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@craigroberts5965

3 жыл бұрын

May I recommend dipping digestives into coffee.

@craigroberts5965

3 жыл бұрын

Also, purple Yorkie > blue

@chrismcadam8413

3 жыл бұрын

I'm smiling watching you guys try these snacks, id recommend a Drifter or a Lion Bar as well

@stuartbarrow6052

3 жыл бұрын

Picnic bar Mmmm 👍🏻👍🏻

@FionaNici-jq7mz

3 жыл бұрын

I think you would find this video extremely interesting the difference between the standard English accent and the cockney /London accent. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWVl08ymprfKeps.html

Eric: I would finish the Cadbury bar But not in one sitting though- maybe 2 squares a day The whole of england: eats the whole thing in 5 minutes

@aim3eok

3 жыл бұрын

@@KHONTSU_ exactly! I don't usually plan to eat it all but it somehow all sneaks in my mouth anyway 😂

@callumbriggs3372

3 жыл бұрын

1 hour i eat the whole thing in 5 mins ish

@arthurjamesforbes6883

3 жыл бұрын

I prefer Cadbury’s Fruit and Nut over the chocolate only bar. Same great taste as the chocolate only but with almond nuts and raisins mixed in. I’ve never liked Turkish Delight either nor Prawn Cocktail flavour Crisps. A personal preference only. Try Cheese and Onion, Smokey Bacon, Pickled Onion or other flavours. I’d also try those flavours from other companies. Walker’s Cheese & Onion tastes different to Golden Wonder’s version. The chocolate only Wagon Wheels were the original version. I do prefer the jammie ones myself.

@callumbriggs3372

3 жыл бұрын

The 1 thing that dont belong in Cadbury chocolate is fruit full stop

@aim3eok

3 жыл бұрын

@@arthurjamesforbes6883 The fruit and nut one is delicious I agree. I love cheese and onion, it's my favourite flavour, but I definitely prefer the Walkers ones to other brands. I also prefer the jammy wagon wheels as well.

Cadbury chocolate used to be miles better when it was British owned. Since Kraft took over the taste has got very bad. They use cheap palm oil.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

That's so sad!!

@isthisjustfantasy7557

3 жыл бұрын

Yep 😐

@nswinoz3302

3 жыл бұрын

Wandering Ravens If ever you wander as far as Birmingham visit the Cadbury township of Bourneville established around the factory by John Cadbury, which was way ahead of its time for the employees. Also if you don't like Milk Chocolate then try Cadbury Bournville (dark) Chocolate my favourite. Unfortunately they don't manufacturer it in the Tasmanian Cadbury factory.Great review by the way! NSW in Oz

@peterbrown1012

3 жыл бұрын

All the British chocolate manufacturers were Quakers who only used quality products. www.quaker.org.uk/blog/quakers-and-chocolate

@nswinoz3302

3 жыл бұрын

@Peter Brown you correct they original manufactured Chocolate drinks or Drinking Chocolate as a way to promote non-alcoholic drinks. NSW in Oz

“If the store Lush made food” the most accurate description of Turkish Delight I’ve ever heard, brilliant 🤣🤣

@1IbramGaunt

3 жыл бұрын

Well I actually really like it, I consider it an acquired taste, so if you happen to end up being given it somehow you know where to send your Fry's Turkish Delight bars

@cherieuk4488

3 жыл бұрын

You have to eat Turkish Delight cold. I keep mine in the fridge so that the chocolate keeps cold. Not nice warm. Delicious cold

@somesortacatperson5492

3 жыл бұрын

It’s true 😂

@samantharichardson6956

3 жыл бұрын

I HATE TURKISH DELIGHT, IT TASTES LIKE SOAP

Its funny how you call loads of these snacks the British version, when the British is the original. For example, Lay's is a rebranded Walkers - lays started to sell elsewhere but it kept the name Walkers in the UK cause that's where it came from and its what we were used to.

@JonTonyJim

3 жыл бұрын

@rxp56 everything about them is pretty much how it was when it was just Walkers (logo etc.)

@lilyroberts5192

3 жыл бұрын

Yes exactly!

"Definitely better than Hershey's". Anything is better than Hershey's.

@just-another-guy

3 жыл бұрын

Truth!!

@baylessnow

3 жыл бұрын

I ate a dog turd for a bet once and guess what, it was better than a Hersheys. Well, that's not entirely true,............... it was a cat turd.

@jamiegray1367

3 жыл бұрын

@@baylessnow 🤣🤣🤣

@MrLorenzovanmatterho

3 жыл бұрын

Fine when you're eating it but that awful aftertaste....

@Gambit771

3 жыл бұрын

Is the Hershey's sold in the UK different to the hershies in murica?

I wouldn't say that Fry's Turkish delight is actual Turkish delight. But i love it anyway 😍

@TheMattlockyer

3 жыл бұрын

My favourite chocolate bar that I can buy in Australia.when I’m in the uk it’s definitely toffee crisp

@jameshumphreys9715

3 жыл бұрын

Turkish delight is totally.different in the look, I've never taste it.

@2Worlds_and_InBetween

3 жыл бұрын

I love Frys stuff. (not that I eat sugar /chocolates unless given... any more) and im gonna tell sumit ive never told before... I used to hope to get my Turkish Delight open and not see a crack in the chocolate 🍫.

@duckwhistle

3 жыл бұрын

@@jameshumphreys9715 Frys stuff is the same flavour, but slightly chewy texture and covered in chocolate rather than powderd sugar. I don't know what they were describing, but every type of turkish delight i've ever had, tasted like flowers.

