you're right , however cadburys in the US is still very different than cadburys in the UK ...the UK still manufacture cadburys in the same way and Hershey's still manufacture cadburys under licence, however cadburys is still a British company , just owned by an American parent company , but it's chocolate remains the same in the UK

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    IDK man , I just did a whole taste testing video trying 11 CADBURY DAIRY MILK variants and they all seemed good to me with the exception of a few.

  • @harrymarshall

    @harrymarshall

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@FoodTastertv modern Cadbury's is nothing like the original thing,, it's now the Kraft cheese of the chocolate world, when once it inspired the author Roald Dahl 🕊️🤍

  • @elroymartyn8429
    @elroymartyn84292 жыл бұрын

    When you say "British is different to American" I think the word you were looking for is "Superior"!!!

  • @BigC1290

    @BigC1290

    Жыл бұрын

    Exactly she was trying not to admit it.

  • @alwaysfair4991

    @alwaysfair4991

    11 ай бұрын

    Vastly!

  • @KenFullman

    @KenFullman

    5 ай бұрын

    The clue's in the name "GREAT" Britain. (Dozey Canuk) 🤣

  • @eveoakley6270
    @eveoakley62702 жыл бұрын

    I have a cousin in Alabama and every year I send her 3 parcels of Cadbury chocolate from the UK and prawn cocktail crisps. She always says it’s the highlight of her year.

  • @Rachel_M_

    @Rachel_M_

    5 ай бұрын

    Your cousin just became my most respected American, just because of the prawn cocktail crisps.

  • @dianeharrison4975

    @dianeharrison4975

    4 ай бұрын

    She must get really sad 😢when it’s coming to the end of her stash 😂

  • @eveoakley6270

    @eveoakley6270

    4 ай бұрын

    @@dianeharrison4975 🤣🤣🤣 she does. I’m due to send her some more though. Her Christmas parcel is late because I’ve been in hospital 👍🏼

  • @dianeharrison4975

    @dianeharrison4975

    4 ай бұрын

    @@eveoakley6270 ahh hope you’re better now . She ll enjoy her new supply I bet 🥰

  • @eveoakley6270

    @eveoakley6270

    4 ай бұрын

    @@dianeharrison4975 yes, thank you 👍🏼

  • @nickshale6926
    @nickshale69262 жыл бұрын

    Who makes the best chocolate: Britain or the USA? *Belgium has now left the chat*

  • @geoffpoole483

    @geoffpoole483

    2 жыл бұрын

    Belgian chocolate is the gold standard.

  • @shlibbermacshlibber4106

    @shlibbermacshlibber4106

    2 жыл бұрын

    British is good but its a bit bland, like most of our food

  • @YvonneWilson312

    @YvonneWilson312

    2 жыл бұрын

    Belgian chocolate is absolutely the best.

  • @DrZiplock

    @DrZiplock

    2 жыл бұрын

    Swiss chocolate waves hi.

  • @baxtertia

    @baxtertia

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shlibbermacshlibber4106 how very dare you ?!?!?!

  • @greekos99
    @greekos992 жыл бұрын

    I’m sorry to report a massive omission here. The humble Double Decker. Massively underrated but absolutely epic.

  • @DjDolHaus86

    @DjDolHaus86

    2 жыл бұрын

    If left in the fridge it can also double as a self defense weapon because it becomes one of the hardest substances known to science

  • @harrypike5140

    @harrypike5140

    2 жыл бұрын

    And Crunchie

  • @schrodingerscat1863

    @schrodingerscat1863

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@harrypike5140 Yes but Crunchie is really not very nice, a bit like Maltesers in bar form but doesn't taste anywhere near as good.

  • @iriscollins7583

    @iriscollins7583

    Жыл бұрын

    @@schrodingerscat1863 Crunchy is Honeycomb, Maltesers are Malty, different flavours altogether. Cadburys have deteriorated since being bought out by another company. They have altered the ingredients Etc.

  • @schrodingerscat1863

    @schrodingerscat1863

    Жыл бұрын

    @@iriscollins7583 Maltesers are cinder toffee too same as Crunchy but has a malty flavour added when making it, Crunchy is the natural cinder toffee flavour. I think they altered the Cadbury recipe when they got bought out to make it cheaper and also to make it melt at a higher temperature so they could market it in hot countries. It isn't even close to the chocolate I remember from my childhood.

  • @klondikechris
    @klondikechris2 жыл бұрын

    We are so lucky in Canada: we may have different bars, but the companies are (or were) British for the most part. Like Cadbury's. Yes; Hersheys is sold as well, but Cadbury's beats it every time!

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree with you hundred percent !!!

  • @badfinger61

    @badfinger61

    2 жыл бұрын

    Annnd...we have Coffee Crisp in Canada. Nuff said.

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@badfinger61 Coffee crisp is a great candy bar and all but it doesnt taste like coffee at all even though it smells greatly of coffee !! Thats why the original coffee crisp bar never ranks high in my taste testing videos !!!

  • @badfinger61

    @badfinger61

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@FoodTastertv Point taken. But they're still tasty in my opinion and something about the texture that I like.

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@badfinger61 Oh they are very tasty !!! But not coffee flavoured at all. However I tried the Easter Egg version of it in one of my taste testing videos and fell in LOVE with it cause that one has a very strong coffee flavour to it !!!

  • @benspinks342
    @benspinks3422 жыл бұрын

    The fact that I can remember when all of these were twice the size is making me feel really old! 😭

  • @Apollo890

    @Apollo890

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me as well especially the Mars that used to be twice as thick.

  • @trevorenever265

    @trevorenever265

    2 жыл бұрын

    Or maybe, as a child, your hands were smaller. Just a thought...

  • @chrisytfc879

    @chrisytfc879

    2 жыл бұрын

    They weren't twice the size, your hands were smaller

  • @Yandarval

    @Yandarval

    6 ай бұрын

    Pre Kraft. Cadburys used to be harder and not as soft as today. The harder Chocolate was some much better than the soft stuff we have bee forced to put up with now.

  • @kittyformanrn9268
    @kittyformanrn92682 жыл бұрын

    Cadbury makes Hershey's taste like dirt. Flake, Wispa, Twirl are the best.

  • @shlibbermacshlibber4106

    @shlibbermacshlibber4106

    2 жыл бұрын

    I haven't eaten dirt since I was 3, it was more mud TBH

  • @edmonddesbiens

    @edmonddesbiens

    2 жыл бұрын

    actually hershey tasty like vomit. it has to do with an acid they use to speed up mufacturing.

