American Foods

gmogames · 15-08-2015 11:25pm #1

Howdy There,

I'm looking for a place that sells American Food like cereals, sweets, etc...

I've only found a couple of really old threads here in the forum, so I was wondering if anyone knows a current place near/in Dublin that sells those.

Thanks!

skibum · 16-08-2015 2:10am

Candy Lab in temple bar
https://www.facebook.com/CandyLabDublin?fref=ts

Gloomtastic! · 16-08-2015 5:38am

Fresh in Grand Canal Dock has an American food section.

whiskeyman · 16-08-2015 8:38am

Avoca and Donnybrook Fare sell some candies, cereals and other stuff.

dudara · 16-08-2015 10:44am

The Food Hall in Harvey Nichols, and I think Fallon & Byrne does also

Polka_Dot · 16-08-2015 1:08pm

Dealz have a few American sweets in at the minute.

JohnK · 16-08-2015 2:49pm

Some Tescos have a (very) small american section now but I can't remember if I saw any sweets in mine; pretty sure I saw things like cereals, pop-tarts, marshmallow fluff, tinned pumpkin, and some drinks in my local one.

ElleEm · 16-08-2015 2:52pm

The Country Market in Howth village sells some American food- sweets and cereals and stuff.

gmogames · 16-08-2015 10:26pm

Thanks guys,

I went to Candy Lab and Fallon & Byrne today. They do have some stuff. I was able to buy a couple of things, but unfortunately they didn't have most of the stuff I was looking for and they were very expensive.

I'll try the other places.

Thanks!

katydid · 16-08-2015 10:27pm

gmogames wrote: »

Howdy There,

I'm looking for a place that sells American Food like cereals, sweets, etc...

I've only found a couple of really old threads here in the forum, so I was wondering if anyone knows a current place near/in Dublin that sells those.

Thanks!

I saw a shelf of American food in Tesco today. Lucky something or other cereal. Other stuff as well, but I can't remember what.

whiskeyman · 17-08-2015 10:26am

gmogames wrote: »

Thanks guys,

I went to Candy Lab and Fallon & Byrne today. They do have some stuff. I was able to buy a couple of things, but unfortunately they didn't have most of the stuff I was looking for and they were very expensive.

I'll try the other places.

Thanks!

What exactly are you looking for?
Probably best post that up and anyone here that likes it will know

Expect any US food to be expensive though!

rubadub · 17-08-2015 11:55am

Dealz is the only reasonable priced place I have seen.

My tesco has twinkies and sometimes peanut butter m&ms. It was €3 for a small 45g pack of m&ms, twinkies were €9.50 for 10

gmogames · 18-08-2015 11:38am

whiskeyman wrote: »

What exactly are you looking for?
Probably best post that up and anyone here that likes it will know
Expect any US food to be expensive though!

What I was desperate to find was american Frosted Flakes, as I find the ones here in Ireland tasting like feet!

But in terms of cereal, Frosted Flakes and Froot Loops. For sweets, skittles and twizzlers (I found twizzlers in Candy Lab).

I actually don't know how the irish regulation is for food, but there is a big difference in taste of foods and even soda from anywhere in the world to here. Maybe they use less sugar, sodium, or the other bad stuff, which is better for your health, but not very tasty.

Which is ironic, because I find that Irish chocolates are way sweeter then in the US. Maybe all the sugar they take out from other food goes in the chocolates

Cheers

gmogames · 18-08-2015 11:45am

Oh, and Crunchy M&Ms which I also found in Candy Lab.

gmogames · 18-08-2015 11:54am

rubadub wrote: »

Dealz is the only reasonable priced place I have seen.

My tesco has twinkies and sometimes peanut butter m&ms. It was €3 for a small 45g pack of m&ms, twinkies were €9.50 for 10

I usually get my groceries from tesco online, and even though they have the American section under World Foods, there is nothing there. Maybe the stores that deliver to my place do not carry any american items.

They do have polish a lot.

I need to go to a Tesco store and give it a try.

Tks

Speedwell · 18-08-2015 11:57am

The new Tesco Sriracha sauce is a reasonable substitute for the Huy Fong Sriracha from California. No, it is not like it, but it is better than Flying Goose, and I can't get Huy Fong anywhere near here.

Cookie_Dough · 18-08-2015 12:30pm

gmogames wrote: »

Thanks guys,

I went to Candy Lab and Fallon & Byrne today. They do have some stuff. I was able to buy a couple of things, but unfortunately they didn't have most of the stuff I was looking for and they were very expensive.

I'll try the other places.

Thanks!

Hi,

Mr Simms on Dame St have a very small selection of (expensive) American stuff. Also Fresh across from Whelans have a small selection.