@sarahjamieson5552

3 жыл бұрын

well the essential ingredient of pink Turkish Delight is rosewater...which is why it tastes floral.

i love twiglets. they’re basically just crisps coated in marmite and marmite is classicly a love or hate food. i couldn’t tell you why i like them, i just love them.

@timaustin2000

3 жыл бұрын

Pure umami.

@michaelstowers101

3 жыл бұрын

I’m a marmite hater so twiglets taste rank to me, my better half loves them though

@bensullivan5398

3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love marmite. But I think twiglets are the devils incarnation

@zoelove9863

3 жыл бұрын

Love twig let's but hate marmite 🤷‍♀️

@freddiepitts7611

3 жыл бұрын

you like marmite because you're fundamentally a terrible human being ;)

top tip: dip the digestives in the tea!

US milk chocolate like Hershey contains Butyric Acid, which you find in Parmesan Cheese, sour milk and vomit, which is why people in the UK have not been enamoured with the US brand

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

I remember reading that somewhere and being absolutely disgusted 🤢

@isthisjustfantasy7557

3 жыл бұрын

I pestered my mum to get me a Hershey bar years ago, finally tried it and 🤢😷 ugh it was vile. I don't know how they eat that stuff and think it's chocolate 😐 I suppose it must just be because they get a taste for it at a young age.

@philiprandall473

3 жыл бұрын

Lol ha ha haaa. Yes another Brit here who when first tried it thought it tasted like puke

@jlr108

3 жыл бұрын

THAT'S why it tastes of vomit!

@russcattell955i

3 жыл бұрын

I understand Butyric acid is on the EU poisons list.

Eric: "I don't want to swallow it". Grace: "That's what she says"

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

🙊🙊😂

@thisisnev

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens Or, as we British say, "As the actress said to the bishop."

@philiprandall473

3 жыл бұрын

In Nottingham we would have said… “She cried!” (As in calling out, not tears)

Can’t believe nobody has suggested Liquorice Allsorts! Now there’s a test of character for you. 😂 (Explanatory note for Americans - no liquor is involved.) Also: Revels Twirl Bounty Bar Caramac Beef flavour Hula Hoops Walkers and Lays are the same brand btw.

@lindalangart

3 жыл бұрын

Mmmmm caramacs are so tasty 😋

Twiglets are just marmite flavoured crisps, and i personally love them

Fun fact! The blue smarties were removed from the packets in 2006, due to an additive in the blue sugar coating that couldn’t be sourced naturally (whereas a natural flavour could for the other sweets in the tube could be). Blue smarties were reintroduced in 2008 this time they used spirulina. 😊

@frankbrown4780

3 жыл бұрын

I was 4 years old when they brought out the blue Smartie. At the time there was a worry that it contained too many E numbers. Us kids thought that the E stood for ecstasy, the class A drug, so we wandered round the playground pretending we were off our heads. I came to the conclusion, in my 4 year old mind, that the reason they put ecstasy in the new blue Smartie, was to hide the flavour (us kids would've noticed the difference if they added it to any of the other Smarties)

@bensullivan5398

3 жыл бұрын

I was proper hyper active after a packet of Smarties. Just like I had smashed a couple of pills. Later in life I found stronger drugs. But make no mistake the E numbers in the old school 80s Smarties was off the scale 🙂

@dellzincht

3 жыл бұрын

Also, only the orange smarties have a flavour (chocolate orange). In the 90s Nestle released all sorts of limited edition Smarties which actually were flavoured, my favourite which hardly anybody remembers were Coca Cola flavour (the shell tasted of cola, not the chocolate. It shouldn't really have worked but it did!)

U should try Jaffa cakes, Terry’s chocolate orange and if u come across an m&s whilst in the uk try Percy pigs

@MrLeoHaslett

3 жыл бұрын

Evie Sant Percy pigs are the goat of sweets

@daviniarobbins9298

3 жыл бұрын

I think they already done jaffa cakes.

@gdkool

3 жыл бұрын

percy pigs have a gluten free option

@Matt463634

3 жыл бұрын

Lidl's own brand (Sondey?) Jaffa cakes are far superior than mcvities.

@hellfiregrowler

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Percy Pigs are the best!

"Skips" Prawn Cocktail crisps are the king of prawn cocktail crisps. You should try them sometime. They just melt in your mouth.

@RichardsAdventures

3 жыл бұрын

Skips are well nicer

@mickythemack4558

3 жыл бұрын

Nah standard walkers prawn cocktail is the one

@RichardsAdventures

3 жыл бұрын

@@mickythemack4558 my mum agrees with you 😊

@aclark903

3 жыл бұрын

Sour cream & onion is pretty great ..

@chrishamlet3470

3 жыл бұрын

Skips aren’t crisps they are a puffed wheat or rice snack. Taste great though.

Everytime I see a "try British snacks" video, I always have a little smile knowing that there will be a Chekov's Turkish Delight lying in wait on their table.

maltesers- 1937 whoppers- 1949 answered ur question, maltesers are the ofs

If you are looking for ideas here are some of my favourites: Chilli heat wave Doritos Double Decker Dandelion and Burdock (drink) IRN-BRU (drink) Elderflower (drink) Revels Pork scratchings Galaxy chocolate Bornville Dark Chocolate Smiths Scampi and lemon crisps Frazzles crisps Whisper Gold Cadbury’s Creme Egg

@ashleighalexandra1290

3 жыл бұрын

Good choice on favourites I'd demolish all of those 😄

@dave_h_8742

3 жыл бұрын

Scamp fries still going ?