  • @hairyairey

    @hairyairey

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cadburys is being corrupted by its American owner

  • @tubaman66

    @tubaman66

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hairyairey They had better not mess with Dairy Milk or things will get ugly!

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ive tried FLAKE and TWIRL in my British candy taste test video and they are very good !!!!

  • @James-xo8dl
    @James-xo8dl2 жыл бұрын

    To be sold as chocolate in the UK a product needs a minimum of 25% cocoa solids. In the US the minimum is 10%. It therefore stands to reason that British chocolate is objectively 2.5x better than American chocolate. SO THERE!

  • @Jimmy_Jones

    @Jimmy_Jones

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha

  • @sherlockrobin597

    @sherlockrobin597

    2 жыл бұрын

    Boom!

  • @newtron1

    @newtron1

    2 жыл бұрын

    Correct and thus the reason Hershey tastes more like "wax" vs chocolate.

  • @Cloneufc

    @Cloneufc

    2 жыл бұрын

    Incorrect. We have chocolate factories all over that are just as good as Euro chocolate. You can find coco at all levels, even 80%. Most Americans just buy disgusting chocolate because it's cheap. It's the same with our beer. We have craft beer and breweries all over that have excellent beer. Most Americans stick with the cheap disgusting commercial beer.

  • @James-xo8dl

    @James-xo8dl

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@Cloneufc You can absolutely say that America produces very good high-end chocolate and I would agree. However I'm assuming that we're talking about cheap snack bars in which case on the whole I think adding more cocoa does make them better.

  • @bambit08
    @bambit082 жыл бұрын

    I'm British ... the BEST chocolate is definitely Belgian chocolate. 🌟🌟

  • @phoenix-xu9xj

    @phoenix-xu9xj

    Жыл бұрын

    Dark at least 70% or it’s not. Chocolate for me

  • @jackwalker4874

    @jackwalker4874

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, but Belgian chocolate is special, it's not something that you'd spend your pocket money on after school.

  • @sexpistol7712

    @sexpistol7712

    Жыл бұрын

    Or Swiss

  • @mothmagic1

    @mothmagic1

    9 ай бұрын

    Be careful with Belgian dark chocolate though as it tends to be bitter. Mind you British dark chocolate can be if it's over about 75% cocoa

  • @ne007ne

    @ne007ne

    9 ай бұрын

    NEVER

  • @BooBaddyBig
    @BooBaddyBig2 жыл бұрын

    Wispa is made with CO2, whereas Aerobar the bubbles are nitrogen. That's why they're slightly different.

  • @sepez

    @sepez

    2 жыл бұрын

    TIL

  • @2ridiculous41

    @2ridiculous41

    2 жыл бұрын

    WISPA THE CLIMATE CHANGE BAR

  • @hairyairey

    @hairyairey

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@2ridiculous41 If they made a helium filled bar they'd be flying off the shelves!

  • @BooBaddyBig

    @BooBaddyBig

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hairyairey Yes, and they'd give you a squeaky voice!!!

  • @RiverMersey
    @RiverMersey2 жыл бұрын

    As if there isn't enough controversy in the world, Alanna comes up with this! Adventure and Naps lights the fireworks and runs away!!!🍫

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    2 жыл бұрын

    🥳

  • @stewartkingsley

    @stewartkingsley

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its a public service.

  • @droopslondon6270

    @droopslondon6270

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresAndNaps you're so gorgeous

  • @judgejudyslover

    @judgejudyslover

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tbf she dabbled too. Telling people to get the jab. I don’t appreciate youtubers giving medical advice and no I’m not anti vax.

  • @RoastLambShanks

    @RoastLambShanks

    2 жыл бұрын

    There isnt a controversy, British chocolate is better then American, its a self evident fact.

  • @alanhilton3611
    @alanhilton36112 жыл бұрын

    I've tried a Hershey bar and the taste it left in my mouth was similar to the taste after you've been sick for me it has to be a starbar. Could see you starting to struggle halfway through but I really appreciate your sacrifice 😵

  • @stevenclarke5606

    @stevenclarke5606

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes totally agree with that , I tried it once and had to spit it out, tasted like Vomit!

  • @terencecarroll1812

    @terencecarroll1812

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree, starters are so nice

  • @terencecarroll1812

    @terencecarroll1812

    2 жыл бұрын

    Starbars

  • @keithrudd8003

    @keithrudd8003

    2 жыл бұрын

    That will be the additive butyric acid … same as in vomit

  • @garethkershaw4804

    @garethkershaw4804

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep tastes like bile.

  • @andysutcliffe3915
    @andysutcliffe39152 жыл бұрын

    I would say, Cadbury’s has gone severely downhill since Kraft bought it, they claim to have made no changes, but it’s obvious to all they moved it more towards the American flavour, or at least cost cut the ingredients.

  • @pheart2381

    @pheart2381

    2 жыл бұрын

    not just the flavour,the construction. leaking caramel,crunchies with the coating missing in places. horrible.

  • @PhilipWorthington

    @PhilipWorthington

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yep, as a Brummie and life-long cheerleader of Cadburys, Kraft was the worst thing that ever happened to them.

  • @tonyclark1838

    @tonyclark1838

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes especially as the vast amount of their products are no longer made in the uk

  • @NicholasJH96

    @NicholasJH96

    Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately your right, I noticed tase changed, in chocolate with cream egg

  • @jerry2357
    @jerry23572 жыл бұрын

    Personally, I prefer continental European chocolate: Belgian, Swiss or German, for instance. So I buy bars of chocolate from Aldi or Lidl normally. And I much prefer dark chocolate.

  • @AndrewBuckleBookReviews

    @AndrewBuckleBookReviews

    2 жыл бұрын

    Definitely, love the chocolate from Aldis. German / Belgian ... yes, their chocolate wins hand down. Most UK chocolates are way too sickly. Each to their own though !

  • @davidknowles3459

    @davidknowles3459

    2 жыл бұрын

    Best I've found is Asda Smart Price Dark chocolate.30p for a 100g bar.And it tastes so good!

  • @iriscollins7583

    @iriscollins7583

    Жыл бұрын

    @Richdragon Try the smaller companies. Once you start mass producing anything, quality goes out of the windows.

  • @Judgles
    @Judgles2 жыл бұрын

    "I feel like I can smell colours" - classic Alanna! Seriously, you are so brave putting yourself through this ordeal for our viewing pleasure. And you're right, Aeros are irresistibubble!

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much!! ☺️

  • @hairyairey

    @hairyairey

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresAndNaps actually it's a condition called synaesthesia. Where your senses are mixed up. And you can taste yellow for example.

