American Candy

Catari Jaguar

My boyfriend just came back from the US with tons of sweets for me. Skittle that are super sour, wild berry and tropical flavour. Jelly Belly jelly beans, Nerds, peanut butter m&ms (oh my god!), giant m&ms, (no almond m&ms though ), Goobers and loads more stuff. Diabetes here i come

Any one got any favourite US treats that are unavailable here??

Ruu_Old

Alot of US sweets are just named differently. I can't think of any too many apart from some of the Reeses variety of sweets.

CombatCow

Jolly Ranchers ! , Reeses Nuggets, Almond snickers, almond M&M's, Milk dud's...to name but a few


CC

bringitdown

Dairy Crunch, Skippy Super Chunky Peanut Butter, proper Brownies, Reeses, Trail Mix, Krispy Kreme ... god I can never go back.

p-nut

this makes me wanna go back to ny again for the third year running!!! nothin beats the fresh cakes and brownies out of the little bakeries or tasty delite ice cream.....mmmmm, i could stand there all day taking the free tasters

Rabies

Mountain Dew

*drools*

Ruu_Old

Oh Take 5 and 100 Grand are quite tasty (yes I've been shopping.)

Charlie

Oreo Ice cream sandwich....nomb. Proper NYC Pizza.

p-nut

charlie mchugh wrote:

Proper NYC Pizza.

somehow i dont think thats candy:D .....but ye i agree wholeheartedly. Its no wonder there are a large number of overweight/obese people in the states, their food is just soooooooo good:p

abelard

Lil Kitten wrote:

My boyfriend just came back from the US with tons of sweets for me. Skittle that are super sour, wild berry and tropical flavour. Jelly Belly jelly beans, Nerds, peanut butter m&ms (oh my god!), giant m&ms, (no almond m&ms though ), Goobers and.....

What are Goobers?

Reeses stuff can actually be gotten here, pretty hard to find though.

I have a ridiculously sweet tooth, this thread makes me want to visit America

emeraldstar

abelard wrote:

What are Goobers?

Reeses stuff can actually be gotten here, pretty hard to find though.

I have a ridiculously sweet tooth, this thread makes me want to visit America

i know!! Roll on June

Aldi have had Reese's stuff in the past...peanut butter cups.....*drool*

Faith

I find Reese's sickeningly sweet. I ate five tiny peanut butter kisses or something, and I couldn't get to sleep that night because I felt so nauseous.

Peanut butter M&Ms though are amazing!

Charlie

Actually, now that I think of it, did anyone ever taste 'mike & ikes'? They are frikkin gorgeous, could eat a bucket of them and I still wouldn't be sick of them.

CombatCow

Ah yeah there pretty good, you can get them in a spar on the corner of talbot st and marlborough st in dublin


CC

Ruu_Old

A nice snack that comes around once a year, Girl Scout cookies. It is so easy to go through a pack.

Oracle

Jolly Ranchers were available here years ago, then they just vanished. I used to like them; strong fruity flavours, smooth and long-lasting, in a handy pocket sized pack. Very different, very nice, reasonable price too.

Catari Jaguar

charlie mchugh wrote:

Actually, now that I think of it, did anyone ever taste 'mike & ikes'? They are frikkin gorgeous, could eat a bucket of them and I still wouldn't be sick of them.

Mike and Ike are deadly! The cherry ones. I also devoured a massive bag of Starburst jelly beans.

Goobers are chocolate covered peanuts.

And no one can make waffles like the Americans. The size of the plate, fluffy and crisp with a ton of butter and maple syrup. *Ow my heart hurts*:D

Catari Jaguar

CombatCow wrote:

Ah yeah there pretty good, you can get them in a spar on the corner of talbot st and marlborough st in dublin


CC

OMG! I work right by that Spar! Thank you! I am in your debt good sir

Schlemm

100 Grand Bars...........

also excellent in their super size form...

whiskeyman

Can't believe nobody has mentioned these yet.
They're just like After Eights! Beautiful!

:|

defintiely not hersheys anyway, puke!

caffrey

junior mints are great. in general their sweets arent as good but you can get some small regional companies that do really good stuff.

Gatorade is my favourite drink for sunny days/excersise, its only coming in here now and it costs 1.99:eek:

shortys94

I like butterfingers

And having lived in America, astonished that no ones mentioned the entenmann's baked goods, o my god its awesome. And the chips are pretty good, what are they again, fritos? Yea theyre pretty good but get bad if you eat too much of them.

Also love Cinabuns (cinnamon buns) dont know if you can get them here but mmmmmmmmmmmm delish. And of course the chocolate chip cookies. And ice tea, dont like the nestea here since they introduced the "new taste".


Also I love ice cream cakes, can you get them in Ireland? Theyre so great.

Lou.m

TWIZZLERS TWIZZLERS TWIZZLERS YAY!

Oh and jolly ranchers .

Lovely.

By the way i know there is an Australian shop in Dublin somewhere that sells Aussie sweets (dont ask me where though) is there somewhere you can get American candy here?

I suppose you could get it on the net.

But that takes ages.

Anywhere here?

Catari Jaguar

You can get Entenmann cakes in most supermarkets here. The chocolate ones and they have gorgeous carrot cake too.