@richesmatthew

3 жыл бұрын

@@dave_h_8742 yep

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Incredible list! Thank you!! :D

@SixtySecondYoga

3 жыл бұрын

Yes chili heatwave Doritos!

Cadburys dairy milk used to be a British treasure until it got bought out and corrupted/ruined. It makes me sad. ☹

You need to try the following: Crisps: - McCoys crisps (Cheddar & Onion flavour) - Monster Munch (Pickled Onion flavour) - Walkers (Worcester Sauce flavour) Biscuits/Cakes: - Jaffa Cakes - Jammie Dodgers - Aero Chocolate bar (The mint one) - Chocolate Hobnobs - Topic Chocolate bar - Galaxy Caramel - Cherry Bakewells These next two don't really fit in with the kind of stuff in the video. But they are definitely snack food. - Pork Pies (You can eat them hot or cold. I personally like them warmed up a bit) - Scotch Eggs Drinks: - Ribena (Be sure to dilute it before drinking though) - Irn Bru - Vimto - Lilt - Tango

You say it tastes like a flower, Turkish delight is rose water flavoured

Hersheys literally have the aftertaste of sick

@kruandrew8930

3 жыл бұрын

A QI fan i see 😃

@Catsandcamera

3 жыл бұрын

@@kruandrew8930 I mean yeah, but also it's just a fact! I didn't even know they mentioned it on there, but what I do know is I've tasted it and it tastes like sick!

@sadmachine7486

3 жыл бұрын

So true!

@carlvickers7626

3 жыл бұрын

American chocolate contains Butyric Acid which is also found in vomit, hence why they have a similar taste. Also, I read somewhere that American chocolate, in particular Hersheys, has such a low cocoa solid percentage (I believe it's about 10%) that it wouldn't be classed as chocolate if it was made in the UK, but rather chocolate flavoured candy.

@aquietgirlcalledsoph739

3 жыл бұрын

That’s because there’s an acid in the chocolate called Butyric acid which is also naturally present in the gut and the Butyric acid is the cause of the smell or taste of vomit. That’s what’s in a Hershey’s bar.

Wine gums aren’t actually made from wine!! They’re all just fruit flavoured

Twiglets are heavenly but they have incredibly variable production quality. The intensity of the is more diverse than any other manufactured product I’ve known, but they remain my all time favourite snack ever .... when done right the twiglet dust at the bottom is AMAZING ❤️

Maltesers were invented in 1936, Whoppers copied in 1939

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

We didn't know that! Have you tried both? And if so, are the flavours identical or what are the differences between the two?

@cockertoo8920

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens Not tried Whoppers, but I expect they're much the same, apart from the British chocolate tasting the best of course. Saying that, I once watched a programme about chocolate preference, and there is supposedly a difference between American, English and Asian chocolate and people tend to prefer the chocolate they grew up with. Loving your vids x Oh and another thing about chocolate I find, it is tastes best when you let it melt in your mouth instead of just biting and swallowing it x

@thecraggrat

3 жыл бұрын

@@cockertoo8920 Nope, the chocolate tastes different & so does the centre, the malty flavour of the centre is just off in whoppers. Malteasers are one of my favourite sweets; when I moved to the states I tried whoppers, as I thought they'd be the same, & I didn't even finish the pack they were just so disappointing.

@cliffpooley1666

3 жыл бұрын

Brought a few boxes back with us after a holiday in the USA and there is a difference. The centre in the US version is more malty in taste.

The raisin and biscuit Yorkie generally has a lot bigger fandom than the plain one, which I would tend to agree is nothing special.

@1IbramGaunt

3 жыл бұрын

I really like both so if you have bars of it and don't want them you know where to send them

@chillx656

3 жыл бұрын

@@1IbramGaunt but we don't lol

@Dominate955

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed, the original feels like there's too much chocolate if that makes sense and the rasins sort of break it up a bit

@PhilMasters

3 жыл бұрын

Yorkies were innovative in their time because most chocolate bars were too thin, and Yorkie bars were thick enough to actually taste of chocolate. These days, other chocolate tastes enough of chocolate that Yorkies are a bit pointless.

Fry’s Turkish Delight is divine imo.

The greatest sweetie of all: Tunnock’s Tea Cakes

@georgia5026

3 жыл бұрын

YES

@josephharrington9432

3 жыл бұрын

Fully agree.

@sarahgreen3693

3 жыл бұрын

Agree but is it just me or does the biscuit always taste like cardboard 😅

@jay-wr5gd

3 жыл бұрын

YEEEEEESSSS

@ericmatteson7844

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yes!

The guy who invented M&Ms got the idea during the Spanish Civil War, when he noticed some combatants snacking on Smarties.

@RushfanUK

3 жыл бұрын

Smarties 1937, M&M's 1941

@2Worlds_and_InBetween

3 жыл бұрын

they are both nice tho 😁😁🧐

@wembley636

3 жыл бұрын

And correct me if I am wrong and this was a myth, but wasn't the red dye for the red ones made from crushed beetles?

@2Worlds_and_InBetween

3 жыл бұрын

@@wembley636 cotchneal (i cant spell) the colour made from the... beatles (iirc)

Follow up your taste for orange chocolate with a 'Terry's Chocolate Orange', very British and unusual, but not as unusual as that Turkish Delight ! Other bars to try would be a Galaxy chocolate bar and compare it to Cadbury's. Cadbury's Fruit & Nut is also a traditional favourite and I know you have something similar in the U.S. but the Mars bar is almost a staple food over here too. Biscuits, Hobnobs, digestives' oaty cousins.