  • @itsmephil2255

    @itsmephil2255

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm so glad she didn't use the word "Candy"

  • @jonathanmaybury5698

    @jonathanmaybury5698

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hairyairey She maybe a savant, We'll have to call her Rainwoman from now on!

  • @NicholasJH96

    @NicholasJH96

    2 жыл бұрын

    Aeros are good unless it’s mint one which is rank

  • @PaintedBothways
    @PaintedBothways2 жыл бұрын

    Malteasers are one of my faves. Also, to save you struggling to open the malteasers in future, those packs actually smoothly and easily tear horizontally all the way across about an inch from the top.

  • @BumbleTheBard
    @BumbleTheBard2 жыл бұрын

    There used to be some wonderful ads for Flake back in the 1970s, themed around the idea that eating one was so immersive that you became oblivious to everything going on around you. The most famous one was the woman in the bath with the overflowing water. You can find them if you search KZread.

  • @mrtechguru22
    @mrtechguru222 жыл бұрын

    Vomit taste difference: A long time ago in America (dunno when) they would send the chocolate with troops in ration packs. To make them last longer, they did something with the milk to preserve it, giving it that sour taste. When the war was over, the troops wanted the same tasting chocolate when they got home and sort of got used to it, so they proceeded to keep the recipe. To this day, Americans just prefer this flavour, so manufacturers keep doing it. This is what I heard anyway

  • @Davey-Boyd

    @Davey-Boyd

    2 жыл бұрын

    I've heard that too. Was in on Steve the MRE testers channel?

  • @ProtocolAbyss

    @ProtocolAbyss

    Жыл бұрын

    This is also why Americans are such a laughing stock, cause they prefer eating vomit

  • @andyleighton6969

    @andyleighton6969

    9 ай бұрын

    The word[s] you're after is: Butyric Acid.

  • @cryptonitesats
    @cryptonitesats2 жыл бұрын

    Bounty is great if you like coconut, i love coconut so one of my favs. Your face when eating it was priceless though 😂

  • @MoviesNGames007uk

    @MoviesNGames007uk

    2 жыл бұрын

    Has to be the red Bounty though.

  • @hairyairey

    @hairyairey

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MoviesNGames007uk Weirdly in Cadbury boxes it's the most unloved one.

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree !!! I LOVE BOUNTY as well !!! That coconut flavour and the texture of desecrated coconut in the center is amazing !!! It always rank high in my taste testing videos !!!

  • @suttoncoldfield9318

    @suttoncoldfield9318

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bounty is ok but it takes ages to chew up a mouthful.

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@suttoncoldfield9318 I love that desecrated coconut texture !!! LOL

  • @bobbod8069
    @bobbod80692 жыл бұрын

    Just a quick tip. Never leave an open bag of open Maltesers on the dashboard when driving round a roundabout.

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    2 жыл бұрын

    Fair 😅

  • @chasfaulkner2548

    @chasfaulkner2548

    2 жыл бұрын

    PMSL, been there..........

  • @davidcopplestone6266

    @davidcopplestone6266

    2 жыл бұрын

    Another one would be....Never leave an open bag of Maltesers near me.

  • @hughfranklin3072
    @hughfranklin30722 жыл бұрын

    You judged Bounty on the fact it was coconut, and not on the chocolate.

  • @vickytaylor9155
    @vickytaylor91552 жыл бұрын

    Cadbury in America is made by the company that owns Hershey’s and I believe they use dried milk, whereas we use proper milk.

  • @rjt3476
    @rjt34762 жыл бұрын

    "I don't care, please! get a hobby!" then proceeds to eats all of the Chocolate 🤣

  • @jeffgraham6387
    @jeffgraham63872 жыл бұрын

    I believe the texture difference is because the UK melt the ingredients whereas the US use the extruder method which accounts for the grainy texture...Hershey's lobbied to prevent Cadbury imports, so the Cadbury bars in the US are made by Hershey!

  • @craigroaring

    @craigroaring

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's a pity. Cadbury is a quality chocolate at a decent price.

  • @sepez

    @sepez

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Dont let them try good stuff or they won't want ours!!!"

  • @iriscollins7583

    @iriscollins7583

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@craigroaring Its gone downhill since being taken over. No after taste like it used to have. Apparently some of the ingredients have been altered. Which probably accounts for the difference. They even renaged on an agreement, not to get rid of jobs,they found a loophole,some production was transferred to somewhere in Europe. I don't buy any Cadbury products now. There are some excellent chocolates out there.

  • @kennyhogg5820

    @kennyhogg5820

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well the cocoa beans are ground up, the more you grind it the smoother it becomes, so a grainy texture is usually because of lower grinding time. Very finely ground beans are more expensive and require way more time to process. Dove in the US does make finely ground chocolate called "smoothes", which indeed has a very smooth texture. Love the caramel filled ones.

  • @fuzzlewit9

    @fuzzlewit9

    2 жыл бұрын

    So much for the American Free Market they like to go on and on about.

  • @virthanki902
    @virthanki9022 жыл бұрын

    Loved This! 🤩 Feels like Alanna’s old videos, It’s great to see the direction your taking with your channel, with Adventures, Naps and Food too

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE her taste testing videos !!!! I hope she does them kore often !! She is on of the youtubers that inspired me to make my own food taste testing channel !!!

  • @amandalewis3898
    @amandalewis38982 жыл бұрын

    The British company Rowntree Macintosh made various sweets, biscuits and chocolate but they were bought by Nestle in the 80s and I think munchies just don’t taste the same. Yorky bars also originally made by rowntrees were made in York so they did get their name from the city. Golden cups were gorgeous also from the same brand 😋

  • @claire778

    @claire778

    Жыл бұрын

    Yorkies don't taste the same either.

  • @gregorybigg8924
    @gregorybigg89242 жыл бұрын

    Watching you trying to pull open the malteasers is hysterical when the packet is made to rip the top off easily 😂😂

  • @Brian-MC
    @Brian-MC2 жыл бұрын

    Ahh this takes me back to the first video I saw of yours were you were trying British snacks 😀. Great video. Got to be galaxy for me and bounty’s are great as well.

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Brian!!

  • @pebblessmudgef1578

    @pebblessmudgef1578

    2 жыл бұрын

    They were my favourite

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ive tried the Galaxy bar in one of my videos and wasnt a huge fan but I LOVE BOUNTY !!!!

  • @bakajiji
    @bakajiji2 жыл бұрын

    "Get a hobby" That's why we love you! My favourites are Crunchie, Bounty (I realise you have to like coconut), Cadbury Fruit and Nut, Fry's Chocolate Cream.