WindSock

Yeah we had Jolly Ranchers here too a while ago (Smithers fave;) )
I love 'Merican sweeties coz they have loads of cherry flavoured things too. I love synthetic cherry flavour. mmMmm. And Baby Ruth bars are nice too.

Winner

Faith

I hate Hershey's chocolate. It's like eating dirt!

p-nut

Faith wrote:

I hate Hershey's chocolate. It's like eating dirt!

Ill second that. Ya cant baate a good auld dairy milk:p

daiixi

Lou.m wrote:

By the way i know there is an Australian shop in Dublin somewhere that sells Aussie sweets (dont ask me where though) is there somewhere you can get American candy here?

There is?! Where?! Does anyone know?! I'll give you a peanut butter cup if you know where!!

WindSock

What Aussie sweets are nice? All I can think of are Cherry Ripe bars.

I hate hersheys myself, but the caramel kisses are beautiful.

tk123

Lil Kitten wrote:

Mike and Ike are deadly! The cherry ones. I also devoured a massive bag of Starburst jelly beans.

I used to buy 1/2 pound boxes of these when I lived in SF - cherry was my fav so imagine my delight when I saw a little sweet machine with what I thought were all cherry Mike&Ikes. I quickly deposited my 50c (half of my laundry money!!) and threw a few into my mouth. Sadly they were those disgusting cinnamony War-Heads - they burnt the mouth off me! :rolleyes: Milk Duds and Junior Mints would be my favorites now, followed by peanut and almond M&Ms.

lynchpin

where is the australian shop mentioned in an above post?
wouldn't mind getting my hands on some vanilla coke which i think is still on sale in Austrailia.

gizmo

shortys94 wrote:

And having lived in America, astonished that no ones mentioned the entenmann's baked goods, o my god its awesome.

Was just about to say that. Entenmann's products are available over here but for some insane reason they don't stock the Coffee Crumb Cake over here. Man, thats some good cake...

GreeBo

Peppermint Patties....Mmmmm
Ben & Jerry's Heath Bar Crunch Ice Cream....

emeraldstar

GreeBo wrote:

Ben & Jerry's Heath Bar Crunch Ice Cream....

you can get that here now though..only they've called it Vanilla Toffee Crunch coz we have no such thing as Heath Bars...
Half Baked though...now that's a flavour I miss

GreeBo

emeraldstar wrote:

you can get that here now though..only they've called it Vanilla Toffee Crunch coz we have no such thing as Heath Bars...

Thats what I thought until I tasted it, not the same thing at all
Now if they could strike a deal with them Dime bar dudes that would rock.

g5hn710m4xpdwy

Deleted User wrote:

I hate hersheys myself, but the caramel kisses are beautiful.

That is exactly my thoughts:) They leave an after taste that I find is identicle to vomit:mad:

Hagar

Ruu wrote:

Girl Scout cookies. It is so easy to go through a pack.

I can't believe you said that...
A pack of cookies or a Girls Scout Pack...
Ruu... take the week-end off.:D

shortys94

What stores stock entenmanns???

Catari Jaguar

Superquinn. Maybe Tesco

iMax

Great thread...

I have in my posession right now, one medium (approx 1lb) size bag of peanut butter m&ms, nine payday bars & a medium size bag of butterfinger mini eggs

I've also a quarter tub of marshmallow fluff that's calling me as I type !!!

shortys94

can you get butterfingers here?

Catari Jaguar

I'll give you 50e for that bag!

iMax wrote:

, one medium (approx 1lb) size bag of peanut butter m&ms,

Faith

Lil Kitten, you used be able to buy peanut butter M&Ms on ebay. Or get an American to send you over some.

I'm going to the US of A in 4 weeks and I'm going to eat ALL the peanut butter M&Ms I can get my hands on for 12 weeks! Then bring back a suitcase full! I'm really excited about trying twinkies too!

iMax

Lil Kitten wrote:

I'll give you 50e for that bag!

I'm torn... really I am. They're unopened, but the thought of selling them for €50 galls me, then again, supply & demand & all that...

Make it €60 & we have a deal

Catari Jaguar

Faith wrote:

Lil Kitten, you used be able to buy peanut butter M&Ms on ebay. Or get an American to send you over some.

I'm going to the US of A in 4 weeks and I'm going to eat ALL the peanut butter M&Ms I can get my hands on for 12 weeks! Then bring back a suitcase full! I'm really excited about trying twinkies too!

Ooooh... yum! What you really wanna try are the Oreo ice creams. Oh, and the waffles and pancakes. And Cheesy Poofs. And the weird cereals they have. No wonder Americans are obese.

emeraldstar

I'm gonna be in New York for the summer and i just KNOW i'm gonna come home fat
Ben & Jerry cafés ftw!!!!!!!!!!

rubadub

Faith wrote:

Lil Kitten, you used be able to buy peanut butter M&Ms on ebay.

You still can. Most stuff mentioned is on ebay. Only worthwhile if getting a big amount due to postage, but if you get enough it works out the same as if buying here. You can also get older sweets, including my favourite - coconut mushrooms

January

Super Hot Cheetos... they made my fingers orange... Oh how I loved those little snacks. 7/11 dollar cookies are soooo good too... Cold Stones Ice Cream! I loved that stuff...