@charlesalbertini1860

3 жыл бұрын

i'd thrown in bounty, kendal mint cake, stick of rock, diam/dime bar, kinder egg, liquorice all sorts (i have know idea if you can get any of these in the states

@2Worlds_and_InBetween

3 жыл бұрын

@@charlesalbertini1860 yes that's more me, I was in the CTC cycling touring club as a kid (I still have my 12 speed up in the loft) and always used to have a mint cake with me on those weekends.

@CraigHamil

3 жыл бұрын

They have Mars bars in the states but they're called Milky Ways. And what we call Milky Ways in the UK are called 3 Musketeers in the US.

@nat3007

3 жыл бұрын

@@2Worlds_and_InBetween He already thinks everything is too sweet I think kendal mint cake will be a major shock.

@2Worlds_and_InBetween

3 жыл бұрын

@@nat3007 true, tbh I've been off the sugar and chocolate for a few years now, I doubt I could... but that 13 year old me is happy to make himself sick on Frys 🍫 n mint cake. 🤔

When they said prawn cocktail crisps taste a little barbecuey I think my soul left my body 🤣

Toffee crisps one of my faves but yet again a lot smaller than they used to be. Chocolate bars in the UK have become smaller and yet the cost remains the same.

Smarties were the forerunners of M&Ms. 1930s again.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

We didn't know that!

@bobsmallshaw3488

3 жыл бұрын

M&Ms are shit compared to Smarties

@giddygrub7176

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobsmallshaw3488 peanut m&ms tho...

You guys need to find an old traditional sweet shop and buy a selection of the hard sweets on offer from the jars..

@lorrainesmith9776

3 жыл бұрын

Along with a traditional pop like dandelion and burdock 😆

@lindylou538

3 жыл бұрын

Theres kind of one in leeds city market

@tollyt7465

3 жыл бұрын

@@lindylou538 yep, there is..

@giddygrub7176

3 жыл бұрын

A ¼ of...

@PLuMUK54

3 жыл бұрын

Rhubarb and Custard Pear Drops Acid Drops Chocolate Limes

The prawn cocktail crisps aren’t prawn flavour, they’re cocktail flavour. So when you order a prawn cocktail at a restaurant, it’s the flavour of the sauce you dip it in

Wagon Wheels used to be bigger and thicker way back in the 1970s and early 80s. They got shrunk to its current size back in the 80s. They deny it but if you compare the wrapper of one from 40 years ago with a current one you can clearly tell there is a difference in size. I prefer the ones without the jam in them.

Walkers are indeed British Lays. Lays crisps are also found in France.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Ah okay! Thanks for answering that for us! I thought the branding looked incredibly similar haha

@lime247studios

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens Yeah, lays is just called walkers in the UK, same thing, there's a very interesting story that I cant properly explain but I recommend you look into it

@Westcountrynordic

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens Lays bought Walkers a number of years ago The design of pack was a Walkers design which Lays liked so they change the design of the Lays packs.

@allenwilliams1306

3 жыл бұрын

Walkers is now a PepsiCo subsidiary. They also own the Smiths brand: the one that is dearest to our old folks' hearts, because Frank Smith invented the crisp as a pub snack. He toured pubs selling them, and had blue salt cellars to hand out to season the crisps. Unfortunately, they were nicked, so he put his crisps in bags that contained a small blue paper packet of salt. You put the salt in the bag, then shook it. There are now many other brands of crisps, the greatest of which is Seabrook's, available mostly in Yorkshire. They are the best.

@sneakerhead6625

3 жыл бұрын

actually they are not related to lays, but just use the same cooking recipe!

One thing the many “taste test” videos does show is that whilst the general concencus seems to be that UK chocolate is better quality than US chocolate, it must be much sweeter. I see many times an American will take a piece of our chocolate and immediately say they couldnt eat the whole bar as they would be bouncing off the walks from the sugar rush. Where as over here, we just open it up and eat the lot without even thinking 😂😂

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

We were honestly surprised at how sweet they were! Although that could in part be due to the fact that we generally only eat dark chocolate haha

@davidrhodes5245

3 жыл бұрын

Wandering Ravens...Have to admit, dark chocolate is right up there. If you like orange, get a Dark Chocolate Terrys Orange....simply divine 😛😛

@chosengirlonfire

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens If you like dark chocolate you should try the Cadburys dark milk chocolate. Its a mixture of dark and milk chocolate so its not too sweet, not too strong, its just right. The advert says its for grown ups but me being 14 loves it as I'm not a fan of things too sweet.

@davidrhodes5245

3 жыл бұрын

Ginger 😂😂

@alliebenson4653

3 жыл бұрын

As an Aussie who moved to the UK, I’d have to agree. Your chocolate is very very sweet, especially Galaxy - I struggled to get through a whole bar of that! And your Cadbury is definitely sweeter than Aussie Cadbury but I know the ingredients are slightly different. However Aussie chocolate does not have any vomit-flavoured chemicals in it and is arguably just as smooth and rich as UK chocolate. We also have Lindt and Green and Blacks as well so I was glad I could find those easily over here.

In case you were interested, walkers and lays are the same company. Walkers changed their name to 'lays' ages ago, but decided to keep the same name in Britain because that's where the company started. It's also why us brits get to enjoy some of the more exotic flavours

When Kraft bought Cadbury they changed the recipe to the low chocolate, high sugar Hershey recipe. Disgusting.

@handsoffmycactus2958

3 жыл бұрын

Well they didn’t actually, it’s the same bar the fat content. It’s palm oil

The Prawn Cocktail is the sauce rather than the prawns. Twiglets are, quite simply, Food Given to us by the Gods, and if you haven;t acquired a taste for em you're not trying hard enough.