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    BOUNTY is delicious !!! It always ranks very high in my taste testing videos !!!!

  • @vickybrombley7476
    @vickybrombley74762 жыл бұрын

    bounty does deserve its own chocolate bar , its a fabulous delight of coconut and chocolate ×2 😉 give it another go , you'll luv it , fabulous video ❤

  • @hairyairey

    @hairyairey

    2 жыл бұрын

    Does Bounty count as one of your five a day? Asking for a friend...

  • @nuraalek8296

    @nuraalek8296

    2 жыл бұрын

    I find the milk chocolate one to be a little sickly, but the plain chocolate Bounty is probably my all time favourite, especially if left in the fridge to chill for a few minutes before eating.

  • @Escapee5931

    @Escapee5931

    2 жыл бұрын

    Dark Chocolate Bounty ftw

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE bounty !!!! Ive tried it in a few videos and it always ranks high !!!!

  • @chokolatelatte4764

    @chokolatelatte4764

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bounty is my favourite. Being taste tested my someone who doesn't like coconut is rather unfair on the bar!

  • @robertespley248
    @robertespley2482 жыл бұрын

    Bournville rum & raisin There was also one I remember from my childhood in the 80's which was a bar of chocolate but each segment had a different filling. Kinda like a chocolate bar version of milk tray

  • @AndrewBuckleBookReviews

    @AndrewBuckleBookReviews

    2 жыл бұрын

    Old Jamaica ... of course, dipped in some nice dark rum as well

  • @tonybennett1306

    @tonybennett1306

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wasn't that one of the Frys chocolate bars with 5 or 6 different fillings?

  • @AndrewBuckleBookReviews

    @AndrewBuckleBookReviews

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tonybennett1306 Yes, loved that bar. Don't think they have had that one for ages but I would buy it if they re-release it

  • @Ionabrodie69

    @Ionabrodie69

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tonybennett1306 Yes it was the Fry’s … I remember my gran buying a bar of Fry’s original mint every Friday for herself and a Crunchie for me and my cousin.. and then years later ( I’m 53 ) they came out with “ thank crunchie it’s Friday” .. I felt like I invented that…😂😂🇬🇧

  • @stanettiels7367
    @stanettiels73672 жыл бұрын

    Swiss chocolate is better than both American and British chocolate. Change my mind. Even the non premium Swiss chocolate is lovely. Milka chocolate (a mauve coloured packaging with cows on it) is lovely. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇨🇦.

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    2 жыл бұрын

    I love Milka!

  • @michellee7465

    @michellee7465

    2 жыл бұрын

    The only British chocolate I like is Galaxy. Swiss, Belgium are all my favs. 😍

  • @stanettiels7367

    @stanettiels7367

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, Milka is just stonking.

  • @stanettiels7367

    @stanettiels7367

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@michellee7465 Yeah I agree with you. I’ve really got to be in the mood for chocolate, though. I’ll have a craving for it that lasts around an hour and if that passes, I can take it or leave it. That craving I have is strong though.

  • @jfergs.3302

    @jfergs.3302

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not sure i'd agree. Milka is very good, not Cadbury standard, but good. And once, when in St Moritz, I sampled a bunch of chocs from the Laderach store. A beautiful, high end chocolatiers. I thought their standard chocolate, plain, or with nuts, very good. Not necessarily better, but comparable. However, their fruit flavoured chocs i found very bland, really disappointing. For better, I think you have to look to Belgium. Those Guylian seashells, now they can give Cadbury a run for their money.

  • @kurtcraig3421
    @kurtcraig34212 жыл бұрын

    what suprises me the most is how well that plant in the corner is doing. taking into consideration it's yours.

  • @waynegazard5038

    @waynegazard5038

    2 жыл бұрын

    Very rude and very funny well said.

  • @UKCougar
    @UKCougar2 ай бұрын

    "I feel like I can smell colours" 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Glorious.

  • @ssaunders2k
    @ssaunders2k2 жыл бұрын

    Best British chocolate. ... hmm ... for me, at the moment has to be Cadburys Dark Milk Giant Buttons. Goes brilliantly with a hot chocolate, tea or a strong coffee. From childhood, toffee crisp and Lion bar.

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    2 жыл бұрын

    Oooh can't say I've had Cadbury's dark milk giant buttons..! I'll be on the lookout

  • @hairyairey

    @hairyairey

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresAndNaps I think there are giant Bournville buttons too. Did you miss Bournville? Interesting place as well.

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    My fave British chocolate bar is a DOUBLE DECKER. I tried it a while back in my British candy taste testing video and LOVED IT !!!! For me it has a bit of a coffee flavour ( even thought the label doesnt say anything about coffee ) and thats why I LOVE IT !!!!

  • @DavidCulshawmer-r

    @DavidCulshawmer-r

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresAndNaps dark milk is propper nice , i dare to say its slightly better than cadburys dairy milk ( ooo controversy haha )

  • @jillhobson6128

    @jillhobson6128

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresAndNaps Cadbury's Boost.

  • @DontPanicDear
    @DontPanicDear2 жыл бұрын

    A Mars Bar really needs to be slightly chilled. They’ve also been badly effected by the shrinking and calorie reductions. The chocolate on top uses to be super thick and have some real bite to it. Now at room temps, you are quite right, as they are a bit moooshy!

  • @petertrezise4545

    @petertrezise4545

    Жыл бұрын

    Try a deep fried Mars Bar. I think it was invented in Scotland.

  • @mehallica666

    @mehallica666

    Ай бұрын

    I recently found an old school unopened Mars bar while cleaning out the shed. It was GIGANTIC! I was still tempted to open the bad boy up, but wiser heads prevailed. It's a bummer how small they are nowadays.

  • @teresafinch7790
    @teresafinch7790 Жыл бұрын

    It was a sad day when Nestle bought out Rowntrees. I am one of many people boycotting Nestle, as they encourage bottle getting babies in countries where the water supply is not safe, and to people who are so poor they will be tempted to dilute it to make it go further, also they take water from poor farmers to bottle to sale to rich people, and argue that water should not be a human right. I do miss kit-cats.

  • @grahamash62
    @grahamash622 жыл бұрын

    Just been trawling back through the past A & Ns and found a Christmas chocolate tasting episode. You really suffer for your art Alanna

  • @redman6T8
    @redman6T82 жыл бұрын

    The first time I visited America I ‘had’ to try a Hershey’s chocolate bar. It was disgusting. Other sweet ‘candy’ stuff over there was great, but Hersheys 🤮

  • @se4307
    @se43072 жыл бұрын

    I can imagine you visiting Cadbury’s World and falling out legless 🤣

  • @chasfaulkner2548

    @chasfaulkner2548

    2 жыл бұрын

    And whilst in Brum why not treat yourself to a Balti, at the Balti triangle, about 3-4 miles away?