Have you tried Planet Candy http://www.planetcandy.ie/ they are also expensive though

pl4ichjgy17zwd · 19-08-2015 1:06am

I'm sure you'd find Frosted Flakes on eBay, but you'll pay a pretty penny for them.

sabat · 19-08-2015 1:13am

gmogames wrote: »

I actually don't know how the irish regulation is for food, but there is a big difference in taste of foods and even soda from anywhere in the world to here. Maybe they use less sugar, sodium, or the other bad stuff, which is better for your health, but not very tasty.

High fructose corn syrup is banned as a food ingredient in Europe whereas it's used in almost everything in the States.

nicki11 · 19-08-2015 2:33am

Hey, I'd recommend candyland, they are based in Galway and have cereals, snack, chocolate, jellys and drinks. They have a website; candyland.ie if your interested

Bus Boy · 19-08-2015 3:03am

http://www.americanfood.ie/Default.asp

19-08-2015 11:26am

gmogames wrote: »

Oh, and Crunchy M&Ms which I also found in Candy Lab.

Are crunchy m&m's the same as crispy m&m's?

there might be a taste difference I guess but crispy M&M's are readily available in all shops in a blue bag, I got some yesterday in Supervalue on offer at €1.50 (there my fav M&M's

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Arbiter of Good Taste · 19-08-2015 12:48pm

rubadub wrote: »

Dealz is the only reasonable priced place I have seen.

My tesco has twinkies and sometimes peanut butter m&ms. It was €3 for a small 45g pack of m&ms, twinkies were €9.50 for 10

Can you tell us where this magical Tesco is? I needs to get me some of them Twinkies

gmogames · 19-08-2015 1:34pm

Deleted User wrote: »

Are crunchy m&m's the same as crispy m&m's? there might be a taste difference I guess but crispy M&M's are readily available in all shops in a blue bag, I got some yesterday in Supervalue on offer at €1.50 (there my fav M&M's . )

Almost the same. A long time ago they also had crispy blue pack M&Ms in the US, which was always my favorites.
Then they stopped making them, and early this year they started selling this crunchy M&Ms which is a green bag. It's very similar to the blue one, but still a bit different in taste.

And yes, I tried buying the blue crispy M&Ms here in Ireland, but honestly, I didn't like it's taste, very different then the ones in the US.

Try the green bag crispy M&Ms and see the difference

gmogames · 19-08-2015 1:39pm

sabat wrote: »

High fructose corn syrup is banned as a food ingredient in Europe whereas it's used in almost everything in the States.

That explains!

I've also read a response somewhere in here from Kelloggs about Frosted Flakes and Froot loops having a different taste, and they mentioned that they are not allowed to use high quantities of sugar and salt and they are not allowed to use some food coloring and that makes the taste different.

Joannie · 19-08-2015 1:55pm

Candyland in Galway are very good. They also have an online service - candyland.ie, Orders under €50 only cost €50 to get delivered. And they're quick too. I've used them a lot.

gmogames · 19-08-2015 1:57pm

Joannie wrote: »

Candyland in Galway are very good. They also have an online service - candyland.ie, Orders under €50 only cost €50 to get delivered. And they're quick too. I've used them a lot.

I think you mean €5 to be delivered right?

Joannie · 19-08-2015 1:58pm

Oops! Yea, €5 for delivery.

rubadub · 19-08-2015 5:10pm

Arbiter of Good Taste wrote: »

Can you tell us where this magical Tesco is? I needs to get me some of them Twinkies

It was ballybrack, but I was in again yesterday and that section was totally gone, there was an asian supermarket type shelf beside it to which is gone too. It might have moved elsewhere in the shop, I will check next time. The asian section had brands like east end, which are usually only in the asian supermarkets.

None of the products appeared on tesco online for me.

There was marshmallow fluff, nerds, lucky charms.

Twinkies show on tesco uk
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id=281612923

you can actually browse a US section
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/search/default.aspx?searchBox=peanut+butter+m%26ms&search=Search&N=4294697434&newSort=true&action=toggleProdListSize_4

quaalude · 20-08-2015 4:45pm

Cookie_Dough wrote: »

Hi,
Also Fresh across from Whelans have a small selection.

Fresh in Grand Canal Dock has lots of American sweets (sorry, candy!) too.

Jessme · 21-08-2015 9:47am

Hi, I'm in Cork but the last time that I was in Brown Thomas here I saw a selection of American foods in their little deli/coffee/gifts area by the café. There were a few different cereals but I couldn't honestly tell you what else was there. It might be worth taking a look in BT Dublin.

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