Walkers is Lays.... Prawn Cocktail refers to the sauce rather than prawns themselves. Similar to Ketchup flavour in the US

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Good to know!

@davidbrowne3761

3 жыл бұрын

Ketchup flavour is More of Canada 🇨🇦 thing than USA 🇺🇸

@peadarruane6582

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidbrowne3761 I wasn't. sure, I grew up in Canada. Do find it strange how many things like smarties and stuff aren't in the US. We had them in Canada for the most part.

@russcattell955i

3 жыл бұрын

Prawn cocktail sauce's proper name is Marie Rose sauce. It's rather good when made well.

@peadarruane6582

3 жыл бұрын

@@russcattell955i That's right, couldn't think of the name at the time.

twiglets are mankind's greatest creation, pure bliss on every bite

A relative of a former colleague worked where they produced wagon wheels. I once manage to get a box of 98 for £2!

Thanks to Eric for my new pick up line. "You're so sweet you give me diabetes".

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂

After Eights (chocolate) in part 2 please! You may also want to try Scampi Fries or Frazzles (both crisps)

Frito-Lay bought Walkers (a separate company at the time) in 1989. Because Walkers had 41 years of brand-name recognition, it was kept as the name... people in the UK already knew and were familiar with that brand

A few years ago there was a version of the Yorkie bar which appeared in British miltary ration packs (MREs) It was labelled "It's not for civvies"

If you ever come across an M and S, I would suggest getting Percy Pigs (the bog standard ones, not piglets or fizzy tails or any of the spin offs). They are iconic. Also a crunchie bar and chilli flavoured walkers sensations crisps are great

@alliebenson4653

3 жыл бұрын

I tried Percy Pigs (the proper M&S ones) and I didn’t get the hype?? Just tasted like a bog-standard gummy sweet. Maybe because I didn’t grow up with them?

@abbiecrawford4315

3 жыл бұрын

@@alliebenson4653 in the past year or so M&S have changed the recipe of the Percy Pigs, the new ones taste nothing like the old ones (old ones were so much better)

@ellieg4530

3 жыл бұрын

Abbie Crawford yep, I completely agree. I think they changed them to be vegetarian. I’ve since become veggie so I’m ok with the change but I have to admit that the original ones definitely tasted much better which is unfortunate.

@ellieg4530

3 жыл бұрын

Allie Benson yep it’s probably different when they’re a part of your childhood. Also if you’ve only had them since the recipe change then I get why you wouldn’t be impressed because they’re definitely not as nice as they once were.

@ellieg4530

3 жыл бұрын

It’s also worth mentioning that there are Percy Pigs in a green packet that are called ‘original veggie’. They taste the exact same as the old recipe but with green ears and they’re great. But I haven’t come across them very often, only in the very big stores where there’s a larger variety.

British chocolate is just better... sorry 🙃

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

I agree! Although, Seattle (our home city) does have a lot of artisan chocolatiers who make good chocolate 😋

@perry0547

3 жыл бұрын

There is a reason for that. Because the milk has to travel much further in the USA additional preservatives are added so that it doesn't go off before arriving at chocolate factories and those preserves can be tasted in the finished product... and yes those finished products are far, far worse than the product in the UK.

@raymondcragg7282

3 жыл бұрын

Belgium chocolate is better

@terryloveuk

3 жыл бұрын

@@raymondcragg7282 Some (many) say Belgian, some say Swiss, pay your money and take your pick. Once reason I've heard that "American" chocolate" is not is good is due to climate, they have hotter temps and so the chocolate has to have a waxy constituent to stop it melting into a gloopy mess, UK weather is less (mostly, until maybe recently) extreme

@terryloveuk

3 жыл бұрын

BTW, it wasn't just Cadburys that used this track - kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWFnzblpp6i3ebQ.html&ab_channel=KarmaTiger

What is it with Americans and Turkish delight? Never seen one that hasn't gagged on it. It was a complete treat to us as kids.

You’re supposed to dip that digestive into your tea or coffee. Mmmmm, I’ll finish this comment later, away to put on a brew

Fry's Turkish Delight is a classic, every Christmas I'd get a bar in my stocking.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

But the question is, do you like it?? 😆

@rossfindlay7760

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens not really every Christmas I'd try and swap it for my brothers Yorkie 🤣

@johnsimmons5951

3 жыл бұрын

Wandering Ravens I like Turkish delight bar and prefer to the original turkish delight from Turkey.

Never mind McVitie’s HobNobs, try Aldi’s Oaties (also available chocolate coated) at a fraction of the price.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Are those an equivalent to McVitie’s HobNobs?

@obugger

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens Aldi's Oaties are also less sweet than McVitie's Hobnobs which would probably suit your palate better, the same is true of Lidl and Asda's own brand rip offs of Hobnobs (sorry, can't remember what they're called but I'm sure you'll spot them if you look).

@Gambit771

3 жыл бұрын

@Samsung Worldwide Spain has been an Islamic country for over 1000 years so why defend it if you hate islam so much? Don't worry about the UK. The Shetlands and Orkneys are going to leave Scotland and stay with the UK taking the majority of fisheries and oil with them that Scotland needs to even hope to be independent. FACTS! 😁

Twiglets are a snack flavoured with Yeast extract. Very similar to a spread called Marmite ( Vegemite in Australia) it's a love or loathe spread. We in England use this phrase ' It's a Marmite thing!' meaning you either love something or hate it.