  • @usgreth

    @usgreth

    2 жыл бұрын

    The amount of chocolate you walked out with at the end of one of those tours was quite surprising. (Disclaimer this was a really long time ago).

  • @millinutz
    @millinutz2 ай бұрын

    as long as the Americans make chocolate, i'm staying in Europe! I love Aero (especially the Mint), but that was back when it was made by Rowntree's. Since it belongs to the enormous worldwide Nestles concern (that dabbles in all and anything), it seems to have a flatter taste now... but it's still good. Hey, here's a thought..., aren't the Swiss famous for their Chocolate? Ever tried Lindt, Camille Bloch or Laederach? And as an insider tip, try "Frey's" which is not only good, but also the biggest selling Chocolate by the Swiss themselves!

  • @shearerslegs
    @shearerslegs2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video, I hope you have a great week

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much! You, too!

  • @openviews
    @openviews2 жыл бұрын

    Amazing. You could’ve included some Tunnocks products, these are also British chocolate.

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    OMG I just tried TUNNOCKS in my recent video and it was very good !!!!

  • @AndrewBuckleBookReviews

    @AndrewBuckleBookReviews

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tunnocks are wonderful !!

  • @delithnutkins6017

    @delithnutkins6017

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tunnocks omg to die for

  • @BongEyedBastard
    @BongEyedBastard2 жыл бұрын

    Galaxy Ripples for the win, and also I've never understood people's aversion to the Bounty, I love coconut, it's delicious.

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE BOUNTY !!!! It always ranks very high in my taste testing videos !!!

  • @Sandysand701
    @Sandysand7012 ай бұрын

    You missed out on the most iconic British chocolate bar, Cadburys Flake, also Cadburys Fry's Turkish Delight should be in there. Toblerone also, but it's Swiss chocolate.

  • @AndysEdits
    @AndysEdits2 жыл бұрын

    Loved this! I think we forget how lucky we are to have such a great selection of chocolate in the UK thanks to Cadbury, Nestle and Mars. By brand everyone has their favourite: Dairy Milk vs Yorkie vs Galaxy Wispa vs Aero Twirl vs Ripple Timeout vs Kitkat Boost vs Drifter vs Twix Starbar vs Lion Peanut vs Snickers Double Decker vs Milkyway Mini Eggs vs Smarties vs M&Ms

  • @stevethewanderer1687

    @stevethewanderer1687

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why's noone mention Thornton's? I'd take Thornton's chocolates over either Cadburys or Galaxy (or Mars, Nestle, etc.)

  • @leeharveydarke
    @leeharveydarke2 жыл бұрын

    Uh, I seem to recall you mentioning several times you're a savoury person all the way - this kind of sacrifice is Nobel prize worthy.

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    2 жыл бұрын

    Doing it in the name of science lol

  • @leeharveydarke

    @leeharveydarke

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresAndNaps Dr Naps surgery is open for business!

  • @NicholasJH96

    @NicholasJH96

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresAndNaps I didn’t see any wagon wheels & they are British

  • @krissymarklewis1793
    @krissymarklewis17932 жыл бұрын

    Cadburys was never the same since it got bought by another company and they seemed to have changed a lot of the recipes.

  • @wessexdruid7598

    @wessexdruid7598

    2 жыл бұрын

    A US company... :-(

  • @peterdavidson3890

    @peterdavidson3890

    7 ай бұрын

    KRAFT bought Cadbury and certain items were shifted away from the U.K. to POLAND and the taste changed on those items (for the poorer). PROFIT was the KRAFT mantra.

  • @Rachel_M_
    @Rachel_M_5 ай бұрын

    Have you ever had the rare finger of kit kat that escaped the wafering process? Solid chocolate all the way through 😋

  • @mrfox8256
    @mrfox82562 жыл бұрын

    The big three companies in the U.K are Cadbury, Mars and Nestle. Mars make everything Galaxy, Mars, Twix etc and Nestle make KitKat, Smarties, Yorkie and so on 🙂

  • @martincook9795
    @martincook97952 жыл бұрын

    “Please, get a hobby” 🤣🤣. But since it’s the Internet , let me annoyingly say, we don’t pronounce the T in Nougat. Or I don’t, anyway. More seriously, you have a very entertaining way of doing these vids.

  • @MarcusTDM

    @MarcusTDM

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah without the t is the newer millennial way of pronouncing it, its always had a t to me, pronounce like a nugget of gold!

  • @martincook9795

    @martincook9795

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MarcusTDM I am 62, no millenial me :)

  • @iriscollins7583

    @iriscollins7583

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MarcusTDM Nougat should be pronounced as NOOGA. It is a French word.

  • @MarcusTDM

    @MarcusTDM

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@iriscollins7583 it is accepted in Britain as an alternative pronunciation. Guess is depends where you live.

  • @MarcusTDM

    @MarcusTDM

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@martincook9795 you just look like one! 😉

  • @gigteevee6118
    @gigteevee61182 жыл бұрын

    Haven’t eaten any of these for years, lost my sweet tooth, swapped for wine 🍷🤪 a great journey down memory lane.

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching!

  • @phoenix-xu9xj
    @phoenix-xu9xj Жыл бұрын

    I am one of those strange people who don’t consider any of that chocolate. It’s confectionery. I only eat 80% dark. So I only need a couple of squares and I’m satisfied.

  • @sparkequinox
    @sparkequinox2 жыл бұрын

    Btw, drinking black coffee clears the palette, so doing this in between sweet bites would make each taste as they should.

  • @rklrkl64
    @rklrkl642 жыл бұрын

    You can find Hershey's Cookies'n'Creme (the only decent tasting Hershey's - their standard Hershey's chocolate is indeed truly awful) in some UK stores - I've seen it in Home Bargains a few times for example (and not priced expensively or in some weird American section). Cadbury's Double Decker is one of the best UK choc bars - surprised you missed it out! Standard Kit Kat was always a basic staple for me - prefer it to the somewhat unwieldy Chunky version. Toffee Crisp was also a "go to" for me. Cadbury's Twirl gives you a great choc hit like the wrapper says - it's much closer to a Galaxy Ripple in form (but way better than a Ripple) than the frankly stupidly unmanageable Cadbury's Flake (only good for putting in a soft whip ice cream cone to make a "99"). Mars Bars are far too sickly even for my crazily sweet tooth, so I rarely eat them - Twix is far more palatable. Just glad you avoided the truly dreadful Fry's Turkish Delight - possibly the foulest UK confectionery ever created that contains chocolate. I suspect a large proportion of UK folks have damaged tastebuds because that's the only expanation why this rosewater jelly monstrosity is still on the market after many decades!