Try tea cakes, snowballs, Yorkshire parking, and Milka. The twiglets are marmite flavour btw

Only the orange Smarties are flavoured. It used to be orange chocolate but now it's just the shell. In the old days the brown ones were dark chocolate. Twiglets are twigs dipped in Marmite!

@ben9DB

3 жыл бұрын

They also used to sell tubes of orange only Smarties which were amazing. Don’t know if they still sell them though.

@HighHoeKermit

3 жыл бұрын

@@ben9DB Tesco are doing a giant tube for £1

@ben9DB

3 жыл бұрын

HighHoe Kermit I’ll have to check it out next time I go, thanks!

@TheOccasionalGamer

3 жыл бұрын

@@ben9DB Asda are doing a share bag for £1, so are Amazon, but they're only 112g where as the tube in Tesco is 130g, not that I'm an orange Smartie nerd or anything...

@SkepticalSteve01

3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid about 50 years ago (!) my school had a geography club, which I belonged to because it generally replaced games day. One day we visited the McVities factory, then located near London Bridge. There I learned 1) that Twiglets are sprayed with Marmite, not dipped, as they emerge from the oven on a continuous conveyer belt and 2) commercial biscuits are unbelievably delicious when they’re hot and fresh from the oven. If you ever get a chance to visit a biscuit factory, take it - you’ll remember it all your life.

i can’t be the only person her never thought of wine gums as wine 🍷 but whine (like crying) but i’m just a bit weird 😂

I'm kinda glad that like some chocolate bars and please continue exploring our British culture. I can't help but smile ☺

The chocolate balls are called Whoppers in the states. They are always sold at movie theaters and most Walgreen's stores. The filling is malt.

No! M&M's are like Smarties! I'm pretty sure Smarties came first.

@MonkeyButtMovies1

3 жыл бұрын

They did, Smarties in 1937 and M&Ms in 1941

@Thurgosh_OG

3 жыл бұрын

Correct - allthatsinteresting.com/mms-history

@clairesheldon4845

3 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this comment 😂😂

Wine Gums used to taste like wine but then changed to just fruit flavour so I think you tried blackcurrant and orange ones.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

We looked it up after the video and apparently they never had wine in them. The guy who invented them was Methodist and so didn't believe in consuming alcohol. Wine Gums were marketed as an alternative to actual wine 😂

@brianwhittington5086

3 жыл бұрын

Years ago, I remember they had a better wine flavour than today's offering. Like most things, the recipe changes by brand or over time, and not always for the better. Jelly Babies are one example, they all seem very bland tasting now as the flavourings have altered, due to food colour / flavour restrictions.☹

@benlee8436

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens That's the one! They have never tasted like wine, however I always thought that was what wine tasted like as a kid. It took a long time for me to twig as an adult that they were actually just fruit flavoured! There was a fun moment in Doctor Who in which the Doctor tried wine only to spit it out in disgust and say, 'I thought'd it'd be like the gums!' I still like them a lot though.

@ann-marielucas8758

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianwhittington5086 I wasn't sure if it was just because I was young that they seemed to taste different but I remember liking the yellow ones more before.

@brianwhittington5086

3 жыл бұрын

@Ann-Marie Lucas. Remember there was a lot of controversy many years ago about the danger some additives that colour and flavour food and drink caused. It was all to do with certain " E numbers ", some were banned or restricted in their use and from memory, it concerned some reds and yellows. Research said they could cause behaviour changes in some people and also links to health problems. I don't think real alcohol was actually used before in wine gums, just flavouring additives. The substitute artificial additives or natural flavours and colours probably made noticeable differences to many foods and drinks at that time.

Eric and Grace are so great. Love watching their videos. So great and entertaining!

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Awww, that makes us so happy! x

Twiglets are Marmite flavoured. People either love or hate marmite. Personally, I’m addicted to the stuff❤️

@Thurgosh_OG

3 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, I hate marmite but really like Twiglets. I suspect it's because they are baked, so something in the flavour changes.

Only the orange one is flavoured. At Christmas you get whole tubes of just orange ones. They are the best ones!

@RandomPerson-kd84

3 жыл бұрын

dawn russell before you could buy the big tube of orange smarties I bought many packs to make one for my mama for Christmas

@finlaymacintyre1

3 жыл бұрын

I'm sure long ago the red ones had a dark chocolate centre and and the light brown one might have been coffee flavoured

I love Turkish delight!!! It's one of my favourites. I guess it's also either something you'll love or you'll hate

@thomas_hobbs1453

3 жыл бұрын

I love Turkish Delights too but the original ones that this crap lol

@redphonedeb

3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Turkish Delight, also the new lemon one

@PhilMasters

3 жыл бұрын

That Frys Turkish Delight is basically a cheap generic rose-scented Turkish Delight wrapped in chocolate to cover the poor quality. You can get proper Turkish Delight in the UK, and yeah, it’s much much better.

fry Turkish delight is a national treasure .. i don't believe your reaction, you simply cant be serious

As soon as I saw the twiglets on the table I thought "They won't like them" as I've yet to meet anyone from the US or Canada who does. As with Marmite, I think it's something you have to be brought up on. Personally I think Galaxy make a better chocolate bar than Dairy Milk although I'd happily eat either. Wagon Wheels are much smaller than they used to be (no doubt due to sugar content) When I was a kid they were huge and the playground dare always used to be "can you fit a whole one in your mouth?" This game was eventually banned in our school when a boy got one stuck in his mouth, started choking and had to be taken to the school nurse. It's over 40 years ago but I can still remember the sight of that kid being led away with this huge biscuit stuck in his mouth & tears streaming down his face! Walkers are the kings of the crisp world, they've been around for about 100 years I think. As you have probably sussed by now the British are very keen on their crisps - everyone has their own personal Walkers favourite flavour (except my dad who would only ever eat ready salted or salt & shake) but there is no such thing as a bad Walkers crisp.

So true about Yorkie... just milk chocolate but just so iconically british- I would also recommend double deckers!

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Are double deckers a type of Yorkie bar?

@amywilson2292

3 жыл бұрын

@@420StepsFromHell yum yum yum 🍫😊

@simonbutterfield4860

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens There is a raisin and biscuit Yorkie and a nut version, personally I prefer the former and double decker are Cadbury where Yorkie is Nesle Rowntree.

@katpalmer8713

3 жыл бұрын

@@simonbutterfield4860 I quite like the raisin and nut Yorkie - probably part because it means less of the nasty waxy chocolate and part because Cadbury keeps on producing chocolate bars that contain nuts rather than 1 with just fruit.

@andybaker2456

3 жыл бұрын

When Yorkies came out in the 70s, their selling point was the thickness and hardness of the chocolate. I remember one of the lines from the advert at the time was "Good, rich and thick, a milk chocolate brick".

You need to try tayto crisps, since you are in Northern Ireland (they are waaaay better than walkers crisps)

@MrLorenzovanmatterho

3 жыл бұрын

With Club Orange/Lemon and Emerald Caramels.

@talideon

3 жыл бұрын

Northern Irish Tayto are but a shadow of real, original Republic of Ireland Tayto. But we can at least agree that both are much, much better than Walker's.

@thewindogs5165

3 жыл бұрын

Yes!! They are high tier! Esp spirals 😋😋😋

Here's a great trick using malteasers. Lay on your back and pukker your lips, place a malteaser on your lips and blow. The idea is to make the malteaser float in mid air as you blow. It's in an old malteaser advert.

Some people might tell you that Cadbury isn't what it used to be, but it's still much better than everything else.

I feel like Eric's tastebuds are overly sensitive. Wagon wheels are really not that sweet, in fact I always think they have more of a salty taste than most biscuits.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

They probably are overly sensitive. We rarely, if ever, eat candy 😂

@oasis4life014

3 жыл бұрын

Wagon wheels are salty more than sweet it’s like a savoury

@Dogslife_

3 жыл бұрын

Wagon Wheels to me just taste like pure refined sugar. I've never got the appeal.

I enjoyed the fact you took the time to note it was Yorkshire Tea, the best tea.

The best thing about British sweets and chocolates have been the advertisements. Some classics over the years. Besides the drumming gorilla we had the Flake dream sequences, The Nutcracker and the boy whose "Finger" was reduced in size by a helpful brother.

Milk Chocolate digestives: 10/10 You MUST dunk them in your tea for 3 seconds! If I were to recommend: 1. Lion bar (refrigerated/frozen; trust me best chocolate bar ever, imo) 2. Skips (prawn cocktail, melt on your tongue) 3. Twix (I have this challenge thing where I refrigerate them bite off both ends then quickly suck tea up into the biscuit base then eat it) 4. Refresher (chewy sherbert goodness) 5. Kinder Egg (just because you guys can't have them in the USA) 6. Black Jack's and Fruit Salad sweets. 7. Pork Scratchings (not crunch) 8. McCoy's ridged crisps, any flavour 9. Bacon Frazzles 10. Pork Pie with tiny dabs of English Mustard.

Great use of the word "feck", (11.25) Eric. Your stay in Northern Ireland must have rubbed off on you, or you've been watching Father Ted!🇨🇮🤣🍫

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Both!! 😂😂

Walkers is owned by Lay's, Lay's are owned by Frito Lay Frito Lay are owned by PepsiCo.

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Really? We had no idea!

@thisisnev

3 жыл бұрын

@@WanderingRavens And the reason Walkers crisps are everywhere is that PepsiCo used to tie them together in a deal/ultimatum to retailers to the effect of "if you want to stock Pepsi, you'll also stock Walkers crisps." They also own the Smith's brand. I used to prefer Golden Wonder, which are all but impossible to find in England now. You may have more luck in Ireland.

Prawn cocktail crisps aren’t really meant to taste of prawn, it’s based on the prawn cocktail starter, so basically Marie Rose sauce. The cheap and cheerful 70’s version of that, was mix ketchup and salad cream.

Prawn cocktail crisps: good. Skips: better.

"i dont want to swallow" upon trying turkish delight,eric finds out what its like to be a girl.

There are two kinds of people, the people who love all of these and those who are wrong

If you've not tried it yet, and you do another of these, try Fry's Chocolate Cream. It was the first commercially produced chocolate bar in the world. (Also comes in flavours - I like peppermint, but I think you can still get orange, and maybe raspberry or strawberry (it's pink anyway).) - A Yorkie is just bog standard milk chocolate. Nothing special. It's big selling point was that it was thicker than others, so you got more chocolate per chunk. I haven't had one in years, but I remember it being thicker. - Yeah, wine gums have nothing to do with wine. other than the names that make you feel really grown up when you're 7. - Prawn cocktail is prawns covered in Marie Rose sauce - the crisps taste of the sauce. (Also yes, Walkers and Lays are both owned by the same company.) - Maltesers came first. But they were invented by an American. (And no, I don't know how I remember this stuff either.) - Twiglets are coated in the same yeast extract as you get in Marmite. I love them, but I like Marmite. - The Turkish Delight isn't proper Turkish delight (obviously), it's jelly flavoured with rosewater, like actual Turkish delight, but they go *really* heavy on the rose. I like it, but I'm not sure anybody else I know does! - I hate Smarties, (I don't like the sugar coating), but interesting side note - M&Ms are copied from Smarties. Literally. The son of Mars' owner saw them in Europe, and they copied it when he went home. M&Ms were first made in the 40s. Smarties in the 1880s (though the name is newer). I always think Smarties shells are slightly flavoured. The colours are all natural now. - Standard British moan - Wagon Wheels are nowhere near as big as they used to be.