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    OMG Its always great to find a fellow DOUBLE DECKER lover !!! I tried it in my British candy taste testing video a while back and LOVED IT !!! I find that DOUBLE DECKER has a hidden coffee flavour ( the label doesnt mention anything about coffee ) and thats why I LOVE IT !!!

  • @lynnenolan3484

    @lynnenolan3484

    2 жыл бұрын

    I love Turkish delight I had one today on the drive home from work

  • @ersmum7352
    @ersmum73522 жыл бұрын

    I think galaxy is called dove in North America. Love the chocolate tasting video. I prefer Cadbury’s but malteasers are my favourite. Have you considered doing a chocolate tier list?

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are correct about GALAXY and DOVE being the same !!! can you believe Cadbury has 11 different DAIRY MILK bars in Canada ?? I tried them all in one video and by the end of it was was ona sugar high LOL

  • @Ky0usha
    @Ky0ushaАй бұрын

    You should do a chocolate straw episode, bite the ends of twirls, penguins, kit kats and ripples then suck coffee through them :)

  • @1977Harrier
    @1977Harrier2 жыл бұрын

    I once smelled a bag of open Hershey's Kisses and it smelled like rancid milk and no, they had not gone off. There is no comparison, only Belgian chocolate forms any sort of real rivalry with our chocolate.

  • @schrodingerscat1863

    @schrodingerscat1863

    2 жыл бұрын

    Swiss chocolate is also very good, better than Cadbury these days since the Americans messed with the recipe

  • @P5YcHoKiLLa
    @P5YcHoKiLLa2 жыл бұрын

    There really is no comparison. Best UK chocolate is either Cadbury's or Thornton's (RIP) I tried Hershey's once, it was a gritty horrible punishment.

  • @thehonestcritic6577

    @thehonestcritic6577

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thorntons are still in business arn't they ? I know their factory in Belper Derbyshire is no longer there , im sure their Factory in Alfreton is still producing chocolate.

  • @liamcollinson5695

    @liamcollinson5695

    2 жыл бұрын

    I do like Lily o Brian's dessert chocolates more than any other

  • @clivemitchell43
    @clivemitchell432 жыл бұрын

    This all started off in 1866 with Fry’s Chocolate Cream, first mass produced chocolate bar in the world. I didn’t see that on your list! Ps you’re right about Mars and Bounty 🤢 although I still wouldn’t eat a Hershey’s 🤢🤢

  • @unclegreybeard3969
    @unclegreybeard3969Ай бұрын

    British chocolate is basically, Cadbury's Mars Nestle Rowntree (now owned by Nestle) Interesting fact - Kitkat ingredients include broken kitkats.

  • @marksoutherton8888
    @marksoutherton88882 жыл бұрын

    You guy's have everything, not air conditioning though 😂😂😂 Great channel.

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much!

  • @Jamie_D
    @Jamie_D2 жыл бұрын

    I prefer Galaxy to it's closest Cadbury's counter parts, such as caramel to caramel (or carmel for Americans) but Cadbury's also has such a huge selection of stuff that can knock it out of the park compared to galaxy

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    Cadbury really does have a huge selection of candy bars !!! Its insane !!! I tried 11 of their Canadian bars in just one video a while back !!!!

  • @rogerwitte
    @rogerwitte2 жыл бұрын

    First of all, fine chocolate is fine chocolate - the comparison is 'ordinary' chocolate like Cadbury vs Hershey. Regular belgium chocolate is probably even better as chocolate but I think the really unique thing about everyday British chocolate are the different textured chocolates like twirl, flake, aero or whispa - it is an idea that hershey just doesn't get.

  • @PaulW4

    @PaulW4

    6 ай бұрын

    Besides Bobby from Austria, a double decker is the only chocolate bar I've ever had with cereal pieces or puffs in it

  • @mothmagic1
    @mothmagic19 ай бұрын

    Alanna there's a job for you somewhere as a chocolate taster. Bounty is a thin wrapper of chocolate around a large quantity of honey soaked coconut. Life is all about learning, it's even better if we can enjoy the experience as well. The straight chocolate Yorkie is the best version.

  • @gerrymccartney3561
    @gerrymccartney35612 жыл бұрын

    Award that girl a medal for being brave and putting her self through this test.

  • @alansmith2197
    @alansmith21972 жыл бұрын

    I was always led to believe that chocolate was formulated according to the climate where it is sold. I can see the case where UK chocolate wouldn't fare well in really hot climes.

  • @davidleighton1763

    @davidleighton1763

    2 жыл бұрын

    They change the formula for hot climates. Unfortunately the taste suffers.

  • @davidcopplestone6266

    @davidcopplestone6266

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@davidleighton1763 I heard that too. Australian chocolate is not good at all

  • @djunior874
    @djunior8742 жыл бұрын

    The problem is, all of them have SO MUCH SUGAR inside them. They would still taste good with a quarter of the sugar. The problem is, manufacturers have had a "sugar arms race", making their products ever more sugary to compete with each other, changing the publics' palates to get used to so much sugar.

  • @joshbrailsford

    @joshbrailsford

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well said. And for that reason my favourite chocolate is Green & Blacks Organic dark chocolate with 85% cocoa solids. It doesn't make your teeth feel like they're dissolving.

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    I AGREE !!!!!

  • @djunior874

    @djunior874

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@micko5664 It could be much less and still be tasty

  • @joshbrailsford

    @joshbrailsford

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@micko5664 They really ought to replace their standard Dairy Milk with that reduced sugar version, as the latter still has 37% sugar by weight. The G&B's 85% cocoa solids contains only 14% sugar, and doesn't taste at all bitter.

  • @AndrewBuckleBookReviews

    @AndrewBuckleBookReviews

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@joshbrailsford Yes, that is about the only sort of chocolate I enjoy now, something with taste and not teeth dissolving (don't think they would have sold them well with that in the adverts though back in the 70s)

  • @bilkyasko
    @bilkyasko2 жыл бұрын

    Around Christmas you can usually get a tube of just the Orange Smarties alongside the mixed tubes (and this year just Pink and just Blue), which is probably going to be even more popular seeing as there's seemingly an orange version of every chocolate coming out.

  • @flyingfox7854
    @flyingfox78542 жыл бұрын

    We have family in America and (before Covid) go over to visit every Christmas, we always take a lot of Cadbury’s chocolate ( the kids send us a shopping list for their favourites) when our nephews and niece have friends over they quickly gather up their Cadbury’s saying …. Quick let’s hide the good stuff …. Then put out Hershey’s kisses for their friends ……

  • @markthomas2577
    @markthomas25772 жыл бұрын

    I love a Bounty Bar ....... multi-pack preferably !

  • @dickhead6419

    @dickhead6419

    2 жыл бұрын

    Best with dark chocolate.

  • @stevenclarke5606
    @stevenclarke56062 жыл бұрын

    Wow that looks like a lot of fun, enjoy. I tried American chocolate when in Florida and I personally found it absolutely disgusting. I love British chocolate, but I’ve been to Switzerland a few times and the chocolate I had there was Amazing it was another level it was absolute Heaven! My personal favourite at the moment is Cadbury’s Dark Milk .

  • @briangarner8484
    @briangarner84842 жыл бұрын

    excellent review. I seem to recall that US chocolate as to use adulterated milk because of the distances it has to travel, and UK milk can be delivered anywhere in country fresh (pasturised).

  • @jackdaw1328
    @jackdaw13284 ай бұрын

    I'm going to show my age now. I seem to recall during the 70's the EEC (EU) wanted the UK to label its' chocolate 'vegulate' ,because it didn't have enough chocolate solids in it. On that basis how does Europe view US chocolate. Incidentally if remember correctly Cadbury's is responsible for ingredients labelling in the UK.

  • @thylacinenv
    @thylacinenv2 жыл бұрын

    Even when blotto I've never eaten a bar of soap, thankyou Herchey I now know! Sometime ago Kit-Kat produced a five fingered version of their classic, what's not to like about five fingers of pleasure?

  • @Forest_Fifer

    @Forest_Fifer

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ok, I legitimately just snorted...

  • @michaelwhitcombe7749
    @michaelwhitcombe77492 жыл бұрын

    Being brought up and living in the UK, in was always Cadbury's for me and I find Hershey's coarse and gritty. On one of my trip across the pond I wisited the Ghirardelli factory in San Francisco and their chocolate was very smooth and creamy; more like Swiss chocolate as I remember, so not all American chocolate is terrible. Just as not all UK chocolate is cadbury's, not all US chocolate is Hershey's!

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's fair!

  • @chrisytfc879

    @chrisytfc879

    2 жыл бұрын

    It is also incredibly expensive

  • @JacknVictor
    @JacknVictor9 ай бұрын

    American made chocolate can tend to have a slight taste of vomit to it and that is because it contains a component that is in vomit, which is butyric acid (the stuff that leaves the taste of sick in your mouth/throat) so yeah. Yum. Puke chocolate. The reason being, combined also with paraffin, is to stabilise the chocolate for a hotter climate so it doesn't melt on the shelves. I'd rather keep chocolate in a cooler than put spew and Paraffin in to my chocolate to be honest.

  • @maxximumb
    @maxximumb Жыл бұрын

    Cadbury's was the best chocolate, right up till Kraft got their hands on it and changed the recipe to save money.

  • @kelpkelp5252
    @kelpkelp52522 жыл бұрын

    I tried some American chocolates once and they seemed so sweetened somehow, lots of 'E' numbers etc This was a while back though.

  • @tiempo34
    @tiempo342 жыл бұрын

    Hershey's tast like sick. And why? it contains Butyric acid. literally vomit taste! As far as what's the best chocolate probably has more to do with what you ate as a child. Swiss Belgium chocolate is good but I'll stick to Cadbury's.

  • @RGC198
    @RGC1982 жыл бұрын

    Hi Alanna, interesting seeing all the chocolate there. I am not sure if we have a lot of British or American chocolate in Australia, as we seem to have tons of our own chocolate. I recognize Bounty chocolate, as we have that here as well. We don't have Galaxy or Hershey's, but we do have Cadbury chocolate along with Nestlé, which used to be Nestles. We also used to have Fry's, which were later taken over by Canbury, though these mostly cover our Crunchie Bars, which mostly contain chocolate and honeycomb. We also have Violet Crumble Bars, which are similar to the Crunchie Bars, but with a stronger taste. We have Maltesers, Smarties and Kit Kats here In Australia. I have also seen, Twirl, Flakes, Milky Bars and Mars Bars here. Anyway, thanks for sharing yet another excellent video. Take care and all the very best. Robert.

  • @kevanparker908
    @kevanparker9082 жыл бұрын

    If you are a 1950's child like me Nestles only had one product "The Milky Bar" Advertised by the Milky Bar Kid. From there over the years they went on to take over most of the British Chocolate industry!

  • @johnm9845
    @johnm98452 жыл бұрын

    If you've been brought up in north America then your taste buds are accustomed to American chocolate. Cadburys taken over by Americans was a distinct downer for most British people. Hershey bars ,for example, are not popular in UK because American chocolate tastes awful. Many have felt sick afterwards because of the butyric acid contained in many American milk chocolate products. It is a compound found in Parmesan cheese and vomit. Judged by any criteria of what goes into product American corporate chocolate suffers by comparison to its European neighbours, particularly Swiss chocolate makers. But, if you prefer American chocolate then good luck to you. But, go on any comparison site listing the differences between American and European chocolate then you'll be in the minority if stating a preference for the former. America is famous for many things, but don't see producing decent chocolate as one of them.

  • @BumbleTheBard
    @BumbleTheBard2 жыл бұрын

    The reason you can tell something is Cadbury's just by looking at the colour of the packaging is that for over 20 years Cadbury held a trademark on the colour, although eventually a court ruled that the trademark was unenforceable. For myself, I have to go with Swiss. Lindt with hazelnuts.

  • @robertwilloughby8050

    @robertwilloughby8050

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well, Swiss is technically better, but it can be expensive. American isn't always bad, for some reason Reese's get their chocolate right, and I've been brought up on British chocolate so I'm biased, but let's throw a spanner into the works - German chocolate can be very good too, and not too expensive. (Belgian is nice too, but too, too SWEET!)

  • @BarkingSpiders-km7oj
    @BarkingSpiders-km7oj23 күн бұрын

    I agree with others saying Cadbury's gone downhill since being bought by Kraft. IMO the best choc found in the UK are the German brands stocked by Aldi and Lidl. My own fave is Ritter Sport. Of course, as any European knows it's Belgium that's the king or queen of chocolatiers

  • @deadmothersmattress5615
    @deadmothersmattress56152 жыл бұрын

    Hershey's would be better if they put a wick in it.