Ah, Wagon Wheels, the biscuits that we love to claim are so much smaller now than they were when we were kids. Or maybe it's just that our hands are bigger now. 🤔😁

@zaftra

3 жыл бұрын

They are smaller like most things. It's when the nanny state decided what we could and couldn't eat.

@andybaker2456

3 жыл бұрын

It's often that they like to claim the cost of an item hasn't increased for x number of years (or at least give that perception), when in reality they have just reduced the item in size, making it cheaper for them to manufacture.

@julianshepherd2038

3 жыл бұрын

@@zaftra what arent you allowed to eat? There is no limit on the wagon wheels you are allowed to buy in Scotland. Stop mentioning your nanny.

@zaftra

3 жыл бұрын

@@julianshepherd2038 Firstly, don't tell people what to do, stop being so arrogant. Secondly I don't have a nanny you fool and thirdly, most foodstuffs have been changed, reduced, fat, reduced salt, veg fat for frying chips in stead of beef and many many more, ALL alter the flavour for the worst, all becasue a few people can't control their eating and a minority of vegetarians complain so the rest of us have to do as they dictate.

The reason why Turkish delight tastes like eating a gelatine version is a flower is because the filling is rose flavoured...

if you make a part two maybe you could try biscuits (i recommend custard creams,bourbons and party rings) love your content!

Yorkie bars do a bar for the army that says “not for civvies”

Am I the only one who likes Turkish Delights? 0_0

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid so 😆

@MrTrull1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! Hateful stuff.

@maxschofield1800

3 жыл бұрын

What is wrong with people? Turkish delight,even covered in chocolate, is gorgeous!!! Fry's is a piece of perfection.

@cheekybesom

3 жыл бұрын

I love it too. They are wonderful :)

@philiprandall473

3 жыл бұрын

Currently in a multi pack of three for £1 at Tesco, with no reduction in individual bar size, I think they are wonderful. But I have to point out sincerely that the product is actually called ‘Fry’s Turkish Delight’ other brands are available but are inferior.

Galaxy and Dairy Milk do “Dark Milk” versions of their chocolate now. An interesting sweet you may find rank are Squashies.

@handsoffmycactus2958

3 жыл бұрын

Squashies are amazing

Turkish delight is one of my favourites and it’s actually the best,

@thomas_hobbs1453

3 жыл бұрын

Yes the real ones not this crap

As an English person I need to publicly declare my undying love for all things Reese's...especially the white chocolate cups 🤤

There was outrage when they took the ‘not for girls’ off of the Yorkie packet 😂

If you liked the prawn cocktail walkers you'll *love* Skips. They sort of melt in your mouth, almost like communion bread. Also, you should try caramel Cadbury and white chocolate Oreo Cadbury. In my opinion Cadbury dairy milk doesn't taste great on it's own, but these two variations are really good.

@joshdadswell1085

3 жыл бұрын

Herecey! Milk chocolate cadburys is the best!

Recently, Smarties changed their colouring. Back when I was a kid, their colours were a lot brighter. However, they were filled with additives and E-numbers, linked with child hyper-activity, so now they use natural colourings (At least that's what I heard) Back in the day, the packaging was a cylindrical tube, with a plastic cap with a letter embossed on the inside. I suppose it gave them a collectability/educational factor for the kiddies.

Skips, Frazzles, Scampi fries, Crunchie, Jaffa cakes, Double Decker

should have tried tunnock s teas cake

@WanderingRavens

3 жыл бұрын

Will save those for part two!

@alistairkelton645

3 жыл бұрын

and tunnocks carmel wafers

@isthisjustfantasy7557

3 жыл бұрын

Thank You! I'm doing my online shopping ready for delivery tomorrow and I fancied a treat. Deffo putting tunnocks tea cakes on there right now 😀

@allenwilliams1306

3 жыл бұрын

They are horrible!

@laurasmith5157

3 жыл бұрын

Tunnocks tea cakes?

Absolute 100% British childhood staples: - Pickled onion Alien Crisps - Freddos - Sherbert Lemons - Humbugs - Fishermens friends (a strong menthol sweet) - Skips - Penguins Bar -Fried Scampi Crisps (the type you'd find at a good pub!) Edit: Can't forget about my man the 'Jaffa Cake'! won a legal battle to be classified as cake in order to pay less tax!

@oliviahussey535

3 жыл бұрын

I completely forgot about sherbet lemons! I used to love them!

@universalpenguin7113

3 жыл бұрын

I personally don’t really like humbugs but the other ones I had all the time.

Prawn cocktail crisps are not meant to taste of seafood. They're actually meant to taste like the marie rose sauce that you classically have prawns with (in the dish known as a prawn cocktail!)

The Turkish delight bar is known for having a strong taste, cause the Turkish delight inside is rose flavoured (rose water) also there is loads of other flavours that are not as intense as the rose, E.G. lemon, mint, orange, pomegranate, pistachio, etc..... also traditionally Turkish delight comes in a box with powered sugar as well I suggest giving it a shot its great :)