  • @davebirch1976
    @davebirch19762 жыл бұрын

    The Yorkie bar was created by the Rowntree chocolate factory in York (now owned by nestle) kitkats and Aeros were also created here. As usual Yorkshire makes the best things 😂

  • @lesley585
    @lesley5852 жыл бұрын

    I admire your dedication to the task. Someone has to do it........

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    2 жыл бұрын

    All in the name of science

  • @lyndengeo
    @lyndengeo2 жыл бұрын

    Whittaker's knocks spots off all 🍫. It is the best.

  • @edcohen1980
    @edcohen1980 Жыл бұрын

    "Cheers" isn't something you say before eating something! It's either a toast before sharing an alcoholic drink with one or more people OR it means "thank you".

  • @Elwaves2925
    @Elwaves29252 жыл бұрын

    Hey Alanna. Love your food/drink vids. If only you'd got all these from trick 'n' treating strangers. UK is much better IMO. I tried to like US chocolate over a year but I found it sickly and awful. I ended up not eating chocolate until I came home. For straight chocolate, it's Galaxy for me. Aero Peppermint and Crunchies are my favourite but I can only have small amounts these days. There used to be a mint version of Munchies (called Mintola) but you can't find them these days.

  • @MrnicEsmurfsmurf

    @MrnicEsmurfsmurf

    2 жыл бұрын

    now call aftereight bites

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mintola sounds delicious !!! We dont get MUNCHIES in canada otherwise id love to be able to try it in one of my taste testing videos.

  • @Elwaves2925

    @Elwaves2925

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@MrnicEsmurfsmurf Yeah, that's true. I always forget they exist as my local shops don't sell them, only the wafer thin version. Cheers for the reminder. :-)

  • @usgreth

    @usgreth

    2 жыл бұрын

    Do you remember Pyramints? :)

  • @Elwaves2925

    @Elwaves2925

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@usgreth I didn't until I searched now and I do remember the advert. Can't say I ever tried the sweet itself though.

  • @tabithamccauley7787
    @tabithamccauley77872 жыл бұрын

    You've made me bloody hungry!!☺ I got excited trying Hershey kisses a friend brought back from America, and nearly three up in my mouth....tried a regular Hersheys a while after...same thing🤢😖

  • @MS-19
    @MS-192 жыл бұрын

    Oh my - this was a sugar rush for you and a nostalgia rush for me! Every Christmas from when I was 5 until I was 12, I used to get a selection box including Lion bars. Like you, I tended to wolf my way through them, and I know how you must have been feeling by the end of recording this! Though you didn't come to them on this video, I spotted the Club bars on the table: I had those in my school lunch box for about four years. Many other thoughts come to mind... The celebrated British chef Heston Blumenthal was inspired by Aero to create an aerated chocolate for the tasting menu at his triple-Michelin starred restaurant The Fat Duck. You'll need to save up to go there - it's close to £300 per head for a meal - but there's a waiting list of a couple of years, so if you start now, you may be able to afford it by the time you can take your booking. Of the various types you were trying, most are made by three brands: Nestlé, Cadbury's and Mars. Clearly, Mars' products don't agree with you, as you disliked both the Mars and Bounty bars. It's interesting to note that the American variant of Mars bars is/was very similar to what we know in the UK as Snickers, albeit here they are made with peanuts rather than almonds; also, when I was little, Snickers went by the name "Marathon." Nestlé UK had a factory close to my university in Yorkshire, and they sponsored a lot of events, thus their products were found in snack vending machines all over the campus - there *is* therefore a connection between Yorkie bars and Yorkshire! Nestlé also make Smarties, which originally rejoiced in the less imaginative name of "Chocolate Beans." The orange ones have always been orange flavoured; I gather that the brown ones are coffee flavoured, but those are the only two colours that are different amongst the rest. Munchies once had a mint-flavoured version called "Mintola," but they changed the name to "Mint Munchies" in the mid-1990s, if memory serves. Now, living in the Midlands, I'm not very far from Cadbury's original factory at Bourneville, near Birmingham. The Bourneville bar is (or was) essentially a darker version of the basic Cadbury bar, which went by the slogan "a glass and a half of full cream milk in every half a pound," accounting for the creaminess you don't tend to find across the Atlantic.

  • @reefermaker
    @reefermaker8 ай бұрын

    The difference is a legal requirement. In the UK it has to have minimum 20% cocoa solids. Usual rule of thumb is to look at the percentage cocoa solids

  • @GemDotThirteen
    @GemDotThirteen2 жыл бұрын

    That's a lot of chocolate! Personally I think it really depends on the brand/product. Some American chocolate is okay but some is truly awful & tastes like vomit! I'd eat all of them, apart from the Bounty... Coconut, grim, no thanks! You ever had magic stars? Love magic stars... and m&ms, yum!

  • @AdventuresAndNaps

    @AdventuresAndNaps

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yasss magic stars!!

  • @ysabelcook9521

    @ysabelcook9521

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@AdventuresAndNaps @GemDotThirteen the reason that american chocolate tastes worse is because they put butyric acid in it... And the very same acid is what is in yes you guessed it... Vomit so thats why gem you say... It tastes of vomit... And the reason british chocolate doesnt taste the same in the US? The Hershey Company owns the rights to manufacture Cadbury chocolate in the US. It banned imports of British-made Cadbury chocolate in 2015. British expats claim that Cadbury's chocolate in the US tastes nothing like its UK counterpart, but according to Hershey, there's barely any difference in the ingredients. (which is code for sure there is a difference... We just wont tell you what it is)

  • @Londoneye57

    @Londoneye57

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ysabelcook9521 Yes and they have completely ruined Cadbury

  • @mistycrom
    @mistycrom2 жыл бұрын

    In fairness, with a Bounty, they're gonna be the things left in the bottom of a selection box, unless there's one person who specifically likes them.

  • @FoodTastertv

    @FoodTastertv

    2 жыл бұрын

    I LOVE BOUNTY !!! IT always scores very high in my taste testing videos !!!!

  • @BigStib

    @BigStib

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@FoodTastertv with you totally. Bounty is great. Not mushy at all. But coconut is hardly going to be crunchy now, is it?

  • @who-gives-a-toss_Bear
    @who-gives-a-toss_Bear2 ай бұрын

    1:53 Before you even start the best British is Terry's chocolate orange.

  • @bushchat28d
    @bushchat28d2 жыл бұрын

    You can give up chocloate for Lent and its a voluntary act. Go to America for any length of time and you give up chocolate because you have to. When you went for the Time Out Alanna I was taken back to your vid on Polish stuff and your reactions to the two epic wafers you tried then are still etched in my memory! Nice video :-)